5G Technology for COVID-19 Prevention and Control

Starting in April, the WSIS Team will host a weekly virtual WSIS TalkX the for the WSIS Stakeholders to interact, connect and collaborate. Preparing towards the WSIS Forum 2020, High-level Track Facilitators, Workshop Organizers, WSIS Prizes 2020 Champions and others will be conducting virtual interactive talks highlighting their linkages with the WSIS Action Lines and SDGs. 

Join our sixteenth live session with Q&A on 5G Technology for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.

Ever since the beginning of 2020, COVID-19 has been posing a huge threat to the safety and health of all humanity and has severely impacted the global economy. Digital Technology such as 5G is playing a very important role in responding to the pandemic. This WSIS TalkX will give a comprehensive introduction on 5G Technology for COVID-19 Prevention and Control from related aspects including 5G policy, application including 5G policy and application.

Moderator and Speakers:

• Mr Malcolm Johnson — ITU Deputy Secretary-General
• Ms Wang Zhiqin — Vice President, China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT)
• Ms Jeanine Vos — Head of SDG Accelerator, GSMA
• Dr Ren Haiying — Leader of the 5G Medical Standards Working Group, Institute of Cloud Computing and Big Data, China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT)
• Mr Emmanuel Coelho Alves — Senior Marketing Director, Huawei
• Dr Li Xiaofan — Deputy Director, Division of Product Capability, Department of Government and Enterprise Service, China Mobile
• Dr Han Kaifeng — Engineer, Institute of Policy and Economics Research, China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT)

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