Doreen Bogdan-Martin
Doreen Bogdan-Martin is the Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), a UN specialized agency, having taken office on 1 January 2023. She was elected by ITU Member States in September 2022, becoming the first woman to head the organization in its history. She has over three decades of leadership experience in international telecommunications policy, with a focus on expanding digital inclusion, connecting the unconnected, and promoting sustainable digital transformation aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals. She is also known for her work on AI governance, including the ITU's AI for Good initiative.
“Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff and Rwandan President Paul Kagame will co-chair the commission. Tech leaders include Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark, Cohere co-founder Aidan Gomez, Microsoft president Brad Smith, and Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang.”
Source→“The commission may have the most luck with its goal of bringing AI to people who lack internet access, which is 2.2 billion people worldwide, per the ITU's figures.”
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