Kasia Jakimowicz
HQ Project Coordinator – ITU International Centre of Digital Innovation, I-CoDI
Kasia is leading the ITU International Centre of Digital Innovation (I-CoDI). She is a strategic public policy advisor and entrepreneur, guiding global policies and programs on technology, innovation and entrepreneurship. Prior to joining ITU, worked at the World Bank Headquarters and at the European Commission, DG CNECT, Digital Innovation and Blockchain Unit. Previously, she supported the VP of the European Commission, Andrus Ansip, at the Working Group on Digital Entrepreneurship at the UN Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development. Harvard Kennedy School graduate and Harvard Ash Centre for Democratic Governance and Innovation Fellow’21, she was a visiting mentor/research scientist at the MIT Media Lab Global Ventures (Data and AI for the post-COVID world) and AI for Impact. Currently, she mentors startups at MIT Martin Trust Centre eForum, EBRD Star Ventures, and across hackathons all over the globe (Women in AI USA, Disruptive Innovation for Arab World, Innovation Hackathon in Zambia, Better Together Challenge for Venezuela) . She is also a member of the IEEE Council on Extended Intelligence (Global Initiative on AI Ethics). She is a public speaker and a co/author of numerous publications on data, privacy, innovation and technology.
