Investing in Policy Skills to Boost Digital Innovation

Session Moderators

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  Sarah Gaffney Senior Director, Capacity Building, GSMA

Session Speakers

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  Dr Bahma Sivasubramaniam Lecturer, Multimedia University of Malaysia
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  Niall Magennis Senior Director, GSMA
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  Thelma Quaye Chief Digital Infrastructure, Skills, and Gender, Smart Africa
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  Encik Shamsul Izhan Abdul Majid Chief Technology & Innovation Officer, Malaysian Communication and Multimedia Commissions
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  Jim O’connor Chairman and CEO, USTTI
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  Hon. George William Nyombi Thembo Executive Director, Uganda Communications Commission (UCC)

Session Description

Building expertise, growing talent and closing knowledge gaps is ever more important for governments and regulatory authorities as they respond to the increasingly rapid pace of innovation affecting the mobile industry, especially in areas such as 5G, IoT and AI. This panel session will focus on the value for regulatory authorities in boosting skills to address these challenges, including via educational programmes that foster collaboration across the ecosystem.