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Rebuilding Trust

Governments, Rewired

January 23, 2025
15:00–15:45 (Europe/Amsterdam time zone)

About this session

Governments are under pressure to modernize as outdated systems strain to meet the needs of an increasingly digital society – a $10 trillion opportunity. Cutting-edge technologies can transform public services and enhance citizen engagement. Given current fiscal tightening and high levels of debt, how can governments leapfrog the investment challenge, shifting from bureaucracy to...
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Speakers

MH
Maryam bint Ahmed Al Hammadi
Minister of State; Secretary-General of the United Arab Emirates Cabinet
Ministry of Cabinet Affairs of the United Arab Emirates
TB
Tony Blair
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1997-2007); Executive Chairman
Tony Blair Institute for Global Change
CL
Cina Lawson
Minister of Digital Economy and Transformation
Ministry of Digital Economy and Transformation of Togo
TS
Thomas Siebel
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
C3 AI
AS
Achim Steiner
Administrator
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
NW
Ngaire Woods
Dean
Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford

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