Speakers

Lidia Stępińska-Ustasiak Ph.D.

Area Leader in International Collaboration and Partnerships at Institute of Organisation and Management in Industry “Orgmasz”, expert of KIGEiT in international collaboration.

Previously deputy director of the Department of Foreign Affairs in Office of Electronic Communications (UKE), the regulator of the telecommunication and postal markets in Poland, in charge of the International Organizations Unit as well as the Social and Economic Cooperation Unit, responsible for collaboration with the United Nations agencies, OECD and other international organizations, UKE’s relations with chambers of commerce (NTAs), units of public administration and academic institutions. In 2019 Chairwoman of the Steering Committee of the International Telecommunication Union Centres of Excellence network of partners specializing in telecommunications and ICT training. Since 2018 member of the Group on Capacity Building Initiatives, advising the Director of the ITU Telecommunication Development Bureau and appointed to the position of chairwoman in 2019. CSR, public affairs and communications expert with over 15 years of experience in the telecommunication and ICT sector.

Sociologist (PhD in sociology, 2017) focused on the social impact of technology, digital skills and implications of ICT for human and institutional capacity building. Co-author of reports, author of publications, lecturer and public speaker.

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