Equal opportunities in the working world of the IT sector need a cultural change in companies. The Hasso Plattner Institute's first Women in Tech conference creates a stage for strong voices to speak up about biases and hurdles in corporate structures and become vocal about the challenges and the change needed.
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
A side event organized by the United Nations Group on the Information Society (UNGIS) and the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) is scheduled for July 7th, 2022. This session will focus on how Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and WSIS Action Lines may accelerate Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and learn from COVID-19 in order to… Continue reading UNGIS Side Event
Tune in at 11 AM PT! https://t.co/oi3APnvcVP @rwang0 & special co-host @lizkmiller #DisrupTV https://twitter.com/constellationr/status/1562122618630717441?s=27&t=d7JGX3wfsqwJ6AGmEJdgtQ
ABOUT: The Global AI Summit is a two-way conversation that engages every attendee, speaker, and partner in a rich dialogue about how AI can solve complex problems, empower businesses, shape our future, and ultimately, transform society. From local and regional “visions” to the united economic framework, the Global AI Summit gathers the most prominent policymakers,… Continue reading The Best AI for Good – Optimizing AI’s Impact on Humanity | Session Briefing – Global AI Summit 2022
There are only a couple of weeks to go until the Design Thinking community gathers at the Design Thinking ImpAct Conference, which will take place on-site in Potsdam and online on September 15th and 16th, 2022. Join us to review the highlights of the last 15 years of Design Thinking activities at Hasso Plattner Institute and discuss how we can further shape… Continue reading Design Thinking ImpAct Conference
ABOUT MediaTech Hub Conference is the only B2B event in Germany focused on media technologies. These include all video and audio-related technologies and business in the digital sphere, and it’s clear that MediaTech is massively accelerating the changes to how we live and work. At #mthcon we benchmark these changes, framing discussions around the advances made… Continue reading #MTHCON22 OPENING TALK: How Mediatech shapes society sustainably
With nearly half the world unconnected and $42B in broadband infrastructure funding going out to states in the US right now, digital equity is center stage in the journey to bring opportunity to everyone. The Decade of Digital Inclusion brings together technologists, policymakers and digital inclusion advocates to create collaborations to bridge the digital divide.… Continue reading Decade & Digital Inclusion: How do we define broadband?
Dive into the vision of today's leaders The Mei Lin Fung Conversation Chair since 2020 of the People Centered Internet which she co-founded with Vint Cerf in 2015, she stands for building resilient communities applying digital finance, harnessing data so that communities connect in networks, so all community members can thrive. She gave the closing… Continue reading Digital for Good Conversation – Mei Lin Fung x Hamilton Mann
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQHka1TgNZY This panel was part of The Marconi Society’s 2022 Decade of Digital Inclusion Symposium. Our expert group included moderator Vint Cerf of the Marconi Society and Google, Christophe Diot of Google, Mei Lin Fung of the People-Centered Internet, and Matthew Rantanen of the Southern California Tribal Chairmen’s Association and the Golden State Network.
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