Digital Cooperation & Diplomacy Network 2022

10:30 am Welcome – Dr. Nele Leosk, Chair Digital Cooperation and Diplomacy
10:40 am Year end ITU Update for Digital Cooperation from ITU, Digital Capacity Development (link) – Marco Obiso, Chief a.i., Digital Network Society, Telecommunication Development Bureau, ITU.
10:55 am Year End Update for Digital Cooperation from UNDP – Keyzom Ngodup, UNDP
11:10 am Why and how to endorse the Digital Public Goods Charter (website) , Chrissy Meier, DPG Charter Director
11:25 am – WSIS Open Consultation closing talk – Mei Lin Fung, People Centered Internet
11:40 am Africa and the Internet – Josef Noll, Basic Internet Foundation, University of Oslo
12:00 pm Close

10:30 am Welcome, Mei Lin Fung, People Centered Internet
10:45 am UNDP update – Keyzom Ngodup Massally
10:55 am Partner2Connect and ITU Update, Alex Wong, ITU (Link to slides)
11:15 am Coolabilities Report – Cyndi Coon, People Centered Internet
11:30 am Hack for Public Good. – Hongyi LI, Director Open Government Products, Singapore
11:45 am Africa and the Internet – Josef Noll, Basic Internet Foundation, University of Oslo
12:00 pm Puerto Rico and Cybersecure Internet Resilience – Linton Wells, People Centered Internet
12:15 pm Open Discussion
12:25 pm Closing Remarks – Dr. Nele Leosk, Estonian Tech Envoy
12:30 pm Close

10:30 am Welcoming Remarks – Guest Chair Robert Opp, Chief Digital Officer, UNDP
10:40 am Digital Public Goods – Liv Marte Kristiansen Nordhaug, NORAD
10:50 am WTDC: ITU Framework to help countries with their digital transformation, plan for how Partner 2 Connect Pledge and Global Compact Update – Alex Wong, ITU
11:00 am IFAD.org Top Secret Hotline – Maine Astonitas
11:15 am ASREN’s Strategy on Open Science – Raed AlZoubi
11:35 am IEEE Planet Positive Workshop Sept. 19-20 The Hague @TU Delft – John Havens, IEEE Standards Association
11:50 am US CHIPs Act & Digital Cooperation (link) – Mei Lin Fung, People Centered Internet
12:05 pm Edu-stack and GovStack – Peter Fagerstrom, Educraftor
12:20 pm Open Discussion
12:30 pm Close

10:30 am Welcome – Dr. Nele Leosk, Chair Digital Cooperation and Diplomacy
10:35 am Digital Public Goods Charter (link) – Robert Opp, Chief Digital Officer, UNDP
10:50 am GovStack @WSIS (link) – David Roos, GIZ, Germany and Yolanda Martinez
11:05 am Microservices for Education – Mart Aro, Nordic EdTech Forum – N8
11:20 am World Bank Development Strategy Observations (slides) – Nagy Hanna
11:40 am IEEE Planet Positive Workshop (link) – Maike Luiken, IEEE Standards Association
12:00 pm AfricaConnect3 – Nicky Waco, GEANT.org
12:10 pm Open Science – Yousef Torman, ASREN
12:25 pm Dr. Nele Leosk Closing Remarks
12:30 pm Close

10:30 am Welcome – Dr. Nele Leosk, Chair Digital Cooperation and Diplomacy
10:35 am Digital Public Goods Liv Marte Kristiansen Nordhaug, NORAD
11:00 am Challenge of Funding Digital Public Goods, GovStack – Prashant Poondla, SEEK Development
11:20 am Partner2Connect Update (slides) – Alex Wong, ITU
11:30 pm Update from Microsoft Health – David Rhew, Global Chief Medical Officer, Microsoft
11:55 am EU Digital Education – Peter Fagerstrom, Educraftor
12:00 pm Sustainability – Stephen Ozoigbo, Senior Director Emerging Markets, ARM
12:20 pm Digital Planet, Bhaskar Chakravoti
12:25 pm Dr. Nele Leosk Closing Remarks
12:30 pm Close

10:30 am Welcome – Dr. Nele Leosk, Chair Digital Cooperation and Diplomacy
10:35 am UNSG Digital Cooperation – Marco Obiso, Head, Cybersecurity Division, ITU-D
10:50 am G7/G20 Think7 Update (slides) – Mei Lin Fung, Chair, People Centered Internet
11:10 am Updates on DNS, ICANN and Ukraine (slides) – Steve Crocker
11:40 am Introductions and Discussion
12:00 pm UNGA Science Summit (slides) – Declan Kirrane, CEO ISC Intelligence
12:20 pm Dr. Nele Leosk Closing Remarks
12:30 pm Close

10:30 am Welcome – Dr. Nele Leosk, Chair Digital Cooperation and Diplomacy
10:35 am Digital Citizenship Test (DCT) – Yuhyun Park, Founder, Digital Intelligence Quotient
10:50 am National Research & Educational Networks (NRENs): Current and Future Roles (slides) – Yousef Torman, Managing Director, ASREN
11:20 am G7 Digital Public Goods for Health Update (brief) – Sarah Fischer (GIZ), Skye Gilbert (PATH)
11:35 am “Charter for Digital Public Goods” (slides) – Kate Wilson, CEO, Digital Impact Alliance
11:50 am Int’l Date Empowerment and Discussion (slide) – Siddharth Shetty, Fellow, iSPIRT
12:10 pm Partner2Connect Update (slides) – Alex Wong, ITU
12:20 pm Dr. Nele Leosk Closing Remarks
12:30 pm Close

10:00 am Welcome – Vint Cerf, Chairman Digital Cooperation and Diplomacy informal network
10:05 am G7 Presidency – Hinrich Thoelken, Climate & Digital Envoy, German Foreign Office
10:20 am Global Digital Compact and Digital Cooperation Roadmap Update – Yu Ping Chan, Office of the Tech Envoy, UN
10:35 am DPGA Update (slide) – Siddharth Shetty, Fellow, iSPIRT
11:05 am EQUALS Update (slides) – Alex Wong and Carla Licciardello, ITU
11:15 am SME Financing around the world (slides #1 and slides #2) – Matt Gamser, SME Finance Forum
11:35 am G7 & G20: DCD abstracts (slides) – Mei Lin Fung, People Centered Internet
11:45 am Vint Cerf Closing Thoughts for our DCD Informal network; Welcome incoming Chair
12:00 pm Close

10:30 am Welcome – Vint Cerf
10:35 am ITU Development Digital Cooperation Update (slides) – Alex Wong, ITU
10:45 am Digital Capacity Building (slides) – Keyzom Ngodup, UNDP
10:55 am EU Africa Union Summit Feb 9-11 – Declan Kirrane, CEO ISC Intelligence
11:00 am Citizen Feedback Digital Pioneer (slides) – Anir Chowdhury, Bangladesh PM’s Office
11:20 am City Possible (slides) – Miguel Gamino Jr, Enterprise Partnerships & Head of Global Cities and City Possible
11:40 pm Canadian Update (slides) – Bill Tam, Co-founder DigitalTechnology SuperCluster, and Joni Brennan, President at Digital ID & Authentication Council of Canada
12:10 pm The Cost of Exclusion (slides) – Sonia Jorge, Executive Director, and Ana Rodrigues, Research Analyst, Alliance for the Affordable Internet (A4AI) – Web Foundation
12:25 pm Vint Cerf Closing Remarks
12:30 pm Close

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