Programme
Wednesday, 14th October 2020
15.00 – 15.30 |
IntroductionJean-Pierre Reymond, Chargé de mission, Head of Innovation Partnerships, Permanent Mission of Switzerland in GenevaWelcome and opening remarksDominic Waughray, Managing Director, World Economic Forum Doreen Bogdan-Martin, Director Telecommunication Development Bureau (ITU) |
15.30 – 16.20 |
Panel debate on the use of Big DataThe panel discussion will be guided by the following questions:
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16.20 – 17.00 |
Break-out sessionsThe parallel breakout sessions will focus ultimately on the following outcome: In what concrete ways can this Geneva-based community contribute to the action agenda at the World Data Forum? In particular, each group will be led by a Lead Discussant and will discuss the following aspects:Breakout session 1: Skills for big dataLead Discussant: Dominik Rozkrut, President of Statistics Poland and Chair of the UN Global Working Group Task Team on Training, Competencies and Capacity Development Guiding Questions:
Breakout session 2: Big data visualisationLead discussant: Jonathan Schwabish, Senior Fellow, Urban Institute. Guiding Questions:
Breakout session 3: Big data for policymakingLead discussant: Philip Thigo, Senior Adviser, Data, Innovation and Open Government, Office of the Deputy President of Kenya Guiding Questions:
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17.00 – 17.15 |
Summary and conclusionsEach lead discussant will be invited to report back to the plenary on 2-3 concrete ways that the Geneva-based community can contribute to the action agenda at the World Data Forum: |
17.15 – 17.30 |
From Geneva to Bern (virtually)Concluding remarks of the 4 Dialogues, ahead of the UN World Data Forum session on 19th October 2020. Jean-Pierre Reymond, Chargé de mission, Head of Innovation Partnerships, Permanent Mission of Switzerland in Geneva Jovan Kurbalija, Director of DiploFoundation and Head of the Geneva Internet Platform |
Speakers
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JEAN-PIERRE REYMOND
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DOMINIC WAUGHRAY
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DOMINIK ROZKRUT
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RONALD JANSEN
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JOVAN KURBALIJA
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TARIQ KHOKHAR
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DOREEN BOGDAN-MARTIN
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STEVEN RAMAGE
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JONATHAN SCHWABISH