Pathways to Progress: Building Rural Connectivity to Meet the SDGs

Welcome Karen McCabe, Senior Director of Technology Policy, IEEE Standards Association

Keynote Tom Coughlin, IEEE President 2024

Panel 1: Policy and Regulatory Aspects of Rural Connectivity Prof. V. Sridhar - Centre for Information Technology and Public Policy (CITAPP), IIIT Bangalore Jane Coffin - ITU Giga Project Afsin BUYUKBAS - Head of Spectrum Management , ICT Authority of Türkiye Moderator: Karen McCabe - Senior Director of Technology Policy, IEEE SA

Panel 2: Infrastructure, Application and Use Cases Relevant to Rural Connectivity Talant Sultanov - Global Digital Inclusion Partnership (GDIP), Women in Digital Economy Fund (WinDEF) Valentin Kravtchenko - CEO, Grey-Box.ca Dr. Rajkumar Upadhyay - CEO, Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT) India Moderator: Purva Rajkotia - Director, Connectivity and Telcom Practice, IEEE SA

Panel 3: Standardization and Open-Source Importance to Rural Connectivity Sandeep Agrawal - Administrator (PM-WANI Central Registry), C-DOT India Ritu Srivastava - Jadeja Consulting / Director, CR-Bolo Project India Purva Rajkotia - Director, Connectivity and Telcom Practice, IEEE SA Moderator: Karen Mulberry - Sr Manager, Technology Policy, IEEE SA

Closing Remarks Karen McCabe, Senior Director of Technology Policy, IEEE SA