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Event
Speakers listed alphabetically
Joint Opening – A Digital Future for All
Act 1 – Welcome to 2030
Act 2 — The Hope of Digital
Session 1 – A Digital Future for All – Universal and Affordable
Sade Baderinwa
Eyewitness News Anchor, ABC News. SDG Digital Master of Ceremonies CV
Ann Aerts
Head, Novartis Foundation CV
Karan Bhatia
Vice President, Government Affairs & Public Policy, Google CV
Rabab Fatima
Under Secretary-General and High-Representative, UNOHRLLS CV
Mats Granryd
Director General, GSMA CV
Shameel Joosub
CEO Vodacom Group and Vodafone Executive Committee Member CV
Juan M. Lavista Ferres
Corporate Vice President and Chief Data Scientist, Microsoft CV
Alexandre Reis Siqueira Freire
Commissioner, National Telecommunications Agency (ANATEL), Brazil CV
Jessica Rosenworcel
Chairwoman, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), USA CV
H.E. Emma Theofelus
Minister of Information and Communication Technology, Namibia CV
David Zapolsky
Senior Vice President, Global Public Policy & General Counsel, Amazon CVAct 2 — The Hope of Digital
Session 2 – A Digital Future for All – Inclusive and Meaningful
Sade Baderinwa
Eyewitness News Anchor, ABC News. SDG Digital Master of Ceremonies CV
H.E. Abdullah Alswaha
Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia CV
Christopher Burns
Chief Digital Development Officer and Director, Technology Division, USAID CV
Tofara Chokera
CEO and Founder, Tofara Online CV
Kelly T. Clements
United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees, UNHCR CV
Pamela Coke-Hamilton
Executive Director, International Trade Center (ITC) CV
Daniella Esi Darlington
Co-Founder, Copianto AI and ITU Secretary-General’s Youth Advisory Board Member CV
Paul J. Foster
CEO, Global Esports Federation CV
Lori Freeman
Global GM and Vice President Salesforce for Nonprofits CV
Lady Mariéme Jamme
Founder and CEO iamtheCODE CV
Bianca Faith Johnson, J.D.
President, Board of Trustees, Push to Walk CV
Joan Joseph Moses
Educator, Roosevelt Douglas Primary School in Portsmouth, Dominica CV
Adit Maze Philip
Refugee Advocate, Kakuma Refugee Camp Kenya CV
Yurii Romashko
CEO, Institute of Analysis and Advocacy, UNDP Generation 17 CV
Lisa Russell
Emmy-winning Filmmaker and Founder/CEO of Arts Envoy Lab/Create2030 CV
Sanjana Sanghi
UNDP India Youth Champion and Bollywood Actress CV
H.E. Amr Talaat
Minister of Information and Communication Technology of Egypt CV
Tunde Wackman
Chief Development Officer, World Central Kitchen CVAct 2 — The Hope of Digital
Session 3 – A Digital Future for All – Sustainable and Prosperous
Sade Baderinwa
Eyewitness News Anchor, ABC News. SDG Digital Master of Ceremonies CV
Deemah AlYahya
Secretary General, Digital Cooperation Organization CV
Inger Andersen
Executive Director, UNEP CV
Zhiping Chen
Vice President, ZTE Corporation CV
Alan Davidson
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information and Administrator, National Telecommunications and Information Administration, USA CV
Jakob Granit
Director-General, Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency
Fatou Haidara
Deputy Director General, UNIDO CV
Tawfik Jelassi
Assistant Director-General for Communication and Information, UNESCO CV
Harrison Lung
Group Chief Strategy Officer, e& CV
Nobu Okada
Founder and CEO, Astroscale CV
Lisa Russel
Emmy-winning Filmmaker and Founder/CEO of Arts Envoy Lab/Create2030 CV
Daren Tang
Director General, WIPO CV
H.E. Valentino Valentini
Deputy Minister at the Ministry of Enterprise and Made in Italy CVKeynote
Brad Smith
Vice Chair and President, Microsoft, UNSDG Advocate CVAct 2 — The Hope of Digital
Session 4 – Risks, Challenges and Opportunities of Emerging Technologies
Sade Baderinwa
Eyewitness News Anchor, ABC News. SDG Digital Master of Ceremonies CV
Doreen Bogdan-Martin
Secretary-General, ITU CV
Rumman Chowdhury
CEO and co-Founder, Humane Intelligence, United States Science Envoy, Artificial Intelligence CV
Robert Muggah
Co-Founder, Igarapé Institute CV
Achim Steiner
Administrator, UNDP CV
H.E. Bosun Tijani
Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Nigeria CVAct 3 — Laying the Foundations of a Digital Future for All
Part 1
Act 3 — Laying the Foundations of a Digital Future for All
Part 2
Redi Tlhabi
Journalist and TV Host Al Jazeera English. SDG Digital Master of Ceremonies CV
Tumi Makgabo
Africa Worldwide Media. Moderator CV
H.E. Omar Al Olama
Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence, Digital Economy, and Remote Work Applications in the United Arab Emirates
Carme Artigas
Former Secretary of State for Digitalisation and AI of Spain and Co-Chair of the Secretary-General’s High-level Advisory Body on Artificial Intelligence
Ian Bremmer
Political Scientist, President of Eurasia Group and GZERO Media
H.E. Ebba Busch
Minister for Energy, Business and Industry and Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden
Vilas Dhar
President and Trustee, Patrick J. McGovern Foundation
Rebeca Grynspan
Secretary-General, United Nations Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
James Manyieka
Senior VP, Google-Alphabet and Co-Chair of the Secretary-General’s High-level Advisory Body on Artificial Intelligence
H.E. Felix Mutati
Minister of Technology and Science of Zambia
Alondra Nelson
Harold F. Linder Professor at the Institute for Advanced Study
Nnenna Nwakanama
Digital Policy, Advocacy and Cooperation Strategist
Sundar Pichai
CEO, Google and Alphabet
H.E. Josephine Teo
Minister for Digital Development and Information, Singapore
Volker Türk
High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
Margrethe Vestager
Executive Vice-President of the European Commission
Jian Wang
CTO and Founder, Alibaba CloudJoint Closing – A Digital Future for All
