 Hello and welcome to the Visis Forum 2019. We are celebrating 10 years of successful implementation and 10 years of our cooperation and partnership at the Visis Forum this week. We are joined by our high-level track facilitators who facilitated the 14 high-level policy sessions during Visis Forum. I'd like to introduce you to Naila who is a practicing doctor and she had some very interesting conversations about e-health and ICT applications in her session. Yes, so my session was session 14 and it was on e-learning and media and we had a very exciting panel. There were lots of discussions about emerging trends and new ideas. There was a lot of emphasis on access, capacity building and collaboration. And through the panel we met many of the Sustainable Development Goal objective achievement possibilities. So all in all it was a very informative session. Thank you very much, Naila. We had a very interesting session on digital trade and basically e-business. Ted, our young entrepreneur from Singapore who has a startup of his own, he moderated that session. Ted, so what are your takeaways? So yeah, for my session, Digital Economy and Trade, I was very surprised that we can actually learn a lot from the emerging countries. For example, they're already full well on board on the Digital Economy through e-commerce. But more interestingly, they are implementing e-services in their country but in a much more cost effective manner compared to the developed countries. Thank you very much, Ted. So coming up with solutions to manage with limited resources. I have here with me Tim Unwin who moderated the gender mainstreaming session. Tim has been with the Visis process since its inception. So Tim, what was different this year and how was your session? I've been there that long. I'm a year older. But I think the session was really about gender mainstream and how we can reduce gender digital inequality. I think one of the most shocking things was that in many countries, things are actually getting worse. Women are becoming more marginalized through the use of technology. So I had a great panel who came up with all sorts of suggestions about what we need to do about that. And two of the main conclusions were I think that we need to work more together collaboratively in partnership such as the Equals partnership led by the new director of BDT. But also work more collaboratively together. And I think for me one of the best things was meeting these guys. I mean as track facilitators we've all gone on incredibly well and I've just learnt so much from everybody else. And it's been a real privilege for a man to moderate the gender session. Thank you very much Tim. It was our goal to reach 50-50 participation at the WSS Forum. So we do hope we've achieved that this year. I have with me a new stakeholder, Dr. Sway from University of Sheffield. And she was moderating a very interesting session that came up with several emerging trends and several case studies were showcased out there. So Sway, what were your key takeaways from there? Oh it was a fascinating session. I think what came through quite strongly is that although we have a lot of innovation right now happening especially around eHealth and AI in ICT services there's still quite a lot to do because ICT services it's quite an integrated issue. So people are a little bit concerned about creating the right digital infrastructures, bridging digital divides but also engaging citizens in those services. Thank you Sway. Of course engaging citizens is one of the most important thing in ICT services and applications because without those bottom-up approaches you really can't do much or implement much effectively. I have here with me Karl who is from ISOC and ISOC is a great partner of the WSS Forum. Karl, what were the key trends that you captured during your session? Yes, so my session was about inclusiveness and access to information and knowledge for all and I think one of the main takeaways was that it's really a multifaceted challenge that spans both infrastructure but also the services on top and in that regard we looked at both the conditions for people with disabilities, issues like local content and also digital literacy. I think what the main takeaway was that it's important to have very clear, clearly spelled out plans with clear targets for what to achieve and also to collaborate with local partners in achieving those goals. Thank you Karl. It's collaboration and partnership that emerges from most of the sessions that took place and of course collaboration is key to success. We have with us Sabrina. She is doing some very important work in Switzerland on life skills and she's also introducing digital skills. So Sabrina, how was your session and what were your key takeaways? I was very impressed by the fact that African countries are very advanced in digital application and services. For example, Kenya has implemented mobile payment at a very extensive stage and I think like my colleague that we can learn a lot from the countries who have less means in order to include and create an internet which is inclusive and application and services can definitely help to implement and achieve the SDGs. Thank you very much Sabrina. There were some very interesting examples, case examples from Africa and Asia and several other countries in Sabrina's session. We have here with us also Morten who had a very interesting session on cyber security. Cyber security falls under the WSIS Action Line C5. So Morten, what were the challenges or technologies that were discussed during your session? Well actually it's quite interesting to look at the cyber security element. Two key angles came up. Cyber security in terms of security of systems of data. So very much from an organizational perspective and here really the combination of regulation without hindering innovation, capacities within both the public and private sector to ensure ethical, safe, transparent use of technology. So unbiased algorithms in AI, unbiased data, etc. But also from an end user perspective about common sense principles and informed use of technology and content and how training and personal responsibility really fits into that role. So you avoid fake media. On a technology trend there's really been a move in the last ten years from malware and sort of phishing and trying to avoid the princes of the world that have ten billion dollars if you give them your bank account number to more malicious and illegitimate use of existing but very common based technology. So the technology developments can really both be a solution to that but also pose a threat. So this is where regulation, common sense use from both organizations, public, private and the end user really comes into play. So there's a sense of responsibility and regulation here. Thank you Martin. Of course the safe and ethical use of ICT is a very important aspect that came out of your session. We'd like to move to our next high level track facilitator who's Jabu. Jabu, what were the key takeaways? I heard so many case examples being shared in your session. Can you share something with us? I think from my session which was on ethical dimensions of information and knowledge societies it was quite an interesting session particularly because it cuts across different types of technologies and the main things that were under discussion was that technology is actually created to advance humanity and because of that the issues of ethics must not be left behind particularly when we look at new imaging technologies like AI, drones and all the others and I think the other key aspect that the panelists raised was as we try and address the problems of ethics in current technologies we also need to think about the future ethical dilemmas and I think many panelists also touched on the fact that you know there are ethical principles that already exist but the key issue is on implementation so that needs to be speed up particularly also regulations and legislation from different nations needs to be put onto the fore but all in all the key was technology is for human beings, not human beings for technology. That's a good summary Jabu, thank you very much. We had world leaders from the private sector, civil society, governments, technical community, academia participating with us here today at the WSIS Forum 2019 and you heard that collaboration and partnership is the key essence that was coming out of all the sessions. I'm also joined here by our CEO of a company in Jamaica and Valeria what was your key takeaway, what was the key takeaway of your session? My key takeaway from my session was collaboration to innovate, the human element is critical human interoperability is key so therefore we need to focus on capacity building and bridging the gap just doesn't mean access, it means education and so that's the major thing that we ought to be paying attention to. Thank you Valeria, capacity building, digital skills and education extremely important for implementation of the WSIS outcomes. We are also joined by May who moderated a very important session on enabling environment and enabling environment as we heard from everybody, innovation and regulation have to go hand in hand so May what were the key takeaways from your session? So our recommendation is for an integrated framework which is an innovation network for all regulatory agencies so they can learn from each other and spread the best examples. Thank you very much May, this brings us at the end of our interview and all the summaries by the high level track facilitators are available online and you can read them in depth highlighting the case studies, the challenges, emerging trends that emerge from more than 14 sessions that took place during the WSIS forum high level track. Thank you very much and have a good day.