InternetInclusion:GlobalConnectStakeholdersAdvancingSolutions5-6October2016

HostedbyIEEE,incollaborationwithInternetSociety,WorldBank,andPeopleCenteredInternet

Agenda

Time Topic5Oct 11:30-12:00 CheckIn

12:00-1:00 Lunch—PalladianBallroom

WelcomingRemarks(12:15)

MaryWard-Callan,ManagingDirector,IEEETechnicalActivities

• AnikoSzigetvari,GlobalHeadofTMTGroup,InternationalFinanceCorporation

• AnnMeiChang,ChiefInnovationOfficerandExecutiveDirector,USGlobalDevelopmentLab,USAID

• ConstanceBommelaer,SeniorDirectorofGlobalInternetPolicy,InternetSociety

• DiegoMolanoVega,MinisterofICTofColombia(2010-2015)• ThomasC.Barrett,PermanentRepresentativeoftheEuropeanInvestment

BanktotheUnitedStates;MinisteroftheEuropeanUnionDelegationtotheUnitedStates

ClosingRemarks

ManuK.Bhardwaj,SeniorAdvisoronTechnologyandInternetPolicytotheUnderSecretaryofStateatUSDepartmentofState

1:15-1:30 ArmchairInterviewwithCatherineA.Novelli,UnderSecretaryofState,USStateDepartmentHostedbyBaiK.Blyden,SeniorEngineer,SouthernCompany

1:30-2:30 StateofInternetInclusionThissessionwillcoverthefiveregions(Africa,Asia,CentralandSouthAmerica,

Europe,andNorthAmerica)fromthe13AprilGlobalConnectStakeholders:

AdvancingSolutionseventandsubsequentdevelopments/workefforts.Speakerswillbetechnicalandcountryrepresentativeswithsituationalknowledgeofeachregion.

Eachregionrepresentativewillprovidereflectionsontheidentifiedissuesandupdate

ontheirregion’sprogress,currentandfutureprojects,andregulatory/technical

challenges.

• Moderator:TerezaHorejsova,Director,ProjectDevelopmentandCoordinatorofGenevaInternetPlatform,DiploFoundation

• Africa:KojoBoakye,AfricaPublicPolicyManager,ConnectivityandAccess,Facebook

• Asia:DeepakMaheshwari,Director,GovernmentAffairs,IndiaandASEAN,Symantec;IEEEMember

• CentralandSouthAmerica:AntonioGarciaZaballos,LeadSpecialistonTelecommunications,CompetitivenessandInnovationDivision,Inter-AmericanDevelopmentBank

• Europe:ErikEkudden,VPHeadofTechnologyStrategy,Ericsson• NorthAmerica:MarkBuell,RegionalBureauDirectorforNorthAmerica,ISOC

2:30-3:30 ThematicRoundtablesPartOne:WhatWillItTake?SettingtheConditionsfor

Success2020

Toweavetogethersharedgoalsandattaincommonpurpose,discussionleaderswill

setouttheparametersofthethemesandinvitecommentandfeedbacktocreatea

statementofeachtheme.Severalofthethemesarelinkedtotheoutcomesofthe

High-LevelRoundtableonInternetforAll,hostedbytheWorldEconomicForum.

ExampleforSuccess2020:MeiLinFung,PeopleCenteredInternet

ThissessionwillstartwithinformationabouttheIEEESpecialInterestGroupon

HumanitarianTechnologies(IEEESIGHT)workinTunisia.

• KartikKulkarni,IEEESIGHTChair• SkandarMansouri,IEEEStudentChapterLeader• AhmedSelmi,IEEEStudentChapterLeader

Introductionofthemes:EricWhite,ProjectLead,InternetforAll,WorldEconomicForum

ThemesandtheirleaddiscussantsImprovingDataforInternetInclusionMichaelKende,InternetSocietyBonnieSakallaris,SamueliInstitute

CoordinationonBasicDigitalSkillsTraining

PaulMitchell,MicrosoftMitchellBaker,MozillaImpactInvestingforConnectivity

JohnGarrity,USAIDJohnRyan,PeopleCenteredInternetGenderandtheDigitalDivide

NilminiGunaratneRubin,TetraTechRituSharma,SDGNexusGaryFowlie,ITUInfrastructureDevelopment

HerveyAllen,NSRCAndresMaz,CiscoMappingGapsforConnecttoThrive

RobertBallance,WhiteHousePresidentialInnovationFellowJimSterne,PeopleCenteredInternetPoliciesforCompetition

SeanFlynn,ScrippsCollegeDeepaPrahalad,PeopleCenteredInternetSustainableDevelopmentGoalsImpactFramework

JonathanMetzger,NetHopeYasminaMcCarty,GSMAeGov/ePublicServices

DiegoMolanoVega,MinisterofICTofColombia(2010-2015)YouthandConnectivity

SusanMaravetz,InternationalConnector SkandarMansouri,IEEE

3:30-3:45 CoffeeBreak

3:45-4:40 ThematicRoundtablesPartTwo:IdentifytheStepsforMakingProgressTogether

Thebreakoutgroupsfromtheprevioussessionwillreconveneandcontinue

discussionstoidentifythemosteffectiveandefficientcoordinatedactiontobegin

workingwithintheparametersdefinedbythebreakoutgroupsinPartOne.

Roundtablefacilitatorswillbethediscussionleadersfromtheninethemesinthe

ThematicRoundtablePartOne.

4:45-4:50 Remarks

DeanC.Garfield,InformationTechnologyIndustryCouncil,CEO

4:50-5:10 DayOneWrap-upMeiLinFung,PeopleCenteredInternetEricWhite,ProjectLead,InternetforAll,WorldEconomicForum

5:15-7:00

SocialReception—PalladianBallroomDanielA.Sepulveda,DeputyAssistantSecretaryofState;USCoordinatorforInternationalCommunicationsandInformationPolicy,BureauofEconomicandBusinessAffairs,USStateDepartment

6Oct 8:30-9:00 Breakfast

9:00-9:15 OpeningRemarks

MeganSmith,ChiefTechnicalOfficer,USWhiteHouse

9:15-10:15 Roundtable:TechnologistsConnectionLedbytheIEEEandtheWhiteHouse,thisinteractiveroundtablediscussionwill

featuretheuniqueroleoftechnologistsworkingamongallstakeholderstoidentify

high-impactprojectsandtoadvanceandrealizesolutions.

• Moderator:DeepakMaheshwari,Director,GovernmentAffairs,IndiaandASEAN,Symantec;IEEEMember

• SuhasSubramanyam,PolicyAdvisor,WhiteHouse,OfficeofScience,TechnologyandPolicy

• ErikasNapius,President,Umoya,Inc.• BaiK.Blyden,SeniorEngineer,SouthernCompany

• FunkeOpeke,CEO,MainOne• ArtKazmierczak,DirectorofBusinessDevelopment,Americas,TeliaCarrier• MahabirPun,Founder,NepalWireless

10:15-10:30 CoffeeBreak

10:30-11:00

PublicKnowledge/AccessNowPanel:LaunchofthePrinciplesandRecommendationsonConnectivityandHumanRightsThissessionwilllaunchtheDraftPrinciplesandRecommendationsonConnectivity

InvestmentandHumanRights,andtheGlobalConnectWorkingGroupon

Connectivity,HumanRights,andDevelopmenttoabroaderaudience.Theseprinciplesaimtoensurethatinitiativesandfundingforconnectivityprojects

andinfrastructureaccountforhumanrightsattheircoreandimplementtheseby

design.Thepaneldiscussionfeaturessomeofthekeyleaderswhohavesupported

andengagedwiththeGlobalConnectInitiativesinceitsinceptionandwho

coordinatedthedraftingofthehumanrightsprinciples.Thegoalofthesessionisto

presenttheimportanceofthehuman-rights-basedframeworkanddiscussnextsteps

formultistakeholderengagementandfuturegovernmentadoptionand

implementation.

• Moderator:PeterMicek,GlobalPolicyandLegalCounsel,AccessNow• ChrisLewis,VicePresidentforGovernmentAffairs,PublicKnowledge• DeborahBrown,SeniorProjectCoordinator,AssociationforProgressive

Communications• StuartHamilton,DeputySecretaryGeneralandDirectorofPolicyand

Advocacy,InternationalFederationofLibraryAssociationsandInstitutions

11:00-11:30

LightningTalksInthissegment,technologiesanddeploymentexpertslookatthekeynew

technologiesthatwillberequiredtomakeinternetforallvibrant,affordable,and

valuable:next-generationwirelesstechnologies,equalaccess,cyber-security,trust

technologiessuchasblockchain,andmore.

• Moderator:JohnRyan,PeopleCenteredInternet• MitchellBaker,MozillaFoundation• MichellePampin,WireTheWorld• SoniaN.Jorge,AllianceforAffordableInternet• BlairLevin,BrookingsInstituteandGig.U• JohnHolmblad,UniversityofMaryland• ChelseaPalmer,HumanDataCommons

11:30-12:15 BusinessDialogue:BusinessandTechnology:CreatingEcosystemstoThriveOneofthecriticalelementsofsustainableinternet-enabledinitiativesisthedelivery

ofeconomicupliftforlocaleconomies.Howcanwedevelopthenecessaryecosystems

thatleveragetheinternettosupportjobsandgrowingbusinesses?

• Moderator:GaryA.Bolles,CharretteLLC• VintCerf,“Whatitmeansto‘ConnecttoThrive’?”(viavideo-tapedmessage)• KaraSprague,McKinseyandCompany• DorronMottes,nFrnd

11:30-12:15 FinancingConnectivity:InnovativeModelsforCapitalizingInclusiveGlobal

ConnectivityWorkshopThisengageddialoguefeaturesleadersontheforefrontoffinancialconnectivityand

delivery.Thesessionprovidesahands-onandpracticalimmersionintocutting-edge

social-commercialfinancialstructuresandfinancingstrategiesthatenablelast-mile

connectivityandresilientsystemstransformationofthemostpressingchallenges

facingpeople,planet,andprosperity.

• Moderator:AmberNystrom,CEO,DakiaInstitute;Founder,TripleRevolutionCapitalGuild

• JohnRyan,FounderandOrganizer,PeopleCenteredInternet• HollyRuxin,FounderandCEO,MontcalmTCR• JaredDubey,FounderandSeniorManagingDirector,AthosIIHoldings• BertBryan,COO,DakiaGlobalEnterprise• AlexHadden,ICTLead,OverseasPrivateInvestmentCorporation

12:15-1:00 Lunch—HamptonBallroomandFoyer

WithapresentationonEmpiricalResearchintoInnovativeApproachestoConnectingtheUnconnected(12:45)Although businesses, civil society organizations, and governments have initiated a

wide range of new strategies for connecting the unconnected, to date no one has

systematically analyzed these initiatives or conducted an empirical assessment of

theireffectiveness.Thisprojectthatseekstofillthisvoidbycatalogingallrecentand

ongoing innovative efforts to expand the internet’s reach and by conducting and

disseminatingcasestudiesempiricallyassessingtheirimpact.

ChristopherYoo,Professor,UniversityofPennsylvania

1:15-2:15

ConnectingtoThriveThispanelwillpresenttheresultsofthe5Octoberdiscussiongroupsinamoderated

sessionfocusedoncollaborationforsynergyandsuccess.Countryrepresentativesare

invitedtospeakupandidentifythethemesandfirststepsthatwillsupporttheir

peopleconnectingtothrive.

Moderator:EricWhite,ProjectLead,InternetforAll,WorldEconomicForumPanelistswillbethediscussionleadersfromthetenthemesintheThematic

RoundtablePartOne.

2:15-3:00 ExpertPanel:OpportunityLandscapeReview:TheLocal-GlobalConnectivity

Evolution:ScalingImpactInfrastructuretoCatapultGCISuccess2020“ImpactInfrastructure”elevatesoneoftheworld’smostresilientassetclassesintoa

mass-scaletoolforcatapultingresilientandinclusiveconnectivity,prosperity,and

sustainabledevelopment.Thisengagedsessionpresentsmultiplelensesfor

understandingimpactinfrastructureandfinancing,andforengaginginthisnextvital

frontierforcatapultingconnectivityforwardworldwide.

• Moderator:AmberNystrom,CEO,DakiaInstitute;Founder,TripleRevolutionCapitalGuild

• LawrenceBloom,SecretaryGeneral,BeEarthFoundation;Co-Chair,DakiaInstitute

• XavierAdserá,FounderandSeniorPartner,AdequitaCapital• ChrisRezendes,FounderandCEOINEXAdvisors,INEXIoTImpactLABSand

IoTCapitalPartners• CamiloSalomon,FounderandCEO,GlobalInfrastructureAdvisors

3:00-3:15 CoffeeBreak

3:15-4:15 TheRoadmapforConnecttoThriveParticipantswillgatherinthefiveregionsoftheworldandsharewhichthemesmatch

whichcountriesfortestingineachregion.Discussionwillfocusonfundingspecific

initiativesandprojectstoidentifytheteststepsineachcountry.Participantswill

developcoordinationplansandcommitments,workingtogethertoidentifypolicy

opportunities/threatsandtocreateashort-,medium-andlongtermroadmapfor

financingconnectivitytothrive.Thissessionwillsetthestageforworkingtogether

overthenextyearssowecanassurepeopleconnecttothriveby2020.

BreakoutGroupRegions:

Africa,Asia,CentralandSouthAmerica,Europe,andNorthAmerica

4:15-4:45 Panel:WeSucceedbyWorkinginConcertThisfinalsessionofwillweavetogetherthethreadsofoureffortstocreateafabric

forthefuturesowecanworkpurposefullyinconcerttoadvancesolutionsthatcreate

theconditionsforsuccessforinternetinclusion.

• Moderator:ManuK.Bhardwaj,SeniorAdvisoronTechnologyandInternet

PolicytotheUnderSecretaryofStateatUSDepartmentofState• PierreGuislain,SeniorDirector,WorldBank• EdmundDiSanto,ExecutiveVP,ChiefAdministrativeOfficer,GeneralCounsel

andSecretary,AmericanTower• KonstantinosKarachalios,ManagingDirector,StandardsAssociation,IEEE• MarianCroak,VP,R&DAccessandEmergingMarkets,Google

4:45-4:55

SummaryandNextStepsSuhasSubramanyam,PolicyAdvisor,WhiteHouse,OfficeofScience,TechnologyandPolicy

4:55-5:00 CloseofMeetingMaryWard-Callan,ManagingDirector,TechnicalActivities,IEEE

XavierAdseráXavieristhefoundingpartnerofAdequitaCapital,aLondon-basedcompanythatprovidesfinancial

services to complex projects. Xavier served as CEO of the private equity firm Veremonte, a leadpromoterofBCNWorldandFormula-E(FIAformula-echampionship).PriortoVeremonte,Xavierservedas Chair of Natraceutical, a Spanishmultinational company,working in research and development ofnatural functional ingredients, active principles, and nutritional supplements for the food,pharmaceutical,andcosmeticsindustries.

For four years Xavier was chair of the Spanish Institute of Financial Analysts (IEAF) and of itsFoundationofFinancialStudies.TheIEAFistheSpanishbranchoftheEuropeanFederationofFinancialAnalysts,CEFFA. In2010,Xavierwasappointedasmemberof itshonorificboard inrecognitionof theoutstandingservicesprovidedtotheentityandtheSpanishfinancialmarkets.

Xavier isamemberoftheboardofdirectorsofseveralprivateandpubliccompanies inSpain inawide array of sectors. Parallel to his business responsibilities, Xavier has been the head professor oflong-termfinancialstrategyatESADEBusinessSchool(Barcelona,Spain),whereheisstillamemberoftheprofessors’senate.

Xaiver is the co-author of a book on business valuation, Principios de Valoracion de Empresas(Principles of Corporate Valuation). He received his Bachelor in Business Administration from ESADE(Barcelona, Spain); an MBA from ESADE; and has conducted post-graduate programs with HarvardBusinessSchool,SloanSchoolofManagement(MIT),andStern(NYU).

HerveyAllenHervey Allen works for the Network Startup Resource Center (NSRC) as its

Assistant Director. The NSRC provides technical information, engineeringassistance,training,equipment,andeducationalmaterialstonetworkoperatorsatresearch and education institutions and internet service providers in emergingregions. Over the past few years, Hervey has done extensive organizing,coordinating, and teaching in network workshops and tutorials covering topics

such as network monitoring and management, Unix system administration, security best practices,DNSSEC, scalable network services, and campus network design. Theseworkshops have been held inover 40 countries around theworld and have been part of events such as APRICOT, APNIC, SANOG,AfNOG,PacNOG,WALC,andmultipleccTLDtrainings.

BeforejoiningtheNSRCHerveygraduatedfromtheUniversityofOregonwithadegreeincomputerscience,andPomonaCollege inLosAngeles,Californiawithadegree inthehistoryofscience.HehasrunandbuilthelpdesksatPomonaCollegeandtheUniversityofOregon,wasasystemsengineerwithTurbolinux,Inc.,andworkedwithseveralnon-profitorganizationsbuildingtheirtechnicalinfrastructure.Hervey is a member of several coordinating and planning committees for larger Network OperatorGroup(NOG)events,suchasAfNOG,APRICOTPAcNOG,andSANOG.

MitchellBakerMitchellBakerco-foundedtheMozillaProjecttosupporttheopen,innovative

web and ensure it continues offering opportunities for everyone. As ExecutiveChairwomanofMozilla,MitchellBakerisresponsiblefororganizingandmotivatinga massive, worldwide collective of employees and volunteers around the worldwhoarebuilding the internetasaglobalpublic resource,openandaccessible toall.Mitchell is deeply engaged in developing product offerings that promote themissionofempoweringindividuals.ShealsoguidestheoverallscopeanddirectionofMozilla’smission.

Mitchell is a boardmember for the OpenMRS and is anMITMedia Lab research affiliate, OpenAgriculture Initiative. She co-chairs theUSDepartmentof CommerceDigital EconomyAdvisoryBoardandservesontheUnitedNationsHighLevelPanelonWomen’sEconomicEmpowerment.

In2012,MitchellwasinductedintothefoundinggroupoftheInternetSociety’sHallofFame.TIMEmagazineprofiledMitchellinitsgloballistof“100MostInfluentialPeople”andBloomberglistedherasoneof the“25Most InfluentialPeopleontheWeb.”Shewas thewinnerof theAnitaBorg Institute’s2009WomenofVisionAwardandreceivedtheAenneBurdaAwardforCreativeLeadershipin2010.

RobertBallanceDr.RobertBallanceiscurrentlyservingasaWhiteHousePresidentialInnovation

Fellowandmost recentlywasadistinguishedmemberof technical staff at SandiaNational Laboratories. A practicing computer scientist, Bob helps people andorganizations integrate, deploy, and use rapidly evolving computing systems andnewtechnologies.HereceivedhisPh.DinComputerSciencefromtheUniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley.

Bob has worked inmany roles: professor, researcher, developer, entrepreneur, consultant, high-performance computing (HPC) systemmanager, leader of high-tech teams, and IT strategist. Recentprojects have included deployment and management of Red Storm (a significant HPC systemcollaboration between Sandia National Laboratories and Cray, Inc.), coordination of collaborationsamong national laboratories, and establishing the “Mission Computing Council” at Sandia. While atSandia, he helped to establish the Cray XTremeUser’s Group, now incorporated into the Cray UsersGroup.From2014-2015,hewassecretaryoftheCrayUsersGroup.PriortojoiningSandia,hewasaco-founderof the the LinuxClusters Institute (LCI), anorganization centeredonhelpingorganizationsastheybeginusingandoperatingLinuxclustersineducation,research,andbusiness.

ThomasC.BarrettThomasC.Barrett isPermanentRepresentativeof theEuropean Investment

BanktotheUnitedStatesandMinisteroftheEuropeanUnionDelegationtotheUnitedStatesBeforetakinguphisassignmentinWashington,DC,Mr.Barrettwas

director of EIB’s Advisory Services andNew Products departments. Hewas concurrently Chair of theEuropeanPPPExpertiseCentre(EPEC),comprisingtheEIB,theEuropeanCommissionandEUMemberStates.

Mr.Barrett has alsobeenEIBdirector forNorthWesternEuropeandwas responsible forprojectfinancing of the aerospace; oil and gas, and satellite telecommunication industries. He was alsoresponsiblefortheestablishmentoftheEIB’sCentresofExpertiseonTrans-EuropeanNetworks(TENs).

Mr.BarrettiscurrentlyamemberofthemanagementboardofMargueriteFundforEnergyClimateChangeandInfrastructureandofthesupervisoryboardoftheEuropeanEnergyEfficiencyFund.OfIrishnationality,hehasan INSEADMBA (France)and is agraduateof theNationalUniversityof Ireland inmathematicsandphilosophy.

ManuK.BharwajManu is a Senior Political Advisor and Staff Coordinator for International

InformationTechnologyDiplomacy, reporting to theUSUnderSecretaryofStateforEconomicGrowth,EnergyandtheEnvironment.Manuservesasakeyadvisorto the under secretary on a variety of international economicmatters, includingtechnology and internet policy, and has managed the Global Connect initiativeamongotherforward-leaning,proactiveeffortsfortheundersecretaryandtheUSDepartmentofState.AttheUSStateDepartment,ManuhasreporteddirectlytothreeUSAmbassadors,includingaschiefofstaff.

Over thepast15years,Manuhasworked inall threebranchesof the federalgovernmentand in

twoprivatepracticelawfirms.ManuwasanattorneyatWillkieFarr&GallagherinWashington,DCandatButlerRubinSaltarelli&BoydinChicago,Illinois.Inaddition,ManuhasservedasastaffmemberattheUSWhiteHouseCounsel’sOfficetotheHonorableWilliamJ.Clinton,alegislativeassistantattheUSSenate’sJudiciaryCommitteetotheHonorablePatrickJ.Leahy,staffmembertotheHonorableEdwardM. Kennedy of the US Senate, and judicial law clerk to a US federal judge.Manu graduated with aBachelorofArtsfromNorthwesternUniversityandaJurisDoctorfromMichiganLawSchool.

LawrenceBloomLawrenceBloomiscurrentlySecretaryGeneraloftheBeEarthFoundation,a

UN intergovernmental organization that advises, assists, and enables in theimplementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals on behalf thosecountrieswithwhichithastreaties.

He is a board member of Dakia Global, a major infrastructure organization combining creativefinancialandtechnicalsolutionsenablingcountries,corporations,andsovereignwealthfundstoachievetheir sustainabledevelopmentgoalsand targets. These successesareachieved throughpublic-private

and socialpartnerships.Hebelieves that this collaboration is thekey toour collective future.HealsochairstheDakiaInstitute,whichistheimpactresilienceadvisorfortheDakiaGroup,

HewasrecentlyvotedbySALTmagazineasamongthetop25MostConsciousGlobalLeaders,andsomemonthsagoreceivedanawardattheUNfromtheHumanitarianInnovationForumforConsciousLeadership.

Formerly,LawrencesatontheexecutivecommitteeoftheIntercontinentalHotelGroupfromwherehe managed their $3B global real estate portfolio. While there he created a hotel environmentalmanual, subsequently adopted by HRH Prince Charles and currently in use in over 5 million hotelbedroomsworldwide.Asmallpartofthemanualgavegueststheoptionofwhethertheywantedtheirtowelswashedeverynight.

Lawrence was appointed the first chair of the World Economic Forum at Davos, Global AgendaCouncilonUrbanManagementandheisacurrentalumnusofallagendacouncils.Heisformerchairofthe UN Environmental Programme, Green Economy Initiative, Green Cities, Buildings and TransportCouncil.

BaiK.BlydenOverhis34-yearprofessionalcareer,BaiBlydenhascontributedhisexpertise

to over forty global power plant projects and their associated interconnections.This involveddetailedpowerplantandtransmissionsystemsdesignengineering,systems and operations planning, project development feasibility assessmentoversight,andconstructionmanagement.

An early advocate of an integrated African grid, Mr. Blyden presented aconceptualframeworkandtechnicalanalysisforacentralizedAfricanpowerpool

withlinkstoNorthAfricaatthefirstIEEERegion8conferenceheldinNairobi,Kenya,December1983.SincethenhehasauthoredseveralpapersonAfricanenergydevelopmentwithaparticularemphasisonthe strategic role of regional power pool interconnections, microgrids, and knowledge development.Towards this end he developed “The African Power Development Knowledge Engine,” an advancedtraining anddevelopment conceptual framework designed to harness the dynamic results created bylinkingAfricantechnicalcollegesanduniversitiestocurrentinternationalR&Dfocusedonpower.

Mr.BlydenearnedanMS.EEfromMoscowEnergetics Institute inpowersystems,generation,andindustrialdistributionsystems.Hehasbeenawardednumerousprofessionaldevelopmentcertificationsand accreditations. Mr. Blyden is a Senior Member of the IEEE and serves as chair of the IEEE PESInternational Practices subcommittee for Africa. He serves as a senior advisor to Centric Ltd., acommercialstartupwith21st-centurystructurallyadvancedandsustainablegreenbuildingsystems.HeisalsothefounderofthestrategicconsultinggroupBBRM.

KojoBoakyeKojoBoakyeistheAfricaPublicPolicyManager,AccessandConnectivityforFacebook.Hehasmore

than10yearsofexperienceworkingwithgovernments, fixed-lineandmobileoperators,development

partners, online service providers, content developers, and civil society organizations. Before joiningFacebook,hewasthepolicyandadvocacymanagerwiththeAllianceforAffordableInternet(A4AI),andpriortothattheprogrammanagerattheCommonwealthTelecommunicationsOrganisation(CTO).

In recent years, his work has focused on broadband affordability and access; the use of mobileinfrastructureanddevicesforthedeliveryofservices;strategicplanningforuniversalservicefundsandICTregulators;increasinginternetaccess;andunderstandingICTusers’demandforservices,theirusageofthoseservices,andperceptionsofsatisfaction.

GaryA.BollesGaryisaPartneratCharretteLLCandtheCo-FounderofeParachute.com.He

hasproducedanumberofstrategicinitiativesandconferencesforclientssuchasGoogle, Singularity University, Dropbox, Intel, London Business School, NationalAustraliaBank,SiliconValleyBank,L’Oreal,RedBull,andtheUN.

Gary co-founded theUS Broadband Coalition andwas the co-founder& co-producer of Socap—SocialCapitalMarkets.net (2008), DGREE.org—The Future of

HigherEducation (2011),SiliconValleyMeets theUN(2009-10),andClosingtheGap:Solutions foranInclusiveEconomy(2015).HealsoservedasaconsultingproducerforGoogleZeitgeist(2005-14).

His past experience includesworking as an editorial director forNetwork Computing, Inter@ctiveWeek, andYahoo! Internet Lifemagazines,aswell aswritingand lecturingon the futureofworkandlearning.Garyco-foundedeParachute.com,bringingonlinetheworkofWhatColorIsYourParachute?,theworld’s best-selling book on job-hunting and career change,with 10million copies in print in 17languages.

ConstanceBommelaerConstance is currently Senior Director of Global Internet Policy at The

Internet Society. A strategic thinker, coupled with experienced and practicalhands-onapproach,sheisresponsibleforthedepartment’sbudgetandstrategicplanning while liaising with ISOC’s Regional Bureaus. She also leads theorganization’sengagementwiththeUN(SDGs,WSIS,etc.),withastrongfocusonissuesattheintersectionofmediadevelopmentandhumanrights.

Constancehasextensiveexperienceindevelopingpartnershipsandbuildingalliancesacrossstakeholdercommunities includinggovernments,academia,civilsociety,andbusiness.Well versed in consensus-based and multistakeholder approaches, she served on a number ofcommittees:appointedbytheUNSecretary-GeneraltotheMultistakeholderAdvisoryGroup(MAG)forthe IGF (2015), the World Economic Forum (WEF) Cyber-Resilience Partnership (2013), chair ofUNESCO's Mixt Programmatic Commission on ICT and e-Ethics (2009), and founder of the InternetTechnicalAdvisoryCommittee(ITAC)totheOECD(2008).

In2010and2011shewasresponsibleforthestrategicandoperationaldevelopmentofTheInternetSociety’s Next Generation Leaders program, a youth program designed to help prepare young

professionalsfromaroundtheworldtobecomethenextgenerationofinternettechnology,policy,andbusinessleaders.

DeborahBrownDeborah Brown is APC Global Policy Advocacy Lead for the Association for

ProgressiveCommunications (APC),whereshe focuseson internet rightsadvocacyandfosteringgoodinternetgovernance.SheleadsAPC’sengagementinvariousUNprocesses, and has represented APC at the Human Rights Council, UN GeneralAssembly,theWorldSummitontheInformationSocietyreviewprocess(WSIS+10),the International Telecommunications Union, and Inter-American Commission onHumanRights,amongothers.

Deborah also serves as a Research Advisor for the Global Commission on Internet Governance.Previously, she worked at AccessNow, the United Nations Foundation, and the National DemocraticInstitute. Deborah received her Master’s degree from Georgetown University in democracy andgovernanceandArabstudies,andherBachelor’sdegreefromBarnardCollege,ColumbiaUniversity inpoliticalscienceandhumanrights.

BertBryanBert Bryan is the Group COO for DAKIA Global, with responsibilities for all

financial, corporate, governance, organization, and operational matters across thegroupand itssubsidiaries.Priorto joiningDAKIA,Bert foundedandmanagedHASBGlobal Franchise Finance Alliance, LLC. HASB Global enables branded companiesaroundtheworldtoexpandfromonecountrytoanotherbyprovidinginternational

financingandinternationalexpansionservices.PriortolaunchingHASBGlobal,Bertheldexecutivemanagementrolesatanumberoffinancialand

bankinginstitutions.BerthasbeenaninstructorfortheAssociationofFinancialProfessional,CTPexamprograms.Heisawell-respectedspeakeratvariousfranchiseandfinancialconferencesandevents.

Bert is a graduate of Erskine College, where he earned a Bachelor of Science in businessadministration,withaneconomicsconcentration.HewasamemberoftheErskineCollegemen’ssoccerteam, ranked top20 in thecountryduringhis tenure,andplayed in theUSnational soccer collegiatechampionshipsduringthisperiod.Heisanavidsnowskierandlovestoplay,coach,andwatchfootball(soccer).BertwasborninJamaica,WestIndiesandenjoysspendingtimeintheCaribbean,particularlystudyinghowitshistoryandculturehasinfluencedtheworld,reggae,food,sports,etc.

MarkBuellMarkBuellistheInternetSociety’sRegionalBureauDirectorforNorthAmerica.

In this role,Markoverseesthe InternetSociety’sengagementactivities inCanadaandtheUnitedStates.

From 2009 to 2016, Mark held a variety of positions with the Canadian Internet RegistrationAuthority(CIRA),theregistryforthe.cacountrycodetop-leveldomain.AtCIRA,Markprovidedsenior-levelsupportfortheorganization’sactivitiesindomesticinternetpolicyandglobalinternetgovernancefora. In2010,Mark initiatedtheCanadian InternetForum,Canada’s IGF,andcontinuedtocoordinatetheeventuntil2016.

PriortojoiningCIRA,Markspentadecadeworkinginindigenoushealthpolicy,firstasacommunitydevelopmentofficeratanInuitlandclaimorganizationintheWesternCanadianArctic,thenasdirectorof communications and research at the National Aboriginal Health Organization in Ottawa. Mark isbasedinOttawa,Canada.

VintonG.CerfVinton G. Cerf co-designed the TCP/IP protocols and the architecture of the

internetandisChiefInternetEvangelistforGoogle.HeisalsothechairofthePeopleCentered Internet. He is a member of the National Science Board and NationalAcademyofEngineeringaforeignmemberoftheBritishRoyalSocietyandSwedishRoyalAcademyofEngineering,andaFellowofACM,IEEE,AAAS,andBCS.Cerfhasreceived theUSPresidentialMedalofFreedom,USNationalMedalofTechnology,

QueenElizabethPrizeforEngineering,PrinceofAsturiasAward,JapanPrize,ACMTuringAward,Legiond’Honneur,and29honorarydegrees.

AnnMeiChangAnnMeiChangistheChiefInnovationOfficerandtheExecutiveDirectorofthe

USGlobalDevelopment Lab atUSAID. The lab is the newest bureau atUSAID andaimstotransformglobaldevelopmentthroughscience,technology,innovation,andpartnerships. Prior to USAID, Ann Mei was the chief innovation officer at MercyCorps, an internationalNGO.Shealso servedas the senioradvisor forwomenandtechnologyintheSecretary’sOfficeofGlobalWomen’sIssuesattheUSDepartmentofState.Sheconceivedand launchedtheAllianceforAffordable Internet,apublic-privatepartnershipthataimstoincreaseinternetaccesstothenextbillion.

AnnMei hasmore than 20 years of engineering and leadership experience in Silicon Valley. SheservedasaseniorengineeringdirectoratGoogleforeightyears,wheresheledworldwideengineeringforGoogle’smobileapplicationsandservices.AnnMeihasheldleadershiprolesatseveralotherleadingcompanies,includingApple(leadingengineeringfortheinitialreleaseofFinalCutPro),Intuit,SGI,andafewstartups.

AnnMeiwas recognized as oneof theWomen in theWorld: 125Womenof Impact for 2013byNewsweek/TheDaily Beast. She is amemberof the 2011 class ofHenryCrown Fellows at theAspenInstituteandholdsaBSdegreeincomputersciencefromStanfordUniversity.

MarianCroakMarian Croak is the Vice President of Access for the Next Billion Users at

Google,Inc.MarianjoinedGoo gleinlate2014afterretiringfromAT&Tasaseniorvice president responsible for advanced research and innovation, and designingand developing one of the world’s largest wireless and broadband networks.

Marianholdsover200patentsmostlyfocusedonIPtechnology.Marianhasreceivednumerousawards,including the 2013 and 2014 Edison Patent Awards, was inducted into theWomen in TechnologyInternational'sHallofFamein2013,and,wasnamedbyFierceWirelessastheoneoftheten2014MostInfluentialWomen inWireless. She is a strong supporter of STEM initiatives, served onmany boardsincluding NACME and Catalyst, and personally mentors many individuals in STEM. Marian attendedPrinceton University and the University of Southern California, where she received her doctorate inquantitativeanalysis.

EdmundDiSantoEdmundDiSanto is the Executive Vice President, Chief AdministrativeOfficer,

GeneralCounselandSecretaryofAmericanTower.PriortojoiningAmericanTowerinApril2007,Mr.DiSantowaswithPratt&Whitney,aunitofUnitedTechnologiesCorporation.Mr.DiSantostartedwithUnitedTechnologies in1989,wherehefirstserved as assistant general counsel of its carrier subsidiary, then corporateexecutive assistant to the chairman and chief executive officer of UnitedTechnologies. From 1997, he held various legal and business roles at its Pratt &Whitneyunit, includingdeputygeneral counselandmost recently,vicepresident,globalservicepartners,businessdevelopment.

PriortojoiningUnitedTechnologies,Mr.DiSantoservedinanumberoflegalandrelatedpositionsatUnitedDominionIndustriesandNewEnglandElectricSystems.Mr.DiSantoearnedaJ.D.fromBostonCollege Law School and a Bachelor of science from Northeastern University. In 2013, Mr. DiSantobecameamemberoftheboardofdirectorsoftheBusinessCouncilforInternationalUnderstanding.

JaredDubeyJaredDubeyisSeniorManagingDirectorofAthosIIHoldings,aprivately-held

consulting firm and principal investment company focused on direct andsyndicated co-investments with select single-family offices and institutionalinvestorsglobally.HeisbasedinNewYorkCity.

PriortoAthosIIHoldings,Mr.DubeywasanadvisoratUBSFinancialServicesInc.,whereheadvisedsingle-familyofficesandmajorUSInstitutionalInvestorson

matters of asset management and structuring, direct and co-investing, philanthropy, and familygovernance.PriortojoiningUBSin2009,hewasanadvisorwithCitiFamilyOfficeandbeganhiscareerasanassociateforasingle-familyofficebasedintheUSandMonaco.

Mr. Dubey was the subject ofPrivate Wealth Magazine's March 2014 cover article, "ServingBillionaires inWaiting," and co-authored the 2014 bookTaking the Reins: Insights into theWorld ofUltra-Wealth Inheritors, a research-based studyof114beneficiaries inheritingat leastUS$100millionindividually (or US$500 million within a family-office vehicle) on the psychological and behavioralcomponents and challenges of inherited wealth. Additionally, he serves as an advisor to the FamilyOfficeAssociation'sNextGenerationEntrepreneurshipProgram,andhasbeenafeaturedspeakerattheFamily Office Association, Nexus Global Youth Summit at the United Nations, and Cavendish GlobalHealthImpactForumatClevelandClinic.

Mr.Dubeyispassionateabouttransformativetechnologyinvestmentandphilanthropyfocusedonneurologicalresearchandlifesciences,women'shealthandpoverty,andenvironmentalconservation.

SeanFlynnSean Flynn is an associate professor of economics at Scripps College in

Claremont,California.Heistheauthoroftheinternationalbest-sellerEconomicsforDummies,whichhasbeentranslatedintosevenforeignlanguages,aswellasthe coauthor, alongwith CampbellMcConnell and Stanley Brue, of theworld’sbest-selling college economics textbook, Economics: Principles, Problems, andPolicies.Thelatterisalsotheworld’sbest-sellingtextbookofanysubject.

Anavidmartialartist,Seanisaformeraikidonationalchampionandhascoachedsixofhisstudentsto U.S. national aikido titles. Sean’s research specialties are behavioral economics and behavioralfinance,withafocusonirrationalinvestors.AcommentatoronFOXBusiness,ABCNews,andNPR,Seanholds a Ph.D. in economics from UC Berkeley, where he completed his dissertation under thesupervisionof2001NobelLaureateGeorgeAkerlof.

GaryFowlieGary Fowlie is the Head of the International Telecommunication Union

(ITU)LiaisonOfficetotheUnitedNations. ITUisthespecializedagencyoftheUnitedNationsresponsibleforinformationandcommunicationtechnology.

Mr.FowlieledaUNinteragencyefforttoensurethatscience,technology,and innovationwereadoptedas key catalysts for theachievementof theUNSustainableDevelopmentGoals (SDGs). Hiswork focused on information and

communication technology (ICT) targets in the areas of education, gender equality, infrastructure(universal and affordable access to the internet), and as a means of implementation across all 17sustainable development goals. The UN sustainable development agenda, an agreed blueprint forsustainable development in all nations, came into effect on 1 January 2016. It recognizes “globalconnectivityandICTsashavinggreatpotentialforhumanprogress.”

PriortojoiningtheUNandITU,Mr.Fowlieworkedasanaccountdirectorfortheglobaltechnologypractice of the consulting firm Hill and Knowlton. At the United Nations he was responsible forcommunications strategy for the UNWorld Summit on the Information Society. From 2005-2009 he

occupiedthepostofchiefofmedialiaisonfortheUnitedNationsinNewYork.Heisaneconomistandjournalist, having worked for the news service of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and TheEconomist.

Mr. Fowlie is a graduate of the Universities of Alberta, Alabama, and the London School ofEconomics.

MeiLinFungMeiLinFung isOrganizerforthePeopleCenteredInternetchairedbyVint

Cerf. She was with the Federal Health Futures initiative funded by the USDepartment of Defense, serving as socio-technical lead from 2011-2013. Anearly pioneer of the customer relationship management (CRM) industry atOracle where she worked with Tom Siebel and Marc Benioff, incorporating

insights fromAndyGrove andherwork at Intel. She learned financeunder futureNobel laureates inEconomics FrancoModigliani, Robert Merton, and with Fisher Black at MIT. Her first job was as anassemblerprogrammerforShellAustralia.SheisfromSingapore.

AntonioGarcíaZaballosAntonioGarcíaZaballosisLeadSpecialistonTelecommunicationsinInstitutions

for Development and he is also the leader of its broadband initiative. He hasextensiveexperienceinthetelecomsectorwherehasworkedindifferentpositionsofresponsibility.AtDeloitteSpain,heledthepracticeofregulationandstrategyforLatinAmericaandtheCaribbean,andpreviouslyhewasthechiefeconomistofthe

Cabinet for Economic Studies of Regulation in Telefónica of Spain. Before joining Telefónica, AntoniowasDeputydirectorofeconomicanalysisandmarketsattheSpanishtelecomregulator(CMT).

During his career, Antonio has provided advisory services to regulators, telecom operators, andgovernments in countries such as Saudi Arabia, China, Ecuador, Argentina, the Dominican Republic,Paraguay,Polonia,andtheCzechRepublic.HeholdsaPhDinEconomicsfromtheUniversityCarlosIIIofMadrid and is an associate professor of applied finance to telecommunications at the Instituto deEmpresaBusinessSchool.He isauthorofseveralpublicationsoneconomicandregulatoryaspects forthesectoroftelecommunications.

DeanC.GarfieldDeanGarfield is the President andCEOof ITI, the global voice of the tech

sector. Under Dean’s leadership, ITI has defined the tech agenda for globalpolicymakers, expanded its membership and influence, and launched afoundationthatservesasthepreeminentthoughtleaderoninnovation.Priortojoining ITI, Dean served in leadership positions for both theMPAA and RIAA.Dean serves on the boards of College for Every Student, the SEED School of

Washington, D.C. and serves as the Board President of AidenMontessori School. He received a jointdegree from New York University School of Law and the Woodrow Wilson School of PublicAdministrationandInternationalAffairsatPrincetonUniversity.

In 2015, Dean was named Top Lobbyist by The Hill for his leadership of ITI and his work withcompanies and stakeholders tomake tech amore diverse and inclusive industry. Deanwas honoredwiththefirstREACHBreakingBarriersAwardinMay2010,recognizinghimforhisdeepcommitmenttoleadingtheworld’smostdynamicindustryinitseffortstosupportandinspireyoungpeopletodevelopthe important science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) skills they must have to becometomorrow’sscientificproblemsolvers.

JohnGarrityAsSeniorConnectivityAdvisorwithintheGlobalDevelopmentLab,JohnGarrity

drives the US Agency for International Development’s operations on extendinginternetaccessandadoptionthroughpolicyengagementandprogrammanagement.This includes identifying and shaping policy and regulatory reformwith respect tobroadbandexpansion,engagingwithvariouspublicandprivatestakeholders,leadingon the technical aspects of developing andmaintaining public-private partnerships

around digital infrastructure investments and expansion, and assessing feasible technologies for last-andmiddle-mileinfrastructuredeployments,includingidentifyingnew,low-costtechnologiesthatmightreplacecurrentinfrastructure.

BeforeUSAID,GarrityspenttenyearsatCisco,mostrecentlyasseniormanagerofpolicyresearch,managingtechnologypolicyengagementsandarticulatingtheappropriatepoliciestoexpandbroadbandinfrastructure deployment. His first role at Cisco was as manager of emerging market strategy,responsible foradvisingCisco’semergingmarketsexpansion strategyacross130countriesbyutilizingmacroeconomic analysis and engaging in the public dialogue on the role of information andcommunicationstechnologies.PriortoCisco,GarritywasinthecorporatestrategygroupattheWorldBank,andheheldpreviousrolesattheUSFederalTradeCommissionandinstategovernment.HeholdsundergraduateandgraduatedegreesinappliedeconomicsfromTheOhioStateUniversity.

PierreGuislainPierreGuislain,aBelgiannational,is(sinceJuly2014)theSeniorDirectorforthe

Transport and Information & Communication Technologies (ICT) Global Practice atthe World Bank, providing support to developing countries in improving theirconnectivity and competitiveness by linking people to markets, services, andemploymentopportunities.

TransportistheWorldBank’slargestlendingsector,accountingforabout20%ofthe totalportfolio,while ICT is increasinglyat the coreofdevelopment solutions inall sectors.Majorareas of emphasis for Transport & ICT include an increased focus on climate change (mitigation and

adaptation), urbanmobility, road safety, regional connectivity,multimodal transport, and logistics, aswellasbroadbanddevelopment,internetaccess,anddigitalplatformsandsolutionsforpublicservices.

Pierre was previously (2006-2014) the director of the joint Bank-IFC-MIGA Investment ClimateDepartment (CIC). In thisposition,healsoservedasco-directorat IFC for fragileandconflict-affectedcountries.PierrejoinedtheWorldBankGroupin1983.

HeholdsanMPA ineconomicsandpublicpolicy fromPrincetonUniversity, aswell asagraduatedegree in Belgian and international law and a Bachelor’s degree in philosophy from the UniversitéCatholiquedeLouvain.

AlexanderHaddenAlexander Hadden is a Director with the Structured Finance & Insurance

Department at the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), the USgovernment’sdevelopmentfinanceinstitution.OPICmobilizesprivatecapitaltohelpsolvecriticaldevelopmentchallengesandindoingso,advancesUSforeignpolicy.Mr.Hadden originates and underwrites project finance, commercial finance, and risksharingframeworksforinvestmentsinemergingmarkets.Mostrecently,hehasbeenactiveunderwritinginvestmentsinmobileandfixedbroadbandoperators(usingboth

licensedandunlicensedspectrum)inLatinAmericaandSouthAsia.Previously, with OPIC’s Investment Funds department, he monitored the performance of OPIC

financing for private equity funds, including investments in East African telecommunications. Prior tojoiningOPIC,Mr.Haddenwasacapacitybuildingspecialistwiththepublic-privatepartnership(PPP)unitat Tetra Tech Inc. and a loan officer at Citibank.He received hisMaster’s degree from the PattersonSchoolofDiplomacyandInternationalCommerceattheUniversityofKentucky.

SoniaN.JorgeSoniaN.Jorgeisanexpertintheconfluenceofdevelopmentandcommunications

policy.Shehasover25yearsofdiverseinternationalexperienceinacareerspanningboththeprivateandnot-for-profitsectors.Currently,sheistheExecutiveDirectorofthe Alliance of Affordable Internet and serves as the Director of Digital InclusionProgramsattheWebFoundation.

Her work has included ICT policy and regulatory advice and analysis, strategicindustry planning, national ICT/broadband policy development, and the creation ofnew legal and regulatory frameworks to address issues around competition, cost-

based pricing, spectrum allocation, and infrastructure sharing. Sonia is an avid advocate of genderequalityindevelopment,andhasworkedextensivelytopromotegenderanalysisandawarenessintheICT planning process, as well as an understanding of the importance of universal access and digitalinclusionfordevelopment.

Soniahasworked inover 30 countries around the globe, andassumedher current roleon1 July2013, having previously been Director of Research & Consulting at Pyramid Research. She holds a

Master’s degree in public policy, a degree in economics and business finance, and is fluent inPortuguese,Spanish,andEnglish.

TerezaHorejsovaDrTerezaHorejsovaisDirectorforProjectDevelopmentatDiploFoundation.She

holdsanMAininternationalareastudiesandaPhDinEuropeanstudies,bothfromtheCharlesUniversityinPrague.Terezahashadaninternationalcareerinacademiaandthenon-governmentalsector intheCzechRepublic, theUnitedArabEmirates,andSwitzerland.

Since 2012 she has worked for DiploFoundation, an NGO providing capacitydevelopmentprograms indigital policy and related issues.Duringherprofessional

stay in Geneva (2012-2016), she helped conceptualize and coordinated the activities of the GenevaInternetPlatform,an initiativeof theSwissauthoritiesoperatedbyDiplo.Tereza iscurrentlybased inWashingtonDC.

KonstantinosKarachaliosAgloballyrecognizedleaderinstandardsdevelopmentandintellectualproperty,

Dr. Ing. Konstantinos Karachalios is Managing Director of the IEEE StandardsAssociationandamemberoftheIEEEManagementCouncil.

As managing director, he has enhanced IEEE efforts in global standardsdevelopmentinstrategicemergingtechnologyfields,throughtechnicalexcellenceofstaff,expansionofglobalpresenceandactivities,andemphasisoninclusivenessandgoodgovernance,includingreformoftheIEEEstandards-relatedpatentpolicy.

AsmemberoftheIEEEManagementCouncil,hechampionedexpansionofIEEEinfluence in key techno-political areas, including consideration of social and ethical implications oftechnology,according to the IEEEmissiontoadvancetechnology forhumanity.Theresultshavebeenrapidincomingandprofound;IEEEisbecomingtheplacetogofordebatingandbuildingconsensusonissuessuchasatrustworthyandinclusiveInternetandethicsindesignofautonomoussystems.

Before IEEE, Konstantinos played a crucial role in successful French-German cooperation incoordinated research and scenario simulation for large-scale nuclear reactor accidents. Andwith theEuropeanPatentOffice,hisexperienceincludedestablishingEPO’spatentacademy,thedepartmentfordeliveringtechnicalassistancefordevelopingcountriesandthepublicpolicydepartment,servingasanenvoytomultipleUNorganizations.

Konstantinos earned a Ph.D. in energy engineering (nuclear reactorsafety) and a Master’s inmechanicalengineeringfromtheUniversityofStuttgart.

ArtKazmierczakArtKazmierczakistheDirectorofNetworkandBusinessDevelopmentforTelia

Carrier. Art has over 20 years of international experience working in productmanagement,sales,andengineeringrolesininternetcompanies.Thelast16yearshehasbeenpartoftheteamthathascontributedtoTeliaCarrier’sorganicgrowthtobecomingoneofthe2largestinternetbackbonesglobally.

In his current role, Art is responsible for evaluating new markets andinfrastructure for network andmarket expansion. He is also supporting strategic

initiativesforcustomnetworkprojectswhereTeliaCarrierdesigns,builds,andoperatesinnovativehigh-capacitynetworksforlargeinternetcarriersandcontentproviders.

ArtholdsaMaster’sdegreeinelectricalandcomputerengineeringfromMarquetteUniversityandhaspreviouslyworkedwithFordMotorCompanyandAstronauticsCorporationofAmerica.

MichaelKendeMichael is a Senior Advisor at Analysys Mason, and a Senior Fellow at the

Internet Society. Michael has done a significant amount of work on promotinginternetdevelopmentinemergingregionsaroundtheworld.InEastAfrica,Michaelhas done studies on barriers to internet infrastructure, the benefits of internetexchange points, and how to promote local content availability.More broadly, hehas worked with governments around the world, including in Kyrgyz Republic,Lesotho,andPeru,onhowtopromotebroadbandavailabilityandincreaseadoptionanduseoftheinternet.

Michael has a Ph.D. in economics from MIT. After MIT, he spent five years as a professor ofeconomics at INSEAD, a business school near Paris, before joining the US Federal CommunicationsCommission.AttheFCC,Michaelwasthedirectorofinternetpolicyanalysis,wherehewasresponsibleformanaging a wide range of policy analyses and regulatory decisions. In Fall 2016,Michael will beteachinganewcourseoninterneteconomicsattheGraduateInstituteofGeneva.

KartikKulkarniKartikKulkarniisaSeniorMemberofTechnicalStaffatOracleCorporation’sData

and In-Memory Technology Group. He is a primary contributor to the Oracle In-Memory Database which enables real-time data analytics on mission-criticalinformationsystemsinfieldsincludingecommerce,financialservices,insurance,andhealthcare. He developsmemory-hardware aware algorithms (patents pending) toenable scale-out of transactions processing and high availability of data. Kartikearned his Master’s from Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) in electrical andcomputerengineering,andheisanalumnusofCMU'sParallelDataLab.

Kartik chairs the IEEE Special Interest Group on Humanitarian Technology (SIGHT) SteeringCommittee. SIGHT is a growing community of 90+ groups of engineers in 34 countries and five IEEE

Technical Societies,workingon solving communityproblemsusing technology solutions. In 2015, thiscommunityengaged1700+engineersbenefiting20,000+people throughprojectsandactivities in theareas such as education, energy, health, and assistive technologies. Kartik was recognized as a 2015USA’sNewFaceofEngineeringbyDiscoverEFoundation.

Kartik believes that IEEE, being a community of 450,000+ engineers in 160+ countries, can be astrongglobal taskforceofengineerscommittedtochampioningtechnologysolutions fordevelopmentand solving community problems. This taskforce, if oriented and channeled, could produce localcommunity leaders in important efforts such as activism, awareness, advocacy, and deployment oftechnologybasedsolutions.

BlairLevinBlair Levin serves as a non-resident Senior Fellow of the Metropolitan Policy

ProjectoftheBrookingsInstitute.HealsoservesastheExecutiveDirectorofGig.U:TheNextGenerationNetworkInnovationProject,aninitiativeofthreedozenleadingresearch university communities seeking to accelerate the deployment of nextgenerationnetworks.

From 2009-2010, Mr. Levin oversaw the development of the FCC’s NationalBroadbandPlan.FCCChairTomWheelerpraisedMr.Levin’swork,noting“noone’sdonemoretoadvancebroadbandexpansionandcompetitionthroughthevisionof

theNationalBroadbandPlanandGig.U.”Prior tohisworkontheNationalBroadbandPlan,Mr.LevinworkedasanequityanalystatLeggMasonandStifelNicolaus.

Heistheco-author,withReedHundt,ofThePoliticsofAbundance(2012)and,withDeniseLinn,ofThe Next Generation Connectivity Handbook: A Guide for Community Leaders Seeking Affordable,Abundant Bandwidth (2014), aswell as numerous articles on telecommunications policy. From 1993-1997LevinservedaschiefofstafftoFCCChairReedHundt.Previously,Mr.LevinpracticedlawinNorthCarolina,where he represented new communications ventures aswell as local governments. He is agraduateofYaleCollegeandYaleLawSchool.

ChrisLewisChristopher Lewis is Vice President for Government Affairs and leads Public

Knowledge’s advocacy on Capitol Hill and other government agencies. Prior tojoiningPublicKnowledgein2012,ChrisservedattheUSFederalCommunicationsCommission (FCC) as Deputy Director of the Office of Legislative Affairs andadvisedtheFCCChairmanon legislativeandpoliticalstrategy.He isa formerUSSenate staffer for the late Sen. EdwardM. Kennedy and has over a decade oforganizing and campaign experience including work as the North Carolina field

directorforBarackObama's2008presidentialcampaign.ChrisgraduatedfromHarvardUniversitywithaBachelor’sdegreeingovernment.HelivesinAlexandria,VAwherehelovesworkingonlocalcivicissuesandiselectedtotheAlexandriaCityPublicSchoolBoard.

DeepakMaheshwariDeepakMaheshwari is director of government affairs for Symantec across

IndiaandASEANregion.Apublicpolicyandregulatoryaffairsprofessional,hehasakeen interest inthe interplayof technological innovationwithsocio-economicdevelopment. An oft-invited speaker, author and columnist, he has played apivotal role in evolution and development of Internet policy and digitalecosystem as an industry spokesperson and thought leader. He served two

consecutivetermsaselectedsecretaryof ISPAssociationof India (ISPAI)andco-foundedtheNationalInterneteXchangeofIndia(NIXI).HeisachartermemberofIEEEExpertsinTechnologyandchairstheBSAAsia-PacificPolicyCommittee.AnengineeringgraduatefromIndianInstituteofTechnologyaswellasalawgraduate,hehaspreviouslyworkedwithMicrosoft,MasterCard,HCLandSify.

SkanderMansouriSkanderisabusinessdeveloperatVynd,a localstartupaimingtocontribute

intheimprovementofservicesprovidedbycompaniesandlocalbusinesseswhilehighlightingthevoiceofthecustomer.

Skander is currently the co-director of Young Tunisian Coders Academy, anNGOthataimstoraisegenerationswhowill leadthetechnologicalrevolution intheworldbyteachingprogrammingskillstochildreninTunisia.Heisalsoworking

currentlyasthepartnershipmanagerontheTAWASOLproject,partoftheIEEESpecial InterestGrouponHumanitarianTechnology(SIGHT)activitiesinTunisia.

SusanMaravetzSusan Maravetz is the Director of Business Development for International

Connector.Overthepast25years,Susanhasenjoyedawidevarietyofcreative,entrepreneurial, and corporate roles within the technology, consulting, andpersonal development space, including sales and marketing positions at GlobalPayments, MobileSmith, and IBM. Susan has led executive leadership teamsthrough teambuildingandexecutive coachingprograms, aswell as guided smallbusinessownersthroughtheirlaunchandbusinessdevelopmentefforts.

Susan’s responsibilities at International Connector include identifyingopportunities to facilitate and amplify the voice of the emerging generations(millennials andGen Zs) on a global basis, as organizations and business realize

thequickly shifting landscapeofworkplace, technology, andproduct. InternationalConnector createsvirtualthinktankswiththeirteamofMillennialCatalysts,bringingauniqueglobalperspectiveandinfluxofcreativeandinnovativeideas.

AndresMazAndres isExecutiveDirector of Public Policy in Cisco’s Global Policy group,

where he leads Cisco’s digitization policy strategy and global policy initiatives.AndresplaysavitalroleincraftingCisco’spolicyvisionandstrategyandheisalsomember of Cisco’s Latin America Senior Leadership Team and a company’sspokesperson.

Andres is a recognized global business leader in the ICT space with anoutstanding business development record, promoting innovation, creating high-performance teams, and building strong relationships with business andgovernmentleaders.

Andres has strong track record in P&L management, international business, risk management,corporate finance,M&A,andstrategy.Overhiscareer,hehasworked in theU.S,Asia-Pacific,EasternEurope,andLatinAmerica.Andresfrequentlyspeaksatindustryforumsandmediaontechnologypolicyandinnovation.

Andres previously worked for Verizon Business and MCI where he focused on corporate andregulatorystrategy,andM&A.AndresholdsaB.A.inEconomics,anM.A.inTelecommunications,andanMBAfromColumbiaandLondonBusinessSchool.HeisfluentSpanishandEnglishandiscontinuingtoimprovehisPortuguese.

YasminaMcCartyYasmina is the Head of Mobile for Development at the GSMA,leading the

company’s efforts to leverage the power of mobile to deliver socioeconomicimprovements for the underserved. Under her leadership, Mobile forDevelopment runs eight large scale initiatives in Africa, Asia, and LAC, makingsignificant gains in connectivity,mobilemoney, identity solutions, life enhancinginnovations, nutritional outcomes for children, energy, water, and sanitationsolutionsforoff-gridhouseholds,agriculturalproductivityforsmallholderfarmers,

andreducingthegendergapinmobile.She joined theGSMA in2010, andduringher tenurehasheld various roles including commercial

directorofMobileMoney,interimheadofM4DImpactandM4Dheadofoperationsanddevelopment.PriortotheGSMA,shestartedandranGreenMango,asocialenterpriseinIndia,duringwhichtimeshewas recognized as aTED India Fellow, Echoing Green Fellow, and Cartier Women’s Initiative AsiaLaureate.Yasminaalsospent fiveyears inmicrofinanceatWomen’sWorldBankingandACCIONUSA,developing customer insights and financial products for low-income clients in emerging markets.YasminaholdsanMBAfromLondonBusinessSchoolandColumbiaBusinessSchool,andaBScumlaudefromNorthwesternUniversity.

PeterMicekPeterMicek isGlobalPolicy&LegalCounselatAccessNowanda lecturerat

theColumbiaUniversitySchoolofInternationalandPublicAffairs.PeterleadstheAccessNowpolicyteam’sbusinessandhumanrightswork,advocatingforamorerights-respectingtelecomandtechsector.Throughdirectcorporateengagement,norm-building at the United Nations, and investor advocacy, Peter helps AccessNow to promote transparency and accountability for digital rights online. As a

lecturer atColumbiaon internetpolicy andgovernance,Peter’s course focuseson the structuresandprocesses that determine communications policy in the digital age. Peter also sits on the WorldEconomicForum’sGlobalFutureCouncilonCybersecurity.A lawyerby training,Petercompleteda JDcum laude at the University of San Francisco School of Law, and in 2010 published “A Genealogy ofHomeVisits,”critiquingsurveillanceofat-riskcommunities,inUSFLawReview.HelivesinBrooklynandhasnocats.

PaulMitchellPaulMitchell is SeniorDirector,TechnologyPolicyatMicrosoftCorporation.

Mr.Mitchell assumed his current role in July 2011. He is responsible for policyinitiatives in theareasof spectrum, telecomm,and internetgovernance.HehaschampionedMicrosoft’seffortstoadvanceflexiblespectrumregulationsallowingfor dynamic sharing and developing innovative access networks leveragingtelevisionwhitespacesaroundtheworld.

Prior to his current positionMr.Mitchell held a variety of senior positionswith Microsoft’s Entertainment and Devices division. His career also includessignificant work related to digital and interactive television, including work

developingstandardsfordigitaltelevisioninadvanceoftheUSDTVtransition.HeheldseveralrolesintheMicrosoft TV division, including chief of staff and generalmanager of the Tools and Applicationsproductunit.

Mitchell serves on the ITU/UNESCOBroadband Commission for SustainableDevelopment, on theboard of theUnited States Telecommunications Training Institute, and on the advisory board for theEvansSchoolofPublicPolicyandGovernanceattheUniversityofWashington.Hehaspreviouslyservedon the board of directors of BET.com, the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions, andVisionTVandSVOXinCanada.HeholdsanMPAfromtheEvansSchoolattheUniversityofWashington.

DorronMottesDorronistheCEOofnFrnds,whichworkstoconnecttheunconnectedtoday.

The nFrnds software platform provides cloud-based cutting-edge business andfinancialsolutionsthatareaccessibleandaffordabletothe400millionMSMEsand

4 billion individuals who lack the resources to access the internet, enabling them to use anymobiledeviceandleapfrogdirectlyintothecloud.

Dorronbringswith himover 25 years of experience in executive-levelmanagement positions.Hehasmanagedand leadnewinitiativesfrominceptionto implementationandsignificantsales,workingwithinternationalmobileoperators,globalmulti-nationalandstartupcompanies.Dorronhasdevelopedandimplementedstrategies,markets,partnerships,businessmodels,andnewtechnologysystemsandservices,making strategic partnerships andworkingwith companies such asMicrosoft, Google, IBM,Amdocs, Comverse, Telefonica,MTN, and Airtel. He founded several startups; one of themOsmio, aNewYork-basedcompany,wasacquiredbyastrategicpartner.

CatherineA.NovelliCatherine A. Novelli was sworn in as Under Secretary of State for Economic

Growth,Energy,andtheEnvironmentonFebruary18,2014. In thiscapacity,sheleads the US State Department’s efforts to develop and implement economicgrowth, energy, oceans, environmental, and science and technology policies topromote economic prosperity and address global challenges in a transparent,rules-based, and sustainable system. She is also the State Department’s seniorcoordinatorforinternationalinformationtechnologydiplomacy.

Prior to assuming her current duties, she was Vice President, Worldwide Government Affairs atApple, Inc. In that role,Ms.Novelliheadedamultinational international teamresponsible forApple’sfederal,international,andstateandlocalgovernmentrelationsandpublicpolicy.

Formerly Assistant US Trade Representative for Europe & the Mediterranean, Ms. NovellicoordinatedUStradeand investmentpolicy forover65countriesofWesternEurope,CentralEurope,Russia,theNIS,theMiddleEast,andNorthernAfrica.Asthepointpersonforthe$1trillioneconomicrelationship between the United States and Europe, Ms. Novelli led efforts to ensure access to theEuropeanmarketforUSmanufacturedandagriculturalproducts.

Ms. Novelli is a graduate of Tufts University, and she holds a law degree from the University ofMichigan and aMaster of Laws from University of London (with concentrations in international andcomparativelawattheLondonSchoolofEconomicsandSchoolofOrientalandAsianStudies).

AmberNystromAmber is among the foremost global pioneers in impact investing and social

enterprise innovation ecosystems, and is a master facilitator of global systemschange.AstheCEOoftheDakiaInstitute,Amberoverseesgloballytheintegrationof ESG and impact resilience into major global infrastructure projects andinvestments in support of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, and shedeploys capital into investments in 10X game-changing innovations for humanityand the planet. She is also leading an audacious initiative galvanizing the TripleRevolutionriseofwomen,millennials,andthe$60trillionwealthtransfertheywill

receive,catapultingcapitalismintosustainabilityandensuringwomenandmillennialsleadtheforefrontofthisevolution.

AmberisahighlytrustedstrategicimpactadvisortoHNWandUHNWprivatefamiliesandwomenandmillennials,andtotopglobalfinancefirmswithatotalofover$13tninAUM.Asalifelongmasterfacilitator, Amber has lead over 1,000 high-level, multi-stakeholder solutions sessions across everycontinent,servingglobalFortune100and500companies,topglobalsocialandeconomicdevelopmentorganizations, policy leaders, and leading academic institutions in aligning markets and meaningfultransformation.

Priorexecutivepositions includedservingasaprincipal inTendris,founderandpresidentofSocialFusion,andthedirectorofsocialentrepreneurshipincubationattheWomen’sTechnologyCluster(nowAstia). She studied at the University of Washington’s joint MPA and Master’s in internationaldevelopmentprogram,andshehaswonnumerousacademicandotherawards.

FunkeOpekeFunke Opeke is founder and CEO of Main One. Main One is a

telecommunications solutions provider that built West Africa’s first privatelyownedsubmarinecablesysteminterconnectingLagos,Nigeria;Accra,Ghana;andSeixal,Portugal in2010.MainOnehasgrowntobecomethe leadingproviderofwholesaleandenterpriseconnectivityanddatacenterservicesacrosstheregion,

and thecompanyhasplayedamajor role inchangingWestAfrica’s Internet landscape.Thecompanycontinues to grow its footprintwith investments in regional points of presence and services coveringeight countries in West Africa. Main One is also building out terrestrial fiber networks as the fiberinfrastructure company for Lagos, the commercial nerve center of Nigeria where it also built WestAfrica’slargestcommercialTierIIIdatacenter,commissionedinJanuary2015.

ChelseaPalmerChelseaPalmeristheActingExecutiveDirectoroftheHumanDataCommons

Foundation inVancouver, BC, Canada. TheHDC Foundation aims to instill datacollection practices with integrity and respect for user consent and agency.Chelsea utilizes an academic background in contemporary critical theory toanalyzethecomplexpowerrelationsoftheinformationage,aswellastoassessandrecommendbestpracticeswithinthetechnologyfield.Thisworkiscenteredin aholistic community-developmentparadigm,prioritizing collectivewellbeing

andsolidaritywithissuesintheGlobalSouth.Chelseaisactiveintheblockchainanddecentralizedtechnologycommunity,withaninterestinnew

models of fair and transparent governance. She alsowrites, performs, and produces educational rapvideos asmsGNU, presenting concepts from computer science and social theory in an accessible andamusingformat.

MichellePampinMichelle Pampin has 20 years of wireless and networking experience

primarily focused on wireless backhaul, leading global marketing teams anddriving channel strategy. She is currently COO of WireTheWorld, a startupfocusedonenablinglow-costbroadbandinemergingcountries.Shehasledandparticipatedinwirelessnetworkprojectsglobally.Shehasheldexecutiverolesatseveralwirelessandnetworking techcompanies, includingCambiumNetworks,Symmetricom (now Microsemi) Alvarion, JDSU, and Harris Corporation’smicrowavedivision.Michelleholdsabachelor’sdegreefromMcGillUniversityin

Montreal,Canada,andamaster’sdegreefromGoldenGateUniversityinSanFrancisco.

DeepaPrahaladDeepaPrahaladisanauthorandinnovation/designstrategyconsultantwithan

emphasisonemergingmarketsandsocial innovation.Shehasworkedwithstart-ups and large multinationals, and she researched and co-authored the bookPredictable Magic: Unleash The Power of Design Strategy to Transform YourBusiness,whichwasselectedbyFastCompanyasoneofthe“BestDesignBooksoftheYear.”SheisalsoafrequentbloggerforTheHuffingtonPost,HarvardBusinessReview,andothermagazines.

Deepa has a BA in economics and political science from the University ofMichigan and anMBA from the Tuck School of Business atDartmouth. She also

mentorssocialentrepreneursandservesontheadvisoryboardsoftheGlobalPeterDruckerForumandArogyaWorld,amongothers.SheisanelectedmemberoftheInternationalAcademyofManagementandtheCenterforDigitalTransformationatUniversityofCalifornia(Irvine)andwasranked#34ontheinauguralThinkers50Indialist.

MahabirPunMahabir Pun is aNepalese teacher, social entrepreneur, and activist known

forhisextensiveworkasateamleaderfortheNepalWirelessNetworkingProject,whichapplieswirelesstechnologiestodevelopremoteareasoftheHimalayas.Hisfieldsofinterestincludehelpingtostartincome-generatingprogramsandmicro-

enterprises in villages in order to create local economy and local jobs for people in rural areas, andhelpingyoungpeopletobecomeinnovativeandcreative.

HeisawidelyknownfigureinNepal,andhisworkhasbeenrecognizedbytheAshokaFoundation,theRamonMagsaysayFoundation,theUniversityofNebraska,theWorldBank,GlobalIdeasBank,andtheNepalesegovernment.MahabirwasinductedintoInternetHallofFameinHongKongin2014.

Mahabir has aMaster’s degree in educational administration and a Bachelor’s degree in sciencefrom University of Nebraska, USA, as well as an Intermediate in science from Amrit Science College(TribhuvanUniversity),Kathmandu,Nepal.

ChrisRezendesChrisRezendesisFounder&CEOofINEXAdvisors,INEXIoTImpactLABS&

IoTCapital Partners. INEXAdvisors serves Fortune5000enterprise, industrial,andtechnologycompaniesseekingtoenhanceexistingbusinessesanddevelopnew business models through the deployment of Internet-of-Things (IoT)solutions. Impact LABS is an IoT commercialization accelerator that live-pilotsearly-stage IoT solutions in the fieldwith small andmid-sized businesses. IoTCapital Partners is an IoT-dedicated early-stage investment vehicle under

constructionwithexperiencedearly-stagetech investorRogerKrakoff,withpositions in15early-stageIoTcompanies,overhalfofwhichhaverevenuegeneratingproductinmarket.

Chris is also the co-organizerof themonthly IoTMeetupBoston/NewEnglandandhelped launchtheSecurityofThingsMeetup.Chris isaboardadvisorat IoTConsortium;advisorat IoTM2MCouncil;andadvisor,boardadvisororboarddirectorfornumerousearlystageIoTcompanies.Chrisspeaksoftenatlocal,regional,national,andglobaleventsfocusedonIoT,innovation,andimpactinvesting.

Chrishas25yearsofexperienceinreal-time,mission-critical,embedded,andwirelessmarketsasananalyst,advisor,generalmanager,andnowentrepreneurandinvestor.HegrewupFallRiver,MA,thegrandsonofsweepersandoneofthefirstfemalefloorbossesintheregion’stextileindustry;graduatedfrom Harvard University; and has worked with national security, infrastructure, and industrialcommunitiesontechnologyissuesandopportunitiessince1991.

NilminiGunaratneRubinNilmini Gunaratne Rubin is the Vice President for International

Development at Tetra Tech, where she leads policy and engineeringservicesforinfrastructureprojectsindevelopingcountries.

Untilrecently,Nilminiservedasthesenioradvisorforglobaleconomiccompetitiveness at the US House Foreign Affairs Committee, where she

directed technology, trade, finance, and energy policy. On behalf of Chairman Royce, Nilminispearheadedpassageby theUSHouseofRepresentativesof legislation topromote internetaccess indevelopingcountries.Priortothisposition,sheadvocatedoncybersecurity,cloud,andprivacypolicyfortheInformationTechnologyIndustryCouncil.

Foreightyears,Nilminiledinternationaleconomic,development,andtransparencypolicyattheUSSenateForeignRelationsCommittee.Shedrovethepassageofalawthatrequiresoil,gas,andminingcompanieslistedonUSstockexchangestorevealtrillionsofdollarspaidtogovernmentsthathasbeensinceadoptedbytheEuropeanUnionandisbeingconsideredbymanyotherjurisdictions.

She also worked previously. She previously worked on major agreements as a director at theNational Security Council at the US White House and on international economic policy at the USTreasuryDepartmentandtheFederalReserveBankofNewYork.

Shewasnameda2016YoungGlobalLeaderbytheWorldEconomicForum,a“40Under40”LeaderinInternationalDevelopmentbyDevex,andisamemberoftheCouncilonForeignRelations.

HollyRuxinHolly Ruxin built her career in the global financial system investing client

assetsatsomeofWallStreet’smostpowerfulfirms.Afterdecadesofserviceandwitnessing the misalignment of values that led to the financial crisis, Hollyfoundedan innovativeplatformthatblendsexpert investingwithneweconomysustainabilityandindependentvision.

HollyistheCEOofMontcalmTCR,aSanFrancisco-basedwealthmanagementand capital markets trading firm. Montcalm serves as a guiding force for

developing better relationshipswithmoney and investingwithin a new global socio-economicmodelthatsupportsthevalues,needs,andgoalsofinvestorsintheshortandlong-term.

Holly leads the firm as CEO and Chief Investment Officer based on the values of integrity,collaboration, engagement, and client sustainability. She oversees portfolio asset allocation includinginternally managed equities, options, domestic and global fixed income, and externally managedalternativeinvestments.

Forover20years,HollyhasmanagedclientassetsandledprivateclientteamsatMorganStanley,MontgomerySecuritiesandBankofAmerica,andshebeganherinvestmentcareeratGoldmanSachsinfixed incomederivatives.ShehasanMBAinFinancefromColumbiaUniversityandaBA inEconomicsfromtheUniversityofMichigan.

JohnRyanJohnhasfoundedandrunmultipleSiliconValleytechcompanies.Forovera

decadeheledRyanHankinKent,atelecomconsultingfirmhefoundedwithtwocolleagues. RHK was renowned for technically-derived and precise insights instrategy. He co-founded Pixel Qi Corp., which pioneered fabless displaydevelopment. John is currentlyworking on expanding internet access through anewventure,WireTheWorld,andonrethinkingthebusinessmodelsforuniversalglobalinternetaccess,withthePeople-CenteredInternetproject.HehasaPhDin

PhysicsfromImperialCollege,London.

CamiloSalomonCamiloSalomonisaninvestmentbankerwithmorethan25yearsofexperience

providingprojectfinanceservicestoinfrastructureprojectsinLatinAmericaandthe

Caribbean. His career achievements span across most asset classes within infrastructure, including:transportationandlogistics,telecommunications,utilities,energy,oilandgas,mining,andconstruction.

Prior to co-fundingGlobal InfrastructureAdvisors, Camilowasmanaging director at INTL FCStoneSecurities(“INTL”).WithinINTL,Camiloquicklyestablishedkeydifferentiatorswithinhisbusinessunitbydesigningandimplementinglong-termcapitalstructuresforinfrastructureprojects.

Byintegratinginterdisciplinarytoolssuchasselectionofstakeholders,riskmanagementprograms,creditenhancement tools,andengineeringof financial guaranteeshewasable toconsistentlydeliverinvestment opportunities with the growth potential typical of emerging markets without thecommensuraterisk.

Formerly,CamiloservedasmanagingdirectoratCabreraCapitalMarketsandFinanceInvestments,president and CEO at Safire Aircraft Company, VP for Latin America at Meridian Finance Group,managingpartneratSalomonConsulting,andconsultantatJohnSnow,Inc.

Camilo has a BS in business administration with a major in finance from the Universidad de losAndesinBogota,Colombia.

BonnieSakallarisBonnieSakallaris,PhD,RN, isSamueli Institute'sVicePresident forOptimalHealingEnvironments.

Shehas served as an educator, clinical specialist, anddivision director. Shehas experience as a chiefnursingofficerandasaclinicalconsultantforAPACHEMedicalSystems.

Ms. Sakallaris has published extensively and presented nationally and internationally on clinicaltopics related to critical care, cardiovascular care and trauma resuscitation, outcomes management,data analysis, and professional mentoring. She received undergraduate degrees from NortheasternUniversityandBostonUniversityandholdsagraduatedegreeinnursingfromtheCatholicUniversityofAmericaandherPhDfromGeorgeMasonUniversity.

AhmedSelmiAhmedSelmiisanengineeringstudentattheNationalEngineeringSchoolof

Tunis.AhmedbecameanIEEEstudentmemberduringhisfirstyearofengineeringschool and was later appointed communication officer. He has been part ofnumerousinitiativestopromoteSTEMeducationandgettingTunisiansinterestedin new technologies with conferences and events such as high-performancecomputing,cloudcomputing,andbigdata.

Comingfromanunderservedcommunity,Ahmedispleasedtobeabletohelppeopleasaninsiderbyprovidingalternativeeducationtothosewhocannotaffordit.Heisalsoatrainerin communication and computer science, and serves as a foundingmember andthe treasurer of theTunisiaSectionoftheIEEESpecialInterestGrouponHumanitarianTechnologies(SIGHT).

DanielA.SepulvedaAmbassadorDaniel A. Sepulveda serves asDeputyAssistant Secretary of State

andUSCoordinatorforInternationalCommunicationsandInformationPolicyintheUS State Department’s Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs. In this role,Sepulvedaleadsandcoordinatesthedepartment’spositionsoncommunicationsandinformationpolicyissues.

Priorto joiningtheUSStateDepartment in2013,SepulvedaservedasasenioradvisortoSenatorWilliamCowan.From2009to2012,heservedasasenioradvisorandmemberofSenatorJohnKerry’sseniormanagement team, handling the senator’s extensive commerce, trade, and business portfolio,includinghisworkaschairmanof theCommerceSubcommitteeonCommunications,Technology,andtheInternet.

Sepulveda served as an assistantUS trade representative, leading a team thatmanaged relationswithCongressforUSTradeRepresentativeRonKirkfrom2008-2009.Hemanagedtrade, immigration,interstate commerce, labor, and ethics and lobbying reform issues for Senator Barack Obama from2004-2008, andhelpedadvisehis campaign forpresident.Before that, Sepulvedaworked for SenatorBarbaraBoxer.

RituSharmaRitu Sharma is a social entrepreneur and NGO executive with a passion for

digital inclusion as a force for change. As Executive Director of SDG Nexus, Ms.Sharma leads the efforts of SDGNexus and SocialMedia forNonprofits (SM4NP).Hercurrentfocusisbuildingdigitalemploymentandentrepreneurshipinitiativesforthe last-mile populations, specifically women in the global south. She serves on

several boards and commissions that further economic empowerment through digital empowermentand civic engagement. She is amember of the technology partner network for Bill &Melinda GatesFoundation, anexternal advisor toMercyCorps, amemberof theboardofdirectors at PaloAltoArtCenterFoundation,andasenioradvisortoCitizenInsightsandCliffTechnologiesPvt.Ltd.

MeganSmithIn September 2014, President Obama namedMegan Smiththe US Chief

Technology Officer (CTO) in the Office of Science and Technology Policy. In thisrole,sheservesasanAssistanttothePresident.AsUSCTO,Smithfocusesonhowtechnologypolicy,data,andinnovationcanadvancethefutureofournation.

MeganSmithisanaward-winningentrepreneur,engineer,andtechevangelist.ShemostrecentlyservedasavicepresidentatGoogle,first leadingnewbusinessdevelopmentandlaterservingasaVPintheleadershipteamatGoogle[x],where

she co-created the company’s “SolveForX” innovation community project as well as its“WomenTechmakers”tech-diversity initiative.Duringhertenuresheledthecompany’sacquisitionsof

majorplatformssuchasGoogleEarth,GoogleMaps,andPicasa,andalsoservedasGMofGoogle.orgduring its engineering transition, adding Google Crisis Response, Google for Nonprofits, and EarthOutreach/Engine.

Megan previously served as CEO of PlanetOut, helped design early smartphone technologies atGeneralMagic,andworkedonmultimediaproductsatAppleJapan.

MeganhasservedontheboardsofMIT,MITMediaLab,MITTechnologyReview,andVitalVoices;asamemberoftheUSAIDAdvisoryCommitteeonVoluntaryForeignAid;andasanadvisortotheJoanGanz Cooney Center and theMalala Fund,which she co-founded. She holds Bachelor’s and Master’sdegreesinmechanicalengineeringfromMIT.

KaraSpragueKaraSpragueisaPartnerwithMcKinsey’sBusinessTechnologyOffice,based

in San Francisco. She is a leader in McKinsey’s software and services and ITinfrastructure practices. She works with enterprise and consumer technologyproviders and brings substantial experience in corporate strategy, business-building,go-to-market,andpricing.

Ms. Sprague is a co-author of Grow Fast or Die Slow, a series of articlesfocusedongrowthinthesoftwaresegment.Sheisalsoaco-authorofOfflineandFalling Behind: Barriers to Internet Adoption, a report published byMcKinsey’s

high tech,media, and telecompractice. In addition, shehas authored several articles thathavebeenfeaturedintheMcKinseyQuarterly,Recall,andtheFinancialTimes.

Prior to joining the firm in 2004, Ms. Sprague was a member of the technical staff at OracleCorporation andheld several positions in software, firmware, andhardware engineering atHewlettPackardandAgilentTechnologies. Shehas threedegrees fromMIT:BachelorofScience inelectricalengineering and computer science, Master of Engineering in electrical engineering and computerscience,andMasterofScienceintechnologyandpublicpolicy.

JimSterneJimSterneisaninternationalconsultantonelectronicmarketingandcustomer

interaction.Sternehas focusedhis30years insalesandmarketingonmeasuringthe value of the internet as amedium for creating and strengthening customerrelationships. He has written 10 books on internet advertising, marketing, andcustomer service, includingSocialMediaMetrics:How toMeasure andOptimizeYourMarketing Investmentandhis latest,TheDevil'sDataDictionary.Sternehasproduced the eMetrics Summits since 2002 and is the co-founder and currentboardchairof theDigitalAnalyticsAssociation.Sternewasnamedoneof the50

most influential people in digital marketing by Revolution, the United Kingdom’s premier interactivemarketingmagazine,andisamemberoftheorganizingcommitteeofthePeopleCenteredInternet.

SuhasSubramanyamSuhas Subramanyam is a Policy Advisor and the Special Assistant for

TechnologyPolicyattheWhiteHouseOfficeofScienceandTechnologyPolicy. Inthis role,he servesasakeyadvisor to theUSChiefTechnologyOfficeronpolicyissuesrelatedtoInternetaccess,cybersecurity,AI,andtheInternetofThings.PriortojoiningtheObamaAdministration,heworkedonarangeoftechnologyissuesattwomajor international lawfirmsandfortheUSSenateJudiciaryCommittee.He

hasalsoservedasalegislativeaideintheUSHouseofRepresentatives.

DiegoMolanoVegaDiegoMolanoVegaisaninternationalconsultantonthedigitaltransformation

of companies and governments. He was the minister of information andcommunicationtechnologies(ICT)ofColombiafrom2010to2015.Hetransformedhis countrywith his policy plan “ViveDigital,”which aims to reducepoverty andcreatejobsthroughtheuseoftechnology.

During his tenure, Colombia expanded all the elements of the digitalecosystem, not only infrastructure, but also, services, applications, and users.Internet coverage extended to low-income homes and rural areas. 4G-LTE, fiber

opticsandhigh-speednetworksexpandedtoallmunicipalities,eventhoseinthemiddleoftheAmazonjungle. Every rural community with more than 100 inhabitants has an internet community center.Education, health, and government services were transformed with ICT, increasing their availability,reach,andefficiency.

Mr. Molano has had a long career in the technology industry, including high-level executivepositionsinmultinationalcompaniessuchasBellSouth(nowAT&T)intheUSandTelefonicainSpain.Heis currentlyadvisor to the Inter-AmericanDevelopmentBank inWashingtonDCandSeniorAdvisor toMcKinsey&Co.

Mr.Molano is anelectronics engineer andeconomist from theXavierUniversity inColombiaandholdsanMBAfromIMDinSwitzerland.

MaryWard-CallanMaryWard-Callan isManagingDirector for IEEETechnicalActivities, responsible

for thestrategicandoperational leadershipof the technical communitieswithin theIEEE. The 47 Technical Societies and Councils, and numerous emerging technicalcommunities collectively deliver more than 1600 conferences, 183 periodicals,countlesstechnicaltrainingseminars,andthreecertificationprograms.Mary ledtheAward winning IEEE Humanitarian Technology Challenge; a project that used solidengineering techniques to provide solutions to pressing world problems such aslightingHaiti/Africa/Nicaragua,providingdatacommunicationstohealthcarefacilities

inPeru,andprovidingRFIDpatientidentificationinIndia.Prior to joining the IEEE, Mary was an Executive Director in the telecommunications industry,

employed by Telcordia, Bellcore, andBell Labs. She has extensive experience in businessmanagement,processre-engineering,requirementsmanagement,quality,andprojectmanagement.

MaryisaCertifiedAssociationExecutive,holdsaBachelorofArtsdegreeinmathematicsfromVassarCollege (with honors, Phi Beta Kappa), and a Master of Science degree in electrical engineering andcomputingfromPrincetonUniversity.MaryisaSeniorMemberoftheIEEEandamemberofASAE.SheismarriedwiththreechildrenandlivesinNewJersey,USA.

EricWhiteEricWhiteleadstheWorldEconomicForum’sInternetforAllproject,which

facilitatesthedevelopmentofnewmodelsofon-the-groundpublicprivatecollaborationtoconnectthefourbillionpeoplecurrentlynotontheinternet.Italsoprovidesahigh-levelphysicalanddigitalplatformtopromoteglobalcoordinationoninternetinclusion.PriortojoiningtheForum,Ericwasaconsultantoninternetinclusionactivities.Hisworkfocusedonnationalbroadbandplandevelopment,reforminguniversalservicefunds,andevaluating

newtechnologies,andwasdonelargelythroughUSAID’sGlobalBroadbandandInnovationsprogram.HehasalsoworkedattheWorldBankandservedforfouryearsasaUSnavalofficer.HeholdsdegreesfromtheUniversityofVirginiaandtheHarvardKennedySchool.

ChristopherS.YooChristopherS.Yoo is theJohnH.ChestnutProfessorofLaw,Communication,

andComputer&InformationScienceandtheFoundingDirectoroftheCenterforTechnology, Innovation and Competition at the University of Pennsylvania. Hisresearch focuses on the insights that the principles of network engineering andimperfectcompetitionprovide intotheregulationoftheInternetandintellectualproperty.Hismajorresearchinitiativesincludeastudyofinnovativeapproachestoconnectingmoreoftheworld’scitizenstotheinternet;anexplorationofthelegalaspects of providing privacy and security for autonomous vehicles and medical

devices;andacomparisonofcompetitionlawinChina,Europe,andtheUnitedStates.Before entering the academy, Professor Yoo clerked for Justice Anthony M. Kennedy of the US

SupremeCourtandJudgeA.RaymondRandolphoftheUSCourtofAppealsfortheDCCircuit.Healsopracticed lawwithHogan&Hartson(thenHoganLovells)underthesupervisionof JohnG.Roberts, Jr(thecurrentChiefJusticeoftheUSSupremeCourt).HealsoservedasaprofessorattheVanderbiltLawSchool, where he led the technology and entertainment law program. He is a graduate of HarvardCollege, theAndersonSchoolatUCLA,and theNorthwesternUniversitySchoolof Law.Theauthoroffourbooksandmore than70articlesandbookchapters,ProfessorYoo testifies frequentlybeforeUSandforeigngovernmentalandregulatoryauthorities.