<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">As promised, and, with some interesting perspectives.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">TRANSCRIPT <a href="https://archive.org/download/fgv-brics-apr2025/fgv-brics-apr2025.EN.TRANSCRIPT.pdf">https://archive.org/download/fgv-brics-apr2025/fgv-brics-apr2025.EN.TRANSCRIPT.pdf</a></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">SUMMARY <a href="https://archive.org/download/fgv-brics-apr2025/fgv-brics-apr2025.EN.SUMMARY.pdf">https://archive.org/download/fgv-brics-apr2025/fgv-brics-apr2025.EN.SUMMARY.pdf</a></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">A couple of speakers refer to the "Connect Humanity" initiative. They are referring to the ITU's "Connecting Humanity" which is an ongoing process kicked off by a study in 2020. This should be not be confused with 3 other Connect Humanity entities, a US non-profit, and Indian NGO, or an initiative to distro eSIMs in Gaza.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">(<a href="https://chatgpt.com/share/6800d5d0-81a0-8013-93fa-e4df35b13b8c">more info</a>)</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">The mentioned ITU Universal Meaningful Connectivity (UMC) dashboard is at <a href="https://datahub.itu.int/dashboards/umc/">https://datahub.itu.int/dashboards/umc/</a></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Apr 15, 2025 at 10:31 PM Joly MacFie <<a href="mailto:joly@punkcast.com">joly@punkcast.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">FGV livestream - Wednesday 13:00 UTC.(18:30 IST). I may summarize later in the day.</div><div id="m_5228322421671256415gmail-:6h0" aria-label="Message Body" role="textbox" aria-multiline="true" aria-controls=":6wf" style="direction:ltr;min-height:388px" aria-expanded="false"><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_default"></div><br><br><div><u></u>
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<p style="margin:0px 0px 24px;line-height:1.7;padding:0px">On <strong>Wednesday April 16, 2025</strong>, at 1<strong>0:00-12:00 BRT</strong> (13:00-15:00 UTC) the <strong><a href="http://isoc.live?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=e36fd8cc3b72078ac5f25e879b7b7d4cf806dc482902ea2aad4f0282be8e6efa&blog_id=151329629&post_id=19218&user_id=2239291&subs_id=125336&signature=d5ed0887b5811cac40c77f359565e4bd&email_name=new-post&user_email=joly@punkcast.com&encoded_url=aHR0cHM6Ly9kaXJlaXRvcmlvLmZndi5ici9lbi9yZXNlYXJjaC9jZW50ZXItdGVjaG5vbG9neS1hbmQtc29jaWV0eQ=&email_id=9aaa2992b498728152dc88bfc1630a33" style="color:rgb(0,113,23)" target="_blank">Center for Technology and Society at FGV</a></strong> (CTS-FGV), the B<strong><a href="http://isoc.live?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=b5bda39f5535c924fbe3c051df663703daa1b001ef163406e14a0761541850d7&blog_id=151329629&post_id=19218&user_id=2239291&subs_id=125336&signature=08aea02194428f5a1318cc08b19180e6&email_name=new-post&user_email=joly@punkcast.com&encoded_url=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ292LmJyL21yZS9lbg=&email_id=9aaa2992b498728152dc88bfc1630a33" style="color:rgb(0,113,23)" target="_blank">razilian Ministry for Foreign Affairs</a></strong>, the <strong><a href="http://isoc.live?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=c067fc1faf1db362ca9ea448d5424fbae2169beb3cb290302fccbfdbef527417&blog_id=151329629&post_id=19218&user_id=2239291&subs_id=125336&signature=35b8e8bf9ba035266864476cdd622049&email_name=new-post&user_email=joly@punkcast.com&encoded_url=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ292LmJyL21jb20vZW4vYWNjZXNzLXRvLWluZm9ybWF0aW9uL2luc3RpdHV0aW9uYWw&email_id=9aaa2992b498728152dc88bfc1630a33" style="color:rgb(0,113,23)" target="_blank">Brazilian Ministry for Communications</a></strong>, <strong><a href="http://isoc.live?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=67f9559dedc344e9c54a5991d894569db88f1b70ce5f91dfcfba7fbaa781e719&blog_id=151329629&post_id=19218&user_id=2239291&subs_id=125336&signature=1add053e9343691a2a6325b3d254645c&email_name=new-post&user_email=joly@punkcast.com&encoded_url=aHR0cHM6Ly9jZXRpYy5ici8&email_id=9aaa2992b498728152dc88bfc1630a33" style="color:rgb(0,113,23)" target="_blank">Cetic.br</a></strong>, and the<strong><a href="http://isoc.live?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=4698fe0e59fe4760cf54db8dd78369d0f6c5747b25a742e10b07181aa2395a5b&blog_id=151329629&post_id=19218&user_id=2239291&subs_id=125336&signature=8936cfbcb2ae568f78377dcce593eca1&email_name=new-post&user_email=joly@punkcast.com&encoded_url=aHR0cHM6Ly9ldmVudG8uZmd2LmJyL2RpZ2l0YWx0cmFuc2Zvcm1hdGlvbmJyaWNzLw=&email_id=9aaa2992b498728152dc88bfc1630a33" style="color:rgb(0,113,23)" target="_blank"> International Telecommunications U</a></strong><a href="http://isoc.live?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=4698fe0e59fe4760cf54db8dd78369d0f6c5747b25a742e10b07181aa2395a5b&blog_id=151329629&post_id=19218&user_id=2239291&subs_id=125336&signature=8936cfbcb2ae568f78377dcce593eca1&email_name=new-post&user_email=joly@punkcast.com&encoded_url=aHR0cHM6Ly9ldmVudG8uZmd2LmJyL2RpZ2l0YWx0cmFuc2Zvcm1hdGlvbmJyaWNzLw=&email_id=9aaa2992b498728152dc88bfc1630a33" style="color:rgb(0,113,23)" target="_blank">nion</a> (ITU), will jointly organize a webinar entitled '<strong><a href="http://isoc.live?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=4698fe0e59fe4760cf54db8dd78369d0f6c5747b25a742e10b07181aa2395a5b&blog_id=151329629&post_id=19218&user_id=2239291&subs_id=125336&signature=8936cfbcb2ae568f78377dcce593eca1&email_name=new-post&user_email=joly@punkcast.com&encoded_url=aHR0cHM6Ly9ldmVudG8uZmd2LmJyL2RpZ2l0YWx0cmFuc2Zvcm1hdGlvbmJyaWNzLw=&email_id=9aaa2992b498728152dc88bfc1630a33" style="color:rgb(0,113,23)" target="_blank">Digital Transformation and Meaningful Connectivity in the BRICS</a></strong>'. The webinar part of a series of webinars dedicated to Digital Policies in the BRICS, to stimulate multistakeholder debates on key digital issues in preparation for the <strong><a href="http://isoc.live?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=d5cc1930568311804cb92e36460831ffff582fe73a125c396c2d2ce4cab8da11&blog_id=151329629&post_id=19218&user_id=2239291&subs_id=125336&signature=77a14e41fccf73f50682d3c1738d71cd&email_name=new-post&user_email=joly@punkcast.com&encoded_url=aHR0cHM6Ly9icmljcy5ici9lbg=&email_id=9aaa2992b498728152dc88bfc1630a33" style="color:rgb(0,113,23)" target="_blank">BRICS Summit</a></strong>, to be held under the Brazilian Presidency in July.</p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 24px;line-height:1.7;padding:0px">The goal of the webinar is to provide an understanding of i) what is the relationship between meaningful connectivity and digital transformation, ii) and what success stories or failures can be learned from the BRICS experiences, in order to better inform other countries' approaches to digital transformation, especially in the Global South.</p>
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<p style="margin:0px 0px 24px;line-height:1.7;padding:0px"><strong>Opening</strong><br>
<strong>Marcelo Salomão Martinez</strong>, Head of the Division for Digital Issues, Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs</p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 24px;line-height:1.7;padding:0px"><strong>Introductory Remarks</strong><br>
Luca Belli, Director, CTS-FGV / coordinator , CyberBRICS project – Brasil</p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 24px;line-height:1.7;padding:0px"><strong>Setting the scene</strong><br>
<strong>Daniel Cavalcanti</strong> - General Coordinator for Public Policies, Brazilian Ministry for Communications<br>
<strong>Graziela Castello</strong> - Sectoral Studies Coordinator, Cetic.br<br>
<strong>Smriti Parsheera</strong> - CyberBRICS Associated Researcher, Center for Technology and Society at FGV</p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 24px;line-height:1.7;padding:0px"><strong>BRICS Multistakeholder Roundtable</strong><br>
<strong>Sonia Jorge</strong> - Director, Global Digital Inclusion Partnership (GDIP)<br>
<strong>Abhishek Shukla</strong> - Asst. Director General, Indian Ministry of Communications<br>
<strong>Dr. Riham Moawad</strong> - Digital Transformation Strategies Advisor, Ministry of CIT, Egypt<br>
<strong>Dr. Hedaia Abd El Gaffar</strong> - Director of the Economic Affairs and International Indicators Department, Egypt<br>
<strong>Ekaterina Martynova</strong> - Lecturer, Higher School of Economics, Moscow Moscow<br>
<strong>Ibrahim Mamma Hussein</strong> - Digital Impact Alliance, Ethiopia<br>
<strong>Yu Tong</strong> - Professor, Department of Data Science and Engineering Management, School of Management, Zhejiang University<br>
<strong>Wei Li</strong> - Deputy Director, Cloud Computing and Big Data Research Institute, China Academy of ICT</p>
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