Organized by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA)
Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government (DPIDG)
&
Ministry of the Interior and Safety (MOIS), Government of the Republic of Korea
in partnership with
National Information Society Agency (NIA), Republic of Korea
Tuesday, 13 October 2020
7:00 am – 10:20 am (New York, EDT) | 1:00 pm - 4:20 pm (Rome, CEST)
2:00 pm - 5:20 pm (Nairobi, EAT) | 8:00 pm – 11:20 pm (Seoul, KST)
11:00 pm - 2:20 am (Fiji, FJT)
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Talking Points of Speakers
Session 1
- Mr. Siim Sikkut, Government Chief Information Officer / Deputy Secretary-General for IT and Telecom, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications, Estonia
- Ms. Josephine Nyiranzeyimana, Government Chief Information Officer, Rwanda Information Society Authority, Rwanda
- Ms. Jessica McEvoy, Deputy Director, National, International & Research at Government Digital Services, UK
- Mr. Sung Joo Son, Director, Digital Government Cooperation Division, Ministry of the Interior and Safety, Republic of Korea
- Mr. Juan Gustavo Corvalan, Co-Director, Innovation and Artificial Intelligence Lab, Faculty of Law, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Session 2
- Ms. Rikke Zeberg, Director General, Agency for Digitalization, Denmark
- Mr. Myuhng-joo Kim, Professor, Department of Data Science, Seoul Women’s University, Republic of Korea
- Mr. Xufeng Zhu, Professor and Associate Dean, School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University, China
Session 3
- Mr. Chan Cheow Hoe, Government Chief Digital Technology Officer, Smart Nation and Digital Government Office, Singapore
- Mr. Anir Chowdhury, Policy Advisor, Aspire to Innovate (a2i) Programme, Cabinet Division and ICT Division, Bangladesh
- Dr. Julia Glidden, Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Worldwide Public Sector
- Mr. Emanuele Baldacci, Director of Digital Services, Directorate-General for Informatics, European Commission
- Ms. Tiziana Bonapace, Director, Information and Communications Technology and Disaster Risk Reduction Division (IDD), UN ESCAP
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Online Discussion Board* (Knowledge Platform)
* To facilitate continued discussion on "Accelerating Digital Transformation for Sustainable and Resilient Recovery from COVID-19", the online discussion board will be created to address unanswered questions, promote dialogue, and exchange ideas.