SESSION 1An Insight into ICT-Centric Economic Growth, Innovation and Job Creation

Dr. Eun-Ju KimChief Innovation and

PartnershipITU

Mr. Mahmoud MohieldinSenior Vice President

World Bank Group

Dr. George BarkerLondon School of Economics (LSE)

UK

Ms. Sonja BetschartCo-Founder and Chief

Entrepreneurship Officer, WeRobotics

Dr. Ahmad Reza SharafatTarbiat Modares

UniversityIRAN

Dr. Edgar Napoleon AsiimweProgramme Manager ResearchSPIDER – The Swedish Program for ICT in Developing Regions

Stockholm University

Ms. Sylvia CadenaHead of Programs APNIC Foundation

Mr. Houlin ZhaoSecretary-General

ITU

Mr. Marcin CichyPresident, Office of Electronic

Communications (UKE) POLAND

Mr. Pedro MatosSenior Policy Officer, Foundation for

Science and Technology (FCT)PORTUGAL

Dr. Damian DerlukiewiczWrocław University of Technology

POLAND

Mr. Anthony GiannoumisAssociate Professor,

Oslo Metropolitan UniversityNORWAY

Mr. Carlos da FonsecaMinister, Information Society Division,

Ministry of Foreign AffairsBRAZIL

Ms. Taïssa Thierry ChavesDigital Transformation Specialist

President of Women in Digital SWITZERLAND

SESSION 2Good Practices for Accelerating Digital Transformation

Dr. Lidia Stępińska-UstasiakOffice of Electronic

Communications (UKE) POLAND

Mr. Arkadiusz TerpiłowskiStudent, Wrocław

University of Technology

Mr. Daniel SemkowiczStudent, Wrocław

University of Technology

Mr. Grzegorz IskierkaStudent, Wrocław

University of Technology

Mr. Mohamed BaHead of BDT Innovation

ITU

Mr. Brahima SanouBDT Director

ITU

H.E. Ms. Maria-Manuela CatrinaSecretary of State

Ministry of Communication and Information Society

ROMANIA

HIGH LEVEL SESSION

Mr. Konstantinos MasselosPresident, Hellenic Telecommunications

& Post Commission (EETT), GREECE

H.E. Ms. Irini ReljinAssistant Minister,

Ministry of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications,

SERBIA

Mr. Jaromir NovakChairman of the Council of the

Czech Telecommunication OfficeCZECH REPUBLIC

H.E. Ms. Lucija Ljubic LepineAmbassador Extraordinary and

Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

Mr. Jaroslaw Ponder Head of the ITU

Office for Europe, ITU

H.E. Mr. André Müller BorgesSecretary of Telecommunications

of the Ministry of Science, Technology, Innovation and

CommunicationsBRAZIL

H.E. Mr. Marin CebotariDeputy Permanent Representative of

the Permanent MissionREPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA

Prof. Levi Obonyo OwinoDirector of the CA Board

Communications AuthorityKENYA

SESSION 4Financing Mechanisms for Accelerating Digital Transformation

Ms. Marie DebombourgChief Operating Officer

WeCan.Fund SASWITZERLAND

Mr. Jaroslaw Ponder Head of the

ITU Office for EuropeITU

Mr. Alex WongHead, Global Challenge Partnerships

World Economic ForumWEF

Mr. Bocar A. BaChief Executive Officer

SAMENA COUNCIL

Ms. Minerva Novero-BelecPolicy Specialist, United Nations

Development ProgrammeUNDP

Mr. Turhan MulukGlobal Public Policy Manager

INTEL

Mr. Anir ChowdhuryPolicy Advisor

Prime Minister's OfficeBANGLADESH

Mr Abraham Kofi AsanteChief Executive Officer

Ghana Investment Fund for Electronic Communications

GHANA

Mr. Johan HellströmPolicy Specialist Digital Development, Swedish International Development

Cooporation Agency (Sida)SWEDEN

Ms Simone Conrad Advisor Sector Project Sustainable

Digital Development

giz Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit

GERMANY