{"id":918,"date":"2024-10-22T20:11:43","date_gmt":"2024-10-22T20:11:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/initiatives\/green-digital-action\/?page_id=918"},"modified":"2024-11-13T09:51:00","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T09:51:00","slug":"opening-gda-track","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/initiatives\/green-digital-action\/events\/all\/cop29\/opening-gda-track\/","title":{"rendered":"Opening of the Green Digital Action track"},"content":{"rendered":"    <section>\n    <div class=\"text-section\">\n        <div class=\"ituContainer grid\">\n                                        <div class=\"text-section-left\" data-span=\"8\">\n                        <h2 class=\"h3\">\n        Strengthening Collaborative Power for a Sustainable Digital Tech Industry\u00a0<br>    <\/h2>\n                        <h3 class=\"h5\">\n        November 14, 2024, 12:00-13:00<br>NGIC Pavilion    <\/h3>\n                        <p>\n        \u00a0<br>The Green Digital Action track at COP29 will launch with a high-level opening session, highlighting the pivotal role of technology in addressing environmental challenges. This event will showcase successful collaborations driving sustainable transformation. The interactive opening session will feature insights from industry leaders and showcase outcomes from the multi-stakeholder process, setting the stage for future GDA sessions.\u00a0\u00a0<br><br><strong>Speakers<\/strong><br><em>Opening and welcoming remarks<\/em><br>H.E. Ms. Doreen Bogdan Martin, Secretary-General, International Telecommunication Union<br>H.E. Mr. Rashad Nabiyev, Minister of Digital Development and Transport, Azerbaijan<br>H.E. Ms. Mar\u00eda Fernanda Espinosa, former President of the United Nations General Assembly<br><br><em>Keynotes<\/em><br>H.E. Mr. Borut Pahor, President of Slovenia 2012-2022, Prime Minister, 2008-2012<br>Ms. Ingrid Hoven, Managing Director, GIZ<br>Mr. Nadir Atayev, Member of ITU Youth Advisory Board<br><br><em>One year of Green Digital Action<\/em> &#8211; <em>Announcing the progress of the multi-stakeholder process across the thematic GDA pillars<\/em><br><em>Strategic Facilitator<\/em>: Mr. Tomas Lamanauskas, Deputy Secretary-General, International Telecommunication Union<br><br>Mr. Philippe Tuzzolino, Vice President Environment, Orange Group<br>Mr. Casey Torgusson, Global Program Manager \u2013\u00a0Connectivity, Cybersecurity, Digital and Climate, Digital Vice Presidency, Global Digital Transformation Department\u00a0, World Bank<br>Mr. Ahmed Riad, Senior Director, Strategy and Industry Development, Huawei<br>Mr Bilel Jamoussi. Deputy Director, Telecommunication Standardization Bureau, ITU<br>Ms. Akanksha Sharma. Head of ClimateTech and Digital Utilities, GSMA<br>Mr. Alexandre Freire, Commissioner, National Telecommunications Agency (ANATEL), Brazil<br>Prof. Dr. Halil Hasar, Director of the Directorate of Climate Change, T\u00fcrkiye<br>Mr. Kevin B Thompson, Chief Operating Officer, GeSI    <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n                                        <div class=\"text-section-right data-span-override\" data-span=\"4\">\n                    <div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/initiatives\/green-digital-action\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/10\/Green-Digital-Action-High-level-session.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-937\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/initiatives\/green-digital-action\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/10\/Green-Digital-Action-High-level-session.png 400w, https:\/\/www.itu.int\/initiatives\/green-digital-action\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/10\/Green-Digital-Action-High-level-session-300x150.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>            <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":937,"parent":838,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-918","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/initiatives\/green-digital-action\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/initiatives\/green-digital-action\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/initiatives\/green-digital-action\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/initiatives\/green-digital-action\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/initiatives\/green-digital-action\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=918"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/initiatives\/green-digital-action\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/918\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/initiatives\/green-digital-action\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/838"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/initiatives\/green-digital-action\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/initiatives\/green-digital-action\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}