Virtual WSIS TalkX
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Starting in April, the WSIS Team will host regular weekly virtual WSIS TalkX for the WSIS Stakeholders to interact, connect and collaborate. Preparing towards the WSIS Forum 2020, High-level Track Facilitators, Workshop Organizers, WSIS Prizes 2020 Champions and others will be conducting virtual interactive talks highlighting their linkages with the WSIS Action Lines and SDGs.
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Our first live session took place on 8 April 2020 and discussed Cyber Security: Online Educational Resources and Child Online Protection during COVID-19. It was inaugurated by Mr Malcolm Johnson, Deputy Secretary General of ITU, while more than 150 participants also benefited from our speakers Mr. David Wright, Director of UK Safer Internet Centre (High-Level Track Facilitator WSIS Forum 2020), and Ms. Merle Maigre - Executive Vice President at CybExer Technologies, Estonia (High-Level Track Facilitator WSIS Forum 2020).
The second virtual WSIS TalkX on Free Application and Scientific Resources to track COVID-19 was held on 9 April 2020 with WSIS Action Line Facilitators of C7 E-Health Mr. Hani Eskandar, ITU and Mr. Sameer Pujari, WHO, setting the context. More than 100 participants actively participated, adding to an exciting discussion led by the moderator Ms. Tatyana Kanzaveli, CEO, Open Health Network — PatientSphere, and the speakers Dr. Tom Blue, Director of Industry, Strategy, Institute for Functional Medicine, USA, and Prof. Karl Blanchet — Director , CERAH, Scientific Resource Centre, University of Geneva.
We invite you to join our upcoming virtual WSIS TalkX, raise your questions, provide solutions and suggestion in how to best use ICTs in combating challenging times during the global pandemic.
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Upcoming Virtual WSIS TalkX
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Universal Design and Social Innovation during the COVID-19 Pandemic
17 April 2020, 14:00 – 15:00 CEST
The COVID-19 has disproportionately affected socially disadvantaged communities, this discussion will explore how universal design can ensure that everyone can benefit from public health communications.
Moderator and Speakers:
- Dr. George Anthony Giannoumis — Associate Professor, Oslo Metropolitan University
- Ms Elise Daaland — Creative Director, Global Universal Design Commission Europe
- Mr Michael W. Hodin — CEO, Global Coalition on Aging
- Mr Masahito Kawamori — Rapporteur, ITU-T SG16 Q26, ITU and Professor, Keio University, Japan
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The role of information, journalism and media in countering COVID-19
21 April 2020, 14:00 – 15:00 CEST
Moderator and Speakers:
- Mr Giacomo Mazzone — Head of Institutional Relations, European Broadcasting Union (EBU)
- Ms Rachel Pollack — WSIS Action Line Focal Point C9 Media, UNESCO
- Mr Christophe Deloire — Secretary General, Reporters Without Borders (RSF)
- Ms Mira Milosevic — Executive Director, Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD)
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