Our panellists
David Kirkpatrick
Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Techonomy Media
Ahmad Alhendawi
Chair, Global Youth Mobilization and Secretary General, World Organization of the Scout Movement
Othman Naser Almoamar
Research Lead, Misk Foundation
Ali Al-Toblani
Young Leader, ITU Generation Connect, Bahrain
Brelotte Ba
General Manager and Chief Executive Officer Orange Mali
H.E. Hassel Larry Bacchus
Minister of Digital Transformation of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
Doreen Bogdan-Martin
Director, ITU Telecommunication Development Bureau
Sinead Bovell
Founder of WAYE. Member of the Generation Connect Visionaries Board
H.E. Volkan Bozkir
President of the 75th Session of the United Nations General Assembly
Børge Brende
President, World Economic Forum
H.E. Akilah Byron-Nisbett
Minister of Health, ICT, Entertainment, Entrepreneurship, and Talent Development, Ministry of Health, St. Kitts and Nevis
Vint Cerf
VP and Chief Internet Evangelist, Google
Ted Chen
Co-Founder and CEO Evercomm Singapore. Member of ITU Generation Connect Visionaries Board
Xingyi Chen
Young leader, China
Yolanda Cuba
MTN Group Vice President for the Southern and East African (SEA) MTN markets
Amadou Daffe
CEO and Co-Founder, Gebeya Inc.
Rury Demsey
Young leader, Indonesia
H.E. Yankhoba Diatara
Minister of Digital Economy and Telecommunications of Senegal
Monica Duhem
CEO, HearColors
Erik Ekudden
CTO, Ericsson
Dr. Kevin Frey
CEO of Generation Unlimited
Betty G
Ethiopian singer and UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador
H.E. Rula Ghani
First Lady of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
George Anthony Giannoumis
Vice-Rapporteur ITU-D SG & Associate Professor, Oslo Metropolitan University
Roman Gojayev
Member of Experts Group on Youth Rights at European Youth Forum. Member of the Generation Connect Visionaries Board
Lissette Gonzalez
Telecomunicaciones Indigenas Comunitarias A.C., Mexico
Claudia Gordon
Director of government & Compliance with T-Mobile Accessibility
Charlotte Petri Gornitzka
Assistant Secretary-General and UNICEF Deputy Executive Director, Partnerships (Empowering Communities)
Mats Granryd
Director General GSMA
Gessienne Grey
Young Leader, Generation Connect, ITU
Dr. Boutheina Guermazi
Director, Digital Development Global Practice, World Bank
Fabrizio Hochschild
UN Under-Secretary General and Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Digital Cooperation
Michael Hodin
CEO, Global Coalition on Aging
Francis Xavier Inyangat
Young Leader, Generation Connect, ITU
Lady Mariéme Jamme
Founder and CEO of iamtheCODE, Pioneer in System change, Technologist and SDG GoalKeeper. Member of Generation Connect Visionaries Board
Shalin Jyotishi
Senior Analyst, New America. Member of ITU Generation Connect Visionaries Board
Diene Keita
Deputy Executive Director (Programme), UN Assistant Secretary-General
Fayaz King
Deputy Executive Director of Field Results and Innovation, UNICEF
H.E. Boštjan Koritnik
Minister of Public Administration Slovenia
Birke Laubinger
Young leader, Germany
Aarti Holla Maini
Secretary General, EMEA Satellite Operators Association (ESOA)
H.E. Micaela Sánchez Malcolm
Secretary of Public Innovation of the Chief of Cabinet of Ministers, Argentina
Wendy Mars
President of Europe, Middle East, Africa and Russia, Cisco
Devshi Mehrotra
CEO of JusticeText
Aya Miyaguchi
Executive Director, Ethereum Foundation
Hiro Mizuno
UN Special Envoy on Innovative Finance & Sustainable Investments
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka
UN Under-Secretary-General, Executive Director, UN Women
H.E. Dr. Ahmedin Mohammed
State Minister of Information Communication Technology and Digital Transformation at the Ministry of Innovation and Technology, Ethiopia.
Mmabatho Motsamai
Founder The Afrolutionist. Member of ITU Generation Connect Visionaries Board
Ritah Muyambo
Program Specialist, Civil Society Division, Youth and Faith Engagement, UN Women
Janati Nakimera
Co-founder and CEO Solar Net Metering, Uganda
H.E. Faustine Ndugulile
Minister of Communication and Information Technology of Tanzania
Andile Ngcaba
Founder, Convergence Partners
Sanda Ojiambo
Executive Director and CEO, UN Global Compact
Dunola Oladapo
Engagement Manager, Generation Connect, ITU
Robert Opp
Chief Digital Officer at UNDP
Joanne O'Riordan
Activist and Sports Journalist
Lena Ostlund
Young leader, France/Sweden
H.E. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful
Minister of Communications and Digitalisation of the Republic of Ghana
Emilce Portillo
CONATEL
Mirjana Pović
Assistant Professor at the Ethiopian Space Science and Technology Institute
Emma Randall
Young Leader, Generation Connect, ITU
Usha Rao-Monari
Under-Secretary-General and Associate Administrator of UNDP
Courtenay Rattray
High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States
Nick Read
CEO, Vodafone Group
Tijmen Rooseboom
Ambassador for Youth, Education and Work at the Netherlands' Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Alexa Roscoe
Disruptive Technologies Lead, International Finance Corporation
Joshua Setipa
Managing Director, UN Technology Bank for Least Developed Countries
Dr RS Sharma
Former Chairman, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)
H.E. Konstantin Konstantinovich Shulgan
Minister of Communications and Informatization of the Republic of Belarus
Blenda Da Silva
Young leader, Brazil
Preeti Sinha
Executive Secretary, UNCDF
Brad Smith
President, Microsoft
Maria-Francesca Spatolisano
Officer-in Charge, Office of the Secretary-General's Envoy on Technology, and Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and Inter-Agency Affairs, DESA, United Nations
Stephen Spengler
ESOA Chairman & CEO of Intelsat
Ellen Taylor
Youth Engagement, Generation Connect, ITU
Fekitamoeloa Katoa ‘Utoikamanu
Former High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States (UN- OHRLLS)
Hans Vestberg
Chairman & CEO, Verizon
Sofia Valle
Young Leader, Generation Connect, ITU
Geremachew Wagaye
Young leader, Ethiopia
H.E. Bob Loughman Weibur
Prime Minister of the Republic of Vanuatu
Roland White
Director, Global Diversity & Inclusion Officer, Microsoft UK
Jayathma Wickramanayake
UN Secretary-General's Envoy on Youth. Member of the Generation Connect Visionaries Board
Judith M. Williams
Head of People Sustainability SVP, Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer, SAP SE
Maikel Wilms
Partner and Director, Technology, Media & Telecommunications, BCG
Badri Younes
Deputy Associate Administrator for Space Communications & Navigation, NASA
H.E. Sahle-Work Zewde
President of Ethiopia
