Speakers A Abdulhadi AboualmalHead of Technology Standardization and Spectrum ManagementETISALAT Ali AbbassenseChief Technology OfficerEADNMinistry of Post and Telecommunications, Algeria Ulrich AhleCEOFiware Foundation Nadine AlamehCEOOpen Geospatial Consortium Anwer Al-DulaimiSenior Manager of Emerging Technologies & InnovationsEXFO Ahmed Ali AlsohailyGroup Head of TechnologyRed Sea Global Haider AllegGeneral Partner, Allegory Capital Nasser Saleh Al MarzouqiChairman of ITU-T Study Group 20Telecommunication Regulatory Authority, UAE H.E. Mr Hans-Joachim AlmoslechnerDeputy Permanent RepresentativePermanent Mission of Austria to the United Nations in New York Muath AlRumayhDirector of International NegotiationCommunications, Space & Technology Commission (CST), Saudi Arabia H.E. Mr Abdulaziz bin Mohamed Al-WaselAmbassador and Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the United Nations in New York Marwan AlzarouniStrategic Advisor, Dubai Department of Economy and Tourism Giriraj Amarnath, Principal Researcher, Disaster Risk Management and Climate Resilience and Research Group Leader, IWMI Erik AndersenIndependent ConsultantAndersen’s L-Service Erik AnderssonNational Expert to the ECEuropean Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts Denis AndreevITU-T Study Group 11 Advisor, TSBITU Constantinos Marios AngelopoulosAssociate ProfessorBournemouth University Victor AntonFounder and CEOWildlife.ai Leonidas AnthopoulosProfessorUniversity of Thessaly Non ArkaraprasertkulSenior Expert in Smart City Promotion, Thailand’s Digital Economy Promotion Agency Kazuyuki AshimuraProject Professor and W3C Web of Things Team ContactKeio University Giacomo AssenzaCybersecurity Research Officer ITU B Bryn BalcombeAutonomy Systems and Regulatory ExpertOxbotica Rodrigo Ruiz BallesterosCoordinador de Innovación del Municipio de Querétaro, Mexico Thomas BasikoloProgram Officer, International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Natalia BayonaExecutive Director, UNWTO Soumaya Ben DhaouResearch CoordinatorUNU Pernilla BergmarkPrincipal Researcher ICT Sustainability ImpactsEricsson Alberto BernalDirector Territorios PhygitalIndra Minsait Pete BernardExecutive Director, tinyML Foundation Dominique BerodHead, Earth System Monitoring DivisionWMO Ahmad BhinderDirector of Policy InnovationDigital Cooperation Organization Jiayu BiQ3/20 Associate Rapporteur, Editor, ITU-T Study Group 20China Telecommunications Corporation Fabio BigiExpert, Advisor for the MinistryMinistry of Enterprise and Made in Italy Jon BlackCEO y Fundador, Blackbot Bill de Blasioformer Mayor of NYC Apoorva BoseG20 Programme Coordinator India, UNCCDI Sebastian BosseHead of Interactive & Cognitive Systems GroupFraunhofer HHI Alexandre BosshardCoordinator and Project ManagerCity of Pully Anna BrekineProject ManagerMandat International Martin BrynskovChairOpen & Agile Smart Cities Cristina BuetiCounsellor, ITU-T Study Group 20ITU C Wendy Teresa Goico CampagnaPermanent Mission of the Dominican Republic to the United Nations Office in Geneva, Switzerland; Vice-chairman, United for Smart Sustainable Cities Initiative (U4SSC) Simão CamposCounsellor, ITU-T SG16 and ITU/WHO FG-AI4HITU Jean Manuel CanetSenior Manager, Climate and Biodiversity, Orange Group Héctor Mario CarrilVicepresidente de la Comisión de Estudio 20Unión Internacional de Telecomunicaciones Marco CarugiQ2/20 Rapporteur and Mentor of ITU-T SG20Huawei Research Europe Inga CaesarKey Account Manager and Head of HealthCitibeats Sandra CarvãoChief of Tourism Market Intelligence and CompetitivenessUNWTO Manuel Barreiro CastañedaCEO & Founder, Aston Group; Vice-Chair of ITU Focus Group on metaverse Yuguang ChangSenior Director, FiberHome Telecommunication Technologies Co., Ltd.CICT Amitabh ChaudhryManaging Director and Chief Executive Officer, Axis Bank Cameroon ChellCo-Founder, Draganfly Innovations, United States Natasha CramptonVP, Chief Responsible AI OfficerMicrosoft Cédric CrettazLead Researcher in ICTMandat International Osvaldo I. Larancuent CuetoPresidente, Capítulo Internet Society de la República Dominicana Wayne CutlerTechnical Director-Legacy NetworksGSMA D David DaoCo-Founder GainForest Lisa D’AmbrosiResearch Scientist, MIT AgeLabMassachusetts Institute of Technology Juanjo DañobeitiaProfessor of Marine Geophysics, CSIC John DaviesThematic Group Co-Leader, U4SSCStrategy 4 Technology Limited Gauri DeorasConsultant, GD Consulting & Coaching Katrina Destrée Director of PrivacyKUMA LLC Joe DignanHead of Government Insights,International Data Corporation (IDC) EMEA Jörg DörrProfessor for Digital FarmingTechnical University of Kaiserslautern Aminata DrameProgram Director Infrastructures and Network in Africa, Orange GroupAssociate ResearcherWuhan University Wenying DuAssociate ResearcherWuhan University E Muslim ElkotobPrincipal Solutions ArchitectVodafone AbdEl-Monem El-SharkawyChairman, National Academy of Information Technology for Persons with Disabilities, Egypt Soha ElzalabanyFounder, Tomooh Foundation; Lecturer at The American University, Egypt Tim EngelhardtHuman Rights Officer, OHCHR Arthur Hrast EssenfelderProject Officer, European Commission F Yip FaiAI Ethics ResearcherPrinceton University Javier FarfanPostdoctoral researcher,Åbo Akademi University, Finland Ramy Ahmed FathyDirector, Digital Services Planning and Risk AssessmentNational Telecom Regulatory Authority, Egypt Ernesto Faubel-CubellsHead of Smart City Office, Municipality of Valencia, Spain Nathalie FeingoldDirector and Strategic AdvisorNPBA R. Andres FerreyraData Asset ManagerSyngenta Digital Ramón FerriDirector of Institutional RelationsSEGITTUR Radia FunnaFounder and PrincipalBuild n Blaze, LLC G Charles GahunguGeneral Manager of ICT RegulationRURA Emilar GandhiHead of Stakeholder Engagement, Meta Paolo GemmaSenior Specialist for EuropeHuawei Okan GerayStrategic Planning AdvisorDigital Dubai Gustavo GiannattasioPresidente del Capítulo UruguayIEEE Bernard GindrozChair, ISO/TC 268: Sustainable cities and communitiesISO David GinerProject CoordinatorInstituto Valenciano de Tecnologías Turísticas Gregory GiulianiHead of the Digital Earth Unit and Swiss Data Cube Project LeaderGRID-Geneva Daniel GoldscheiderExecutive Director, OpenWallet Foundation Sérgio GuerreiroSenior Director, Knowledge Management & InnovationTurismo de Portugal Luis Nava GuerreroMunicipal President of Querétaro H Takashi HaradaMarketing Engineer, IoT Platform DivisionOki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. Bugge Holm HansenSenior Futurist & Head of Innovation and Technology, Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies Amin HasbiniHead of Research Center, Middle East, Turkey and Africa (META)Kaspersky Sarah HayesClimate Resilience Demonstrator Project Lead, National Digital Twin ProgrammeCentre for Digital Built Britain Shane HeVice-Chair, ITU-T Study Group 20; Nokia Roland van der HeijdenProgram Manager Digital City, City of Rotterdam, The Netherland Alejandro HerreraDirector Nacional de Telecomunicaciones, ASEP, Panamá Mark HidsonDirector on Sustainable ProcurementICLEI Peggy HicksDirector, OHCHR Anita Batamuliza HodariSenior officer in charge of e-waste ManagementRURA Kenneth HolmlundHead of Space Systems and UtilizationWMO Bruce M. HoweChair, Joint Task Force for SMART Subsea Cables I Maxim InterbrickCOOSparrow Analytics SA Kenneth IronsChairmanAgriTech New Zealand J Dejan JakovljevicCIO and Director, Digitalization and Informatics DivisionFAO Shazade JamesonAuthor of the Report “AI & Cities”Tilburg Law School Bilel JamoussiDeputy Director, Telecommunication Standardization Bureau, ITU Jaemin JangSenior ResearcherTTA Marek JanovskýDiplomat, Permanent mission of the Czech Republic to the UN Noor UL Owase JeelaniHead of the Craniofacial Surgery Department, Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH), United Kingdom David JensenCoordinator, Digital Transformation ProgrammeUNEP Xueqin JiaSenior EngineerChina Unicom K Sebastian KaebischSenior Key ExpertSiemens Technology Rana KamillIoT Ecosystems Architecture Solutions Manager, BT Sami KanaanDeputy Mayor of Geneva, President of Global Cities Hub (GCH) Shin-Gak KangAssistant Vice PresidentETRI Will KennedySenior Programme Officer,UN Officer for Partnerships Kaoru KenyoshiChair, SG11 Working Party 3; Senior innovation coordinatorNational Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), Japan Yousef KhaliliChief Commercial Officer, TONOMUS Daewon KimDirector of VC Dept.Thinkware Hyoung Jun KimSenior Vice-President, Intelligent Convergence Research LabETRI Hwirin KimHead of Hydrological and Water Resources Services Division, WMO Mallory KnodelCTO, Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) Barbara KolmDirectorAustrian Economics Center Matej KovačičExpertInternational Research Centre on Artificial Intelligence, Jožef Stefan Institute Marianna KovalDirector Invest NYC SDG, NYU Stern Center for Sustainable Business Gregory KriegerCEO & Co-founder, Kralys SA Jorrit KuipersFounder and CTOGreen Dino BV Sheetal KumarConsultant, Global Partners Digital Sushil KumarDeputy Director General (IoT), Telecommunication Engineering Center, Department of TelecommunicationsMinistry of Communication, Government of India L Paul LamDirector, Corporate Strategy & DevelopmentTuSimple Aare LaponinSenior Consultant, GovConsult.org, Estonia Gyu Myoung LeeProfessorLiverpool John Moores University Junseob LeeDirector, Intelligent Convergence Research LaboratoryETRI Junwook LeeResearch FellowAIBLab Inc. Yong Jick LeePresident, Center for Accessible ICT, Korea Johannes LehmannHead of Business Development Smart FarmingGerman Institute for Standardization Robert Lewis-LettingtonChief of the Urban Legislation UnitUN-Habitat Yizheng LiProject ManagerChina Mobile Yun LiDirector, Technical and Industry Standard DepartmentTencent Weng Marc LimDean and ProfessorSunway University Alena LohrmannPostdoctoral researcher for the Chair of Energy Systems Analysis,ETH Zürich, Switzerland Jürg LuterbacherChief Scientist, Director Science and InnovationWMO Noah LuoChair, ITU-T Study Group 16; Senior International Standardization Expert, Huawei Technologies, Co., Ltd. M Ralf MaChair IEEE Metaverse Standards Working Group Christian MaasemPartner, Head of HyperconnectivityDetecon Consulting Giulio MaggioreTechnical & Vendor ManagementTelecom Italia Tania MarcosHead of Smart Sustainable Cities Spanish Association for Standardization (UNE) Juan Pablo MartínProject ManagerAuravant Cristina MartinezDeputy Head for Smart Technologies for CommunitiesEuropean Commission Sergio MartínezDirector EjecutivoComisión de Regulación de Comunicaciones Cristina Martinez PintoFounder and CEOPIT Policy Lab Yolanda MartinezSenior Project Coordinator, GovStack Initiative, ITU Laura MatterFounder and CEOPIT Policy Lab Venkatesen (VIJAY) MaureeFounder and CEOPIT Policy Lab Craig MeyerDirector of Special Projects and Innovation, Department of Communications and Digital Technologies, South Africa Michael McCoolPrincipal EngineerIntel Corporation Drake Patrick MirembeSenior Consultant and CTOEight Tech Consults Limited Patricia MorschTechnical Officer, Healthy AgingPAHO Gustavo MostaçoPhD ResearcherEscola Politécnica of the University of São Paulo Sergio MujicaSecretary-GeneralISO Cathy MulliganProfessor and Director, DCentral LabInstituto Superior Técnico Michael MulquinChair, Smart Cities Systems CommitteeIEC N Helen NakiguliChair, ITU-T SG5 for the African Regional Group; Senior Officer Environment Management, Uganda Communications Commission Leandro NavarroProfessorUniversitat Politècnica de Catalunya Md. NasirSenior Applied Research Scientist, Microsoft, United States Luis NevesCEO, Global Enabling Sustainability Initiative (GeSI) H.E. Mr Nape NnauyeMinisterMinistry of Communication and Information Technology, Tanzania Gabriel NobisResearcher, Fraunhofer HHI Liv Marte NordhaugChief Executive Officer, Digital Public Goods Alliance Secretariat Vadim NozdrinCounsellorITU Noelia NuñezAnalista en la Dirección de Derechos Humanos, Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de la República Dominicana (MIREX) O Nick OakeshottSenior Policy Officer, UNHCR Madan M. OberoiExecutive Director of Technology and Innovation, INTERPOL Seizo OnoeDirector, Telecommunication Standardization BureauITU Ian OppermannChief Data Scientist, NSW Government, Australia Javier Orozco-MessanaNational expert seconded to the European Commission Pilar OreroFG-MV Working Group 8 Co-Chair;Professor, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona P Praveen G. PaiDepartment of Cardiology, School of Medicine, Kochi Victoria PappSmart City ConsultantITU Abhay PareekLead, Fourth Industrial Revolution for AgricultureWorld Economic Forum Pierpaolo PalumboBioengineer,University of Bologna, Italy Jung Sook ParkSecretary General, WeGO Juyoung ParkPrincipal Member of Engineering StaffElectronics and Telecommunications Research Institute Luísa Amélia Paseto Intelligent Platform Coordinator ResearcherMaturity Model Lizania Peréz RodríquezSecretaria Ejecutiva COMTELCA Balakrishna PisupatiHead, Environmental PolicyUNEP Nairobi Bartolomé PujolsHDirector general, Oficina Gubernamental deTecnologías de la Información y Comunicación (OGTIC) Ivica PuljakMayor of Split, Croatia Q Qi ShuguangVice Chief Engineer,China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT);Vice Chair, ITU-T Study Group 5 Zhicheng QuStandardization EngineerZTE Corporation Bastiaan QuastConsultantITU Mónica García QuesadaProject OfficerIWRA R Teppo RantanenExecutive Director of Economic Policy, Competitiveness and InnovationCity of Tampere, Finland Theofanis RaptisResearch ScientistNational Research Council, Italy Anthony ReaDirector of the Infrastructure DepartmentWMO Georges-Olivier ReymondCEO, Pasqal Nour RiadMarketing, Communications and Engagement Manager, Fondation Genevoise pour l’Innovation Technologique (FONGIT) Ana Riviere-CinnamondPAHO/WHO representative in PanamaPAHO Moin Roberts-IslamTechnology Development ManagerFashion Innovation Agency, London College of Fashion, UAL Claudia RoesslerDirectorMicrosoft Cloud Long RongVice-Group Leader, Digital Twin GroupChina Mobile Emily RoyallSmart Cities Administrator, City of San Antonio; U4SSC Vice-Chair S Ziqin SangTechnical DirectorChina Information Communication Technologies Group Arman SargolzaeiAssistant ProfessorUniversity of South Florida Jessika Weber SabilProfessor, Digital Transformation in Cultural Tourism, Academy for Tourism of Breda University of Applied Sciences (NL) Kartick SatyanarayanCo-Founder and CEO Wildlife SOS Enrico ScarroneChairman of the oneM2M Steering CommitteeoneM2M Sicong ShaoResearch Assistant ProfessorArizona University Sameer Shetty Head of Digital Banking, Axis Bank Taehyoung ShimSenior ResearcherETRI Samridhi ShoorDirector, Meta asset research center Peter SingerPhilosopher and the Ira W. DeCamp Professor ,Center for Human ValuesPrinceton University Kshitij SirohiDoctoral ResearcherUniversity of Freiburg Esther Pan SloaneManaging Director, Avenue Capital Group John SmiciklasPresidentJD Global Sustainability Associates Inc. Warren SmithAssociate DirectorCURSHAW Robert StefanskiHead of the Applied Climate Services DivisionWMO Yuka SumiActing Unit Head, Ageing and HealthWHO Deniz SusarGovernance and Public Administration OfficerUN DESA András SzorényiSenior Policy Advisor Global Cities Hub T Clare TattersallCEO & Founder, Digital Fashion Week Varda TanejaVice President, Invest India Karina Pérez TeruelProfesora en la carrera Ingeniería de Software de Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo (INTEC) Nevine TewfikVice-Chair, ITU-T Study Group 5 Massamba ThioyeProject Executive, UNFCCC Global Innovation Hub, UN Climate Change Secretariat Gilles ThonetDeputy to the General Secretary & CEOIEC Muralee Thummarukudy Director, G20 Global Land Initiative James ThurstonVice President, Global Strategy and DevelopmentG3ict Pere Fuset i TortosaConcejal de Agenda Digital y Administración Electrónica, Ajuntament de València Pantelis TzamalisResearch and Development EngineerUniversity of Patras Sylvan TranSenor Security Architect, LSHD and Editor ITU-T SG 17 Q.10 U Stefan UhlenbrookDirector Hydrology, Water and CryosphereWMO Remko UijlenhoetProfessor, Water Resources Section, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Department of Water ManagementTU Delft V Enrique Vega Life course Unit Chief PAHO/WHO Pramod VarmaCTO, EkStep Foundation Franca VinciHead of Learning Services, UNICC W Bako WakilDirector of Technical Standards and Network IntegrityNigerian Communications Commission Sasha WallingerChief Marketing Officer, Innovation & Foresight Strategist & Founder, Blockchain Style Lab Andreas WeberSenior ExpertFederal Ministry of Finance, Austria Clara WegenastExpert on Digital Transformation, Office of the Chief Digital Officer, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Pontus WesterbergProgramme OfficerUN-Habitat Roxana Widmer-IliescuSenior Coordinator, Digital InclusionITU Jim WilsonChief Technology OfficerAgGateway Holly WoodCEO & Founder HollyWoodLabs.io Vitalija Gaucaite WittichChief, Population UnitUNECE Dominique WürgesDirector of Institutional Relations for StandardisationOrange X Elena XoplakiJustus Liebig University Giessen, Germany and Vice-Chair of FG-AI4NDM Y Toru YamadaVice chairman of ITU-T Study Group 20NEC Corporation Edlam Abera Yemeru Chief, Knowledge and Innovation Branch, UN-Habitat Nicholas YouExecutive Director, Guangzhou Institute for Urban Innovation Heung Youl YoumProfessor, Department of Information Security EngineeringSoonchunhyang University Z João Alexandre Moncaio ZanonTelecommunication Engineer, Brazilian National Telecommunications Agency (ANATEL) Christina Yan ZhangCEO and FounderThe Metaverse Institute Liangliang ZhangITU-T SG16 Q22 Associate rapporteurrse Institute Soenke ZiescheIndependent Researcher Sébastien ZieglerDirector GeneralMandat International Steven Noamési Kofi ZikpiHead of the Market Observatory and Tariff Control Service, Autorité de Régulation des Communications Electroniques et des Postes (ARCEP), Togo Douglas ZytkoAssociate Professor in the College of Innovation & Technology at University of Michigan-Flint Back to the main page of Digital Transformation Dialogues >