The Geneva Session at the Forum

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)

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