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Mr Sofiene Hemissi, Minister of Communication Technologies - Tunisia is a general engineer and a graduated of from the National School of Computer Sciences, has more than and brings over 27 years of professional experience in the field of information technologies and national project management. and He has previously held strategic and organizational positions: such as Director General of IT and Information Systems Development at the Ministry of Interior, Local Affairs Department since 2017, Director General of the National Informatics Center 2015 - 2017, Director General of Information Systems at the Ministry of Communication Technologies 2014-2015, Director General of Strategy and Planning at the State Secretariat for Technology and other organisational and strategic assignments in the IT sector.

2025 IEEE President & CEO

Kathleen A. Kramer is a Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of San Diego in California. She worked to develop new engineering programs as a founding member of the faculty and eventually became the chair of electrical engineering, then serving as Director of Engineering (2004-2013), providing academic leadership for all of the university's engineering programs. Her teaching interests are in the areas of signal processing, mechatronics and robotics, and communication systems.

She has also been a member of technical staff at several companies, including ViaSat, Hewlett Packard, and Bell Communications Research. She is a Distinguished Lecturer for the IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society (AESS) and is a past vice president of the society. She is a Fellow of ABET, and a leader in the development of accreditation criteria for cyber security, mechatronics & robotics, and graduate programs.

Kathleen served on the IEEE Board of Directors as IEEE Secretary and chair of Governance and IEEE Region 6 (Western

USA) Director. She was also chair of the 2023 IEEE Ad Hoc Committee on Innovating Funding Models.

She received the B.S. degree in electrical engineering magna cum laude with a second major in physics from Loyola Marymount University, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the California Institute of Technology.

Mexican, CEO of Orestia, business leader, strong advocate of business ethics, board member of several business organizations. She was VP of Employers at the 98th Session of the International Labour Organization. She has served as Chair of the International Chamber of Commerce from 2022-224, and is currently Honorary Chair of the International Chamber of Commerce and part of the group of advisors and leaders of the B20 and the United Nations Internet Governance Forum.

Maria Fernanda Garza is a Mexican businesswoman, CEO of Orestia, a manufacturing home improvement- water solutions company, with exports to USMCA region, Latin America and Asia.

Her interest in improving the business environment, made her a prominent business leader at a young age. Board member of Mexico's leading business organizations such as COPARMEX, CCE, ALIARSE, among others.

For ten years, Mexico's Employer Delegate to the International Labour Organization Conference, where she became appointed Employer's Vice Chair at the ILO's 98th Session.

Maria Fernanda Garza was Chair of ICC México from 2014 - 2020. Regional Coordinator for the Americas 2012-2020. Member of the Governing Body of the International Court of Arbitration. She is currently, Chairwoman of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC). Member of the Advisory Committee on Sustainable Urbanization of the President of the UN General Assembly's. Member of the International Advocacy Caucus of Indonesia B20. She was appointed to serve on the United Nations Secretary-General's inaugural Internet Governance Forum (IGF) Leadership Panel for two years since 2022.