Speakers

As an influential and energetic community specialist known for inspiring successful national and international relationships, Lisa builds upon over a decade of cross-sector experience helping organizations commercialize across global markets. Lisa is the VP of Start and Scale at Communitech, a...

John Lim, Partner at Meet Ventures, is an experienced professional in the startup and innovation sector. He began his career at SGInnovate and KPMG Innovate before moving on to start his own practice. He now helps corporations and growth-stage startups...

He is Deputy CEO, Government Affairs, Kenya at Huawei, Kenya Specialties: Public Policy, Technology for Development, CSR strategy, Stakeholder engagement, supply chain issues, strategic philanthropy and Corporate-NGO partnerships, access to technology, access to healthcare, sustainable investment, sustainable finance, eduation, youth...

Doreen Bogdan-Martin is Director of the Telecommunication Development Bureau of the International Telecommunication Union, the Secretariat of ITU-D. She was elected at the 2018 ITU Plenipotentiary Conference in Dubai, and was named as the first woman in the 153-year history...

Innovation Manager at UNICEF, Nigeria Even since he started his professional career as a teacher of 4 year olds in Nepal back in 1997, it has been over 15 years journey of humanitarian and development work across Asia, Europe, Caribbean...

Mr. John OMO is the new Secretary General of the African Telecommunications Union (ATU) having been elected during the 5th ATU Conference of Plenipotentiaries held in Nairobi in August, 2018. He is leading the Continental body entrusted with building consensus...

Karen believes that technology has the power to make the world a better place and that it is imperative that every person has access and opportunity to do so.  Being one of the first few employees at Plug and Play...

Dr. JR Reagan is the CEO of IdeaXplorer Global providing Korean Technology Insights to the world’s best companies.  He is a UNDP Global Policy Network (GPN) Expert for Digital Transformation and teaches as a Guest Lecturer for the South Korea...

Devrim ŞAVLI is a graduate of the Bilkent University, Department of Economics. He has a Masters degree from the Middle East Technical University (METU) Eurasian Studies Programme. He is still writing his PhD dissertation in Urban Policy Planning and Local...

Taylor Ryan is an American entrepreneur living in Copenhagen, Denmark 6x Startup founder with 13+ years of marketing and start-up experience spread across 10 industries within large and small organizations. Current Roles and Projects Include: CEO of ArchitectureQuote – Saas...

Pavithra Rao has served on social impact projects across sectors in India and the USA with a strong background in organizational environmental sustainability. With a broad range of experience, from grassroots level initiatives for government, to private and nonprofit organizations, Pavithra has engaged...

Derya Uzun, from Turkey and currently residing in Cyprus, is the SHERPA Institute UN SDG Corporate Guidebook Series Community Care Coordinator, maintaining multiple global communities of the 100+ contributors from diverse industries, as well as the Young Professionals Program. With...