Lightning Talk On Strategies For Supporting Better Connectivity - Global Connect Stakeholders: Advancing Solutions
Participants address the relationship between access to Internet and other digital technologies, digital policies and regulations, human resources, ICT services industry and strategic applications in the public and private sectors. Sources of demand are discussed as they may apply to developing country contexts.
Speakers include Karen McCabe (facilitator), Senior Director, Technology Policy and International Affairs, IEEE; Sonia Jorge, President, Alliance for Affordable Internet; Neal S. Bergano, CTO, TE SubCom; Dr. Nagy K. Hanna, Visiting Professor, Wits University and Senior Advisor on Digital Transformation, World Bank and other MDBs; Eileen Healy, Co-Chair, IEEE Software-Defined Networks Initiative; Deepak Maheshwari, Director, Government Affairs India & ASEAN, Symantec; Don Means, Founder, Gigabit Libraries Network; and Sally Wentworth, VP Global Policy Development, Internet Society.
Presented at Global Connect Stakeholders: Advancing Solutions, held by IEEE in conjunction with the World Bank in Washington, D.C., on 13 April, 2016, as a pre-event to the 14 April Global Connect Initiative High Level meeting. Learn more about this event at http://internetinitiative.ieee.org/events/conferences/global-connect-stakeholders-advancing-solutions
Participants address the relationship between access to Internet and other digital technologies, digital policies and regulations, human resources, ICT services industry and strategic applications in the public and private sectors. Sources of demand are discussed as they may apply to developing country contexts.