Presentations

Executive session:   ITU and ESCWA

ITU:   ICT Accessibility – The key to build a digitally inclusive world

ESCWA: Digital Inclusion in the Arab Region and ESCWA's Arab Digital Inclusion Platform (ADIP).

• Mr. Nawar Al-Awa, Regional Advisor on Technology for Development, ESCWA

Session 1: Digital Inclusion Policies and Strategies. Enhancing digital accessibility in the telecommunications sector as a key requirement to achieve inclusiveness to all people in the digital ecosystem.

• Mr. Abdelraouf Elbibas, Digital Transformation Coordinator, General Information Authority, Libya
• Mr. Riadh Oueslati, Director of the eGov Unit, Presidency of Government, Tunisia
• Ms. Rania Jaber, Director General of Technological Creativity and Innovation, Ministry Digital Economy and Communications, Palestine (Remotely)​

Session 2:  Empowering people through ICT. The role of accessible digital products and services as a cross-cutting tool to bridge the digital divide.

• Mr. Morten Meyerhoff Nielsen, Principal Research Specialist, UNU-eGovernment

• Ms. Maha Mouasher, Senior Studies and Regulatory Research Officer Engineer, TRC, Jordan
• Mr. Yousef Torman, Managing Director, Arab States Research and Education Network (ASREN)

Session 4: Digital Inclusion for Communities in the Arab Region: Projects and Initiatives.

• Ms. Safae El Alaoui, Head of Universal Digital Access Service, Digital Transformation Department, Digital Development Agency, Morocco
• Ms. Farah Al-Sa'di, Assistant External Relations Officer, UNHCR Jordan​
  
  
• Mr. Chris McIvor, Regional Representative, HelpAge International (Middle East and North Africa)​

Session 5: Emerging Technologies: Artificial Intelligence as a Catalyst for Digital accessibility

• ​​ Ms. Zeina Assi, E-Accessibility Expert (Remotely)