 Welcome to WSIS Forum 2018. I'm delighted to be joined by Ms Gitanjali Shah, who is WSIS coordinator. Gitanjali, thank you very much for joining us. Thank you Charlotte, it's a pleasure. So Gitanjali, this year marks a milestone. It's been 15 years since the start of the first phase of WSIS and the implementation of the Geneva Plan of Action. So, what can you tell us about the beginning of WSIS Forum and what it's turned into? Yes, thank you Charlotte. Actually, WSIS Forum is part of the WSIS process, which you rightly said that it initiated in 2003. There were two summits, one in 2003 and the other one in 2005. And in 2009, the cluster of WSIS related events, they converted into the WSIS Forum. The idea was to provide just an equal platform for all stakeholders to get together, to share ideas, to foster partnerships, to showcase their success stories. And in 2009, we started with around 800 participants. There were some ministers, people, there were UN agencies of course because the commitment of UN agencies is crucial for the WSIS process. However, as you can see over the years, it's evolved into an event, the leading ICT for development event, where this year we have welcomed 2,500 registered participants. You saw the commitment from the UN Secretary General, the Deputy Secretary General of the UN was here. All the UN agency heads were well represented. So it's evolved into this platform, which all stakeholders identify as the leading platform for ICT for sustainable development. So I have mentioned that it's been 15 years, so that's 15 forums to, well not 15 forums to organize. How many forums have been taking place since the launch of the first phase of WSIS? I would say around seven because we started in 2009, as I said. So we must remember that WSIS forum is a part of the WSIS process, their UN processes. And the main purpose, main effort from our side as UN agencies and stakeholders since 2014 has been to align the WSIS process with the 2030 agenda for sustainable development. Hence, you will see at the WSIS forum, all the 250 workshops are aligned to the sustainable goals, development goals and the WSIS action lines. Anything that you see has an outcome, which clearly shows the linkages between the WSIS action lines and the sustainable development goals. So what is the expected outcome for this year's forum then? This year, Charlotte, we made an effort to engage with the youth because we wanted to showcase that the UN processes add value to the youth as well. And their commands and their engagement is very valuable for us. There was a big effort to showcase new technologies and ICT solutions, especially for development. So drones for social development, we are for good. You did see in the exhibition space, we had a robot bringing the scissors and that robot actually it's planned that would help in disaster relief in bringing water to areas where it's not easily available. So all these new technologies and their applications for sustainable development, for education, for food, for water. And basically to contribute to development efforts worldwide. What's interesting about WSIS forum is that it's one of the only UN frameworks that has actually managed to retain its spirits. Yes, Charlotte, we are very proud about that because the stakeholders have a commitment towards this process. And you will see that it's very visible. Everybody feels a bit of an ownership towards the process. And they feel the responsibility to contribute to it as well. So whether it be the civil society, private sector, academia, technical community, governments or UN agencies, they make their efforts and they play their roles. Thank you very much.