This session will examine evidence-based decision-making for sustainable growth, effective data collection, and innovative governance in digital transformation. The conversation will start with a Ministerial exchange and will continue with regulators and industry players.

• How can evidence-based decision making in a data driven economy support sustainable growth and innovation? How to raise awareness of the importance of prioritizing data collection. Sharing of national experiences
• Anticipatory and consultative policy and regulatory processes: the key to driving digital development, what works, what doesn’t work?
• Innovative governance approaches: digital cooperation and partnerships for sustainable digital transformation, soft versus normative regulatory approaches?

This session will explore innovative technologies, future developments and regulatory measures to facilitate resilient universal connectivity.

• Sustainable universal connectivity: turning the dream into reality, what will it take?
• How can innovative technologies contribute to achieving universal connectivity?
• Business imperative: Satellites, wireless, subsea cables and fibre terrestrial networks, are these complementary or competing technologies in the digital ecosystem?
• Space and terrestrial: What spectrum for future networks?
• Future developments: From terrestrial to NTN, what can regulators do to facilitate safe, secured and resilient connectivity for all?
• Understanding the infrastructure needs of tomorrow, are we ready for it? The commercial hype versus the consumer need?

The session will explore regulatory strategies for secure infrastructure, data governance, and accountability of stakeholders in transformative technologies.

• What regulatory approaches are needed to ensure secure and resilient infrastructure including subsea cables, satellites, wireless networks, data centres and clouds, and other critical infrastructure?
• Securing the value chain, what framework and regulatory measures to apply to mitigate risks and foster trust?
• Trusted services and data governance: how to balance privacy, openness and data sharing in a secure way that fosters trust in transformative technologies?
• Ensuring accountability: What role for regulators, operators and digital players?

This session will discuss policy and regulatory measures and the roles of stakeholders in building consumer confidence and protection in a transformative AI-driven world.

• What policy and regulatory measures are needed to protect consumers in an AI and big data driven world?
• How to ensure that AI systems are designed with diverse user groups in mind, taking into account different needs and perspectives? What role for regulators and digital providers?
• Are collaborative approaches the answer to strengthen consumer protection, authenticity of information and to address bias?
• How to ensure compliance and enforcement in a globalized digital environment?

This session will explore innovative approaches for stakeholders to foster inclusiveness of all people in the digital ecosystem by implementing ICT accessibility policies, strategies and standards in the design and deployment of ICT products and services.

• What innovative approaches can stakeholders take to ensure inclusiveness of all people regardless of age, gender, ability of geographical location, in the digital ecosystem?
• Which regulatory measures can promote a holistic and intersectional approach to access to and use of technology?
• What role for telcos, digital players and manufacturers in ensuring no one is left behind, ensuring accessibility by design?
• What economic and regulatory incentives can policy makers and regulators foresee to ensure ICT usage by all?
• How can transformative technologies contribute to digital inclusion of all?

This session will address upskilling needs and gaps, looking at cross-sectoral cooperation, AI’s impact on jobs, and inclusiveness of public sector digital policies.

• Digital literacy, talent and skills development: understanding the needs and assessing the gaps to meet the digital talent required across sectors, are cross-sectoral cooperation and multistakeholder partnerships the answer?
• The impact of AI on skills and jobs across the digital economy: are we prepared?
• Targeting the public sector: are policies for inclusive, secure and user-centred digital public services in place?

Information session on the use of emerging technologies by regulators for compliance processes.

This session will discuss frameworks for sustainability as well as the role of digital tech in climate action, ESG compliance, and impact measurement.

• Green tech: How can digitalization and data driven solutions support climate action?
• Can AI and digital tech reduce climate risks?
• What role for regulators and industry players in developing compliant ESG frameworks? Can regulators foster sustainability by design?
• How to measure impact: The importance of data and data analysis, are we there yet?

This session will explore balancing innovation with responsible AI, the importance of co-creation in regulation, and governance models for sustainable entrepreneurial ecosystems.

• Balancing innovation and responsible AI: are agile regulatory approaches the answer?
• Fostering innovation, can co-creation and co-regulation work?
• How to regulate AI powered applications and systems, big data and data analytics (algorithms), IoT and the metaverse while encouraging innovation that aligns with sustainability and inclusivity goals?
• What governance models to apply to foster an entrepreneurial ecosystem at the national level?