SDG Digital Event Speakers

Event

Act I — Taking stock: SDGs and the potential of digital

Doreen Bogdan-Martin

Secretary-General, International Telecommunication Union (ITU) CV

Dennis Francis

President of the 78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly [Video address] CV

Vigneswara Ihita Gangavarapu

Board Member, Generation Connect Visionaries CV

Roman Gojayev

Board Member, Generation Connect Visionaries CV

H.E. Paul Kagame

President of Rwanda CV

Amina Mohammed

United Nations Deputy Secretary-General CV

Femi Oke

Television presenter and Journalist. SDG Digital Master of Ceremonies and Moderator. CV

Sophia the Robot

Hanson Robotics CV

Brad Smith

Vice-Chair and President of Microsoft, SDG Advocate [Video address] CV

Achim Steiner

Administrator, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) CV

Maikel Wilms

Partner and Director, Boston Consulting Group (BCG) CV

Act II — Showcasing Solutions to achieve the SDGs through digital technologies

Omar Al-Assouli

Strategic Policy Advisor, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) CV

Khaled Almutairi

Executive Director of Emerging Technologies and Digital Maturity, Ministry of Municipal Rural Affairs and Housing, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia CV

Monica Grace Amuha

Research and Grants Team Lead and EMIS Project Lead, HISP Uganda; PhD student, University of Oslo CV

H.E. Salima Monorma Bah

Minister of Communication, Technology and Innovation, Sierra Leone CV

Sinead Bovell

Founder, Waye. SDG Digital Moderator CV

Noémie Bürkl

Head of Digitalisation Unit, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, BMZ CV

Siwon Choi

Singer, UNICEF Regional Ambassador for East Asia and Pacific and UNICEF Next Generation Global Leader CV

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

Actor, UNDP Goodwill Ambassador CV

Kelly T. Clements

Deputy High-Commissioner, UNHCR CV

Pamela Coke-Hamilton

Executive Director, International Trade Center, ITC CV

Chris Fabian

Co-Founder, Giga CV

Mats Granryd

Director General, GSMA CV

Sarah Hendriks

Deputy Executive Director for Policy, Programme, Civil Society, and Intergovernmental Support, UN Women CV

Felicitas Heyne

CEO, Audiopedia CV

Tawfik Jelassi

Assistant Director-General for Communication and Information, United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) CV

Fatou Jeng

Founder, Clean Earth Gambia, Gender climate negotiator for The Gambia to the UNFCCC CV

Sal Khan

Founder and CEO, The Khan Academy [Video address] CV

Ram Mahadevan

CEO, Jiva CV

Tafara Makaza

Co-Founder and CTO, Fixa CV

H.E. Bagdat Mussin

Minister of Digital Development, Innovation and Aerospace Industry, Kazakhstan CV

Sara de Moitié

Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer, Gybe CV

NITHIO

[Video address] CV

Karimot Odebode

Poet, Writer and Youth Activitst

Golestan Radwan

Chief Digital Officer, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) CV

Joakim Reiter

Chief External and Corporate Affairs Officer, Vodafone CV

Boyan Slat

Founder and CEO, The Ocean Cleanup [Video address] CV

Ganesh Swaminathan

Transparency Innovation Lead, OpenSC CV

Daren Tang

Director General, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) CV

Ola Hodne Titlestad

Lead DHIS2 Global Implementation Team and Deputy Director of the HISP Centre, University of Oslo CV

Bourhan Yassin

CEO, Rainforest Connection CV

Act III — Way Forward: Accelerating progress towards the SDGs

Bae Kyoung Yul

President of the Korea Information Society Development Institute, Republic of Korea CV

Karan Bhatia

Global Head, Government Affairs & Public Policy, Google CV

Doreen Bogdan-Martin

Secretary-General, International Telecommunication Union (ITU) CV

Sigve Brekke

President and CEO, Telenor CV

Rabab Fatima

Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States (UN-OHRLLS) CV

H.E. Mohammed Al-Tamimi

Governor, Communications, Space, & Technology Commission (CST), Saudi Arabia CV

Ilan Goldfajn

President, Interamerican Development Bank (IDB) CV

Teresa Hutson

CVP, Technology for Fundamental Rights, Microsoft CV

Karim Lesina

Karim Lesina, Executive Vice President, Chief External Affairs Officer, Millicom CV

Isabelle Mauro

Director General, GSOA CV

Femi Oke

Television presenter and Journalist. SDG Digital Master of Ceremonies and Moderator. CV

Hans Vestberg

CEO, Verizon CV

Wendy Woods

Vice Chair, Social Impact, Climate & Sustainability; Managing Director & Senior Partner, BCG, Knowledge Partner SDG Digital CV

Ziyang Xu

Executive Director and CEO, ZTE — P2C Champion [Video address] CV

UN High Impact Initiative: Digital Public Infrastructure

Her Majesty Queen Máxima of the Netherlands

United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development CV

H.E. Esther Dweck

Minister of Management and Innovation in Public Services, Brazil CV

H. E. Margus Tsahkna

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Estonia CV

H.E. Ville Tavio

Minister for Foreign Trade and International Development, Finland CV

H.E. Hala H. Elsaid

Minister of Planning and Economic Development Arab Republic of Egypt, Chair of The Sovereign Fund of Egypt CV

H.E. Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar

Minister of State, Electronics and Information Technology, India CV

H.E. Simplex Chithyola Banda

Minister of Trade and Industry, Republic of Malawi CV

H.E. Salima Mormorna Bah

Minister of Communication, Technology and Innovation, Sierra Leone CV

H.E. Carme Artigas

Secretary of State for Digitization and Artificial Intelligence, Spain CV

H.E. Cina Lawson

Minister of Digital Economy and Digital Transformation, Togo CV

Sharon Dijksma

Mayor of Utrech, Kingdom of the Netherlands and Chairperson of the Association of Netherlands Municipalities (VNG) (Representing United Cities & Local Governments) CV