BDT Director’s Corner (2019-2022) : Doreen Bogdan-Martin Podcasts

The BDT Director signed an agreement with the Instituto Dominicano de las Telecommicaciones (INDOTEL), Dominican Republic to renew the collaboration between ITU and INDOTEL.  This renewal will focus on enhancing regulatory standards and implementing best practices in telecom regulation in the Dominican Republic's telecommunications industry. The agreement underscores a shared commitment to implementing regulatory reforms that promote efficiency, transparency, and effectiveness. ​​

​​​What has ITU’s Telecommunication Development Bureau achieved over 2022? Check out the ''Year in Review​'', to learn about the progress made to connect the unconnected.​​​​

​In this episode, Doreen Bogdan-Martin speaks with Amandeep Singh Gill, after his recent appointment as the UN Secretary-General’s Envoy on Technology. Listen here to find out more about his vision, the concept of the ''digital commons'', the proposed Global Digital Compact, and more! ​​​​

​H​.E. David Moinina Sengeh, Sierra Leone’s Minister of Basic and Senior Secondary Education and Chief Innovation Officer, speaks with BDT Director Doreen Bogdan-Martin on his country’s approach towards using technology in education. He shares that more girls are now enrolled in school, than before the COVID-19 pandemic, in Sierra Leone. Listen here​!​​

Ms Bogdan-Martin took part in a podcast episode in conversation with Lady Marieme Jamme, on the 2022 International Girls in ICT Day theme of ''Access and Safety''.​

​​BDT Director Doreen Bogdan-Martin speaks with Executive Director of the Lebanese League for Women in Business, Nisreen Deeb, on the importance of encouraging more women and girls to follow STEM and how to get around roadblocks that might be in their way.​

​BDT Director Doreen Bogdan-Martin speaks with Robert Piper, Assistant Secretary-General for Development Coordination, United Nations, on digital technologies for development and the role of connectivity in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.

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​​​In an episode of the Space Policy Show on ''Bridging the Global Digital Divide'', BDT Director Doreen Bogdan-Martin shared her thoughts on the subject with Audrey Allison, Senior Policy Analyst of the Center for Space Policy and Strategy. 

​​Emergency telecommunications are critical for disaster risk reduction and management. Oftentimes, telecommunication networks themselves are among the first casualties of extreme weather events. Doreen Bogdan-Martin speaks with Ronald Jackson, head of the United Nations Development Programme's (UNDP) Disaster Risk Reduction and Recovery team, on opportunities for technology and connectivity for better disaster preparedness and management.​

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​​In the first episode of the ''It Takes a Global Crisis'' podcast series launched by the UN SDG Lab and UN Office in Geneva, BDT Director Doreen Bogdan-Martin spoke​ on digitization and connectivity in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.​

​​BDT Director Doreen Bogdan-Martin, spoke with Louise Marie Hurel and Angela Matlapeng, who participated as a mentor and mentee respectively in the Women in Cyber mentorship programme organized by ITU, EQUALS and FIRST.

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​''We need you – women who are at intersection of technology and policy that transforms lives – at the helm in leading change,'' said Ms Bogdan-Martin.

​​​​In conversation with the BDT Director, Tara Mulhare and Rebekah Daniel share advice to young women who want to use digital tools to expand their businesses, and describe the transformative role of digital skills from their first-hand experiences, including through ITU and the Enhanced Integrated Framework's joint project on digital skills for women.

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​​BDT Director Doreen​​ Bogdan-Martin discussed innovative ways to finance connectivity with Mr Andile Ngcaba, Entrepreneur, Technologist and Founding Partner & Chairman at Convergence. 

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​While celebrating a day that not only marks ITU's founding anniversary, but the important advances that ICTs have brought society, Ms Bogdan-Martin shared ITU's vision to meaningfully connect the world and bring the potential of digital technologies to underserved communities.​

​​​In a discussion that ranged from the Internet Protocol to astrophysics, BDT Director Doreen Bogdan-Martin conversed with Vint Cerf, Google's Internet Evangelist and one of the Fathers of the Internet.​

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BDT Director Doreen Bogdan-Martin spoke with Ms Alyssa Carson, the youngest NASA Astronaut Trainee astrobiology student, on her dreams and thoughts on female role models and bringing more girls into science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) careers.​

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​​BDT Director Doreen Bogdan-Martin spoke with Ms Joanne O'Riordan, Irish Activist and Sports Journalist, in an ''UNconnected'' podcast episode focused on Inclusion and Accessibility. ​

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​​In the very first episode of ''The UNconnected'', Ms Bogdan-Martin conversed with Princess Dr Nisreen El-Hashemite, Founder President of Women in Science International League and the Executive Director of the Royal Academy of Science International Trust.

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