Monday, 19th October 2020, online


Cross-sectoral digital cooperation: How the international Geneva ecosystem can bring its contribution towards an enhanced data integration to better achieve SDGs

Programme

Monday, 19th October 2020

All times are given in CEST

16.00 - 16.10
Welcome and opening remarks

Jürg Lauber (Ambassador; Permanent Representative of Switzerland to the United Nations and other international organisations in Geneva)

Jovan Kurbalija (Founding Director, DiploFoundation; Head, Geneva Internet Platform (GIP))

16.10 - 16.40
The Road to Bern via Geneva process: A cross-sectoral approach to data governance

Panellists:
Samira Asma (Assistant Director-General, Division of Data, Analytics and Delivery for Impact, World Health Organization (WHO))
Petteri Taalas (Secretary-General, World Meteorological Organization (WMO))
Eckhard Elsen (Director for Research and Computing, CERN; Member, CERN Directorate)
Dorothy Tembo (Deputy Executive Director, International Trade Centre (ITC))
Houlin Zhao (Secretary-General, International Telecommunication Union (ITU))

Moderator: Jürg Lauber (Ambassador; Permanent Representative of Switzerland to the United Nations and other international organisations in Geneva)

16.40 - 17.10
The Geneva Data Cooperation Sandbox

Proposal for a Data Cooperation Hub Platform and the principles behind it
Jean-Pierre Reymond (Chargé de mission; Head, Innovation Partnerships, Permanent Mission of Switzerland in Geneva)
Jovan Kurbalija (Founding Director, DiploFoundation; Head, Geneva Internet Platform (GIP))

Q&A

Moderator: Jovan Kurbalija

17.10 - 17.15
Closing remarks

Jürg Lauber (Ambassador; Permanent Representative of Switzerland to the United Nations and other international organisations in Geneva)

Registration

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Speakers

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Jean-Pierre Reymond
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Prof. Petteri Taalas
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Dorothy Tembo
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Eckhard Elsen
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Jovan Kurbalija
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Houlin Zhao
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Dr Samira Asma
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Amb Jürg Lauber