- EventAcceleration AgendaAwardAdvisory GroupUN HII DPI Initiative
Act I — Taking stock: SDGs and the potential of digital
Doreen Bogdan-Martin
Position: Secretary-General, International Telecommunication Union (ITU) CV
Dennis Francis
Position: President of the 78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly [Video address] CV
Vigneswara Ihita Gangavarapu
Position: Board Member, Generation Connect Visionaries CV
Roman Gojayev
Position: Board Member, Generation Connect Visionaries CV
H.E. Paul Kagame
Position: President of Rwanda CV
Amina Mohammed
Position: United Nations Deputy Secretary-General CV
Femi Oke
Position: Television presenter and Journalist. SDG Digital Master of Ceremonies and Moderator. CV
Sophia the Robot
Position: Hanson Robotics CV
Brad Smith
Position: Vice-Chair and President of Microsoft, SDG Advocate [Video address] CV
Achim Steiner
Position: Administrator, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) CV
Maikel Wilms
Position: Partner and Director, Boston Consulting Group (BCG) CVAct II — Showcasing Solutions to achieve the SDGs through digital technologies
Omar Al-Assouli
Position: Strategic Policy Advisor, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) CV
Khaled Almutairi
Position: Executive Director of Emerging Technologies and Digital Maturity, Ministry of Municipal Rural Affairs and Housing, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia CV
Monica Grace Amuha
Position: Research and Grants Team Lead and EMIS Project Lead, HISP Uganda; PhD student, University of Oslo CV
H.E. Salima Monorma Bah
Position: Minister of Communication, Technology and Innovation, Sierra Leone CV
Sinead Bovell
Position: Founder, Waye. SDG Digital Moderator CV
Noémie Bürkl
Position: Head of Digitalisation Unit, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, BMZ CV
Siwon Choi
Position: Singer, UNICEF Regional Ambassador for East Asia and Pacific and UNICEF Next Generation Global Leader CV
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Position: Actor, UNDP Goodwill Ambassador CV
Kelly T. Clements
Position: Deputy High-Commissioner, UNHCR CV
Pamela Coke-Hamilton
Position: Executive Director, International Trade Center, ITC CV
Chris Fabian
Position: Co-Founder, Giga CV
Mats Granryd
Position: Director General, GSMA CV
Sarah Hendriks
Position: Deputy Executive Director for Policy, Programme, Civil Society, and Intergovernmental Support, UN Women CV
Felicitas Heyne
Position: CEO, Audiopedia CV
Tawfik Jelassi
Position: Assistant Director-General for Communication and Information, United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) CV
Fatou Jeng
Position: Founder, Clean Earth Gambia, Gender climate negotiator for The Gambia to the UNFCCC CV
Sal Khan
Position: Founder and CEO, The Khan Academy [Video address] CV
Ram Mahadevan
Position: CEO, Jiva CV
Tafara Makaza
Position: Co-Founder and CTO, Fixa CV
H.E. Bagdat Mussin
Position: Minister of Digital Development, Innovation and Aerospace Industry, Kazakhstan CV
Sara de Moitié
Position: Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer, Gybe CV
NITHIO
Position: [Video address] CV
Karimot Odebode
Position: Poet, Writer and Youth Activitst
Golestan Radwan
Position: Chief Digital Officer, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) CV
Joakim Reiter
Position: Chief External and Corporate Affairs Officer, Vodafone CV
Boyan Slat
Position: Founder and CEO, The Ocean Cleanup [Video address] CV
Ganesh Swaminathan
Position: Transparency Innovation Lead, OpenSC CV
Daren Tang
Position: Director General, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) CV
Ola Hodne Titlestad
Position: Lead DHIS2 Global Implementation Team and Deputy Director of the HISP Centre, University of Oslo CV
Bourhan Yassin
Position: CEO, Rainforest Connection CVAct III — Way Forward: Accelerating progress towards the SDGs
Bae Kyoung Yul
Position: President of the Korea Information Society Development Institute, Republic of Korea CV
Karan Bhatia
Position: Global Head, Government Affairs & Public Policy, Google CV
Doreen Bogdan-Martin
Position: Secretary-General, International Telecommunication Union (ITU) CV
Sigve Brekke
Position: President and CEO, Telenor CV
Rabab Fatima
Position: Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States (UN-OHRLLS) CV
H.E. Mohammed Al-Tamimi
Position: Governor, Communications, Space, & Technology Commission (CST), Saudi Arabia CV
Ilan Goldfajn
Position: President, Interamerican Development Bank (IDB) CV
Teresa Hutson
Position: CVP, Technology for Fundamental Rights, Microsoft CV
Karim Lesina
Position: Karim Lesina, Executive Vice President, Chief External Affairs Officer, Millicom CV
Isabelle Mauro
Position: Director General, GSOA CV
Femi Oke
Position: Television presenter and Journalist. SDG Digital Master of Ceremonies and Moderator. CV
Hans Vestberg
Position: CEO, Verizon CV
Wendy Woods
Position: Vice Chair, Social Impact, Climate & Sustainability; Managing Director & Senior Partner, BCG, Knowledge Partner SDG Digital CV
Ziyang Xu
Position: Executive Director and CEO, ZTE — P2C Champion [Video address] CVUN High Impact Initiative: Digital Public Infrastructure
Her Majesty Queen Máxima of the Netherlands
Position: United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development CV
H.E. Esther Dweck
Position: Minister of Management and Innovation in Public Services, Brazil CV
H. E. Margus Tsahkna
Position: Minister of Foreign Affairs, Estonia CV
H.E. Ville Tavio
Position: Minister for Foreign Trade and International Development, Finland CV
H.E. Hala H. Elsaid
Position: Minister of Planning and Economic Development Arab Republic of Egypt, Chair of The Sovereign Fund of Egypt CVH.E. Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar
Position: Minister of State, Electronics and Information Technology, India CV
H.E. Simplex Chithyola Banda
Position: Minister of Trade and Industry, Republic of Malawi CV
H.E. Salima Mormorna Bah
Position: Minister of Communication, Technology and Innovation, Sierra Leone CV
H.E. Carme Artigas
Position: Secretary of State for Digitization and Artificial Intelligence, Spain CV
H.E. Cina Lawson
Position: Minister of Digital Economy and Digital Transformation, Togo CV
Sharon Dijksma
Position: Mayor of Utrech, Kingdom of the Netherlands and Chairperson of the Association of Netherlands Municipalities (VNG) (Representing United Cities & Local Governments) CV
Lew Chuen Hong
Position: Chief Executive, Infocomm Media Development Authority of Singapore
Mashael Ali Yousef Al Hammadi
Position: Assistant Undersecretary for Information Technology Affairs, State of Qatar
Dirk Messner
Position: PositionPresident of German Environment Agency & Coalition for Digital Environment Sustainability (CODES) CV
Ilan Goldfajn
Position: President, Interamerican Development Bank (IDB) CV
Guangzhe Chen
Position: PositionVice President for Infrastructure, World Bank Group CV
Michael Running Wolf
Position: Founder of Indigenous in AI/ML CV
Jim Zemlin
Position: Executive Director, Linux Foundation CV
Vilas S. Dhar
Position: President and Trustee, McGovern Foundation
Nandan Nilekani
Position: Chairman & Co-founder Infosys and Founding Chairman UIDAI CV
Amandeep Singh Gill
Position: United Nations Secretary-General’s Envoy on Technology CV
Doreen Bogdan-Martin
Position: Secretary-General, International Telecommunication Union (ITU) CV
Achim Steiner
Position: Administrator, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) CV
Rudra Chaudhuri
Position: Moderator and Director, Carnegie India CV
Femi Oke
Position: Television presenter and Journalist. SDG Digital Master of Ceremonies and Moderator. CV