eCommerce Week 2022 will take place from 25 to 29 April 2022 and will highlight the urgent need for global data and digital governance to support developing countries access the benefits of the soaring digital economy.
With over 60 high-level speakers, 100 sessions and thousands of participants, UNCTAD’s eCommerce Week slated for 25 to 29 April brings together UN experts, governments, business, civil society groups and academics focused on innovative solutions for development in a digital world.
With the theme “Data and Digitalization for Development”, UNCTAD’s eCommerce Week will address the pressing need for global dialogue, debating with a wide range of United Nations and government representatives as well as private sector and civil society actors how the digital world is managed and how its governance will help to bridge the digital divide and support sustainable development.
An intergovernmental group of experts will also be looking at the role of digitalization during the pandemic and in the recovery.
eCommerce Week , as the global forum on development and the digital economy, aims to highlight the urgency of global data and digital governance to bridge the digital and data divides, fight inequality and support developing countries benefit from the digital economy.
The event will host debates on the online economy, digital entrepreneurship, data governance and cybersecurity, the role of big tech, the challenges of setting global rules, the importance of collecting and sharing high-quality health data and threats to the environment from technology’s toxic waste and growing carbon footprint.
“The pandemic has exposed the huge and growing digital and data divide that cuts off many developing countries from health-care solutions, financial access, e-commerce, technology skills and new growth sectors. Now is the time for a new path with new governance that makes the digital world far more inclusive, equitable and beneficial,” UNCTAD Secretary-General Rebeca Grynspan said.
She further underlined that “All of us – technology companies, multilateral institutions, policymakers, the business community, and civil society groups – must work together to set robust rules of the game and ensure all countries and people have full access to the digital, data and cybersecurity solutions they need to develop and grow.”
Key speakers will include internet pioneer Vinton Cerf, author and digital expert Gerry McGovern as well as global leaders from UN agencies, governments, major tech and digital corporations, digital entrepreneurs and innovators as well as thought leaders from civil society.
Convened by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in collaboration with eTrade for all.
