2022 HLPF Webinar - The Path to Sustainability
Channel: 中華民國外交部 Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ROC〈Taiwan〉
Date: 14/07/2022

The Path to Sustainability: Incorporating Digital Transformation with Broader Inclusiveness and Greater Innovation Post-COVID-19
「邁向永續之路： COVID-19後疫情時代結合更具包容性與創新之數位轉型」視訊研討會

Date: Thursday, July 14, 2022
Time: 10:00-11:30 am (EDT)

Purpose
This side event aims to share how the public and private sectors can work together to facilitate digital transformation, adaptation, and applications in order to achieve a more sustainable post-COVID future. 

鑒於COVID-19疫情加速數位轉型之速度與需求，並配合2022年聯合國永續發展高階政治論壇(HLPF)之舉行，本論壇邀請史瓦帝尼、聖克里斯多福及尼維斯、財團法人國際合作發展基金會、美國國際開發署 (USAID)、全球漁業觀測站(Global Fishing Watch)及臺灣崧旭資訊股份有限公司等公、私部門及民間組織，共同探討如何在疫後數位化加速之時代，運用數位科技為教育、性平、環境、醫療等發展問題提供解決方案，並從發展中國家角度，瞭解其對數位轉型之期望與需求，及探討國際數位合作可能之面向。

Moderator
Dr. Abraham Joseph, Former Special Advisor to the Foreign Minister of Timor-Leste and Former Chief/Senior Socio-Economic Affairs Advisor of the UN


Topics
(1) Pros and cons - what impact will digitalization have while achieving universal connectivity?
Mr. Andreas Sifiso Dlamini, Director of Communications, Ministry of ICT, Kingdom of Eswatini

(2) Building supportive ecosystem and making policy to protect digital information in post COVID-19 era 
Ms. Eurta Chiverton, Systems Coordinator, Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Health , ICT,  Entertainment , Entrepreneurship and Talent Development, St. Kitts & Nevis

(3) Boosting people-centric digital transformation and ensuring digital inclusion for all
Mr. Stephen J. H. Lee, Deputy Secretary General, International Cooperation and Development Fund (TaiwanICDF)

(4) Shortening digital gaps and increasing media literacy to promote trust and security regarding the digital environment in the post-COVID era
Ms. Vera Zakem, Senior Advisor, Democracy, Rights and Governance Center, USAID

(5) Protecting marine ecosystems by revolutionizing ocean monitoring and analysis, and by building a more effective architecture for digital cooperation
Mr. Charles Kilgour, Director, Analysis and Capacity Building, Global Fishing Watch

(6) Building partnerships with information technology to activate digital transformation
Mr. Rick Chen, Chief Project Manager, Supergeo Technologies