IGF 2025 Opening Ceremony & Session

Born in 1980. Politician and social activist. Doctor of humanities and graduate of postgraduate studies in labor law at the University of Warsaw.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt is an actor, filmmaker, and entrepreneur known for films such as 500 Days of Summer, Inception, Looper, and Snowden. He recently co-starred in the #1 Netflix hit, Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F and as the infamous founder of Uber in Showtime's Super-Pumped. He wrote and directed the prescient Sundance favorite, Don Jon about online pornography addiction, and followed with the Apple TV+ series, Mr. Corman.

His Excellency Mr. Dharambeer Gokhool—widely known as Dharam Gokhool—is a distinguished statesman whose illustrious career spans across academia, public service, and politics. Born on October 25, 1949, in Plaines des Roches, Mauritius, he began his education at Roches Noires Government School and Mapou Government School before completing secondary studies at Northern College and St. Andrews School.

Kurt Erik “Kurtis” Lindqvist is a seasoned technology executive and business leader who became President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) on 9 December 2024.

Doreen Bogdan-Martin took office as Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) on 1 January 2023.

António Guterres, the ninth Secretary-General of the United Nations, took office on 1st January 2017.