LIRNEasia CEO participated in two more events at the ITU Telecom World 2015 held in Budapest, Hungary.
The ICT Economic and Industry Round Table aimed to look to the future to imagine with digital development would be. Helani spoke about state investment into the backhaul infrastructure, and about private sector entry into connecting the unconnected through zero rating.
The other panel today was titled The Data Rich, Decision Making Poor: How to use Big Data for Improved Government Action. Helani showcased LIRNEasia’s Big Data research and our research inputs into the the Western Region Megapolis plan in Sri Lanka. A big part of the discussion also revolved around data sharing and privacy, with some panellists making the case for a strong role by government and int’l organisations such as the ITU in regulating this, with others (including LIRNEasia) discussing the possibility of self regulation/adoption of a code of practice in the early stages of this sector
These were in addition to the Leadership Summit she spoke at on Day 1 .
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