Going Digital: OECD Insights for a Changing World

Going Digital: OECD Insights for a Changing World

March 25, 2019

AT&T Forum For Technology, Entertainment & Policy

601 New Jersey Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20001

Program: 8:30am – 5:30pm

Cocktail Reception: 5:30pm – 7:00pm

The USCIB Foundation, USCIB’s educational arm, teamed up once again with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and Business at OECD (BIAC), to host the 1st inaugural event of The Joseph H. Alhadeff Digital Economy Conference Series on March 25, 2019 at the AT&T Forum For Technology, Entertainment & Policy in Washington, D.C.

The digital transformation of the global economy has revealed exciting potential for a more prosperous, productive, inclusive, and socially beneficial world. We need an enabling policy environment for investment and innovation, however, in order to make the most of the potential for digital transformation to improve people’s lives and generate prosperity. At the same time, we must be prepared to address how the fruits of digital innovation can create challenges to privacy, security, and the future of work.

This conference – the fourth such collaboration between USCIB, BIAC, and the OECD – explored the findings of the OECD’s Going Digital Project, an ambitious two-year examination of how digital transformation affects policymaking across a large spectrum of policy areas. The conference drew upon the expertise of the OECD Secretariat on Science, Technology, and Innovation, senior U.S. government officials, and business experts from USCIB and BIAC member companies. In particular, speakers considered how best to secure the digital economy from ever-more sophisticated cybersecurity threats. In addition, experts delved into both the promise and challenges of tapping the power of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and other emerging technologies.

For more information, please contact Erin Breitenbucher (202-682-7465 or ebreitenbucher@uscib.org).

FEATURED SPEAKERS:

David Redl

Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information and Administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), U.S. Department of Commerce

Robert Strayer

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Cyber and International Communications and Information Policy, U.S. Department of State

Gail Slater

Special Assistant to the President for Technology, Telecommunications and Cybersecurity Policy, National Economic Council, The White House

Andrew Wyckoff

Director of the OECD Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry (STI)

Russel Mills

Secretary General, Business at OECD

Julie Brill

Corporate Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, Microsoft Corporation and Co-Chair, Business at OECD Committee on Digital Economy Policy (CDEP)

Laurent Bernat

OECD Secretariat, OECD Global Forum on Digital Security for Prosperity

Molly Lesher

OECD Secretariat, Going Digital Project

Conference Materials:

Conference Report

Agenda

Speaker Biographies

PowerPoint Presentations

2019 Conference Sponsored by:

Gold Level:

 

Silver Level:

 

Logo_WhiteBG

Bronze Level:

Supporting Organizations:

 

Presented by:

OECD_logo

Business at OECD Logo - 2016

 

Staff Contact:   Barbara Wanner

VP, Digital Policy
Tel: 202.617.3155

Barbara Wanner directs USCIB’s work on information, communications and technology issues. She works with members and government officials on a wide range of international business issue that include advocating for the continuation of the multi-stakeholder model of Internet governance and for policies aimed at promoting the stability, openness and innovative flexibility of the Internet. She represents USCIB members’ interests in several international forums, including the UN, APEC and the OECD.
Read More

Related Content