High-level Thematic Discussion: Emerging Technologies
ITU Plenipotentiary Conference 2026 · 11 November 2026 · 09:30–12:30 · D (Hall 2)
High-level Thematic Discussion: Emerging Technologies was a session at ITU Plenipotentiary Conference 2026 on 11 November 2026 in Doha, with 53 speakers on record.
Speakers
- Mario Maniewicz — Host Director of the Radiocommunication Bureau, International Telecommunication Union
- Bikram Timilsina — Moderator Minister, Ministry of Information and Communication
- Isabelle Mauro — Keynote Presenter Director General, GSOA
- Lerato Mataboge — Speaker Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy, AFRICAN UNION
- Shane Flanagan — Speaker Ambassador, Embassy of Australia to the State of Qatar
- Alfred Nongobzanga Zongo — Speaker Directeur Général des Communications Electroniques, Ministère de la Transition Digitale, des Postes et des Communications Electroniques
- Alain Ndikumana — Speaker Minister, Ministry of Finance, Budget, and the Digital Economy
- Sok Puthyvuth — Speaker Secretary of State (Deputy Minister), Ministry of Post and Telecommunications
- Roger Andjalandji — Speaker Minister of Digital Economy, Posts and Telecommunications, Ministry of Digital Economy, Posts and Telecommunications
- Ernesto Rodríguez Hernández — Speaker First Deputy Minister of Communications, Ministry of Communications
- Mohamed Abdoulkader Moussa — Speaker Minister, Ministry of Communications, responsible for Postal Services and Telecommunications
- Tomas Perez Ducy — Speaker Board Member, Dominican Institute of Telecommunications (INDOTEL), Dominican Republic, Dominican Institute of Telecommunications (INDOTEL)
- Liisa-Ly Pakosta — Speaker Minister, Ministry of Justice and Digital Affairs
- Deike Potzel — Speaker Head of Delegation of the European Union, Ambassador, European Union
- Ioane Naivalurua — Speaker Minister, Ministry of Policing and Communications
- Laura Eiro — Speaker Director-General, Ministry of Transport and Communications
- Mark Alexandre Doumba — Speaker Minister, Ministry of the Digital Economy, Digitalization, and Innovation
- Lamin Jabbi — Speaker Minister, Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy (MOCDE)
- Markus Richter — Speaker Deputy Minister, Ministry for Digital Transformation and Government Modernisation
- Samuel Nartey George — Speaker Minister, Ministry of Communication, Digital Technology, and Innovations
- Souleymane Bah — Speaker Vice-Minister, Ministry of Communications, the Digital Economy, and Innovation
- Zoltán Turbék — Speaker Permanent Representative and Ambassador, Permanent Mission of Hungary to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva.
- Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani — Speaker Minister, Ministry of Communications
- Mohammad Hafez Hakami — Speaker Deputy Minister for Technology, Innovation and International Affairs, Ministry of Information and Communications Technology (MICT)
- Doszhan Musaliyev — Speaker Vice Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Development, Ministry of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan
- Kyunghoon Bae — Speaker Deputy Prime Minister and Minister, Ministry of Science and ICT
- Nthati Moorosi — Speaker Minister, Ministry of Information Communications Science Technology and Innovation
- Avinash Ramtohul — Speaker Minister, Ministry of Information Technology, Communication and Innovation
- Harry Verweij — Speaker Ambassador-at-Large, Special Envoy on AI, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Ali Al Shidhani — Speaker Vice Minister, Ministry of Transport, Communications & Information Technology
- Atiya Iqbal — Speaker Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan to the State of Qatar
- Robert Naguri — Speaker Minister, National Information and Communications Technology Authority
- Sandra Maximiano — Speaker Co-Chair, International Advisory Body for Submarine Cable Resilience, ITU & Chair of the Board of Directors, ANACOM
- Grigoriy Borisenko — Speaker Deputy Minister, Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media
- Samba Diouf — Speaker Minister, Ministry of Telecommunications and Digital Affairs
- Igor Lakota — Speaker Deputy Ambassador, Ministry of the Interior and Public Administration
- Magnus Hellgren — Speaker Ambassador and Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Sweden to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva
- Angellah Jasmine Kairuki — Speaker Minister, Ministry of Communication and Information Technology
- Ahmet Hamdi Atalay — Speaker Deputy Minister, Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure
- Majed Al Mesmar — Speaker Director General, Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority (TDRA)
- Sherzod Shermatov — Speaker Minister, Ministry of Digital Technologies
- Bernadette Lewis — Speaker Secretary-General, Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation
- Lucas Gallito — Speaker Head of Latin America and Caribbean region, GSMA
- Gonzalo De Dios — Keynote Presenter Head of Global Regulatory Affairs (acting), AMAZON LEO
- Mário Augusto da Silva Oliveira — Speaker Minister, Ministry of Telecommunications, Information Technologies and Social Communication
- Meutya Viada Hafid — Speaker Minister, Ministry of Communications and Digital Affairs
- Lara Elkhateeb — Speaker Chairperson of the Board of Commissioners, Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC)
- Nomin Chinbat — Speaker Minister, Ministry of Digital Development, Innovation and Communications
- Bosun Tijani — Speaker Minister, Federal Ministry of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy
- Valeriu Stefan Zgonea — Speaker President, The National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications of Romania (ANCOM)
- Sione Akauola — Speaker Chief Executive Officer, Ministry of Meteorology, Energy, Information & Digital Transformation, Disaster Risk management, Environment, Climate Change, Communications
- Sofiene Hemissi — Speaker Minister, Ministry of Communication Technologies
- Uma Kumaran — Speaker Parliamentary Under-Secretary, State in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, DSIT