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09:00 - 10:45	Session 1: An insight into “ICT-centric economic growth, innovation and job creation” This session will focus on the main highlights of the evidence-based research carried out by world renowned scholars on ICT-centric economic growth, innovation and job creation from various aspects such as governance, education, job creation, industrial transformation and socio-economic growth through digital and emerging technologies in the converged ICT ecosystem. Successful partnership and approaches among multi-stakeholders will be explored and debated on the opportunities and challenges for accelerating digital transformation through ICT-centric innovation in cross-sectors or industries from finance, education to health among many others, in order to contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Opening remarks • Dr. Eun-Ju Kim, Chief Innovation and Partnership, ITU, Bio Keynote speaker • Mr. Mahmoud Mohieldin, Senior Vice President, World Bank Group, Bio, Presentation ICT④SDGs SDGs: main findings and future research • Dr. Ahmad Reza Sharafat, Tarbiat Modares University, Iran, Bio, Presentation • Dr. George Barker, London School of Economics (LSE), UK, Bio, Presentation Partnerships for Dynamic Digital Ecosystem • Dr. Edgar Napoleon Asiimwe, Programme Manager Research, SPIDER – The Swedish Program for ICT in Developing Regions, Stockholm University, Bio, Presentation • Ms. Sonja Betschart, Co-Founder and Chief Entrepreneurship Officer, WeRobotics, Bio, Presentation • Ms. Sylvia Cadena, Head of Programs, APNIC Foundation, Bio, Presentation Panel Discussion moderated by Dr. Eun-Ju Kim, Chief Innovation and Partnership, ITU
11:00 – 13:00	Session 2 Good Practices for Accelerating Digital Transformation [co-organised with Office of Electronic Communication (UKE), Poland] This session will focus on the successful actions taken by stakeholders including universities, major industry players and international entities to leverage ICTs in all socio-economic sphere through innovation. The practices behind each successful case will be discussed in a guided exercise format. Opening remarks • Mr. Houlin Zhao, Secretary General, ITU, Bio, Speech • Mr. Marcin Cichy, President, Office of Electronic Communications (UKE), Poland, Bio, Speech Pechakucha style presentations [20 slides, 20 seconds each] • Capacity building for Industry 4.0 challenges and strategies by Dr. Lidia Stępińska-Ustasiak, UKE, Poland, Bio, Presentation • Digital Transformation towards 2030 in Portugal by Mr. Pedro Matos, Senior Policy Officer, Department for the Information Society, Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), Portugal, Bio, Presentation • Brazilian Digital Transformation Strategy: Preparing for the Future by Mr. Carlos da Fonseca, Minister, Information Society Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Brazil, Bio, Presentation Cooperation between science (academia) and business by Dr. Damian Derlukiewicz, Wrocław University of Technology, Bio, Presentation Presentations by Students from Wrocław University of Technology • ScanΠ Integrated scanner and 3D printer • Robotic Chessboard • Erly. Powerbank rental and return from any location in IoT technology. • Student-faculty collaboration in innovation processes by Mr. Anthony Giannoumis, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, Oslo Metropolitan University, Bio, Presentation • Presentation by Ms. Taïssa Thierry Chaves, Digital Transformation Specialist/Founder and President of Women in Digital Switzerland, Bio, Presentation Facilitated by Mr. Mohamed Ba, Head of BDT Innovation, ITU, Presentation A guided exercise will be carried out by the presenters and the audience. The exercise aims at distilling innovation good practices from each of the presentations using relevant ITU Innovation tools.

09:00 - 10:45

Session 1: An insight into “ICT-centric economic growth, innovation and job creation”
This session will focus on the main highlights of the evidence-based research carried out by world renowned scholars on ICT-centric economic growth, innovation and job creation from various aspects such as governance, education, job creation, industrial transformation and socio-economic growth through digital and emerging technologies in the converged ICT ecosystem. Successful partnership and approaches among multi-stakeholders will be explored and debated on the opportunities and challenges for accelerating digital transformation through ICT-centric innovation in cross-sectors or industries from finance, education to health among many others, in order to contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Opening remarks
• Dr. Eun-Ju Kim, Chief Innovation and Partnership, ITU, Bio
Keynote speaker
• Mr. Mahmoud Mohieldin, Senior Vice President, World Bank Group, Bio, Presentation

ICT④SDGs SDGs: main findings and future research
• Dr. Ahmad Reza Sharafat, Tarbiat Modares University, Iran, Bio, Presentation
• Dr. George Barker, London School of Economics (LSE), UK, Bio, Presentation

Partnerships for Dynamic Digital Ecosystem
• Dr. Edgar Napoleon Asiimwe, Programme Manager Research, SPIDER – The Swedish Program for ICT in Developing Regions, Stockholm University, Bio, Presentation
• Ms. Sonja Betschart, Co-Founder and Chief Entrepreneurship Officer, WeRobotics, Bio, Presentation
• Ms. Sylvia Cadena, Head of Programs, APNIC Foundation, Bio, Presentation

Panel Discussion moderated by Dr. Eun-Ju Kim, Chief Innovation and Partnership, ITU

11:00 – 13:00

Session 2 Good Practices for Accelerating Digital Transformation
[co-organised with Office of Electronic Communication (UKE), Poland]
This session will focus on the successful actions taken by stakeholders including universities, major industry players and international entities to leverage ICTs in all socio-economic sphere through innovation. The practices behind each successful case will be discussed in a guided exercise format.

Opening remarks
• Mr. Houlin Zhao, Secretary General, ITU, Bio, Speech
• Mr. Marcin Cichy, President, Office of Electronic Communications (UKE), Poland, Bio, Speech

Pechakucha style presentations [20 slides, 20 seconds each]
• Capacity building for Industry 4.0 challenges and strategies by Dr. Lidia Stępińska-Ustasiak, UKE, Poland, Bio, Presentation
• Digital Transformation towards 2030 in Portugal by Mr. Pedro Matos, Senior Policy Officer, Department for the Information Society, Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), Portugal, Bio, Presentation
• Brazilian Digital Transformation Strategy: Preparing for the Future by Mr. Carlos da Fonseca, Minister, Information Society Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Brazil, Bio, Presentation
Cooperation between science (academia) and business by Dr. Damian Derlukiewicz, Wrocław University of Technology, Bio, Presentation

Presentations by Students from Wrocław University of Technology
• ScanΠ Integrated scanner and 3D printer
• Robotic Chessboard
• Erly. Powerbank rental and return from any location in IoT technology.
• Student-faculty collaboration in innovation processes by Mr. Anthony Giannoumis, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, Oslo Metropolitan University, Bio, Presentation
• Presentation by Ms. Taïssa Thierry Chaves, Digital Transformation Specialist/Founder and President of Women in Digital Switzerland, Bio, Presentation

Facilitated by Mr. Mohamed Ba, Head of BDT Innovation, ITU, Presentation
A guided exercise will be carried out by the presenters and the audience. The exercise aims at distilling innovation good practices from each of the presentations using relevant ITU Innovation tools.

14:30 – 16:15

Session 3: High Level Session on Digital Transformation
This session will focus on building vibrant ICT Ecosystems taking into consideration country experiences illustrated by high level representatives of Member States. It will discuss possible ways of further strengthening international collaboration in the field of Digital Transformation through ICT-Centric Innovation. This session will also be an opportunity for launching three country Digital Innovation Profiles (Bosnia and Herzegovina, FYR Macedonia, Serbia), a publication on Innovation Practices in Europe and the ITU report “Bridging the Digital Innovation Divide: A Toolkit for Strengthening ICT Centric Innovation Ecosystems” (now available in all 6 UN languages).

Opening Remarks
• Mr. Brahima Sanou, Director, Telecommunication Development Bureau, ITU, Bio, Speech

High Level Statements

• H.E. Mr. André Müller Borges, Secretary of Telecommunications of the Ministry of Science, Technology, Innovation and Communications, Brazil, Bio,
• H.E Mr. Yogida Sawmynaden, Minister of Technology, Communication and Innovation, Republic of Mauritius
• H.E. Ms. Maria-Manuela Catrina, Secretary of State, Ministry of Communication and Information Society, Romania, Bio
• H.E. Ms. Irini Reljin, Assistant Minister, Ministry of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications, Serbia, Bio
• H.E. Ms. Lucija Ljubic Lepine, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bio
• H.E. Mr Marin Cebotari, Deputy Permanent Representative of the Permanent Mission, Republic of Moldova, Bio
• Mr. Jaromir Novak, Chairman of the Council of the Czech Telecommunication Office, Czech Republic, Bio
• Mr. Konstantinos Masselos, President, Hellenic Telecommunications & Post Commission (EETT), Greece, Bio
• Prof. Levi Obonyo Owino, Director of the CA Board, Communications Authority of Kenya

Panel Discussions moderated by Mr. Jaroslaw Ponder, Head of ITU Office for Europe

16:30 – 18:15

Session 4: Financing Mechanisms for Accelerating Digital Transformation
This session will focus on a key requirement for building vibrant ICT Ecosystems - funding. The discussion will be around investing in and funding of bankable projects for sustained development with immediate and long term measurable socio-economic impact. Examples of successful ICT4SDG projects fostering digital transformation will be also presented. Mechanism of crowd funding will be presented drawing attention to new opportunities for inventors and stakeholders driving ICT centric innovation.

Setting the context
• Mr. Jaroslaw Ponder, Head of ITU Office for Europe, ITU, Bio, Presentation

Panelists
• Ms. Minerva Novero-Belec, United Nations Development Programme, Bio, Presentation
• Mr. Anir Chowdhury, Policy Advisor, Prime Minister's Office, Bangladesh, Bio, Presentation
• Mr. Kofi Assante, Chief Executive Officer, Ghana Investment Fund for Electronic Communication , Ghana, Bio, Presentation
• Mr. Simone Conrad, Advisor Sector Project Sustainable Digital Development, giz Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Intenationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH, Germany, Bio, Presentation
• Mr. Johan Hellström, Program Manager, Specialist, Digital Development, Swedish International Development Corporation, Sweden, Bio, Presentation
• Mr. Alex Wong, Head, Global Challenge Partnerships, World Economic Forum, Bio, Presentation
• Mr. Bocar A. Ba, Chief Executive Officer of SAMENA Telecommunications Council, Bio, Presentation
• Ms. Marie Debombourg, Chief Operating Officer, WeCan.Fund SA, Switzerland, Bio, Presentation
• Mr. Turhan Muluk, Global Public Policy Manager, Intel, Bio, Presentation

Panel Discussions moderated by Mr. Jaroslaw Ponder, Head of ITU Office for Europe