WSIS 2022 High-Level Interactive Policy Sessions
Chairman
H.E. Professor Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami)
Minister
Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy
Nigeria
The WSIS Forum 2022 serves as a key forum for discussing the role of ICTs as a means of implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals and targets, with due regard to the global mechanism for follow-up and review of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (UNGA Resolution A/70/1). The WSIS Forum also provides a platform to track the achievements of WSIS Action Lines in collaboration with the UN Agencies involved and provides information and analysis of the implementation of WSIS Action Lines since 2005.
The WSIS Forum 2022 High-Level Track will take place during the final week of the WSIS Forum 2022, from 30 May to 3 June 2022, at ITU Headquarters in Geneva with enhanced remote participation, featuring an Opening segment, High-Level Policy Sessions, a Ministerial round table, and High-Level dialogues.
The High-Level Policy sessions will gather High-ranking officials of the WSIS Stakeholder community, representing the Government, Private Sector, Civil Society, Academia and International Organizations. Interactive policy statement sessions will be moderated by High-Level Track Facilitators (HLTFs), nominated and identified by each stakeholder type and will be grouped around different themes identified as important by the WSIS Stakeholders during the open consultation process. The main task of the HLTFs is to capture the vision, identify emerging trends, opportunities and challenges shared by the leaders of their session.
The concluding session of the High-Level Track will take place during the final week of the WSIS Forum 2022. During the concluding session, the WSIS Forum 2022 Chairman will provide an executive summary, giving a platform for all the HLTFs to submit the outcomes of their respective policy session. A publication entitled “WSIS Forum 2022: Policy Statements and Executive Brief” will be issued to encapsulate these outcomes.
High-Level Track Facilitators
Dr. Liberato Bautista
President
Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations
Prof. Ke Gong
Immediate past president
World Federation of Engineering Organizations
Ms. Mikaela Jade
CEO and Founder
InDigital
Ms. Mei Lin Fung
Chair and Co-Founder
People Centered Internet
Ms. Emily Middleton
Partner
Public Digital
Ms. Moira Patterson
Global Market Affairs & Community Engagement Director
IEEE Standards Association
Mr. Kevin Perkins
Executive Director
Farm Radio International
Ms. Melika Righi
Associate
Dama Italy
Dr. Ahmad Sharafat
Professor and Senior Consultant
Tarbiat Modares University
Mr. Paul Spiesberger
Chair
Austrian Network for Information and Communication Technologies for Development
Ms. Timea Suto
Global Policy Lead
International Chamber of Commerce
High-Level Participants
Dr. Fadhlullah Suhaimi Abdul Malek
Executive Chairman
,
Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission
Malaysia
Ms. Rinalia Abdul Rahim
Senior Vice President, Strategy, Communications and Engagement
Internet Society
Mr. Nikolaiski Ali
Director
,
Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago
H.E. Mr. Isa Ali ibrahim
Minister of Communications and Digital Economy of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
,
Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy
Nigeria
Mr. Joe Anokye
Director General
,
National Communications Authority
Ghana
Dr. MERCEDES ARAMENDIA
Presidenta de Directorio de URSEC
,
UNIDAD REGULADORA DE SERVICIOS DE COMUNICACIONES- URSEC
Uruguay
Ms. Sarah Armstrong
Executive Director
Internet Society Foundation
Dr. Baikuntha Aryal
Secretary
,
Ministry of Communication and Information Technology
Nepal (Republic of)
H.E. Mr. Radwan Abdillahi Bahdon
Ministre de la communication chargé des Postes et des Télécommunications
,
Ministère de la Communication chargé des Postes et des Télécommunications
Djibouti
H.E. Mr. Amir Azim Bajwa
Deputy Minister/Chairman
,
Pakistan Telecommunication Authority
Pakistan
H.E. Mr. Deepak Balgobin
Hon. Minister
,
Minister of Information Technology, Communication and Innovation
Mauritius
Dr. Alcardo Alex Barakabitze
Lecturer of ICTs at Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA)
Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA)
H.E. Ms. Bolor-Erdene Battsengel
State Secretary
,
Ministry of Digital Development and Communications
Mongolia
Dr. Zineddine Belattar
Chairman of ARPCE, President of AREGNET
,
Chairman of Council of Post and Electronic Communications Regulatory Authority (ARPCE), President of the Arab Network for Telecommunications Regulatory Authorities (AREGNET)
Algeria
Eng. Mohamed Ben Amor
Secretary General
Arab ICT Organization
Dr. Caterina Berbenni-Rehm
Founder & CEO
PROMIS@Service
Ms. Paola Bonilla
Executive Director
,
Comisión de Regulación de Comunicaciones
Colombia
H.E. Mr. Emmanuel Rey Caintic
Acting Secretary
,
The Department of Information and Communications Technology
Philippines
Dr. Bernardo Calzadilla Sarmiento
Managing Director of UNIDO's Directorate of Digitalization, Technology and Agri-Business
United Nations Industrial Development Organization
Eng. Gilbert Camacho Mora
Board Director Chairman
,
Superintendency of Telecomunications (Sutel)
Costa Rica
H.E. Eng. Gloria Carvalho Kassar
Deputy Minister for Information and Communication Technology Development
,
Ministry of People’s Power for Science and Technology
Venezuela
H.E. Mr. Devusinh Chauhan
Minister of State for Communications, Government of India
,
Ministry of Communications
India
H.E. Ms. Bella Cherkesova
Deputy Minister
,
Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Ms. Marushka Chocobar
Secretary of Government and Digital Transformation at Presidency of the Council of Ministers
,
Secretariat of Government and Digital Transformation at Presidency of the Council of Ministers
Peru
H.E. Mr. Karma D. Wangdi
H.E. Lyonpo Karma D. Wangdi
,
Ministry of Inforamtion and Communications
Bhutan
Prof. Umar Danbatta
Executive Vice Chairman
,
Nigerian Communications Commission
Nigeria
Mr. JAYANTHA DE SILVA
Chairman /Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka, Secretary/Ministry of Technology
,
Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
H.E. Mr. Jean Pierre Doukaga Kassa
Ministre
,
Ministère de l'Economie Numérique
Gabon
Dr. Pavan Duggal
Honorary Chancellor
Cyberlaw University
Mr. Joao Olivio Freitas
Chairman of the Board
,
National Communications Authority
Timor-Leste
Mr. Peter Geršak
State Secretary
,
Government Office for Digital Transformation
Slovenia
H.E. Mr. Belete Getahun
H.E. Belete Molla Getahun (PhD)
,
Ministry of Innovation and Technology
Ethiopia
Ms. Adriana Quiñones Giraldo
Director of UN Women´s Liaison Office in Geneva
UN Women
Prof. NK Goyal
President & Chairman Emeritus
CMAI Association of India and TEMA
H.E. Mr. Guram Guramishvili
Deputy Minister
,
Ministry of economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia
Georgia
Ms. Aichatou Habibou Oumani
President of Niger Regulatory Authority for Electronic Communication and Postal Services
,
ARCEP
Niger
Mr. Ansord Hewitt
Director General
,
Office of Utilities Regulation
Jamaica
Dr. Stelios Himonas
Permanent Secretary
,
Deputy Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy
Cyprus
H.E. Ms. Mubaraka Ibrahim
Acting Chief Information Officer of Information Sector - Director of Health Information Systems
,
Emirates Health Services
United Arab Emirates
Ms. Ekaterine Imedadze
Commissioner
,
Georgian National Communications Commission
Georgia
H.E. Eng. Hasanul Haq Inu, MP
Chairman, Parliamentary Standing Committee for Ministry of Information & Broadcasting & Chairperson- Bangladesh Internet Governance Forum
,
Bangladesh Parliament
Bangladesh
Mr. Ismail Ismail
Director General of Resource Management and Equipment of Post and Informatics
,
Ministry of Communications and Informatics
Indonesia
Mr. Rashid Ismailov
President
,
VimpelCom, Russian Federation
Russian Federation
H.E. Mr. Mustafa Jabbar
Minister, Posts and Telecommunications Division, Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and ICT, Bangladesh.
,
Posts and Telecommunications Division, Bangladesh
Bangladesh
Mr. Fariz Jafarov
Director of E-Gov Development Center
,
E-Gov Development Center
Azerbaijan
H.E. Mr. Albert Jubithana
Minister
,
Ministry of Transport, Communication and Tourism of Suriname
Suriname
Eng. Mariam Jumaan
Chairperson
,
Telecommunication regulatory authority
Bahrain
Eng. Irene Kaggwa Sewankambo
Ag. Executive Director and Director Engineering and and Communications Infrastructure
,
Uganda Communications Commission
Uganda
Ms. Tatyana Kanzaveli
CEO
Open Health Network
Mr. Ömer Abdullah Karagözoğlu
President of the Information and Communication Technologies Authority (ICTA) of Turkey
,
Information and Communication Technologies Authority of Turkey
Turkey
H.E. Mr. Gospel Kazako
Minister of Information and Digitilization
,
Ministry of Information and Digitilisation
Malawi
Ms. Sarah Kemp
Vice President and General Manager of International Government Affairs
Intel Corporation
H.E. Mr. Iyad Al Khatib
Minister
,
Ministry of Communications and Technology
Syrian Arab Republic
Mr. Nazarius Kirama
President/CEO
ISOC TANZANIA
Mr. Apollo Knights
Director
,
National Telecommunications Regulatory Commission St. Vincent & the Grenadines
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Mr. Tomas Lamanauskas
Managing Partner
Envision Associates
H.E. Ms. Nele Leosk
Ambassador-at-Large for Digital Affairs
,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ESTONIA
Estonia
Prof. Chuang LIU
Director of Global Change Research Data Publishing & Repository, World Data system, International research council, Professor of Institute Geographical Sciences and Natural resources research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Secretary General of Big Data working committee, Geographical society of China
Institue of gepgraphical sciences and natural resources research, Chinese academy of sciences (IGSNRR/CAS)
Mr. Farid Lozada
President
Fundacion AbbaCol
Dr. Maike Luiken
PhD, SMIEEE, IEEE-HKN, FEIC, 2022 IEEE Past Vice President - Member & Geographic Activities
IEEE
Dr. Zhong LUO
Vice President, Standards and Industry Development and Chair, ITU-T SG16
Huawei Technologies
Dr. Gift Kallisto Machengete
Director General
,
Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe
Mr. Ernest Mafuta
Chair - Affordable Internet AccessSIG
Affordable Internet Access SIG ( Internet Society)
H.E. Mr. Jacok Korok Maiju
Deputy Minister
,
Ministry of Information Communications Technology and Postal Services
South Sudan
Mr. Bernard Maissen
Director
,
Federal Office of Communications
Switzerland
H.E. Mr. Khov Makara
Secretary of State
,
Ministry of Post and Telecommunications
Cambodia
H.E. Mr. Bakhtiyar Mammadov
Deputy Head of Administration
,
Ministry of Digital Development and Transport
Azerbaijan
H.E. Mr. Phillemon Mapulane
Deputy Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies
,
Ministry of Communications and Digital Technologies
South Africa
H.E. Ms. Eglė Markevičiūtė
Vice-Minister of the Economy and Innovation
,
Ministry of the Economy and Innovation of the Republic of Lithuania
Lithuania
Prof. Konstantinos Masselos
President
,
Hellenic Telecommunications and Post Commission
Greece
H.E. Eng. Kundo Andrea Mathew
Deputy Minister for Information, Communications and Information Technology
,
Ministry of Information, Communication and Information Technology
Tanzania
Dr. Felipe Alfonso Hernández Maya
General Coordinator of User Policy
,
Federal Telecommunications Institute (IFT)
Mexico
H.E. Mr. Kwame McCoy, MP
Minister
,
Within Office of the Prime Minister of Guyana
Guyana
Mr. Ricardo Mena
Director
UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
Ms. Emily Middleton
Partner - International Development
Public Digital
Dr. Keabetswe Modimoeng
Chairperson of the Independent communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA)
,
Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA)
South Africa
H.E. Eng. Kamal bin Ahmed Mohammed
Minister
,
Ministry of Transportation and Telecommunications
Bahrain
H.E. Mr. José Montilla
Vice Minister of Digital Agenda
,
Ministry of the Presidency
Dominican Rep.
H.E. Mr. Annuar Musa
Minister of Communications and Multimedia Malaysia
,
Ministry of Communications and Multimedia Malaysia
Malaysia
H.E. Mr. Peya Mushelenga
Minister of Information and Communication Technology
,
Ministry of Information and Communication Technology of the Republic of Namibia
Namibia
H.E. Mr. Bagdat Mussin
Minister
,
Ministry of Digital Development, Innovations and Aerospace Industry
Kazakhstan
H.E. Mr. Jenfan Muswere
Minister of ICT , POSTAL AND COURIER SERVICES
,
MINSTRY OF ICT, POSTAL AND COURIER SERVICES
Zimbabwe
Mr. Dick Christophe Ng Sui Wa
Chairman of the Information and Communication Technologies Authority
,
Information and Communication Technologies Authority (ICTA)
Mauritius
H.E. Mr. Anicet Niyonkuru
Vice-Ministre
,
Ministère de la Communication, des Technologies de l’information et des Médias
Burundi
Prof. Josef Noll
Secretary General
Basic internet Foundation
Dr. Jacek Oko
President of UKE
,
Office of Electronic Communications (UKE)
Poland
H.E. Mr. Toelupe Poumulinuku Onesemo
Minister
,
Ministry of Communications and Information Technology
Samoa
H.E. Ms. Justyna Orłowska
Prime Minister’s High Representative for Government Technology - Head of the GovTech Centre
,
GovTech Centre
Poland
Ms. Ajarin Pattanapanchai
Permanent Secretary
,
Ministry of Digital Economy and Society, Thailand
Thailand
H.E. Mr. Chris Philp
Minister for Technology and the Digital Economy
,
DCMS
United Kingdom
H.E. Mr. Kyriakos Pierrakakis
Minister of Digital Governance
,
Ministry of Digital Governance
Greece
H.E. Mr. Johnny G. Plate
Minister
,
Ministry of Communications and Informatics
Indonesia
Ms. Maya Plentz
Founder, Editor in Chief
The UN Brief
Ms. Gisa Fuatai Purcell
CEO/Regulator
,
OFFICE OF THE REGULATOR
Samoa
Mr. AHM Bazlur Rahman
Chief Executive Officer
Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication(BNNRC)
Ms. Maitseo Ratladi
Director-Broadband & Universal Access and Services
,
Botswana Communications Regulatory Authority (BOCRA) BOTSWANA
Botswana
Mr. Troy Reynolds
Chief Legal & Compliance Officer
Tata Communications
Mr. Bjorn Richter
Head of Digital Development Programme
,
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
Germany
Mr. Néstor Ríos Rivero
Director Ejecutivo
,
Autoridad de Regulación y Fiscalización de Telecomunicaciones y Transportes - ATT
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Prof. Alfredo Ronchi
Secretary General
EC MEDICI Framework of Cooperation
Ms. Rebecca Ryakitimbo
CEO/ Fellow
Kuza STEM Generation and Mozilla Foundation
H.E. Mr. Davit Sahakyan
Deputy-Minister of High-Tech Industry of the Republic of Armenia
,
Ministry of High-Tech Industry
Armenia
H.E. Ms. Micaela Sánchez Malcolm
Secretary of State for Technological Innovation of the Public Sector of the Chief of Cabinet of Minister's Office from Argentina.
,
Secretariat of Technological Innovation of the Public Sector
Argentina
Dr. Pier Paolo Saporito
Architect Pierpaolo Saporito, President of OCCAM and Infopoverty Programme
OCCAM - Observatory for Cultural Communication and Audiovisual in the Mediterranean and in the World
H.E. Mr. Yuji Sasaki
Vice Minister
,
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Japan
Japan
Ms. Afke Schaart
Senior Vice President, Global Glovernment Affairs Department
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
Ms. Connie. F Shirima
Director of Information and Commumication Technology
,
Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA)
Tanzania
Mr. Shyam Sunder Sikder
Chairman
,
Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission
Bangladesh
Mr. Dan Sjoblom
Director General
,
Swedish Post and Telecom Authority
Sweden
Mr. Kimsann Srun
Commissioner
,
Telecommunication Regulator of Cambodia
Cambodia
H.E. Mr. Athanasios Staveris-Polykalas
Secretary General of Telecommunications and Posts
,
Ministry of Digital Governance
Greece
H.E. Mr. Mohammed Saud Al Tamimi
Governor
,
Communications and Information Technology Commission
Saudi Arabia
Dr. P.D Vaghela
Chairman
,
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
India
Dr. Cun XIE
Director General
,
Department of ICT Development in Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), P.R.China
China
Mr. Jim Yonazi
Permanent Secretary of the Ministry for Information, Communication and Information Technology of the United Republic of Tanzania
,
United Republic of Tanzania
Tanzania
Mr. Soule Youssouf
CHEF DE DEPARTEMENT ET REPRESENTANT DU DIRECTEUR GENERAL DE L'ANRTIC
,
AUTORITE NATIONALE DE REGULATION DES TIC
Comoros
Prof. Philémon Zoo Zame
Directeur Général
,
Agence de Régulation des Télécommunications
Cameroon
H.E. Mr. Isa Zare Pour
Minister of Communication and Information Technology
,
Ministry of ICT
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Dr. Thomas Zielke
Director, Head of Division, Office for National and International Standardization Policy and Patent Policy
,
German Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action
Germany