Moderated High-Level Policy Session 6
Bridging digital divides/ Digital economy and trade/ Financing for development and role of ICT
Session 176
16:00–16:45, Tuesday, 9 April 2019
Room 2, CICG
Captioning
EN/FR/AR/ZH/ES/RU
High-Level Policy Session
Moderator
Ms. Valrie Grant CEO GeoTech Vision GeoTech Vision, Jamaica
Speakers/Panellists
Chairman: H.E. Mr. Mustafa Jabbar, Minister, Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology, Bangladesh
- WSIS Action Line Facilitator ITU – Dr. Cosmas Zavazava, Chief of Department, Projects & Knowledge Management, Telecommunication Development Bureau
- Armenia - H.E Mr. Hakob Arshakyan, Minister, Ministry of Transport, Communication and Information Technologies
- Benin- H.E. Mrs. Aurélie Adam Soule Zoumarou, Ministre de l'Economie numérique et de la Communication
- United Kingdom - H.E. Mr. Julian Braithwaite, Ambassador and Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of the United Kingdom to UNOG
- Rwanda – Ms. Claudette Irere, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of ICT and Innovation
- Estonia - Mr Jüri Seilenthal, Director General of the Foreign Economic Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Greece - Prof. Konstantinos Masselos, President, Hellenic Telecommunications & Post Commission (EETT)
- Poland - Mr. Marcin Cichy, President, Office of Electronic Communications (UKE)
- Subah Infosolutions Ghana Limited - Dr. Kwaku Ofosu Adarkwa, Chairman of the Board
- Qatar - Mr Ali Alwaleed Al-Thani, Economic Advisor to the Prime Minister, Amiri Diwan - Office of the Prime Minister
Session's link to WSIS Action Lines
- C1. The role of public governance authorities and all stakeholders in the promotion of ICTs for development
- C3. Access to information and knowledge
- C4. Capacity building
- 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
- C11. International and regional cooperation
Session's link to Sustainable Development Process
- Goal 9: Build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialization and foster innovation