Data for Development: Role of G20 in Advancing the 2030 Agenda

Hosted by India’s G20 Secretariat in collaboration with Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, Observer Research Foundation, UN Secretary-General’s Tech Envoy, and United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

On 13 December 2022, India’s G20 Secretariat, in collaboration with Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, Observer Research Foundation (ORF), UN Secretary-General’s Tech Envoy, and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), will host a side event on the theme ‘Data for Development: Role of G20 in Advancing the 2030 Agenda’.

The event is designed as a curtain-raiser for further deliberations on data for development (D4D) in the Development Working Group during India’s G20 Presidency. Attendees will include representatives of governments, intergovernmental organisations, civil society, and private companies. The event will consist of keynote addresses, two thematic plenary sessions, and two breakout sessions.

The plenary sessions are:

• Rejuvenating legacy systems: From data to public value intelligence
• Models for the future: Leveraging IoT, Big Data, and AI for the SDGs

Each plenary session will take the form of a moderated panel discussion, followed by interventions from the floor. The breakout sessions will be an opportunity for focused discussion among the participants to bring in different multistakeholder insights on:

• Role of Governments and International organizations in Data for Development
• Role of Civil Society, Academia, Philanthropic Organisations, Private Sector, and Entrepreneurs in Data for Development

Programme

10:00 -10:05 | Opening Remarks, Agenda and Objectives

Samir Saran, President, Observer Research Foundation

10:05 – 10:25 | Welcome Address

• Amitabh Kant, India’s G20 Sherpa

Keynote Addresses

• Her Majesty Queen Máxima of the Netherlands, United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development (Video Message)
• Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Union Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology and Union Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship* (Video Message)
• Nandan Nilekani, Non-Executive Chairman, Infosys, former Chairman, Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) (Video Message)

10:25 – 10:55 | Plenary Session 1 | Rejuvenating legacy systems: From data to public value intelligence

• Saqr bin Ghalib, Executive Director, Artificial Intelligence, Digital Economy, and Remote Work Applications Office, UAE
• Abhishek Singh, President & CEO, NeGD, MeitY, India
• Shamika Ravi, Vice President – Economic Policy, Observer Research Foundation
• Yoichi Iida, Deputy Director General for G7 and G20 relations, MIC, Japan*

Moderator: Sunaina Kumar, Senior Fellow, Observer Research Foundation

10:55 – 11:25 | Plenary Session 2 | Models for the future: Leveraging IoT, Big Data and AI for the SDGs

• Anthony Rea, Director, Infrastructure, World Meteorological Organisation*
• Abdulrahman Habib, VP for Talent Development, National Center for Artificial Intelligence, Saudi Data & AI Authority
• Anita Gurumurthy, Founding member and Executive Director, IT for Change
• Anir Chowdhury, Policy Advisor, Government of Bangladesh

Moderator: Astha Kapoor, Co-founder, Aapti Institute, India

11:25 – 11:40 | Presentation of Mementos to Panelists

11:40 – 11:55 | Coffee Break and Transition to Breakout Sessions

12:00 – 13:00 | Breakout sessions

• Role of Governments and International organisations in Data for Development

Scene Setter: Torbjörn Fredriksson, Head, E-commerce and Digital Economy Branch, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
Moderator: Amb. Amandeep Singh Gill, Under-Secretary- General and UN
Envoy on Technology

• Role of Civil Society, Academia, Philanthropic organisations, Private Sector, and Entrepreneurs in Data for Development

Scene Setter: Santhosh Mathew, Country Lead Social and Public
Finance Policy, BMGF
Moderator: Samir Saran, President, Observer Research Foundation

13:10 – 13:30  | Closing Summary

• Amb. Amandeep Singh Gill, Under-Secretary- General and UN Envoy on Technology

Closing remarks by G20 DWG Co-Chair