Day 1
All times are in EAT (UTC+3:00)
8:30 AM – 10:30 AM
Opening Session
10:30 AM – 11:00 AM
Coffee Break and Photograph Session
11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Digital Strategies: Hopes and Accomplishments
12:30 PM – 2:00 PM
Lunch Break
2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Regulations to Connect the Unconnected (Parallel Sessions)
Regulations to Connect the Unconnected in the IGAD Region (2:00 p.m. — 3:15 p.m.)
Coffee Break (3:15 p.m. — 3:45 p.m.)
Regulations from Around the World (3:45 p.m. — 5:00 p.m.)
Coffee Break (3:15 p.m. — 3:45 p.m.)
Regulations from Around the World (3:45 p.m. — 5:00 p.m.)
2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Internet and the Financial Sector (Parallel Sessions)
Digitization of the Financial Sector in Ethiopia (2:00 p.m. — 3:15 p.m.)
Coffee Break (3:15 p.m. — 3:45 p.m.)
Digitization of the Financial Sector in the IGAD Region (3:45 p.m. — 5:00 p.m.)
Coffee Break (3:15 p.m. — 3:45 p.m.)
Digitization of the Financial Sector in the IGAD Region (3:45 p.m. — 5:00 p.m.)
Day 2
9:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Internet Resilience and Regional Integration
10:30 AM – 11:00 AM
Coffee Break
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Internet Infrastructure Development
12:30 PM – 2:00 PM
Lunch Break
2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Connecting the Unconnected (Parallel Sessions)
Complementary Solutions to Connect the Unconnected (2:00 p.m. — 3:15 p.m.)
Coffee Break (3:15 p.m. — 3:45 p.m.)
Regulations to Connect the Unconnected (3:45 p.m. — 5:00 p.m.)
Coffee Break (3:15 p.m. — 3:45 p.m.)
Regulations to Connect the Unconnected (3:45 p.m. — 5:00 p.m.)
2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Internet and Education (Parallel Sessions)
Internet in Education in Ethiopia (2:00 p.m. — 3:15 p.m.)
Coffee Break (3:15 p.m. — 3:45 p.m.)
Internet in Education in the IGAD Region (3:45 p.m. — 5:00 p.m.)
Coffee Break (3:15 p.m. — 3:45 p.m.)
Internet in Education in the IGAD Region (3:45 p.m. — 5:00 p.m.)
Day 3
9:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Reporting
10:30 AM – 11:00 AM
Coffee Break
11:30 AM – 12:00 AM
Closing
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
Lunch
1:30 PM – 5:00 AM
Addis Ababa Tour