DIGITAL DIVIDE AND DIGITAL LITERACY

With over 20 years of public policy and regulatory affairs experience in the technology sector, Ankhi’s primary responsibilities are to lead Facebook’s efforts on connectivity, Internet governance, promoting access and Open Internet, privacy, data security, safety issues and political risk management for the company. In this role, Ankhi oversees the company’s relationships with policymakers, elected officials, government agencies and NGOs in India, South & Central Asian countries and directs the company’s programs in these areas in this region. Her key goals are to promote the use of Facebook for civic engagement, community organizing for elections, social causes, use of Facebook family of apps for fueling economic growth and opportunities for start ups, small and medium businesses and promoting entrepreneurship development in the region. Ankhi was a member of the Multi-stakeholder Advisory (MAG) of the UN Internet Governance Forum (IGF) as a private sector representative and an active participant in the global multi-stakeholder dialog.

Dr. Eun-Ju Kim is currently Chief a.i. of Digital Knowledge Hub Department, Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT) at ITU in July 2019, where she serves the ITU membership for capacity and digital skills development to strengthen capacities and bridge digital skills gaps, ICT data and analytics to ensure ITU’s global leadership as the main source of ICT data, creating enabling legal, policy, regulatory and market environments conducive to the development of telecommunications/ICTs, and the neutral contribution-driven ITU-D Study Groups through various platforms, services and products in close coordination and partnership with various stakeholders, which can contribute to achieving ITU Goals and the UN SDGs for a sustainable digital economy and society.

Heather Johnson is Vice President for Sustainability and Corporate Responsibility for the Ericsson Group worldwide, and has worked for the Ericsson Group in Sweden for over 20 years. During this time she has held various Marketing, Communications and Engagement positions across different parts of the company, and for the last 15 years at the Group level. Since 2007 her work has focused exclusively in support ofEricsson’s sustainability and corporate responsibility efforts.

Kate believes that digital technology products, new technology policies and updated business model practices are required to make transformative change in the lives of the under-served and to decrease the growing digital divide. She has committed the past 26 years to bringing diverse stakeholders together to find common ground in business, technology, and policy, holding leadership roles in both the corporate and non-profit sector. She co-founded and led the Digital Health Solutions Group at PATH, the Seattle-based international health organization driving transformative innovation to save lives, and prior to that held roles in ICT product development and launch, strategic planning and business development at Microsoft, Intel and General Electric.

Mei Lin Fung is a technology pioneer working to ensure that technology works for humanity as the next 3.9 billion people come online. In 1989 she was part of the 2-person skunkworks team that developed “OASIS,” the first customer relationship management (CRM) system. She later served as socio-technical lead for the US Dept. of Defense’s Federal Health Futures initiative. In 2015, she joined “father of the Internet,” Vint Cerf, to co-found the “People-Centered Internet,” (PCI) which maintains a global network of “positive change agents” committed to ensuring that technology is developed with a “people-centered” focus – increasing access while ensuring equality, protecting the vulnerable, and prioritizing human well-being. She serves as vice-chair for Internet Inclusion within the Institute for Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) Internet Initiative & Smart Village. She is on the World Economic Forum (WEF) Steering Committee for Internet for All and facilitated the working group on Cross Border Data Flows at the WEF ASEAN Summit in Hanoi, Sept. 2018,.

Njideka U. Harry is the President and CEO of Youth for Technology Foundation (YTF), a non-profit organization focused on using the power of technology to transform the lives of youth and women. YTF’s programs utilize appropriate technology to inspire youth and women to create innovative solutions to the challenges they encounter in their communities. YTF is empowering the next generation of leaders to enter the workforce with the skills they need to access employment or create their own entrepreneurial opportunities in the fourth industrial revolution. To date, YTFs work has impacted over 1.7 million youth and women in 5 countries.

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As the Chief Executive Officer of Edraak, Shireen has the honor of leading the inspiring team behind the Arab world’s leading online learning platform. Edraak provides free high quality online and blended education to Arabic speakers of all ages across the region. Today, Edraak reaches more than two million learners across the Arab world, including disadvantaged youth in Gaza, Syria, and Iraq. Shireen led Edraak’s expansion into the K-12 space and pioneered the adoption of the Creative Commons License at Edraak, in an effort to catalyze for education reform and dissemination of Arabic open educational resources (OERs).

Sonia N. Jorge is the Executive Director of the Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI) at the Web Foundation, and an expert in the confluence of development and communications policy. She has over 25 years of diverse international experience across both the private and not-for-profit sectors, working on issues around ICT policy and regulation and strategic industry planning. Sonia is a strong advocate of gender equality in development, and works extensively to promote gender analysis and awareness in the ICT planning process and digital policy space