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WTIS-26 Opening<\/div>
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Opening speech<\/strong><\/div><\/div>
Presented by Dr Cosmas Luckyson Zavazava<\/div>
Presented by Dr Cosmas Luckyson Zavazava
Director
Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT)<\/font>
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>
Keynote: “Beautiful insights \u2014 the art and science of data visualization” by Moritz Stefaner<\/div>
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Beautiful insights – The art and science of data visualization<\/strong><\/div><\/div>
Presented by Mr Moritz Stefaner<\/div>
Presented by Mr Moritz Stefaner
Truth and Beauty Operator<\/font>
Germany (Federal Republic of)<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>
Inside the ITU DataHub and the Statistics Team\u2019s transformation journey<\/div>
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Inside the ITU DataHub and the Statistics Team\u2019s transformation journey<\/strong><\/div><\/div>
Presented by Mr Fredrik Eriksson<\/div>
Presented by Mr Fredrik Eriksson
Data Scientist
ICT Data and Analytics Division<\/font>
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>
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Inside the ITU DataHub and the Statistics Team\u2019s transformation journey<\/strong><\/div><\/div>
Presented by Martin Schaaper<\/div>
Presented by Martin Schaaper
Senior ICT Analyst
ICT Data and Analytics Division<\/font>
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>
\"PDF <\/div>
Inside the ITU DataHub and the Statistics Team\u2019s transformation journey<\/strong><\/div><\/div>
Presented by Mr Thierry Geiger<\/div>
Presented by Mr Thierry Geiger
Senior Economist and Head of the Data and Analytics Division<\/font>
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>
The next frontier of ICT statistics: What matters to the private sector <\/div>
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Digital evolution, privately-held data, statistics and social value creation<\/strong><\/div><\/div>
Presented by Dr Richard Benjamins<\/div>
Presented by Dr Richard Benjamins
CEO<\/font>
OdiseIA
Spain<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>
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Road for NetZero<\/strong><\/div><\/div>
Presented by Mr Azeddine Gati <\/div>
Presented by Mr Azeddine Gati
Director
Department for Networks and IT Environmental Impact Assessment<\/font>
Orange <\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>
Partnership on Measuring ICT for Development: The future of core ICT indicators<\/div>
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Partnership on Measuring ICT for Development: The future of core ICT indicators<\/strong><\/div><\/div>
Presented by Mr Deniz Susar<\/div>
Presented by Mr Deniz Susar
Senior Governance and Public Administration Officer <\/font>
Digital Government Branch
Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA)<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>
Data Hackathon: Meet the winners!<\/div>
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West Bank Digital Deserts<\/strong><\/div><\/div>
Presented by NextPlease DDI - Research Observatory Team<\/div>
Presented by NextPlease DDI – Research Observatory Team
State of Palestine<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>
\"PDF <\/div>
Cambodia Digital Desert Index<\/strong><\/div><\/div>
Presented by FortiData Team<\/div>
Presented by FortiData Team
Cambodia (Kingdom of)<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>
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Bridging the Digital Divide by Uncovering Digital Deserts<\/strong><\/div><\/div>
Presented by QBits Team<\/div>
Presented by QBits Team
India (Republic of)<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>
\"PDF <\/div>
UMC Data Hackathon – Overview<\/strong><\/div><\/div>
Presented by Mr Jos\u00e9 Luis Cervera-Ferri<\/div>
Presented by Mr Jos\u00e9 Luis Cervera-Ferri
Senior Project Manager
ICT Data and Analytics Division <\/font>
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>
Keynote by Mr George-Simon Ulrich, Director General, Federal Statistical Office, Switzerland; Chair of the UN Statistical Commission (2024\u20132025)<\/div>
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We Have Plenty of Data. The Question Is: Which Data Can We Trust?<\/strong><\/div><\/div>
Presented by Dr Georges-Simon Ulrich<\/div>
Presented by Dr Georges-Simon Ulrich
Director General<\/font>
Federal Statistical Office (FSO)
Switzerland (Confederation of)<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>
EGTI and EGH reporting and interactive discussion <\/div>
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Report of the ITU Expert Group on ICT Household Indicators (EGH)<\/strong><\/div><\/div>
Presented by Ms Linah Ngumba<\/div>
Presented by Ms Linah Ngumba
EGH Chair
Head
ICT Statistics Section<\/font>
Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS)<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>
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Report of the ITU Expert Group on Telecommunication\/ICT Indicators (EGTI)<\/strong><\/div><\/div>
Presented by Mr Panayiotis Kyriakides<\/div>
Presented by Mr Panayiotis Kyriakides
EGTI Chair
Economist<\/font>
Office of the Commissioner for Electronic Communications and Postal Regulation (OCECPR)
Cyprus (Republic of)<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>
AI and official statistics: Opportunities and practical applications<\/div>
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How AI Is Transforming the Dissemination of Official Statistics<\/strong><\/div><\/div>
Presented by Mr Marco Marini<\/div>
Presented by Mr Marco Marini
Division Chief
Statistics Department <\/font>
International Monetary Fund (IMF)<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>
\"PDF <\/div>
Trusted intelligence<\/strong><\/div><\/div>
Presented by Ms Latifa AlShehhi<\/div>
Presented by Ms Latifa AlShehhi
Data-tech leader and AI Strategist UAE government<\/font>
Ambassador Women in AI UAE
United Arab Emirates<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>
\"PDF <\/div>
Improving Official Statistics with AI and AI with Official Statistics<\/strong><\/div><\/div>
Presented by Professor Frauke Kreuter <\/div>
Presented by Professor Frauke Kreuter
Chair of Statistics and Data Science <\/font>
LMU Munich
Germany (Federal Republic of)<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>
Mobile phone data for policy and official statistics<\/div>
\"PDF <\/div>
Mobile Phone Data<\/strong><\/div><\/div>
Presented by Ms Esperanza Magpantay<\/div>
Presented by Ms Esperanza Magpantay
Senior Statistician
ICT Data and and Analytics Division<\/font>
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>
\"PDF <\/div>
Mobile Big Data for Shared Value<\/strong><\/div><\/div>
Presented by Mr Benjamin Makai<\/div>
Presented by Mr Benjamin Makai
Senior Manager for Technology for Development (T4D) <\/font>
Safaricom
Kenya (Republic of)<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>
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Analysis and use of mobile phone data: Governance mechanism established by ARPTC<\/strong><\/div><\/div>
Presented by Mr Henri Numbi Ilunga<\/div>
Presented by Mr Henri Numbi Ilunga
Head
Market Observatory<\/font>
Regulatory Authority for Post and Telecommunications of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (ARPTC)<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":93,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"obsolete-templates\/page-submenu.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-115","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/itu-d\/meetings\/wtis26\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/itu-d\/meetings\/wtis26\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/itu-d\/meetings\/wtis26\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/itu-d\/meetings\/wtis26\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/itu-d\/meetings\/wtis26\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/itu-d\/meetings\/wtis26\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/115\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/itu-d\/meetings\/wtis26\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/93"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/itu-d\/meetings\/wtis26\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}