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ICTs for Well-Being, Inclusion and Resilience: WSIS Cooperation for Accelerating Progress on the SDGs
7 July 2022 @ 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM EDT
Free
Date and Time: 7 July 2022, 08:00-09:00 AM New York time / 14:00-15:00 PM CEST
About: Highlighting the theme of the WSIS Forum 2022, this session will focus on how the ICTs and the WSIS Action Lines can help accelerate the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), learning from the COVID-19 experience to build an inclusive, resilient, and sustainable societies and economies. It is important to strengthen partnerships and digital cooperation towards achieving goals and targets across the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Register here: https://itu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Av6zKxyzTK65UxwzzIXmjQ
Speakers:
- Mr. Malcolm Johnson, Deputy Secretary-General, ITU (Chair of UNGIS)
- H.E. Professor Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami), Minister, Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy, Nigeria, Government
- Dr. Tawfik Jelassi, Assistant Director-General for Communication and Information, UNESCO (Vice Chair of UNGIS)
- Mr. Torbjörn Fredriksson, Head of E-Commerce and Digital Economy Branch, UNCTAD (Vice Chair of UNGIS)
- Mr. Jean-Paul Adam, Director Technology, Climate Change and Natural Resources Management Division, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), (Vice Chair of UNGIS)
- Mr. Moshe Kao, Programme Management Officer, UN Technology Bank for Least Developed Countries
- Mr. Liberato C. Bautista, President, Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations (CoNGO), Civil Society
- Ms. Mei Lin Fung, Chair and Co-Founder, People Centered Internet, WSIS Gender Trendsetter
- Mr. Michael Hodin, CEO, Global Coalition on Aging, Private Sector
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