Agenda outline

Time given is in CET (GMT +1)

Full agenda

Day 1 - 24 March - 8.55-14.50

8.55 – 9.00 Welcome to DINE!

9.00 – 9.30 Keynote

9.30 – 11.00 Session 1 and 2 (parallel)

11.00 – 11.15 Break

11.15 – 11.30 – Do’s and don’ts in digital transformation

11.30 – 12.00 Networking plaza

12.00 – 13.00 Lunch

13.oo – 14.30 Session 3 and 4 (parallel)

14.30 – 14.50 Day 1 Reflections

Day 2 - 25 March - 8.00-12.35

8.00 – 8.30 Welcome to day 2 and keynote

8.30 – 10.00 Session 1 and 2 (parallel)

10.00 – 10.13 Break

10.15 – 10.45 Networking plaza

10.45 – 12.15 Session 3 and 4 (parallel)

12.15 – 12.25 Closing remarks

12.25 – 12.35 Ending reflections

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On the menu

Sustainable growth and economic development

How has digitalisation affected economic development, both for society as a whole and for the world’s poorest and most marginalised? How do we ensure that growth is sustainable? What is the future for digital transformation and development?

Inclusive and open societies

How can digitalisation make societies more inclusive and open? How do we bridge the digital gap and ensure that no one is left behind? How can we achieve meaningful connectivity for everyone?

Partnerships and networks for impact

What are the ingredients for successful partnerships? How do we enable collaboration and forge new connections across sectors?  Is the recipe for success to share ingredients?

Building resilient systems and societies

How has COVID-19 changed what resilient societies are? How do we build them? What do we use the great leaps that digitalisation has made because of the pandemic for? How do we ensure that everyone can benefit from them?

DINE agenda

24 March, Day 1

 

 08.55 – 09.00 Welcome to DINE!

09.00 – 09.30 Key note speaker

 

Doreen Bogdan Martin

Director, Telecommunication Development Bureau International Telecommunication Union

Sustainable economic growth and development

How has digitalisation affected economic development, both for society as a whole and for the world’s poorest and most marginalised? How do we ensure that growth is sustainable? What is the future for digital transformation and development?

Inclusive and open societies for all

How can digitalisation make societies more inclusive and open? How do we bridge the digital gap and ensure that no one is left behind? How can we achieve meaningful connectivity for everyone?

9.30 – 10.05 Panel Talk

Innovations and investments

The evolution of digital innovation and investments. Social entrepreunurship as drivers for sustainable socieeconomic growth and development.

Moderator: Rodrigo Garay, Impact Entreprenenur and SPIDER board member

Fredrik Kapper, The Swedish Post and Telecom Authority (PTS)
Nanko Madu, AfriLabs
Chisenga Muyoya, Asikana Network

9.30 – 10.05 Panel Talk

Leaving no one behind

Digitalization as a means for narrowing the existing socioeconomic gaps between and within societies.

Moderator: John Owuor, SPIDER

Godfrey Muhatia, Communications Authority of Kenya (CA)
Maxence Melo Jamii Forums
Tandi Lwoga, College of Business Education in Tanzania

10.05 – 10.30 Presentations

10.05 – 10.30 Presentations

Room 1

Socioeconomic empowerment of women and youth through agriculture

Evode Mukama, Sangwa Job Training Centre Ltd

Halumba Munachonga, Ndola Nutrition Organisation

Room 2

Research perspective on socioeconomic empowerment of women and youth

Luz Jiménez Quispe, Machaqa Amawta Foundation

Felix Mulindangabo, Kigali Research Advisory and Assistance Group Ltd

Room 1

User involvement for inclusive solutions

Goretti Amuriat Women of Uganda Network (WOUGNET)

Channé Suy Lan InSTEDD iLab South East Asia

Room 2

Delivering Healthcare for marginalised groups

Edwin Kashangaki, Comprehensive Community Based Rehabilitation in Tanzania (CCBRT)

Wilfred Musinguzi and Patrick Irasubiza, Glossy Projects Limited

10.30 – 11.00 Discussion, Q&A

The evolution of digital innovation and investments. Social entrepreunurship as drivers for sustainable socieeconomic growth and development.

10.30 – 11.00 Discussion, Q&A

Digitalization as a means for narrowing the existing socioeconomic gaps between and within societies.

11.00 – 11.15 Break

11.30 – 12.00 Network

12.00 – 13.00 Lunch

Partnerships and networks for impact

What are the ingredients for successful partnerships? How do we enable collaboration and forge new connections across sectors?  Is the recipe for success to share ingredients?

Building resilient systems and societies

How has COVID-19 changed what resilient societies are? How do we build them? What do we use the great leaps that digitalisation has made because of the pandemic for? How do we ensure that everyone can benefit from them?

13.00 – 13.35 Panel Talk

Developing and sustaining networks

What are the key ingredients in growing a network, finding and engaging stakeholders?

Moderator: Ashnah Kalemera, Cipesa

Nur Ali Mohamud, Director of Policy and Planning, Ministry of Health and Human Services of Federal Government of Somalia
Mridul Chowdhury, CEO & Founder mPower Social Enterprise 
Linnéa Lindgren, Swedish Institute

13.00 – 13.35 Panel Talk

Capacity, community and connectivity

What do we use the great leaps that digitalisation has made because of the pandemic for? How do we create recilient systems that can benefit everyone?

Moderator: Amanda BenDor, Deputy Director Partnerships at PATH

Merrick Schaefer, USAID
Antony Chigaazira, Communication Regulator of Southern Africa (CRASA)

13.35 – 14.00 Presentations

13.35 – 14.00 Presentations

Room 1

Enhancing knowledge sharing

Victor Hugo Paco Flores & Angela Iris Vargas Hinojosa, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés – joint presentation with Ally Bitebo, & Aklan Majaliwa, University of Dar es Salaam

Ndibalema Placidius Network for ICT in Education

Room 2

Collaborations for scale

Iryna Kuchma, EIFL – Electronic Information for Libraries

Tariq Zaman The International Network for Postgraduate Students in the area of ICT (IPID) Asia

Room 2

Principles for digital development

Ms Claudine Lim, Digital Impact Alliance (DIAL)

14.00- 14.30 Discussion, Q&A

What are the key ingredients in growing a network? Finding and engaging stakeholders

14.00- 14.30 Discussion, Q&A

What do we use the great leaps that digitalisation has made because of the pandemic for? How do we create recilient systems that can benefit everyone?

14.30 – 14.50 Day 1 Reflections

John Owuor summarises the day

25 March, Day 2

 

08.00- 08.30 Key note speaker

Kerstin Jonsson Cissé,
Head of Unit, Global Sustainable Economic Development, Sida

Sustainable economic growth and development

How has digitalisation affected economic development, both for society as a whole and for the world’s poorest and most marginalised? How do we ensure that growth is sustainable? What is the future for digital transformation and development?

Partnerships and networks for impact

What are the ingredients for successful partnerships? How do we enable collaboration and forge new connections across sectors?  Is the recipe for success to share ingredients?

08.30 – 09.05 Panel Talk

Balance and trade-offs in digital development

The interdependency between different actors and digital development. How do they affect each others results and overall impact?

Moderator: Bo Andersson, The Swedish Post and Telecom Authority

John Omo, African Telecommunications Union (ATU)
Mike Jensen Association for Progressive Communication (APC)
Silvia Gatscher, UNICEF Kenya/Somalia

 

8.30 – 9.05 Panel Talk

Regional collaboration

How to leverage on regional partnerships for resource-sharing and broader digital impact?

Moderator: Judith Owigar, Juakali Workforce and SPIDER board member

Bridget Mphatso Linzie, Communication Regulator of Southern Africa (CRASA)
Iryna Kuchma, EIFL OA Consortium
Thy Try, Open Development Cambodia

09.05 – 09.30 Presentations

09.05 – 09.30 Presentations

Provision and access to Open Data

Thy Try, Open Development Cambodia:

Sok Tha, Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports 

Evidence for practical interdependency

Amina Jama, SIDRA

Atinuke Okpalaoka, Nigera Communications Commission, (NCC)

Reaching many with limited resources through partnerships

Sarah Kabahuma, East African Communications Organisation (EACO)

David Bukenya, Uganda Christian University

Innovation through collaboration

Benjamin Akinmoyeje ICT4SI West Africa

Susan Nakanwagi, Uganda Communications Commission (UCC)

09.30 – 10.00 Discussion, Q&A

The interdependency between different actors and digital development. How do they affect each others results and overall impact?

09.30 – 10.00 Discussion, Q&A

How to leverage on regional partnerships for resource-sharing and broader digital impact?

10.00 – 10.15 Break

10.00 – 10.45 Networking sesson

Inclusive and open societies for all

How can digitalisation make societies more inclusive and open? How do we bridge the digital gap and ensure that no one is left behind? How can we achieve meaningful connectivity for everyone?

Building resilient systems and societies

How has COVID-19 changed what resilient societies are? How do we build them? What do we use the great leaps that digitalisation has made because of the pandemic for? How do we ensure that everyone can benefit from them?

10.45 – 11.20 Panel Talk

Multisector adaptations to different user needs

Highlighting different actors role in inclusive digital development for all.

Moderator: Dorothea Kleine, University of Sheffield

Ngabo Nankonde, Zambia Information and Communications Technology Authority
Ourn Vimoil, Open Development Cambodia,
Mac MacLachlan, Maynooth University
Angella Musiimenta, Mbarara University of Science and Technology

10.45 – 11.20 Panel Talk

Building back better for future generations

Resilience in the face of unpredictable changes while focusing on inclusion. How can we build everything from infrastructure, software solutions to human capacity to build a more resilient future?

Moderator: Francis Tusubira, Knowledge Consulting Ltd

Susan Nakanwagi, Uganda Communications Commission (UCC)
Calvin Swai, University of Dodoma

11.20 – 11.45 Presentations

11.20 – 11.45 Presentations

Digitalisation for Inclusion of displaced poplutions

Imtiaz Tanim, mPower Social, Bangladesh

Wilson Tumuhimbise, Mbarara University of Science and Technology

Digitalised services for the future

Calvin Swai Universtiy of Dodoma

Sovanpidor Ham, InSTEDD iLab South East Asia

11.45 – 12.15 Discussion, Q&A

Highlighting different actors role in inclusive digital development for all.

11.45 – 12.15 Discussion, Q&A

Resilience in the face of unpredictable changes while focusing on inclusion. How can we build everything from infrastructure, software solutions to human capacity to build a more resilient future?

12.15 – 12.35 End of day session