CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT
Capacity Development Webinar Series on “Accelerating Digital Transformation for Sustainable and Resilient Recovery from COVID-19”
September 14, 2020
Capacity Development Webinar Series
“Accelerating Digital Transformation for Sustainable and
“Accelerating Digital Transformation for Sustainable and
Resilient Recovery from COVID-19”
Organized by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA)
Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government (DPIDG)
&
Ministry of the Interior and Safety (MOIS), Government of the Republic of Korea
in partnership with
National Information Society Agency (NIA), Republic of Korea
13 October 2020
New York 7:00 am | Rome 1:00 PM
Nairobi 2:00 PM | Seoul 8:00 PM
Fiji 11:00 PM
Document
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Talking Points of Speakers
Session 1
- Mr. Siim Sikkut, Government Chief Information Officer / Deputy Secretary-General for IT and Telecom, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications, Estonia
- Ms. Josephine Nyiranzeyimana, Government Chief Information Officer, Rwanda Information Society Authority, Rwanda
- Ms. Jessica McEvoy, Deputy Director, National, International & Research at Government Digital Services, UK
- Mr. Sung Joo Son, Director, Digital Government Cooperation Division, Ministry of the Interior and Safety, Republic of Korea
- Mr. Juan Gustavo Corvalan, Co-Director, Innovation and Artificial Intelligence Lab, Faculty of Law, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Session 2
Session 3
- Mr. Chan Cheow Hoe, Government Chief Digital Technology Officer, Smart Nation and Digital Government Office, Singapore
- Mr. Anir Chowdhury, Policy Advisor, Aspire to Innovate (a2i) Programme, Cabinet Division and ICT Division, Bangladesh
- Dr. Julia Glidden, Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Worldwide Public Sector
- Mr. Emanuele Baldacci, Director of Digital Services, Directorate-General for Informatics, European Commission
- Ms. Tiziana Bonapace, Director, Information and Communications Technology and Disaster Risk Reduction Division (IDD), UN ESCAP
Reference Material
- Background Material: Mr. Juan Gustavo Corvalan, Artificial Intelligence and Work Building a New Employment Paradigm
- Background Material: Mr. Juan Gustavo Corvalan, PROMETEA
- Background Material: Mr. Anir Chowdhury, Repurposing innovations: Learning from Bangladesh’s rapid response to the pandemic
- Background Material: Public Sector Innovation Transforming a Country | Anir Chowdhury | TEDxGulshan
Online Discussion Board* (Knowledge Platform)
* To facilitate continued discussion on “Accelerating Digital Transformation for Sustainable and Resilient Recovery from COVID-19", the online discussion board will be created to address unanswered questions, promote dialogue, and exchange ideas.
Draft Outcome Report
Contact Information
UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs
Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government
Mr. Juwang Zhu
Director
DPIDG/UN DESA
E-mail: zhu@un.org
Mr. Vincenzo Aquaro
Chief, Digital Government Branch (DGB)
DPIDG/UN DESA
E-mail: aquaro@un.org
Ms. Adriana Alberti
Chief, Programme Management and Capacity Development Unit
DPIDG/UN DESA
E-mail: alberti@un.org
Mr. Bokyun Shim
Head, UN Project Office on Governance
DPIDG/UN DESA
E-mail: bokyun.shim@un.org
Ms. Mi Kyoung Park
Governance and Public Administration Officer
UNPOG/ DPIDG/UN DESA
E-mail: mikyoung.park@un.org
Ms. Madeleine Losch
Programme Management Assistant
DGB/DPIDG/UN DESA
E-mail: loschm@un.org
Ministry of the Interior and Safety, Republic of Korea
Mr. Sungjoo Son
Director, Digital Government Cooperation Division
Ministry of the Interior and Safety, Republic of Korea
E-mail: son1977@korea.kr
Mr. Wonjae Park
Digital Government Cooperation Division
Ministry of the Interior and Safety, Republic of Korea
E-mail: wonszz@korea.kr
