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Session 4: Innovation and Entrepreneurship Alliance for Digital Development

Session 4: Innovation and Entrepreneurship Alliance for Digital Development 1: Connect the unconnected - ICTs to deliver SDGs as ONE UN
Date & time	13 September 2023 at 15:30-16:00 Bangkok time (GMT+7) 30 minutes
Introduction & Background	This session will provide an overview of the background and launch of the ITU Area Office in South Asia and the Innovation Centre. It will highlight the workplan and the events, and will discuss ways for the ITU-D membership to become involved with the operationalization of both the Area Office and the Innovation Centre.

Time	Agenda
15:30-15:35 (GMT+7)	Session Moderator: Mr Sabyasachi Majumdar, Team Leader, Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT), India Introductory Remark by moderator
15:35-16:00 (GMT+7)	Interventions by Speakers/Panellists Speaker 1:Austin Menyasz, Head of Government Affairs, Southeast Asia, SAP Speaker 2: Entrepreneurship Alliance, Mohamed Ba, ITU (Presentation) Speaker 3: ITU Area Office and Innovation Centre, Shaina Hasan, ITU (Presentation) Speaker 4: Prof. S. K. Mishra, Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences Speaker 5: Mr. Sanjeev Sharma, Senior Advisor, Department of Telecommunications, India
	Closing statement by moderator

15:30-15:35
(GMT+7)

Session Moderator:

Mr Sabyasachi Majumdar, Team Leader, Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT), India

Introductory Remark by moderator

15:35-16:00
(GMT+7)

Interventions by Speakers/Panellists

Speaker 1:Austin Menyasz, Head of Government Affairs, Southeast Asia, SAP
Speaker 2: Entrepreneurship Alliance, Mohamed Ba, ITU (Presentation)
Speaker 3: ITU Area Office and Innovation Centre, Shaina Hasan, ITU (Presentation)
Speaker 4: Prof. S. K. Mishra, Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences
Speaker 5: Mr. Sanjeev Sharma, Senior Advisor, Department of Telecommunications, India

Closing statement by moderator