Moderated High-Level Policy Sessions

14:00–14:50 Session ONE:
WSIS Action Lines and the 2030 Agenda

• Mr Houlin Zhao, Secretary-General, ITU
• Chairman: Ambassador Daniel A. Sepulveda, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, United States of America

1. High-Level Track Facilitator (HLTF): Dr. Tomasz Janowski, United Nations University Operating Unit on Policy-Driven Electronic Governance (UNU-EGOV)
2. WSIS Action Line Facilitator: Ms Doreen Bogdan, Chief of Strategic Planning and Membership Department, ITU
3. Antigua and Barbuda — H.E. Mr Melford Walter Nicholas, Minister, Ministry of Information, Broadcasting, Telecommunications and Information Technology
4. Guinea-Bissau — H.E. Mr João Bernardo Vieira, Secretaria de Estado dos Transportes e Comunicações da Guiné-Bissau
5. Russian Federation — H.E. Mr Nikolay Nikiforov, Minister, Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications of the Russian Federation
6. Group of Fifteen — Mrs Samantha Jayasuriya, Deputy Permanent Representative of the Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka to the UN, on behalf of the Group of Fifteen
7. Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation — Mr Shola Taylor, Head of Organization
8. International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) — Mr Leon Strous, President
9. DiploFoundation and Geneva Internet Platform — Mr Jovan Kurbalija, Head of Organization
10. Association of Scientists, Developers and Faculties International — Mr Kokula Krishna Hari Kunasekaran, Head of Organization

14:50–15:40 Session THREE:
WSIS Action Lines and the 2030 Agenda

• Mr Houlin Zhao, Secretary-General, ITU
• Chairman: Ambassador Daniel A. Sepulveda, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, United States of America

1. High-Level Track Facilitator (HLTF): Ms. Karen McCabe, Senior Director of Technology Policy and International Affairs, IEEE, USA
2. UN Action Line Facilitator: Ms. Marion Barthelemy, Acting Director, Division for Public Administration and Development Management (DPADM), United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA)
3. United States of America — H.E. Mr  Daniel A. Sepulveda, Ambassador, Deputy Assistant Secretary Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, US Department of State
4. Lao P.D.R. — H.E. Hiem  Phommachanh, Minister of Post and Telecommuications
5. Madagascar — H.E. Mr Neypatraiky André Rakotomamonjy, Minister, Ministry of Post, Telecommunications and new technologies
6. Swaziland — H.E. Mr Dumsani Ndlangamandla, Minister, Ministry of Information Communications and Technology
7. Mexico — Mr Victor Lagunes, Chief Information Officer, Presidency of Mexico
8. Turkey — Mr Ömer Fatih Sayan, Head of  Information and Communication Technologies Authority
9. OECD — Dr Vincenzo  Spiezia, Senior Economist, Measurement and Analysis of the Digital Economy, Directorate for Science, Technology and Innovation

15:40–16:30 Session FIVE:
Bridging Digital Divides

• Mr Houlin Zhao, Secretary-General, ITU
• Chairman: Ambassador Daniel A. Sepulveda, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, United States of America

1. High-Level Track Facilitator (HLTF): Ms Chinmayi Arun, Executive Director, Centre for Communication Governance at National Law University Delhi, India
2. UN Action Line Facilitator: Mr Cosmas L. Zavazava, Chief of Department, Project Support and Knowledge Management, Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT), ITU
3. Ethiopia — H.E. Dr. Debretsion Gebremichael Measho, Minister, Ministry of Communication and Information Technology 
4. Gabon — H.E. Pastor Ngoua N'Neme, Minister, Ministry of Digital Economy and Posts
5. Japan — H.E. Mr Yasuo Sakamoto, Vice-Minister for Policy Coordination, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
6. Asociación Interamericana de Empresas de Telecomunicación (ASIET) — Mr Pablo Bello, Secretary General
7. World Economic Forum — Mr Alex Wong, Head, Global Challenge Partnerships, Member of the Executive Committee, World Economic Forum
8. EUROLINC — France, Mr Louis Pouzin, Project Director
9. Africa ICT Alliance – AfICTA — Dr. Jimson Olufuye, Chairman

16:30–17:00 Session SEVEN:
Enabling Environment

• Mr Houlin Zhao, Secretary-General, ITU
• Chairman: Ambassador Daniel A. Sepulveda, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, United States of America

1. High-Level Track Facilitator (HLTF): Ms. Anriette Esterhuysen, Executive director of the Association for Progressive Communications , APC, South Africa
2. WSIS Action Line Facilitator: Mr. Kemal Huseinovic, Chief of the Infrastructure, Enabling Environment and E-Applications Department, ITU
3. Côte d'Ivoire — H.E. Mr Bruno Nabagné Koné, Ministre de la Poste et des Technologies de l'Information et de la Communication, Porte-parole du Gouvernement
4. Maldives — H.E. Umar Naseer, Minister of Home Affairs
5. Qatar — H.E. Mr Khalid Al-Hashmi, Assistant Undersecretary of Minister of Transport
6. South Africa — H. E. Prof Hlengiwe Mkhize, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Telecommunications and Postal Services
7. Zimbabwe — H. E Dr Win B. J. Mlambo, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Information Communication Technology, Postal and Courier Services
8. Singapore — Mr Keng Thai Leong, Deputy Chief Executive, Infocomm Development Authority (IDA)
9. African Telecommunications Union — Mr Abdoulkarim Soumaila, Secretary General
10. Nokia — Mr Marc Vancoppenolle, Global Head of Nokia Government Relations