UPC Panels on the Internet Governance Forum, November 3rd & 4th

AmCham Member company – UPC Poland, invites you to join 2 panels that will take place during the Internet Governance Forum on November 3^rd and 4^th. Find all the details including agenda, speakers and access links below. 

COVID-19 as a flywheel for the digital transformation of the economy, public administration and society’

https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/igf-2020-pre-event-90-covid-19-as-a-flywheel-for-the-digital-transformation-of-the-economy

COVID19 has forced many businesses to accelerate digital transformation and some others to basically start this process. Undoubtedly, the pandemic has impacted not only business but also education, health, communications, entertainment changing our behaviors as customers and citizens. With business and public leaders, we want to hone in on discussing lessons from COVID19 when it comes to the digital transformation of businesses and society, on the road to building gigabit economy and society.

·        Robert Redeleanu, CEO UPC Poland/Eastern Europe

·        Baptiest Coopmans, CEO UPC Switzerland

·        Prof. Grzegorz Mazurek, Rector of Kozminski University

·        Mark Dekan, CEO, Ringier Axel Springer Media AG

·        Eliza Kruczkowska, CIO, Polish Development Fund

·        Ireneusz Piecuch, DGTL Law, expert, lawyer

Here is the link to register to the platform: https://bit.ly/2Jh5C9w

Panel will be also available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/igf/live

The role of gigabit infrastructure in the building of a gigabyte economy and society

https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/igf-2020-pre-event-96-the-role-of-gigabit-infrastructure-in-the-building-of-a-gigabyte

The role of gigabit connectivity in business, work, education is crucial and nothing has proven it better than the time of the pandemic. But here comes the challenge: how to ensure access to the connectivity of the future to everyone? And how to support the development of the gigabit infrastructure which is one of the pillars of the digital economy and society as well as the driver of economic recovery after the pandemic. This is a question many people are asking across the Globe.  We’d like to present the [Central] European perspective.  Speakers working both in Poland and on the European level will share their lessons and answers:  

·        Robert Redeleanu, CEO UPC Poland

·        Manuel Kohnstamm, Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, Liberty Global

·        Piotr Arak, Director, Polish Economic Institute 

·        Wojciech Szajnar, Director, Digital Poland Projects Centre

·        Karim Taga, Managing Director, Arthur D. Little

·     Vesa Terava, Acting Head of Unit B2 – Implementation of Regulatory Framework, DG Infso, European Commission

·        Igor Ostrowski, Global Co-Chair of Technology, Media & Telecommunications at Dentons

Here is the link to register to the platform: https://bit.ly/2Jh5C9w

Panel will be also available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/igf/live