Agenda

 Ms. Ni Huan (Helen) is the Founding Director of Shanghai Minhang District JiangChuan Green Light-Year Environmental Service Center(Shanghai Green Light-Year / GLY), a Cambridge Chevening Scholar (2004-05), China Member of IUCN CEC and Director of ESG Development and Promotion Center of Shanghai Pudong New Energy Association. Helen has been working in financial sector, DFID-funded project, UNDP China, IFC, the Policy Research Center for Environment and Economy under the Ministry of Environmental Protection, UNEP Finance Initiative, and WWF China for 20 years. By using her sectorial experience, she has incorporated experiences in sustainability to empowering younger generations by developing their digital literacy and ethics competency towards 2030 agenda.

Since GLY was established, Helen has been working with sectorial experts to develop youth sustainability leadership program for youth from China and overseas. Her students have entered global youth competitions (final round) by the World Bank Group, UNDP, UNEP, FAO, ITU, UN University, Shanghai Climate Week etc and have won global awards over ten times reaching 100K+ youth groups around the world and have been solving real world problems by PBLs (Project-based, problem-based and place-based). In addition, Helen led GLY to become the first ally in Chinese Mainland to join the World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA) in March 2021. She has taken the lead to cooperate with WBA in the first research report on China’s ICT companies’ digital inclusion performance, which was released in March 2023.

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Daniella is visionary leader from Ghana using artificial intelligence (AI) to empower individuals and bridge the digital divide. As co-founder of Copianto AI, she's democratizing access to this powerful technology by developing a cutting-edge platform that leverages AI and large language models (LLMs) to unlock organizational knowledge, create intelligent virtual assistants, and make information accessible to all. Beyond her entrepreneurial pursuits, Daniella is a passionate advocate for responsible technology development. She champions this cause as an Affiliate at All Tech Is Human and contributes her expertise as a research group member and AI policy expert at the Center for AI and Digital Policy, shaping the future of responsible AI practices and fostering inclusive technology solutions for all. She advocates for inclusive AI development and bridging the digital divide through youth participation. Her dedication to solving critical world problems has been recognized through prestigious fellowships like Sigma Squared Society and #10FacesChangingAfrica  by StArfrica - Startup Germany-Africa.

Khanh Linh is currently appointed as the Deputy Director of the Center for Education Promotion and Empowerment of Women (CEPEW), a Vietnamese non-governmental organization with 20 years of operation promoting equality and good governance. She is committed to further closing the digital gap and building digital capacity for people with disabilities, young women leaders, and people from ethnic minorities. Prior to CEPEW, she spent 3.5 years conducting research on digital regulatory issues (personal data protection, cybersecurity, artificial intellience, digital infrastructure) as a Policy Analyst at the Institute for Policy Studies and Media Development (IPS), a research unit of the Vietnam Digital Communications Association. In addition to national projects, she is actively involved in regional and international engagements to contribute ideas and recommendations on how to narrow the digital divide and harness technology for the greater good of society. In 2021, she coordinated organization of the Asia Open Data Partnership Summit. She also served as a country researcher for the Global Index on Responsible AI (2023-2024) and the Global Data Barometer (2021). She is eager to work with young professionals around the world and apply our knowledge and experiences when formulating recommendations to narrow the digital divide and addressing issues like AI ethical standards, e-waste, and leveraging digital technologies for climate change monitoring, as well as developing strategies to advocate for national integration of these recommendations. 

Matthew Leung is the youth project researcher in Shanghai Green Light-Year, and a current student at Pitzer College studying Environment, Economics, and Politics, with an emphasis on the interdisciplinary aspect of the major. Matthew has long been involved in his community, from assisting the CDC in conducting a rapid community assessment of the county during the COVID pandemic to serving on his college's Pan-Asian association's executive board. Through working with Shanghai Green Light Year on their project focusing on China's community-driven climate change education and completing a study abroad program in Shanghai, he has added a global perspective to his understanding of the community's role in promoting the SDG. 

Mr. Zhu is the Digital Inclusion Research Lead of Shanghai Green Light-Year Youth Research, and a Master's candidate in Global Management at the University of Hong Kong, distinguished by the National Scholarship and Shanghai Outstanding Graduate Award during his undergraduate career. He has participated in digital inclusion, digital economy research and international governance, with experience spanning VoiceBook solution for people with hard-hearing, research on the most influential Chinese companies’ digital inclusion performance, Model United Nations leadership, UN Training Institute programs, and Internet technology company internships.

Mr. Zhu authored an international conference paper examining How Digital Economy Empowers Corporate ESG, discovering that digital economy enhances corporate ESG performance through alleviating financing constraints and promoting green economic growth—particularly pronounced in pollution-intensive industries. During his internship at ByteDance's TikTok Shop Sector, he gained firsthand insight into responsible technology deployment in developing regions, observing comprehensive technical training and ethical compliance education for local stakeholders before market expansion.