▢ DAY 1 | Tuesday, 1 October 2024
09:00 | Registration desk opens
10:00 – 16:00 | Room Sapphire | Doctoral Colloquium
10:30 – 11:00 | COFFEE BREAK
10:00 – 12:00 | CSIR, Room Amethyst | Workshop 1 – Designing and Implementing Scalable and Inclusive Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) in the African Context
10:00 – 12:00 | CSIR, Room Ruby | Workshop 2 – Local Online Service Index (LOSI) of the United Nations E-Government Survey
10:00 – 12:00 | CSIR, Room Emerald | Workshop 3 – A demonstration on using data to build trustable and developmental public procurement systems
14:00 – 16:00 | CSIR, Room Amethyst | Workshop 4 – “Design with Me, Not for Me”: Empathy-Driven Digital Transformation in the Public Sector
14:00 – 16:00 | CSIR, Room Ruby | Workshop 5 – Second Generation Internet Universality Indicators for Human-Centered Digital Governance
14:00 – 16:00 | CSIR, Room Emerald | Workshop 6 – Data Governance and Local Interests
19:00 – 20:00 | CSIR, Room Diamond | Opening Ceremony
20:00 – 20:30 | CSIR, Room Diamond | Opening Keynote Lecture –
20:30 | CSIR Convention Centre | Welcome Reception
▢ DAY 2 | Wednesday, 2 October 2024
08:00 | Registration desk opens
09:00 – 09:30 | CSIR, Room Diamond | Keynote Lecture 1 – Digital Cooperation: International Governance of Emerging Technologies & the Global Digital Compact, by Tshilidzi Marwala, UNU Rector and UN Under-Secretary
09:30 – 10:30 | CSIR, Room Diamond | High-Level Panel 1
10:30 – 11:00 | COFFEE BREAK
11:00 – 13:00 | CSIR, Room Amethyst | Paper Session 1 – Trust and Ethical Digital Governance for the World We Want (1)
11:00 – 13:00 | CSIR, Room Ruby | Paper Session 2 – Digital transformation and innovation in the Public Sector (1)
11:00 – 13:00 | CSIR, Room Emerald | Paper Session 3 – New perspectives of digital governance measurement, assessment, and monitoring (1)
13:00 – 14:00 | LUNCH BREAK
14:00 – 16:00 | CSIR, Room Ruby | Roundtable Session 1 – United Nations E-Government Survey 2024
14:00 – 16:00 | CSIR, Room Emerald | Roundtable Session 2 – Connected Resilience: Gendered Experiences of Meaningful Connectivity through a Global Pandemic
16:00 – 16:30 | COFFEE BREAK
16:30 – 18:30 | CSIR, Room Amethyst | Paper Session 4 – Smart Sustainable Cities and Communities for People
16:30 – 18:30 | CSIR, Room Ruby | Paper Session 5 – Social media and digital platforms
16:30 – 18:30 | CSIR, Room Emerald | Paper Session 6 – Focus on the Global South Digital Transformation (1)
▢ DAY 3 | Thursday, 3 October 2024
08:30 | Registration desk opens
09:00 – 09:30 | CSIR, Room Diamond | Keynote Lecture 2 – The role of Digital Public Infrastructure in strengthening Trust between Government and Citizens
09:30 – 10:30 | CSIR, Room Diamond | High-Level Panel 2
10:30 – 11:00 | COFFEE BREAK
11:00 – 13:00 | CSIR, Room Amethyst | Paper Session 7 – Trust and Ethical Digital Governance for the World We Want (2)
11:00 – 13:00 | CSIR, Room Ruby | Paper Session 8 – Digital transformation and innovation in the Public Sector (2)
11:00 – 13:00 | CSIR, Room Emerald | Paper Session 9 – New perspectives of digital governance measurement, assessment, and monitoring (2)
13:00 – 14:00 | LUNCH BREAK
14:00 – 16:00 | CSIR, Room Ruby | Roundtable Session 3 – Building Information for All in Africa: Artificial Intelligence for inclusion and human-centered digital futures
14:00 – 16:00 | CSIR, Room Emerald | Roundtable Session 4 – Ethical Data Practices for Fair Labor and Sustainable Business Models
16:00 – 16:30 | COFFEE BREAK
16:30 – 18:30 | CSIR, Room Amethyst | Paper Session 10 – Focus on the Global South Digital Transformation (2)
16:30 – 18:30 | CSIR, Room Ruby | Paper Session 11 – Public and Private Sector Governing Digital Economies (1)
16:30 – 18:30 | CSIR, Room Emerald | Paper Session 12 – Future-ready Digital Workforce and Infrastructure Development
20:00 | Conference Dinner
▢ DAY 4 | Friday, 4 October 2024
08:30 | Registration desk opens
09:00 – 09:30 | CSIR, Room Diamond | Keynote Lecture 3 – Adopting and implementing AI in public organizations: Drivers and determinants of success
09:30 – 10:30 | CSIR, Room Diamond | High-Level Panel 3
10:30 – 11:00 | COFFEE BREAK
11:00 – 13:00 | CSIR, Room Amethyst | Paper Session 13 – Digital transformation and innovation in the Public Sector (3)
11:00 – 13:00 | CSIR, Room Ruby | Paper Session 14 – New perspectives of digital governance measurement, assessment, and monitoring (3)
11:00 – 13:00 | CSIR, Room Emerald | Paper Session 15 – Early Research Track
13:00 – 14:00 | LUNCH BREAK
14:00 – 16:00 | CSIR, Room Ruby | Roundtable Session 5 – Building Digital Trust in Africa: Strategies for Enhancing Data Privacy and Security
16:00 – 16:30 | COFFEE BREAK
16:30 – 17:00 | CSIR, Room Diamond | Closing Keynote Lecture
17:00 – 17:30 | CSIR, Room Diamond | Closing Ceremony
