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G20 Saudi Arabia 2020

TF6 - Economy, Employment, and Education in the Digital Age

G20 Saudi Arabia 2020

Policy capacity development to inform policies for sustainable development

Roman Zytek (Ministry of Finance and Economy, Autoriti Monetari Brunei Darussalam), Siti Athirah Ali (Laksamana College of Business), Ariadna Bankowska (Independent), Jason Kok (Autoriti Monetari Brunei Darussalam)
G20 Saudi Arabia 2020

Delivering economic value and societal cohesion through “Good Jobs”

Policy area: Digital Governance, Security and Connectivity
Bhushan Sethi (PwC US), Justine Brown (PwC UK), Stefanie Goldberg, Global Purpose Manager, PwC US
G20 Saudi Arabia 2020

Fostering a safer cyberspace for children

Policy area: Digital Governance, Security and Connectivity
Muhammad Khurram Khan (Center of Excellence in Information Assurance (CoEIA) King Saud University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia), Omaimah Bamasag (University of Jeddah), Abdullah Ayed Algarni (Institute of Public Administration), Mohammad Alqarni (University of Jeddah)
G20 Saudi Arabia 2020

Strengthening the convention on the rights of the child (CRC): Governing children’s digital world

Policy area: Digital Governance, Security and Connectivity
Wafa M. Taibah (ASBAR), Hind K. Khalifa (ASBAR), Aljazi M. Alshebaiki (ASBAR)
G20 Saudi Arabia 2020

A human development approach to measuring and improving the digital livelihoods of vulnerable populations

Policy area: Digital Governance, Security and Connectivity
Angela C. Lyons, Josephine Kass-Hanna (Saint Joseph University of Beirut )
G20 Saudi Arabia 2020

(Re)skilling employees for future work: How G20 countries can use artificial intelligence-based learning technologies to scale up workplace training

Policy area: Digital Governance, Security and Connectivity
Mesut Akdere (Purdue University)
G20 Saudi Arabia 2020

Rebuilding the livelihoods of forcibly displaced populations using digital financial inclusion

Policy area: Digital Governance, Security and Connectivity
Angela C. Lyons, Josephine Kass-Hanna (Saint Joseph University of Beirut )
G20 Saudi Arabia 2020

Enabling youth to create jobs instead of searching for jobs: Labor market-friendly incubators

Policy area: Inequality, Human Capital and Well-being
Saud Almutairi (Qassim University), Abdullatif A. Almunifi (Qassim University)
G20 Saudi Arabia 2020

Properly adressing informality in the arab world: Nature, severity, and possible solutions

Policy area: Inequality, Human Capital and Well-being
Abla Abdel-Latif (Egyptian Center for Economic Studies (ECES)), Ahmed Dawoud (ECES)
G20 Saudi Arabia 2020

A step to implementing the G20 principles on artificial intelligence: Ensuring data aggregators and AI firms operate in the interests of data subjects

Policy area: Digital Governance, Security and Connectivity
Paul Twomey (STASH Secure Data, Global Solutions Fellow), Kirsten Martin (George Washington University)
G20 Saudi Arabia 2020

Educating girls and the marginalized in the digital and transformative innovation age: To make “Leaving no one behind” a reality

Policy area: Digital Governance, Security and Connectivity
Kazuhiro Yoshida (Hiroshima University), Yuto Kitamura (The University of Tokyo), Paula Razquin (Hiroshima University / University of San Andrés), Shinichiro Tanaka (Japan International Cooperation Agency)
G20 Saudi Arabia 2020

Delivering Economic Value and Societal Cohesion through "Good Jobs"

Policy area: Digital Governance, Security and Connectivity
Bhushan Sethi (PwC US), Justine Brown (PwC UK), Stefanie Goldberg (PwC US)
G20 Saudi Arabia 2020

Minding the Gaps in Digital Financial Education Strategies

Policy area: Digital Governance, Security and Connectivity
Peter J. Morgan (Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)), Bihong Huang (Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)), Long Q. Trinh (Asian Development Bank Institute)
G20 Saudi Arabia 2020

Rebuilding the Livelihoods of Forcibly Displaced Populations Using Digital Financial Inclusion

Policy area: Digital Governance, Security and Connectivity
Angela Lyons (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), Josephine Kass-Hanna (Saint Joseph University of Beirut )
G20 Saudi Arabia 2020

Overcoming Gender Disparity in Cybersecurity Profession

Policy area: Digital Governance, Security and Connectivity
Muhammad Khurram Khan (Center of Excellence in Information Assurance (CoEIA) King Saud University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia)
G20 Saudi Arabia 2020

Data Standards Task Force for Digital Cooperation

Policy area: Digital Governance, Security and Connectivity
Michel Girard (Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI))
G20 Saudi Arabia 2020

Standards for the Digital Economy: Creating an Architecture for Data Collection, Access and Analytics

Policy area: Digital Governance, Security and Connectivity
Michel Girard (Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI))
G20 Saudi Arabia 2020

Standards for Cybersecure IoT Devices: A Way Forward

Policy area: Digital Governance, Security and Connectivity
Michel Girard (Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI))
G20 Saudi Arabia 2020

Advancing Enterprise Education for Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) among MENA Countries

Policy area: Global Cooperation for Financing SDGs
Haya Al-Dajani (Mohammed Bin Salman College for Business and Entrepreneurship (MBSC)), Dinah Bennett (Enterprise Development, Women’s Economic Imperative), Barbara Orser (University of Ottawa), Khulood A. Rambo (Assistant Professor of Informatics, Visiting Scholar at MIT Effat University Jeddah, Saudi Arabia), Margo Thomas (Women’s Economic Imperative)

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