The event will bring together, from all over the world, high-level policymakers, technologists, academics, and community leaders who will collaboratively propose governance models of virtual worlds. It will focus on policy solutions for an ethical, value-driven shift to Web 4.0. and standardisation issues related to virtual worlds (including internet standards) and its technical management. Alignment of those governance frameworks with the multi-stakeholder model of internet governance will also be a salient topic of discussion.

A conference outcome paper will summarise these initial global reflections on how the governance of Web 4.0 and Virtual Worlds should look like from a policy and technical perspective and what are the possible key steps for getting there.