Achieving Internet for All
Channel: World Economic Forum
Date: 2017-09-21

Approximately half of the world’s population has no means of connecting to the internet. This workshop aims to develop platforms that facilitate public-private collaboration to close the “digital divide” by expanding internet access.

- Niall Dunne, Chief Sustainability Officer, BT Group, United Kingdom; Young Global Leader
- Anusha Rahman Khan, Minister of State for Information Technology and Telecommunication of Pakistan
- Janet Longmore, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Digital Opportunity Trust (DOT), Canada
- Jean Philbert Nsengimana, Minister of Youth and Information Communication Technology of Rwanda
- Zunaid Ahmed Palak, Minister of State for Information and Communication and Technology of Bangladesh
- Park Yuhyun, Founder and Chief Citizenship Officer, DQ Institute, Republic of Korea
- Joakim Reiter, Group External Affairs Director, Vodafone Group, United Kingdom
- Kaan Terzioglu, Chief Executive Officer, Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri, Turkey
- Lauren Woodman, Chief Executive Officer, NetHope, USA

With
- Manu Bhardwaj, Director, Research and Insights, Center for Inclusive Growth, Mastercard, USA
- Molly Gavin, Vice-President, Government Affairs and Sustainability, Qualcomm, USA
- John Giusti, Chief Regulatory Officer, GSMA, United Kingdom
- Mai Oldgard, Senior Vice-President, Sustainability, Telenor Group, Norway
- Elizabeth Sugg, Whip, Department for International Development, House of Lords of the United Kingdom
- Mark Surman, Executive Director, Mozilla Foundation, USA

Facilitated by
- Njideka Harry, President and Chief Executive Officer, Youth for Technology Foundation (YTF), Nigeria