DPI Safeguards at UNGA 80

Universal DPI Safeguards: Guardrails to Accelerate Progress on the SDGs

Ease Hospitality

In-person, live stream

22 September

11:00 AM – 15:00 PM ET

Overview

This event will showcase the impact of the DPI Safeguards Initiative in advancing UN Member States’ commitments to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the objectives outlined in the Global Digital Compact (GDC).

Programme

Opening Segment

11:15 - 11:30

Speakers

Mr. Robert Opp

Chief Digital Officer, Digital AI and Innovation Hub, UNDP

Mr. Alex Wong

Senior Advisor at Office of the ITU Secretary General

Mr. Siegmund Freund

Minister of Public Administration, Dominican Republic

Country Adoption and Progress: Showcases

11:30 - 12:10

Minister Solly Malatsi

Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies, South Africa

Mr. Auduato Modeso

Deputy Minister of Management and Innovation and Public Services, Brazil

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Minister Paula Ingabire

Minister of Information and Communications Technology and Innovation, Rwanda

Launching New Global Assets

12:10 - 12:30

Speakers

Mr. Amandeep Singh Gill

Under-Secretary-General and Special Envoy for
Digital and Emerging Technologies

Mr. Edward Cable

President/CEO & Co-Founder, Mifos Initiative

Ms. Elizabeth Garber

Founder of Humanitech

Panel on Investing in Safety & Inclusion:
Scaling Safe and Inclusive DPI to Accelerate SDGs

12:30 - 13:00

Speakers

Mr. Sanjay Jain

Director, Digital Public Infrastructure,
Gates Foundation

Ms Heidy Rombouts

Belgian Director General for Development
Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid at the
Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Mrs. Laura Bingham

Executive Director at the Institute for Law,
Innovation & Technology

Mr. Sangbu Kim

VP for Digital, World Bank Group

DPI Safeguards Lunch Break

13:00 - 14:00

Evidence & Foresight: Shaping the Future of DPI Safeguards

14:00 - 14:55

This segment, co-hosted with the Center for Financial Inclusion, introduces the first DPI Insights Community grants and discusses how local evidence can be translated into global policy and practice.

Panel Members

Mr. Max Cuvellier

Head of Mobile for Development, GSMA

Mr. Edoardo Totolo

Vice President of Research and Programs, Center for Financial Inclusion

Ms. Jane Munga

Fellow, Africa Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Mr. Michael Schlein

President & Chief Executive Officer, Accion.

Ms. María González Veracruz

Secretary of State for Digitization and Artificial Intelligence, Spain

Ms. Payal Dalal

Executive VP, Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth

Closing Remarks

14:55 - 15:00

Concluding the day with shared insights and commitments for action.

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