About the event
This webinar will offer the opportunity to debate how members of the BRICS grouping are addressing their digital transformation and what type of strategies and policies are they enacting in order to promote meaningful connectivity.
The webinar is organized by the Center for Technology and Society at FGV Law School Rio in partnership with Cetic - NIC.br, the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Brazilian Ministry of Communications.
The webinar will adopt a threefold structure, with a first segment dedicated to the presentation of recent research, the second featuring short interventions by representatives of the BRICS members, and the final one dedicated to a participatory debate with Q&A.
Program
Opening Remarks (5 min)
- Marcelo Salomão Martinez, Head of the Division for Digital Issues, Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Introductory remarks by the moderator (5 min)
- Luca Belli, Professor at FGV Law School, Director Center for Technology and Society at FGV
Setting the scene (up to 10 min each)
- Daniel Cavalcanti, General Coordinator for Public Policies, Brazilian Ministry for Communications
- Graziela Castelo, Sectoral Studies Coordinator, Cetic.br
Smriti Parsheera, CyberBRICS Associated Researcher, Center for Technology and Society at FGV
BRICS Multistakeholder Roundtable: (up to 7 min each)
- Sonia Jorge, Director, Global Digital Inclusion Partnership (GDIP) (TBC)
- Abhishek Shukla, Asstt. Director General, Indian Ministry of Communications
- For Digital Transformation: Dr. Riham Moawad, Digital Transformation Strategies Advisor to the Ministry of CIT, Egypt
- For Meaningful Connectivity: Dr. Hedaia Abd El Gaffar, Director of the Economic Affairs and International Indicators Department, Egypt
- Ekaterina Martynova Lecturer, Higher School of Economics, Moscow
- Ibrahim Mamma Hussein, Digital Impact Alliance, Ethiopia (TBC)
Q&A
Conclusion