Speakers
Meet the speakers
BEYOND THE OBVIOUS SPEAKER
Tawanda Hove
Senior Program Officer-Digital Agronomy, Gates Foundation
When Intelligence Reaches the Last Mile
Liam Brody
CEO, Committee on Sustainability Assessment (COSA)
Bringing Agile Data & DPI Together — What For?
DPI PANELLIST
Lars Kahnert
Advisor Digitalisation, GIZ / DIASCA
Bringing Agile Data & DPI Together — What For?
Dr. Benjamin Kwasi Addom
Adviser, Agriculture & Fisheries Trade Policy Commonwealth Connectivity Agenda
National Data Infrastructure
DPI PANELLIST
David Sengozi Kyeyune
Regional Advisor for Africa (SAFE)
Bringing Agile Data & DPI Together — What For?
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Richard Caldwell
Richard Caldwell Senior Program Officer in Agricultural Development, Gates Foundation
Bringing Agile Data & DPI Together — What For?
LAB FACILITATOR
Dr Elena Serfilippi
Research Director, Committee on Sustainability Assessment (COSA)
Lab 2: Enumerator vs App – What Data Can You...
Hawi Atomsa Daba
Executive Director, Information Communication Technology, Ethiopian Coffee and Tea Authority (ECTA)
DPI Group 4: From Policy to Practice: Building Ethiopia’s National...
Grzegorz Tajchman
IT Solutions Manager, ITC
DPI Group 2: DPI Implementation in practice – ITC lessons...
Dr. David Ameyaw
International Centre for Evaluation and Development (ICED), CEO & President
Lab 1: Reaching Farmers at Scale
PECHA KUCHA SPEAKER
Fayaz King
Digital Economy & Innovation Strategist (Former Assistant Secretary-General level) to the United Nations Secretary-General's envoy on technology)
Trust Frameworks
Ama Akuamoah
Director, Market Engagement Digital Innovations Group, Opportunity International
Why Good Systems Fail Good Farmers
Kirchuffs Atengble
Executive Director of PACKS Africa & University of Ghana Co-chair
Lab 4: Making Systems Talk
Henok Alemayehu Kassahun
CEO, Vulcan ICT PLC & Developer of the ECTMS Platform
DPI Group 4: From Policy to Practice: Building Ethiopia’s National...
FOUNDATIONAL TOPIC SPEAKER
Dr. Ashrita Sarans
Director, Evaluation and Evidence Synthesis Programme Global Development Network (GDN) Data Democracy
Data Democracy
The Foundations That Matter
Learnmore Masanga
General Manager, AI Econet (Cassava Technologies)
From Compute to Capability: What It Really Takes to Power...
FOUNDATIONAL TOPIC SPEAKER
Krishan Bheenick
Lead Consultant, Knowledge Management, Networking & Capacity Building (KMNCB) Associates; KM Consultant to the Commonwealth Secretariat
National Data Infrastructure
The Foundations That Matter
Sylvia Calfat
Senior Project Manager, Committee on Sustainability Assessment (COSA)
Lab 3: Farmer Data Democracy
Emilie Akkermans
Agile Data Project Manager, Committee on Sustainability Assessment (COSA)
Lab 1: Reaching Farmers at Scale
Simon Gmeiner
Policy Officer at the European Commission, DG INTPA. Coordinator of the Team Europe Initiative on Deforestation-free Value Chains
Markets, Mandates, and Momentum: How Policy Can Unlock (or Block)...
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Carlos de los Rios
Senior Researcher, Committee on Sustainability Assessment (COSA)
Lab 2: Enumerator vs App – What Data Can You...
Jonas Spekker
Forest and Commodity Specialist, FAO
DPI Group 1: Insights from Kenya – DPI Tools &...
Brian King
Senior Manager, Technology Integration, CIAT
DPI Group 3: Building Consensus around a shared DPI