Day 1: 21 January 2025
All times are in EAT (UTC+3:00)
Opening Session
Dr. Asrat Mulatu, President, Internet Society Ethiopia Chapter
Mr. Demos Kyriacou, Deputy CEO & Chief Operating Officer, Wingu Africa
Dr. Emmanuel C. Manasseh, Acting Regional Director, ITU Regional Office - Africa
Eng. Balcha Reba, Director General, Ethiopian Communications Authority
Coffee Break and Photograph Session
Digital Strategies: Hopes and Accomplishments
Dr. Dawit Bekele, Regional Vice President - Africa, Internet Society
Speakers:
Ms. Mihret Woodmatas, Senior ICT Expert, African Union Commission
Dr. Abiyot Bayou, Senior Advisor to the Minister, Ministry of Innovation and Technology of FDRE
Lunch Break
Regulations to Connect the Unconnected (Parallel Sessions - Main Conference Room)
Robel Kitaba, Network Engineering Expert
Speakers:
Ms. Mavis Maunganidze, Programme Officer, ITU Regional Office- Africa
Mr. Million Hailemichael, Deputy Director General Ethiopian Communications Authority
Mr. Barrack Otieno, Chairman, Association of Community Networks in Kenya
Mr. Joshua Mpairwe, member, Internet Society Uganda chapter
Mr. Rhian Duarte, Senior Manager for Public Affairs for Abrint - Brazilian Association of Internet Service Providers
Erkan Satik - Director of Cloud Ecosystem & Alliances, Wingu Africa
Digitization of the Financial Sector in Ethiopia (Parallel Sessions - Breakout Room)
Dr. Beakal Gizachew, Assistant Professor, Addis Ababa University
Speakers:
Mr. Solomon Damtew, Payment and Settlement Director, National Bank of Ethiopia
Mr. Melka Girma, COO, Shega Media
Mr. Beza Mamo, Director, Payment Application, EthSwitch
Samrawit Fikru, CEO, Hybrid Designs PLC
Mr. Seyoum Damtew Director Information system security, CBE
Day 2: 22 January 2025
Internet Infrastructure Development
Dr. Ephrem Teshale, Chief Technology Officer, Zergaw Cloud Service Provider
Speakers:
Mr. Ghislain Nkeramugaba , IXP Development Expert, Internet Society
Mr. Freddy Mrema, Group Director, Enterprise Sales and Marketing, Wingu Africa
Mr. Barrack Otieno, Chairman, Association of Community Networks in Kenya
Dr. Carlos Rey-Moreno, Co-founder, Zenzeleni Networks
Tigest Damtie, CEO, Cloud 251
Coffee Break
Internet Resilience and Regional Integration
Moderator:
Mr. Kebadu Belachew, Cloud Engineer, Fannie Mae
Speakers:
Ben Ryall, Edge Strategy Manager, Meta
Dr. Amreesh Phoker, Internet Measurement and Data Expert, Internet Society
Lunch Break
Bringing Africa’s Connectivity to The Next Level (Parallel Session - Main Conference Room)
Moderator:
Ms Mashingo Jack, Government Digital Transformation Advisory, Tony Blair Institute for Global Change
Speakers:
Mr. Steve Song, Senior Director, Infrastructure Mapping and Development, Internet Society
Mr. Dan York, Senior Advisor, Internet Society
Mr. David Belson Head of Data Insight, Cloudflare
Internet in Education in Ethiopia (Parallel Session - Breakout Room)
Moderator:
Dr Fekade Getahun, Ministry of Innovation and Technology
Speakers:
Dr. Muluneh Atinef, ICT and Digital Education, MoE Project Coordinator, eLearning for Strengthening Higher education (eSHE)
Mr. Mulugeta Assefa, Managing Director, BRDGE
Mr. Yehalem Abebe, Executive Director, Partners in Education Ethiopia
Prof. Meoli Kashorda, Executive Director, KENET
Day 3: 23 January 2025
Changing People's Lives Using the Internet
Moderator:
Mr. Yilikal Abate, President ICT-ET
Speaker:
Chris Locke, Managing Director, Internet Society Foundation
Reporting
Coffee Break
Closing
Dr. Dawit Bekele, Regional VP Africa, Internet Society
H.E. Dr. Yeshurun Alemayehu, State Minister, Ministry of Innovation and Technology, FDRE
Eng. Balcha Reba, Director General, Ethiopian Communications Authority
Networking Lunch
Day 4: 24 January 2025
The agenda was developed by the following Internet Development Conference Program committee members:
Asrat Mulatu (Ph.D), Associate Professor, Dep't of ECE, AASTU, President, Internet Society Ethiopia Chapter
Ben Ryall, Edge Strategy Manager, Meta
Dawit Bekele, Regional Vice President-Africa, Internet Society
Jean Baptiste Millogo, Director, Internet Technology and Development, Internet Society
Nadiya Mehammed Hussen, Senior Technical Support and Communication Specialist, Ministry of Innovation and Technology, Ethiopia
Mesay Tekalign, Senior Program Manager, Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE)
Teshome Worku, Senior Director, Wingu Africa Group, CEO, ADDIX Internet eXchange
Henok Sisay, Contract Tech Support for Internet Society