SIMULCAST: The Road to Addis – Connect2Include. Include2Connect RoadToAddis #ITUWTDC @ITU #Connect2Include
On Thursday March 18 2021 at 12:00-13:30 UTC the International telecommunications Union (ITU) held a webinar ‘The Road to Addis – Connect2Include. Include2Connect’ as part of the run up to the ITU World Telecommunication Development Conference (WTDC), to be held in Addis Ababa from 8-19 November 2021. This session of the Road to Addis Series will aim to address the specific needs for Digital Inclusion of women and girls, youth and elderly, persons with disabilities, children, indigenous people and people living in remote areas to achieve true and meaningful universal connectivity. Another milestone for WTDC, the Connect2Include session will provide all the necessary answers to ensure that no one is left out in this movement for bridging the digital divide and gender gap with the transformative powers of the Internet and ICTs.
The event was simulcast by ISOC.LIVE and included text captions and ISL interpretation.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Sahle-Work Zewde, President of Ethiopia
PANELISTS
Doreen Bogdan-Martin, Director, ITU Telecommunication Development Bureau
Monica Duhem, CEO HearColors
George Anthony Giannoumis, Vice-rapporteur ITU-D SG & Associate Professor, Oslo Metropolitan University
Lissette Gonzalez, Telecomunicaciones Indigenas Comunitarias A.C., Mexico
Claudia Gordon, Director of government & Compliance with T-Mobile Accessibility
Michael Hodin, CEO, Global Coalition on Aging
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, UN Under-Secretary-General, Executive Director, UN Women
Joanne O’Riordan, Activist and Sports Journalist
Emilce Portillo, CONATEL
Emma Randall, Youth Engagement, ITU
Hans Vestberg, Chairman & CEO, Verizon Communications
Roland White, Director, Global Diversity & Inclusion Officer, Microsoft UK
Judith M. Williams, Head of People Sustainability SVP, Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer, SAP SE
Othman Naser Almoamar, Research Lead, Misk Foundation
MODERATOR
David Kirkpatrick, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Techonomy Media.
LIVESTREAM http://livestream.com/internetsociety/roadtoaddis3
TWITTER #RoadToAddis #ITUWTDC #Connect2Include @ITU
SIMULCASTS
https://www.pscp.tv/ISOC_Live/
https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive
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