Building Vibrant ICT Centric Innovation Ecosystems: Session 4 Financing Mechanisms for Accelerating Digital Transformation

Name: Building Vibrant ICT Centric Innovation Ecosystems: Session 4 Financing Mechanisms for Accelerating Digital Transformation—Session 210—WSIS Forum 2018
Start: 19/03/2018 16:30:00
End: 19/03/2018 18:15:00
Location: International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

Session 210

16:30–18:15, Monday, 19 March 2018 Room C1, ITU Tower Thematic Workshop Speakers/Panellists Link to WSIS Action Lines Link to SDGs Summary Document

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Accelerating Digital Transformation

The vital role of ICTs as a catalyst for development is acknowledged in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, stating “the spread of information and communications technology and global interconnectedness has great potential to accelerate human progress, to bridge the digital divide and develop knowledge societies.”

Innovation has been recognized as a powerful engine for development to address social and economic challenges and steer global concerns for policy makers and citizens alike. Innovation is also essential to accelerating digital transformation and fosters the sustainable growth for the digital economy.

This session will focus on a key requirement for building vibrant ICT Ecosystems - funding. The discussion will be around investing in and funding of bankable projects for sustained development with immediate and long term measurable socio-economic impact.

All presentations of the Innovation Track now accessible via our dedicated Innovation@WSIS site.

Moderator

Mr Jaroslaw Ponder, Head of ITU Office for Europe

Speakers/Panellists

Setting the context

Mr. Jaroslaw Ponder, Head of ITU Office for Europe, ITU

Panelists

Ms. Minerva Novero-Belec, United Nations Development Programme
Mr. Anir Chowdhury, Policy Advisor, Prime Minister's Office, Bangladesh
Ms. Simone Conrad, Advisor, Sector Project Sustainable Digital Development, giz, Germany
Mr. Kofi Assante, Chief Executive Officer, Ghana Investment Fund for Electronic Communications, Ghana
Mr. Johan Hellström, Program Manager, Specialist, Digital Development, Swedish International Development Corporation, Sweden
Mr. Alex Wong, Head, Global Challenge Partnerships, World Economic Forum
Mr. Bocar A. BA, Chief Executive Officer of SAMENA Telecommunications Council
Ms. Marie Debombourg, Chief Operating Officer, WeCan.Fund SA, Switzerland
Mr Turhan Muluk, Global Public Policy Manager, Intel

Session's link to WSIS Action Lines

C1. The role of public governance authorities and all stakeholders in the promotion of ICTs for development
C2. Information and communication infrastructure
C3. Access to information and knowledge
C4. Capacity building
C5. Building confidence and security in the use of ICTs
C6. Enabling environment
C7. ICT Applications: E-government
C7. ICT Applications: E-business
C7. ICT Applications: E-learning
C7. ICT Applications: E-health
C7. ICT Applications: E-employment
C7. ICT Applications: E-environment
C7. ICT Applications: E-agriculture
C7. ICT Applications: E-science
C8. Cultural diversity and identity, linguistic diversity and local content
C11. International and regional cooperation

Innovation is cross-cutting and impact all above WSIS Action Lines

Session's link to Sustainable Development Process

Goal 9: Build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialization and foster innovation
Goal 17: Revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development

Innovation, Partnership and Global Collaboration

Session Summary

CUsersgreenspanDocumentsOutcomesWSIS_outcome_for_Innovation_track_session_4.pdf

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Link to this session

https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Regional-Presence/Europe/Pages/Events/2018/WSIS/default.aspx @ITU_EUR

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