Smart ABC - ITU Telecom World 2019 | International Telecommunication Union (ITU) | 9 September 2019 | Hungexpo, Budapest, Albertirsai út 10, 1101 Hungary

Smart solutions make innovative use of ICTs to improve quality of life, efficiency of services, productivity and competitiveness. ITU has created a unique platform bringing together artificial intelligence, a key enabler of smart, with emerging applications in digital financial services and urban living. The second edition of our Smart ABC Programme at ITU Telecom World 2018 focuses on the latest technological, business and policy developments at the intersection of these three critical fields of the smart age.

The Forum at ITU Telecom World 2019 will explore these and other key issues including:
• Expanding connectivity through innovative funding and infrastructure models,
• Driving sustainable ICT growth in emerging and developed markets, locally, nationally and internationally
• Building digital literacy, compelling local content and skills for the digital era
• Developing IoT for smart cities
• Advancing the 4th Industrial Revolution
• Supporting SME growth and fostering innovation ecosystesm
• The role and scope of new regulatory approaches
• Optimising – and controlling – AI and the data it generates

2019 Speakers

Mr. Serge Abiteboul
Executive Board Member, Autorité de Régulation des Communications électroniques et des Postes (ARCEP)

Ms. Nadia Abouayoub
Strategist and Improvement Lead, British Computer Society

Mr. Saleem Alblooshi
Chief Technology Officer, Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company PJSC

Ms. Mary Alcantara
Head of Startups, MKB Fintechlab

Dr. René Arnold
Head of Department Markets and Perspectives, WIK

Ms. Marta Arsovska Tomovska
Head, Digital Leadership, Institute for Leadership

Ms. Doreen Bogdan Martin Garcia
Director, Telecommunication Development Bureau, International Telecommunication Union

Mr. Bocar A. Ba
Chief Executive Officer, SAMENA Telecommunications Council FZ LLC

Mr. Innocent Bagamba Muhizi
Chief Executive Officer, Rwanda Information Society Authority

Ms. Assia Bahri
Regulations Leading Manager, Sigfox

Mr. László Balogh
Deputy State Secretary, Ministry of Finance

Mr. David Banes
Director, David Banes Access and Inclusion Service

Mr. Seth Bravin
Sprint Accessibility – Director of Strategic Alliances, Sprint Corporation

Dr. Jacques Bughin
Director and Senior Partner at MGI, Co-author of ITU’s research on Economic Impact of AI, McKinsey & Company

Mr. Kristóf Bárdos
Co-founder, International Business Developer, GreenFox Academy

Ms. Luciana Camargos
Senior Director of Future Spectrum, GSMA

Jean Manuel Canet
Vice Chairman ITU-T Study Group 5, Orange

Professor Hakima Chaouchi
Research Professor, Institut Mines-Télécom

Mr. Andy Chen
Founding Managing Partner, REDDS Venture Capital

Mr. Dong Chen
Head of Industry Development, Wireless Emerging Marketing and LTE, Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

Mr. Marcin Cichy
President, Office of Electronic Communications

Ms. Isabella De Michelis
CEO, CSO & Founder, ErnieApp Limited

Mr. Philippe Defraigne
Founding Director, Cullen International S.A.

Professor Nathalie Devillier

Research Professor
Grenoble Ecole de Management
France

Mr. Damon Embling
World News and European Affairs Correspondent, Euronews

Dr. Jeannice Fairrer Samani
Managing Director, Fairrer Samani Group, LLC

Sofía Fernández De Mesa
Director General, ProFuturo Foundation

Ms. Lise Fuhr
Director General, European Telecommunications Network Operators' Association (ETNO)

Commissioner Mariya Gabriel
European Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society, European Commission

Mr. Alberto Garcia Bernal
Director Smart Cities Global Practice, Indra

Mr. Jeremy Godfrey
Chair of the Board of Regulators, Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications - BEREC

Mr. Francis Gurry
Director General, World Intellectual Property Organization

Dr. Kemal Huseinovic
Chief Digital Networks and Society, International Telecommunication Union

Dr. Christopher Haley
Head of New Technology & Startup Research, Nesta

Mr. Péter Halácsy
Chief Technology Officer & Co-founder, Prezi

Mr. Zoltán Hamar
Chief Technology Officer, Automotive Proving Ground Zala Ltd.

Mr. Jason Harle
Assistant Manager, Deloitte

Ms. Vernita D. Harris
Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of International Affairs (OIA)

Ms. Aarti Holla Maini
Secretary General, EMEA Satellite Operators Association (ESOA)

Mr. Bilel Jamoussi
Chief, Study Groups Department, Telecommunication Standardization Bureau, International Telecommunication Union

Ms. Danielle Jacobs
Founding member euro.digital (representing business ICT users), President, International Telecommunications Users Group

H. E. Mr. Rossen Jeliazkov
Minister, Ministry of Transport, Information Technology and Communications

Dr. Toshiya Jitsuzumi
Research Professor, Chuo University

Mr. Malcolm Johnson
Deputy Secretary-General, International Telecommunication Union

Mr. Bret Jordan
Director Cyber Security, Office of the CTO, Symantec Corporation

Mr. Andreas Kaiser
Director Traffic Analytics for 5G and Smart City / IoT, Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG

Ms. Julie Kearney
Head of Regulatory Affairs, Loon LLC

Mr. László Kishonti
Chief Executive Officer, AImotive

Mr. Chae Sub Lee
Director, Telecommunication Standardization Bureau, International Telecommunication Union

Mr. Tomas Lamanauskas
Founder and Managing Partner, Envision Associates Ltd.

Mr. Keng Thai Leong
Deputy Chief Executive (International & Corporate), InfoComm Media Development Authority

Mr. Karim Antonio Lesina
Senior Vice President International External and Regulatory Affairs, AT&T Global Networks Services Belgium SPRL - Branch

Ms. Caroline Louveaux
Chief Privacy Officer, Mastercard

Mr. Adrian Lovett
President & Chief Executive Officer, World Wide Web Foundation

Mr. Philippe Lucas
Senior Vice President, Strategy, Architecture & Standardization, Orange

Dr. Carlos Lugo Silva
Executive Director, Comisión de Regulación de Comunicaciones (CRC)

Ms. Sofie Maddens
Head, Regulatory and Market Environment Division, International Telecommunication Union

Mr. Mario Maniewicz
Director of the Radiocommunication Bureau, International Telecommunication Union

Damjan Mancevski
Minister, Ministry of Information Society and Administration

Ms. Jennifer Manner
Senior Vice President of Regulatory Affairs, EchoStar Operating LLC

Ms. Coral Manton
Researcher and Developer, Women Reclaiming AI

Mr. Maximiliano Martinhão
Secretary, Secretariat for Informatics Policy (Secretaria de Política de Informática - SEPIN), Ministry of Science, Technology, Innovation and Communications

Mr. Enrique Medina Malo
Chief Policy Officer, Telefónica S.A.

Mr. Robert Middlehurst
Vice President International Regulatory Affairs, Emirates Telecommunication Corporation - Etisalat

Mr. Joel Alexander Mills
CEO, Augment City AS

Mr. Miko Nxele
Senior Human Capacity Building Officer, Telecommunication Development Bureau, International Telecommunication Union

H. E. Ms. Stella Tembisa Ndabeni Abrahams
Minister, Ministry of Communications and Digital Technologies

Ms. Jade Nester
Director of Consumer Policy, GSMA

Mr. Patrick Nyirishema
Director General, Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Authority (RURA)

Mr. John Omo
Secretary-General, African Telecommunications Union

Mr. Robert Orr
Chair, the Natural Products Centre of Excellence for Research and Commercialization and CEO, Cuna del Mar

H. E. Ms. Ursula G. Owusu Ekuful
Minister, Ministry of Communications

H. E. Mr. László Palkovics
Minister, Ministry for Innovation and Technology

Mr. Daniel Pataki
Vice President of Regulation, GSMA

Dr. Milica Pejanović Đurišić
Ambassador/Permanent Representative of Montenegro to UN, Permanent Mission of Montenegro to the United Nations in New York

Ms. Ruth Pritchard Kelly
Vice-President, Regulatory Affairs, OneWeb

Ms. Elena Puigrefagut
Senior Project Manager, Technology & Innovation, European Broadcasting Union

Mr. Joaquin Restrepo Mejia
Head, OPS, International Telecommunication Union

Mr. Abdur Rahim Biswas
Project Director, WUZIUP, Create-Net, FBK

Mr. Esteban Redolfi
Director of Digital Future Society, Mobile World Capital

H. E. Mr. Rudiantara
Minister, Ministry of Communication and Informatics

Dr. Amina Sambo Magaji

National Coordinator, Office for ICT Innovation and Entrepreneurship, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA)

Ms. Eleanor Sarpong
Deputy Director & Policy Lead, A4AI, World Wide Web Foundation

Mr. Ron Sege
President and CEO, Echelon Corporation

Mr. Karsten Simons
Regional Manager of Corporate Affairs for EMEAR and APJC, Cisco Networking Academy, Cisco Systems GmbH

Dr. Károly Balázs Solymár
Deputy State Secretary for Infocommunication, Ministry for Innovation and Technology

Mr. Christoph Steck
Director Public Policy & Internet, Telefónica S.A.

Dr. Lidia Stępińska Ustasiak
Head of Social and Corporate Policy Unit, Office of Electronic Communications

Ms. Theresa Swinehart
Senior Vice President, Multistakeholder Strategy and Strategic Initiatives, ICANN

Ms. Diana Tomimura
Spectrum Regulation and Policy Advisor, International Telecommunication Union

Mr. Yushi Torigoe
Chief, Strategic Planning and Membership, International Telecommunication Union

Mr. Philippe Tuzzolino
Vice President, Environment, Orange

Dr. Susan Teltscher
Head of the Human Capacity Building Division, Telecommunication Development Bureau, International Telecommunication Union

Professor Tim Unwin
Emeritus Professor of Geography and Chairholder of the UNESCO Chair in ICT4D, Royal Holloway, University of London

Mr. Marc Vancoppenolle
Global Head of Nokia Government Relations, Nokia Solutions & Networks Belgium NV

H. E. Mr. Mihály Varga
Minister, Ministry of Finance

Dr. Peter Vari
Deputy Director-General, National Media and Infocommunications Authority

Mr. Dalibor Vavruska
Managing Director, Research and Head of Global Connectivity Strategy, Citibank UK

Mr. Ulrik Vestergaard Knudsen
Deputy Secretary-General, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Ms. Joanne Wilson
Deputy Director, Radiocommunication Bureau, International Telecommunication Union

Ms. Verena Weber
Acting Head of the Communication Infrastructures and Services Policy Unit, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Dr. David Wen
Chief Scientist and Co-Founder, eCurrency

Ms. Rosarita Niken Widiastuti
Secretary-General, Ministry of Communication and Informatics

Mr. Houlin Zhao
Secretary-General, International Telecommunication Union

2019 Sponsors and Partners

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• Budapest, Hungary

PLATINUM SPONSOR:
• Huawei

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• Kuwait
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• Equalise
• Nokia
• Rohde&Schwarz
• Science4Data

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• Ghana

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