WTDC will be the 8th WTDC, the conference having been held every four years since 1994. BDT is collaborating with its membership to ensure that the WTDC continues to be a leading platform for transformational digital development, and that WTDC is even more effective than its predecessors. This WTDC review and reform process began with a series of very successful Web Dialogues, conducted entirely virtually due to COVID-19 travel and social distancing restrictions.
Over 200 participants from all over the world participated in the web dialogues on WTDC and discussed the all aspects of WTDC, form the preparatory process, to the content and structure and the engagement of non-traditional stakeholders. With COVID-19 throwing a global spotlight on connectivity and injecting new urgency and momentum into connecting the next 3.6 billion, the role of WTDC will be critical. Participants brainstormed and discuss ideas to position WTDC as the landmark conference to meet advance sustainable development and address development issues. The outcomes of the two WTDC web dialogues were presented at the TDAG meeting, on 2-5 June 2020.