​Doreen Bogdan-Martin took office as Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) on 1 January 2023. With over three decades of leadership experience in global telecommunications policy, Ms. Bogdan-Martin has emphasized the need for digital transformation to achieve economic prosperity, job creation, skills development, gender equality, and socio-economic inclusion, as well as to build circular economies, reduce climate impact, and save lives.

Professor Saifur Rahman is the founding director of the Advanced Research Institute at Virginia Tech, USA, where he is the Joseph R. Loring Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He also directs the Center for Energy and the Global Environment at the university. He is a Life Fellow of the IEEE and an IEEE Millennium Medal winner. He was the president of the IEEE Power and Energy Society (PES) for 2018 and 2019.

Inkar Kadyrzhanova is a Team Lead on Climate Change Policy and Strategy at FAO Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environment. Before joining the FAO, she worked as a gender and climate change adviser at the UN Women Office for Asia and the Pacific, where she led the regional work on gender mainstreaming in climate change and disaster risk reduction. Prior to that, she worked at the UN Climate Change secretariat on mitigation, data and analysis issues and supported the negotiation process on transparency and climate action by state and non-state stakeholders.

Dr. Claudio Cañizares is a University Professor, Hydro One Chair, and Executive Director of WISE at Waterloo, where he has been since 1993. His work on modeling, simulation, computation, stability, control, and optimization of power and energy systems is highly cited and recognized. He is the former IEEE Trans. Smart Gird EIC and IEEE and PES Boards’ Director, and a Fellow of the IEEE, Royal Society of Canada, Canadian Academy of Engineering, and Chinese Society for Electrical Engineering.

Yuji Maeda received a Ph.D. in systems information science from Future University Hakodate, Hokkaido, in 2013. He joined NTT Telecommunication Networks Laboratories in 1991. He was engaged in research and development of solutions to social problems in the public sector, including natural disaster and emergency management, welfare, medical and health care and cybersecurity. He has been the Vice President of the R&D Vision Group in the NTT Research and Development Planning Department since 2018 and assumed his current position since 2020.

Sam Daws is Senior Advisor to the Oxford Martin AI Governance Initiative at Oxford University, and Director of Multilateral AI. He is a subject expert in AI governance, geopolitics and sustainability, and has spent 35 years in multilateral policy roles including serving as a First Officer to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan in New York, and as Deputy Director (UN) in the Cabinet Office advising the UK Prime Minister on the creation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. He has also served as an expert advisor to the ITU’s AI for Good Summit.

Dr Bilel Jamoussi, a distinguished engineer and diplomat, serves as the Deputy to the Director and Chief of Telecommunication Standardization Policy Department at the ITU Standardization Bureau (TSB) in Geneva. His mission includes establishing international standards to advance global connectivity and digital transformation. Previously, he was Chief of the Study Groups Department at ITU-TSB (2010-2023). Through this, he paved the way for the creation of digital payments guidelines and standards that aim to foster financial inclusion on a global scale.

Jim is currently the President of the IEEE Standards Association and a member of the IEEE Board of Directors (2021- 2024). Jim is a Senior Life Member of IEEE after joining IEEE while a student at Georgia Tech. Jim has recently retired as the Director of Technical Standards & Standards Policy for Corning’s global products and markets. He has represented Corning in participant and leadership roles for national, regional & global standards groups in areas including optical communications, electronic displays and mobile consumer electronics.

Philippe Metzger is the Secretary-General & CEO of the IEC where he is responsible for their global day-to-day operations. Mr Metzger previously held senior management positions in other organizations including the Swiss Federal Office of Communications (OFCOM), ITU and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA). He is a qualified Swiss attorney and holds a Master’s degree from the
College of Europe.

Seizo Onoe took office as Director of the Telecommunication Standardization Bureau (TSB) at the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) on 1 January 2023. Before his election as TSB Director by ITU Member States, he completed an over 30-year career with Japanese mobile operator NTT DOCOMO. In 2021, he became Executive Vice President and Chief Standardization Strategy Officer for the Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT) Corporation and a Fellow of NTT DOCOMO, INC. From 2017, he served as NTT DOCOMO’s Chief Technology Architect and President of its subsidiary DOCOMO Technology.

Since 2021 Silvio Dulinsky has been Deputy Secretary-General of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in Geneva, Switzerland. Previously he was a member of the executive committee of the World Economic Forum (WEF) responsible for the private sector in Europe and Latin America, as well as for the global Climate Governance Initiative.

Ayisha Piotti is Managing Partner at the Swiss based firm RegHorizon and the visionary behind creating Switzerland’s largest Global AI Policy discussion platform the annual “AI policy Summit”, which she heads at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology ETH Zurich. She is a frequent speaker and contributor on AI Policy at global AI events and also the host of a newly launched podcast series NAVIGATING AI. LinkedIn Profile.

Sam Daws is Senior Advisor to the Oxford Martin AI Governance Initiative at Oxford University, and Director of Multilateral AI. He is a subject expert in AI governance, geopolitics and sustainability, and has spent 35 years in multilateral policy roles including serving as a First Officer to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan in New York, and as Deputy Director (UN) in the Cabinet Office advising the UK Prime Minister on the creation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. He has also served as an expert advisor to the ITU’s AI for Good Summit.

Guillermo works as policy analyst at the OECD’s Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Digital Technologies Division (Science, Technology and Innovation Directorate), where he conducts policy and economic reviews and analysis on topics pertaining to AI policy and regulation – including the AI-environment nexus.

Dario is the Director of Sustainable Energy at the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). Prior to joining UNECE, Dario was the Chief Underwriting Officer at SACE, responsible for export credit, the EU Green New Deal and the guarantees under the EU Temporary Framework. Before joining SACE, Dario spent more than a decade with General Electric (GE), at the Council of Europe Development Bank and with the European Commission. His career started at Cargill. Dario has a MSc in Economics from Bocconi University and a MA in EU Law from the University of Leicester.

Mia Seppo joined ILO on 1 February 2023 as the Assistant Director-General for the Jobs and Social Protection Cluster. Mia has over 20 years of experience with the UN serving in in progressively responsible positions both in the field and in Headquarters. Her field assignments include Tajikistan, Sierra Leone, Malawi, Bangladesh and Zimbabwe. During her long UN career, Mia has worked in post-conflict and peace-keeping contexts, managed UN support for complex elections and coordinated humanitarian crises and responses.

Tariq’s research interests are in the area of Communications , Signal Processing Engineering Management and AI. He has been IEEE Vice President Educational Activities and more recently the Chair of the IEEE Climate Change Committee- (CCIRCC). He is Fellow IEEE and International Member of the US National Academy of Engineering and the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Dr. Sneha Satish Hegde is an Scientific Researcher and a passionate IEEE volunteer based in France, serving as Chair of IEEE DEIS Women in Engineering, Partnership Lead at IEEE YP Climate and Sustainability Task Force, and Vice-Chair at IEEE Computer Society SYP. She specializes in HVDC systems and eco-friendly materials, driving sustainable energy solutions through her work and volunteer leadership.

IOE Adviser Robert Marinkovic deals with climate change policy and issues related to the
implementation of the 2030 agenda, the Sustainable Development Goals, the green economy and just transition.

Dr Holger Berg is Vice Director Circular Economy and Co-Head of the Digital Transformation Research Unit at the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy gGmbH. His research interests focus on the opportunities and influences of the digital transformation on sustainable development, especially with regard to enabling circular economy.

Dr. Zhongxin Chen is a Senior IT Officer at Digital FAO and Agro-informatics Division at United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO). Now he is leading Digital for Impact Stream and Agro-informatics team, the agricultural applications of cutting-edge information technologies including geospatial IT and artificial intelligence. He is Co-Chair of the Geo-AI Working Group of UN Open GIS since 2020.

Marcelo Lampkowski is a Senior Expert in Green Digital Transformation at ICLEI Europe, where he leads projects aimed at helping cities and regions achieve their sustainability goals through advanced digital and green technologies. With a PhD in Energy Systems and a background in Computer Science, he brings expertise in urban data governance and data-driven strategies. Marcelo has also held an academic position at the São Paulo State Technological College in Brazil, fostering international research collaboration between Brazil and Germany.

Bruno Meyer is a consultant with over 38 years’ experience in industry in the field of energy. He is Secretary General of GO15, a global association of Very Large Power Grid Operators. An IEEE Fellow, Bruno was 2022 IEEE Vice President, Chair of Technical Activities.