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DAY 1 SPEAKERS

Dr. Joseph J. ATICK

Executive Chairman

ID4Africa

PS0 |

Speaker

PS1 & PS2 |

Host

Sidi Ali NAFEE

Director & CEO

National Agency for the Population Register and Secure Titles (ANRPTS); and ID4Africa Ambassador

PS1 |

Speaker

Edson GUYAI

Director

ID Management, National Identification Authority (NIDA); and ID4Africa Ambassador

PS1 |

Speaker

Aristide ADJINACOU

Director General

National Agency for the Identification of Persons (ANIP)

PS1 |

Speaker

Abdiwali Ali ABDULLE

Director General

National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA); and ID4Africa Ambassador

PS1 |

Speaker

Mphatso SAMBO

Principal Secretary

National Registration Bureau (NRB); and ID4Africa Ambassador

PS1 |

Speaker

Yodahe ZEMICHAEL

Executive Director

National ID Program (NIDP); and ID4Africa Ambassador, Ethiopia

PS1 |

Moderator

H.E. Dr. Belete MOLLA

Minister of Innovation and Technology, Ethiopia

PS2 |

Panelist

H.E. Tigist HAMID MOHAMMED

Director General

Information Network Security Agency (INSA); and ID4Africa Deputy Ambassador

PS1 |

Panelist

Yonas ALEMAYEHU

Director General

Addis Ababa City Administration Civil Registration and Residency Service Agency (CRRSA)

PS1 |

Panelist

Engr. Abisoye COKER-ODUSOTE

Director General/CEO

National Identity Management Commission (NIMC); and ID4Africa Ambassador

PS1 |

Speaker

Dr. Christopher WANJAU

Secretary

National Registration Bureau; and ID4Africa Ambassador, Kenya

PS1 |

Speaker

Theresa ESON-BENJAMIN

Executive Assistant to Executive Secretary & Head

Legal and Compliance, National Identification Authority (NIA), Ghana; and ID4Africa Ambassador

PS1 |

Speaker

Devendre GOPAUL

Permanent Secretary

Prime Minister’s Office; and ID4Africa Ambassador

PS1 |

Speaker

Mouhcine YEJJOU

Director

Morocco eID Project, Direction Générale de la Sûreté Nationale (DGSN) ; and ID4Africa Deputy Ambassador

PS1 |

Speaker

Engr. Aliyu AZIZ

Former Director General/CEO

National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Nigeria

PS2 |

Panelist

Prof. Kenneth ATTAFUAH

Former Executive Secretary

National Identification Agency (NIA), Ghana

PS2 |

Panelist

Tariq MALIK

Former Chairman & CEO

National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA), Pakistan

PS2 |

Panelist

Dr. Peter WAGGETT

Chair

ISO/IEC JCT SC 17 Subcommittee --Identity Credentials; and UK Director of Strategic Relationships, IBM Research Europe

PS2 |

Panelist

T1-P3 |

Moderator

Dr. Andreas WOLF

Chair

ISO SC 27 Subcommittee, Information Security, Cybersecurity, Privacy Protection and Innovations; and Principal Scientist Biometrics, Bundesdruckerei GmbH

PS2 |

Panelist

Patrick GROTHER

Chair

ISO/IEC JCT SC 37 Subcommittee—Biometrics; and Biometric Testing Project Lead, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

PS2 |

Panelist

T1-P1 |

Moderator & Speaker

Dr. Pramod VARMA

Co-Chair

Center for DPI

PS2 |

Speaker

DAY 2 SPEAKERS

Abdullahi Bihi HUSSEIN

Managing Director

Somali Payment Switch; and ID4Africa Deputy Ambassador, Somalia

PS3 |

Moderator

Agnès DIALLO

CEO

IN Groupe

PS3 |

Speaker

Yared WOLDESENBET

Cluster Head, Eastern Africa & Country Manager

Ethiopia, Visa

PS3 |

Speaker

Rahul PARTHE

Co-Founder, Chairman & CTO

TECH5

PS3 |

Speaker

T3-P4 |

Panelist

Owen McSHANE

Vice President, Government Relations

FaceTec

PS3 |

Speaker

Ramamohan REDDY

Founder & CEO

DigitalTrust Technologies

PS3 |

Speaker

Dr. Hatwib MUGASA

Executive Director

National Information Technology Authority (NITA), Uganda

PS3 |

Speaker

Diakalidia KONATÉ

Executive Secretary

National Border Commission (CNFCI), Côte d’Ivoire

PS4 |

Moderator

T2-P3 |

Speaker

Kalkidan AREGA

CEO

Toppan Security Ethiopia

PS4 |

Speaker

Pedro ALVES

Vice President, Global Business Development

SITA AT BORDERS

PS4 |

Speaker

Xavier PROST

Managing Director & Regional Head of Sales, MEA

Veridos

PS4 |

Speaker

Mouhamed Mahi SY

Director, Information System

Senegalese Agency for Universal Health Coverage (SEN-CSU); and ID4Africa Ambassador, Senegal

PS4 |

Moderator

Moses Kwesi BAIDEN Jnr.

CEO & Founder

Margins ID Group

PS4 |

Speaker

Tomas ANTOLIK

Executive Director, EMEA

Innovatrics

PS4 |

Speaker

Eric NGUENTI

Sales Director

Akieni

PS4 |

Speaker

Tulimeke MUNYIKA

Deputy Executive Director, Immigration Control & Citizenship

Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security; and ID4Africa Ambassador, Namibia

PS5A |

Moderator

Thulani MAVUSO

Deputy Director General

Operations, Department of Home Affairs, South Africa

PS5A |

Speaker

Dr. Jean AHOLOU

National Coordinator

WURI, Benin

PS5A |

Speaker

Brice Gabin KAMDEM KOUAM

Head, Legal Affairs Division

Ministry of Civil Decentralization and Local Development (MINDDEVEL)

PS5A |

Speaker

Dr. Lourinho CHEMANE

Board Chairman

National Institute of Information and Communication Technology; and ID4Africa Deputy Ambassador, Mozambique

PS5A |

Speaker

Julia CLARK

Senior Economist

ID4D Initiative, The World Bank

PS5A |

Moderator

W2 |

Discussant

Saniya ANSAR

Economist

The World Bank

PS5A |

Speaker

Prof. Edgar WHITLEY

Professor of Information Systems

London School of Economics

PS5A |

Speaker

Mustafa MAHMOUD

Co-Director

Namati, Kenya

PS5A |

Moderator

Elizabeth ATORI

Legal Officer

Initiative for Social and Economic Rights (ISER), Uganda

PS5A |

Panelist

W1 |

Chairperson

Khasida ABDULLAHI

Program Manager

Haki na Sheria Initiative, Kenya

PS5A |

Panelist

Thandeka CHAUKE

Head, Statelessness Unit

Lawyers for Human Rights, South Africa

PS5A |

Panelist

Susan MWAPE

Founder & Executive Director

Common Cause Zambia

PS5A |

Panelist

Joseph Désiré ZEBAZE

National Coordinator

Cameroon Network of Human Rights Organizations (CNHRO)

PS5A |

Panelist

Chahine HAMILA

e-Gov Senior Advisor & Technologist

UNDP

PS5B |

Moderator & Speaker

W4 |

Chairperson

Christopher TULLIS

Senior Digital Development Specialist

The World Bank

PS5B |

Panelist

Anita MITTAL

Lead Digital Convergence Initiative, Global Alliances for Social Protection

GIZ

PS5B |

Panelist

Stephanie DE LABRIOLLE

Executive Director

Secure Identity Alliance and OSIA

PS5B |

Panelist

Gail HODGES

Executive Director

OpenID Foundation

PS5B |

Panelist

Godfrey KUTUMELA

Vice President

DPI Go-to-Market, Mifos Initiative

PS5B |

Panelist

Saurav BHATTARAI

Team Lead

openIMIS, GIZ Global Alliances for Social Protection

PS5B |

Panelist

T3-P1 |

Speaker

Ramesh NARAYANAN

CTO

MOSIP (Modular Open-Source Identity Platform)

PS5B |

Panelist

T3-P1 |

Speaker

Andrew ASAMOAH

Executive Director

Software Development & Systems Integration, Margins ID Group.

PS5B |

Panelist

Yann BOUAN

Chief Strategy Officer & Identity Expert

iDAKTO

PS5B |

Panelist

Andrew MUSOKE

Research Engineer

the Upanzi Network, CMU (Carnegie Mellon University)

PS5B |

Moderator

Assane GUEYE

Edits for Assane's profile: Associate Teaching Professor; Co-Director

CMU; Upanzi Network & CyLab-Africa

PS5B |

Moderator

Anshul PACHOURI

Senior Manager

MicroSave Consulting

PS5B |

Moderator

DAY 3 SPEAKERS

Patrick GROTHER

Chair

ISO/IEC JCT SC 37 Subcommittee—Biometrics; and Biometric Testing Project Lead, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

T1-P1 |

Moderator & Speaker

PS2 |

Panelist

Adam COOPER

Technical Consultant

European Commission and the World Bank.

T1-P1 |

Speaker

Prof. Stephanie SCHUCKERS

Distinguished Professor in Computing & Informatics

University of North Carolina

T1-P1 |

Speaker

Henry Tawona MACHIRI

Registrar General

Central Registry and ID4Africa Ambassador, Zimbabwe

T2-P1 |

Moderator

Nankali MAKSUD

Regional Child Protection Adviser

Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office (ESARO), UNICEF

T2-P1 |

Speaker

Bhaskar MISHRA

CRVS & Legal Identity Specialist

UNICEF

T2-P1 |

Speaker

Aliou Ousmane SALL

Director General

National Civil Status Agency (ANEC); and ID4Africa Deputy Ambassador

T2-P1 |

Speaker

Brahim ALI SEID

Coordinator, Cooperation & Civil Registration Unit

National Agency for Secure Titles (ANATS)

T2-P1 |

Speaker

Dr. Abdoulaye ALKADI

National Director, Civil Status

National Directorate of Civil Status); and ID4Africa Ambassador

T2-P1 |

Speaker

Mohamed Mubashir MASSAQUOI

Director General & Chief Registration Officer

National Civil Registration Authority (NCRA); and ID4Africa Ambassador

T2-P1 |

Speaker

Bolaji AYODEJI

DPG Evangelist & Technical Coordinator

Digital Public Goods Alliance (DPGA)

T3-P1 |

Moderator & Speaker

Puneet JOSHI

CTO

OpenG2P

T3-P1 |

Speaker

Girum KETEMA

Director, Digital Agriculture and Finance Program

Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Institute

T3-P1 |

Speaker

Nagarajan SANTHANAM

Chief Dissemination Officer

MOSIP & OpenG2P

T3-P1 |

Speaker

Dr. Omar El ALAMI

Project Director

National Population Register, Department of Information Systems and Telecommunications, Ministry of Interior; and ID4Africa Ambassador, Morocco

T3-P1 |

Speaker

Saurav BHATTARAI

Team Lead

openIMIS, GIZ Global Alliances for Social Protection

T3-P1 |

Speaker

PS5B |

Panelist

Emmanuel BATOUM

Head of IT Department

Ministry of Public Health, Cameroon

T3-P1 |

Speaker

Dr. Baltazar CANDRINHO

Director

National Malaria Control Program, Mozambique

T3-P1 |

Speaker

Nita TYAGI

Director, Growth & Partnerships

Equidhi

T3-P1 |

Speaker

Jeremi JOSLIN

Executive Director

OpenSPP

T3-P1 |

Speaker

Janaki AMARATUNGE

Additional Secretary, Development (Fertilizer Division)

Government of Sri Lanka

T3-P1 |

Speaker

Dr. Nizar BEN NEJI

ICT Expert and Strategist & Former Minister

Minister of ICT

T1-P2 |

Moderator

Marc-André LOKO

Director General

Information Systems and Digital Agency (ASIN

T1-P2 |

Speaker

Alberto MOUNGUENGUI MOUDOKI

Director General

National Agency for Digital Infrastructure and Frequencies (ANINF); and ID4Africa Ambassador, Gabon

T1-P2 |

Speaker

Togbe AGBAGLA

Technical Director

Togo Digital Agency (ATD); and ID4Africa Deputy Ambassador

T1-P2 |

Speaker

Connie FRANCIS

Director of MIS

National Identity Authority (NIDA)

T1-P2 |

Speaker

Ott SARV

Chairperson / Senior eGov & Digital Identity Wallets Advisor

GovConsult

T1-P2 |

Speaker

T1-P3 |

Speaker

Aboubacar KAMPO

UNICEF Representative

Ethiopia

T2-P1 |

Moderator

Patricia MPUYA

Registration Manager

Registration Insolvency and Trusteeship Agency (RITA

T2-P1 |

Speaker

Noël-Richelieu LUENDA MAMBUENE

Head, Office in Charge of Civil Status and Population

Kinshasa Urban Division, Ministry of the Interior

T2-P1 |

Speaker

Lamin FATTY

Registrar

Births and Deaths, Ministry of Health

T2-P1 |

Speaker

Bhaskar MISHRA

CRVS & Legal Identity Specialist

UNICEF

T2-P2 |

Moderator

T2-P1 |

Speaker

Rosemary KISEMBO

Executive Director

National Identification & Registration Authority (NIRA); and ID4Africa Ambassador, Uganda

T2-P2 |

Speaker

Ago Christian KODIA

Director General

National Agency for Civil Registration & Identity (ONECI); and ID4Africa Ambassador, Côte d’Ivoire

T2-P2 |

Panelist

T2-P3 |

Speaker

Djenabou Touré CAMARA

National Director, Political Affairs and Electoral Administration; Coordinator of Reform and Modernization

Ministry of Territorial Administration and Decentralization and ID4Africa Ambassador, Guinea Conakry

T2-P2 |

Panelist

Claudio MACHADO

Senior ID4D Consultant

The World Bank

T2-P2 |

Panelist

William MUHWAVA

Chief, Demographic & Social Statistics Section, African Centre for Statistics

UNECA

T2-P2 |

Moderator

Abdon Marius MIKPON’AÏ

Director, Civil Registration, Directorate of Civil Registration

Ministry of the Interior, Benin; ACSA Member Secretary; and ID4Africa Ambassador

T2-P2 |

Speaker

Paul MWANGEMI

Secretary, Civil Registration

State Department for Immigration and Citizen Services, Kenya

T2-P2 |

Speaker

Dr. Peter WAGGETT

Chair

ISO/IEC JCT SC 17 Subcommittee --Identity Credentials; and UK Director of Strategic Relationships, IBM Research Europe

T1-P3 |

Moderator & Speaker

PS2 |

Panelist

Christopher HORNEK

Facilitation Subject Matter Expert

ICAO

T1-P3 |

Speaker

Patrick GROTHER

Chair

ISO/IEC JCT SC 37 Subcommittee—Biometrics; and Biometric Testing Project Lead, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

T1-P3 |

Speaker

T1-P1 |

Moderator & Speaker

Kassaye Tafesse BELEW

Head of Cybersecurity

National ID Program (NIDP), Ethiopia

T1-P3 |

Speaker

Ott SARV

Chairperson / Senior eGov & Digital Identity Wallets Advisor

GovConsult

T1-P2 |

Speaker

T1-P3 |

Speaker

Tshewang CHOJAY

Dy. Chief ICT Officer

WoGS Division, GovTech Agency, Bhutan

T1-P3 |

Speaker

Nelson GONÇALVES

Head

Legal Identity Unit, IOM

T2-P3 |

Moderator & Speaker

Maarouf ISSAKA-TOURE

Senior Coordinator, Data, Identity Management & Analysis

Regional Bureau for the East, Horn and Great lakes, UNHCR

T2-P3 |

Speaker

T2-P4 |

Panelist

Monika SANDVIK

Senior Statelessness Coordinator/ Head of Section

UNHCR

T2-P3 |

Panelist

Mildred Nafula OUMA

Senior Legal Officer

Health, Humanitarian and Social Affairs (HHS) Department, African Union Commission

T2-P3 |

Panelist

Florian HÖFLE

Co-founder & CEO and Expert Consultant

TRUSTFELLOWS; Digital ID, IOM

T2-P3 |

Speaker

Aijan BORONBAEVA

Project Officer

Legal Identity Unit, IOM

T2-P3 |

Speaker

Ago Christian KODIA

Director General

National Agency for Civil Registration & Identity (ONECI); and ID4Africa Ambassador, Côte d’Ivoire

T2-P3 |

Speaker

T2-P1 |

Panelist

Diakalidia KONATÉ

Executive Secretary

National Border Commission (CNFCI), Côte d’Ivoire

T2-P3 |

Speaker

Barry COOPER

Technical Director

Centre for Financial Regulation and Inclusion (Cenfri)

T3-P3 |

Speaker

Dr. Settor Kwabla AMEDIKU

Director & Head of Payment Systems Department

Bank of Ghana

T3-P3 |

Speaker

Premier OIWOH

Managing Director and CEO

Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System (NIBSS

T3-P3 |

Speaker

Gertrude KADUMBO

CEO & Board Secretary

National Switch Limited; and ID4Africa Deputy Ambassador

T3-P3 |

Speaker

Mothetsi SEKOATI

Director, Payments & Settlements

Central Bank of Lesotho

T3-P3 |

Speaker

Irene KABURA MURIHANO

First Deputy Governor

Bank of the Republic of Burundi; and ID4Africa Deputy Ambassador

T3-P3 |

Speaker

Vera NEUGEBAUER

Senior Research Associate

Centre for Financial Regulation and Inclusion (Cenfri)

T3-P3 |

Speaker

Drudeisha MADHUB

Data Protection Commissioner

Data Protection Office, Mauritius; and President, Francophone Association of Personal Data Protection Authorities (AFAPDP)

T1-P4 |

Speaker

Dr. Vincent OLATUNJI

National Commissioner/CEO

Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC); and ID4Africa Deputy Ambassador, Nigeria

T1-P4 |

Panelist

Silvère ASSOUA

Head, Compliance and Rights Protection Department

Telecommunications Regulatory Agency of Cote d'Ivoire (ARTCI), Cote d’Ivoire

T1-P4 |

Panelist

Engr. Balcha REBA

Director General

Ethiopian Communications Authority, Ethiopia

T1-P4 |

Panelist

Immaculate KASSAIT

Data Commissioner

Office of the Data Protection Commissioner, Kenya

T1-P4 |

Panelist

Adv Pansy TLAKULA

Chairperson

Information Regulator, South Africa

T1-P4 |

Panelist

Robert KARANJA

Senior Director, Africa

Co-Develop

T2-P4 |

Moderator

Maarouf ISSAKA-TOURE

Senior Coordinator, Data, Identity Management & Analysis

Regional Bureau for the East, Horn and Great lakes, UNHCR

T2-P4 |

Panelist

T2-P3 |

Speaker

Yussuf BASHIR

Executive Director

Haki na Sheria Initiative, Kenya

T2-P4 |

Panelist

Ato Tesfa BELISSA

Team Lead, Registration & Documentation

Refugees and Returnees Service (RRS), Ethiopia

T2-P4 |

Panelist

Mark STRAUB

CEO

Smile ID

T3-P4 |

Moderator & Speaker

Nael HAILEMARIAM

Co-founder & CEO

Chapa, Ethiopia

T3-P4 |

Panelist

Rahul PARTHE

Co-Founder, Chairman & CTO

TECH5

T3-P4 |

Panelist

PS3 |

Speaker

Mosele BARUTI

Head, Information Technology

Bankers Association of Botswana

T3-P4 |

Panelist

Matthew McNAUGHTON

Digital Development Practitioner

Co-Develop

T3-P2 |

Moderator

DAY 4 SPEAKERS

Matthew McNAUGHTON

Digital Development Practitioner

Co-Develop

W1 |

Chairperson

Christopher TULLIS

Senior Digital Development Specialist

The World Bank

W1 |

Chairperson

Nay CONSTANTINE

Legal Expert and Data Governance Specialist, ID4D Initiative, Digital Development Global Practice

The World Bank

W1 |

Chairperson

Pam DIXON

Founder & Executive Director

World Privacy Forum

W2 |

Chairperson

Raja CHANDRASEKHARAN

DPI Safeguards Advisor

UNDP

W1 |

Chairperson

Elizabeth ATORI

Legal Officer

Initiative for Social and Economic Rights (ISER), Uganda

W1 |

Chairperson

PS5A |

Panelist

Victor MARGALL VON HEGYESHALMY

Governance Procurement Lead

Office of Procurement, UNDP

W4 |

Chairperson

Chahine HAMILA

e-Gov Senior Advisor & Technologist

UNDP

W4 |

Chairperson

PS5B |

Moderator & Speaker

Dr. Emrys SCHOEMAKER

Senior Advisor, Governance

UNDP, and Director, Caribou Digital

W4 |

Chairperson

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