"STAR-TIDES in a World of Interconnected Disruptions: A Fireside Chat with Linton Wells II, PhD" is scheduled for 4:00-4:50 pm EDT on Tuesday, May 17th, 2022. Here is the registration link: https://go.gmu.edu/FChat4.
Dear Colleagues, I would like to invite you all to an event at the Stimson Center to launch "The Green Job Machine" focused on Catalyzing Collective Climate Action. You're welcome to join either in-person (we would love to see you!) or virtually. Detao;s below. Event: Catalyzing Private Sector Capital for Collective Climate Action Date and… Continue reading Virtual event: Catalyzing Private Sector Capital for Collective Climate Action
Bastian is an economist with 18 years of experience in various multilateral organizations focusing on decentralization, regional development, and public financial management. Able to undertake analytical work and research projects with minimal supervision and equipped with advanced knowledge of STATA and GIS applications. A team worker with experience in managing teams with different backgrounds and multiple priorities. Led the implementation of Public Expenditure Analysis and Capacity Harmonization (PEACH), a USD 9 million grant implemented by the World Bank to support subnational PFM improvements.
The Think7 Summit will be held on 23 and 24 May 2022 in Berlin. Its preliminary agenda is online, now. While it will be mainly an on-site event, parts of the Summit will be held as hybrid sessions. The on-site venue will be the premises of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation and the German Council on Foreign Relations in Berlin. Register for the Summit here.
Agenda: 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… Continue reading Digital Cooperation & Diplomacy Network Meeting
Special Research Seminar featuring the
2021 CEND fellows
Alber Science and Engineering for Global Health &
Wiesenfeld, Miller, and Mac Donald Russell Family fellows
The seminar is open to the general public and coffee, tea, and snacks will be served.
The World Summit on the Information Society Forum 2022 represents the world's largest annual gathering of the ‘ICT for development’ community and is scheduled to be held starting on 15 March with the final week that will be held on 30 May – 3 June 2022. The WSIS Forum, co-organized by ITU, UNESCO, UNDP and UNCTAD,… Continue reading World Summit on the Information Society Forum 2022
We look forward to welcoming you and your High-Level Representative at the WSIS Forum 2022 High-Level Policy Sessions.
Kindly find below some important information regarding the High-Level Policy Sessions:
The session will be moderated by a High-Level Track Facilitator who will be asking you 2 questions asked together and you will have 5 minutes to respond. Make sure you stick to this timing as the programme is very tight. For those who did not send the questions, make sure to send them no later than 25 May, along with your statement as we need to share them with the moderator and interpreters.
Kindly find attached a promotional material for your session, do not hesitate to promote it widely within your network, linking it to the following page: https://www.itu.int/net4/wsis/forum/2022/Agenda/Session/452
Physical Registration and badging Information: https://www.itu.int/net4/wsis/forum/2022/Home/Registration Try to collect your badge in advance, to avoid making a queue.
Badging Opening Hours available here: https://www.itu.int/en/wsis/Pages/Badging-Opening-Hours.aspx
Networking Cocktail Party: Meet to Discuss Outcomes of WSIS TalkX and WSIS Forum The WSIS TalkX were launched during the WSIS Forum 2019 and has continued with great success to be held in virtual format during the 2020-2022. Coming back to the ITU HQ, this year’s WSIS TalkX evening session will be another opportunity to… Continue reading WSIS TalkX: Program and Guidelines
For PCI Community member invitation only. To be a member of our PCI community click here. Hello, PCI Community Members. We’re pleased to announce our speaker for Sunday 5 May: Arthur Brock Art’s topic: Transitioning into Information Age Economies & Web3 Approaches that Actually Scale Background Arthur Brock builds targeted currencies which shape the social… Continue reading PCI Community Call: Arthur Brock: Transitioning into Information Age Economies & Web3 Approaches that Actually Scale
The United Nations World Data Forum (UNWDF) team is pleased to invite you to the upcoming webinar on “Information session on the call for proposals for Hangzhou 2023” Key questions covered in this webinar will include: How will the programme be organized in Hangzhou 2023? What are the benefits and appeal of submitting a proposal… Continue reading Invitation to UN World Data Forum webinar | Information session on the call for proposals for Hangzhou 2023
Agenda: 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… Continue reading Digital Cooperation & Diplomacy Network Meeting