IGF 2020 Pre-Event #96 The role of gigabit infrastructure in the building of a gigabit economy and society

The role of gigabit connectivity in business, work, education is crucial and nothing has proven it better than the time of the pandemic. But here comes the challenge: how to ensure access to connectivity of the future to everyone? And how to support the development of the gigabit infrastructure which is one of the pillars of digital economy and society as well as the driver of economic recovery after the pandemic. This is a question many people are asking across the Globe.  We’d like to present the [Central] European perspective.  Speakers working both in Poland and on the European level, will share their lessons and answers:  

• Robert Redeleanu, CEO UPC Poland
• Manuel Kohnstamm, Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, Liberty Global
• Piotr Arak, Director, Polish Economic Institute 
• Wojciech Szajnar, Director, Digital Poland Projects Centre
• Karim Taga, Managing Director, Arthur D. Little
• Vesa Terava, Acting Head of Unit B2 – Implementation of Regulatory Framework, DG Infso, European Commission
• Igor Ostrowski, Global Co-Chair of Technology, Media & Telecommunications at Dentons (moderator)