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    UNGBS14 - UN Governing Body Secretariats 14

    1–2 Oct 2026
    Europe/Zurich timezone

    Provisional Agenda

    Revision 6.0

    Last updated: October 1, 2026

    Venue: WIPO Headquarters, Room NB 0.107

    Thursday, October 1, 2026

    Time Agenda item
    8.30 – 9.00 a.m. Arrival and Registration, Welcome Coffee & Refreshments
    9.00 – 9.20 a.m. Chair’s Welcome
    Mr. Anil MURTHY, Director, Diplomatic Engagement and Assemblies Affairs Division, WIPO
    9.20 – 9.30 a.m. Group Photo
    9.30 – 10.30 a.m.
    Approx. 10 min / speaker + Q&A    		 Item 1: Effectiveness and Decision making (Consensus Building and e-Voting)
    Moderator: Juliette VOINOV KOHLER, BRS Convention
    • BRS Convention, Juliette VOINOV KOHLER – Consensus Building and Voting
    • CITES Secretariat, Haruko OKUSU – Voting / e-Voting
    10.30 – 11.00 a.m. Coffee break
    11.00 – 12.30 p.m. Item 1 (ongoing): Effectiveness and Decision making (Mandate review)
    Moderator: Carmen WILLEN, WHO FCTC
    • BRS Convention, Juliette VOINOV KOHLER – Mandate review
    • WMO, Stefano BELFIORE / Jianing SANG – JIU governance evaluation and mandate review
    • WHO, Gina VEA & Jude OSEI – Approaches and Modalities of Negotiations
    12.30 – 2.00 p.m. Lunch break
    2.00 – 3.30 p.m. Item 2: UN80 process: implications for Governing Bodies
    • UN Women, Ziad SHEIKH: Role of Executive Boards in structural changes
    • WMO, Giacomo TERUGGI: Organization and management of expert groups and subsidiary bodies of specialized agencies
    3.30 – 3.45 p.m. Coffee break
    3.45 – 5.30 p.m. Item 3: The use of Artificial Intelligence
    • UNICEF, Andres FRANCO – AI and Governance: intervention by Amb. Rein TAMMSAAR, Permanent Representative of Estonia to the United Nations and Co-Chair of the Global Dialogue on AI Governance
    • World Bank, Dominique BICHARA – Use of AI in Board’s systems, including Board records, research and transcripts
    • ITU, Béatrice PLUCHON – AI Assistant for the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference
    • WIPO, Anil MURTHY / Henri MEYLAN – AI supported interpretation tools
    5.30 – 5.45 p.m. Day 1 wrap up
    6.00 – 8.30 p.m. Reception and Dinner, WIPO HQ 13th floor
    Opening address by WIPO DG Daren Tang

    Friday, October 2, 2026

    Time Agenda item
    8.30 – 9.00 a.m. Welcome coffee
    9.00 – 10.30 a.m. Item 4: Future UNGBS meetings
    • Speaker 1 – tbd.
    • Tour de table
    10.30 – 10.45 a.m. Coffee break
    10.45 – 12.30 p.m. Item 5: UN80 initiative – intervention by DSG of ITU, Mr. Tomas LAMANAUSKAS, followed by Q&A
    Chaired by WIPO ADG Andrew STAINES
    12.30 – 1.00 p.m. Closing
    1.00 – 2.00 p.m. Lunch
    Afternoon CERN guided tour, optional, shuttle will be provided

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