Agenda

Dr. Marielza Oliveira (Brazil) is the UNESCO Director for Partnerships and Operational Programme Monitoring, Communications and Information Sector, since February 2021. From 2015 to 2020, she was Director of UNESCO Beijing, covering the 5 East Asian countries. Previously, she was the global Results Manager (data scientist) for UNDP, where she also held positions as country manager for a portfolio of Latin American countries (2001-2015).  Previous positions also include Systems Engineer at the US Army Construction Engineering Research Lab/USACorps of Engineers (US, 1987-1991, where she was responsible for AI systems development), senior consultant at Fundacao Dom Cabral (Brazil, 1995-1999), and Director of Executive Education at Ibmec Business School (2000–2001). Dr. Oliveira holds a Master of Science in Finance (1990) and a Ph.D. in Business Administration (1995) from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA. 

Sadaf Khan is the co-founder of Media Matters for Democracy, a Pakistan based organisation working on digital democracy and media and information literacy and Managing Editor of Digital Rights Monitor, a news website covering digital rights and Interent Governance in Pakistan. She has 18 years of experience in the media and development sector and has authored various publications. She is the lead researcher for the Pakistan National Assessment of Internet Universality Indicators and Media Development Indicators. She holds an MSc. in Media, Development and Communication from the London School of Economics and Political Science. She tweets at @nuqsh. 

Cordel Green is an Attorney-at-Law, a former Assistant Attorney-General of Jamaica and a former broadcaster. He is the Executive Director of the Broadcasting Commission of Jamaica, which regulates electronic media.

His other affiliations include being Vice-Chairman of UNESCO Information For All Programme (IFAP), Chairman of the UNESCO-IFAP Working Group on Information Accessibility; Member of the International Institute of Communications (IIC); Advisory Board Member, Carnegie AI Equality Initiative (AIEI); and Honorary member of the Multicultural Media, Telecom and Internet Council, Washington DC.

Mr. Green holds Bachelor of Arts (Hons.) and Bachelor of Laws (Hons.) degrees from the University of the West Indies, a Master of Laws Degree with distinction, from the University of Sheffield in England, a Master of Business Administration degree from the Mona School of Business, and is an alumnus of the Harvard Kennedy School Executive Education Programme and a Chevening Scholar.

Mr. Chanty Pisal is the project coordinator of the Assessing Internet Development in Cambodia - Internet Universality Indicators (IUIs). Pisal is Director of Digital and Innovation Policy Research Center of the Cambodia Academy of Digital Technology (CADT). He also serves as the Research Fellow at Asian Vision Institute (AVI) and Vice-Director of the ASEAN ICT Center, ASEAN Digital Sector Body.  
Pisal holds master’s degree in Public Policy specialized in Economic Policy and Policy Analysis from Australian National University, Australia, and master’s degree in Public International Law from University of Paris 8. He conducts research and study on digital economy, digital and internet policy, cybersecurity, ASEAN Law and integration, and public finance. 
 

Mona Shtaya is a Palestinian digital rights defender working in the MENA region. She is working as Advocacy Advisor at 7amleh- The Arab Center for the Advancement of Social Media, and a non-resident scholar for the Middle East Institute (MEI). Mona is getting an MA in Social Media and Digital Communication at the University of Westminster. Mona Previously worked as the community outreach specialist at Transparency Palestine, the national chapter of Transparency International.

Deniz Susar’s main work areas include e-government, internet governance, smart cities, artificial intelligence, ICT indicators and in general using ICTs for sustainable development in general. He takes active role in preparation of annual Internet Governance Forum (IGF) meetings and its inter-sessional work. He also leads UN DESA activities on World Summit on Information Society (WSIS). He coordinates the work on smart cities with the Local Online Service Index (LOSI) as part of the United Nations E-Government Survey. He represents UN DESA in the Partnership on Measuring ICT for Development and works on ICT indicators to track progress in the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Deniz Susar holds a Master Degree on International Political Economy and Development from Fordham University, New York, and a Computer Engineering degree from the Bogazici University of Istanbul.