 Welcome to ITU's headquarters here in Geneva for the 2019 edition of the World Summit on the Information Society Forum, the world's largest gathering of the ICT for Good community. This year marks the 10th anniversary of WISIS Forum, and more than ever, the stakeholders are determined to use ICTs for achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, which is the theme of this year's forum. Thousands of participants from governments, civil society, the private sector, academia, the tech community and intergovernmental organisations are attending this year's forum. Hosted by ITU, co-organised by UNESCO, UNDP and UNTAD in collaboration with other major organisations, WISIS Forum's 2019 programme is completely crowdsourced to give voice to the widest range of priorities. WISIS aims to provide a platform to create a just and equal information society for all, and accessibility is a key topic this year. Technology is being used. There is digital health, mobile health initiatives. It's being used to raise awareness amongst people about different health issues. So in this case, in this standard, we use it to raise awareness about hearing loss prevention, about how people can change their listening style, their listening behaviour in order to protect their ears. So for sure, ICT has opened a whole world of possibilities from us. Using new technologies to advance the UN's sustainable development goals is at the heart of WISIS Forum. In the world of sport, for instance, ICTs are being used to provide a level playing field for all members of society. We had the UN here. We had UNESCO, ILO. We had the International Olympic Committee. We had some grassroots levels, NGOs like Peace and Sport, Right to Play. We had one federation, the Ticondo Federation, and they all were using examples of how to use ICTs for them to do their work for sport, for development and peace. Ten years on, WISIS Forum continues to be the leading global collaborative platform for the creation of an equitable information society, providing an unparalleled opportunity for exchange, knowledge creation and sharing of best practices for today and for future generations.