Hello Amina,
Suffering a glitch in connectivity at a moment in time when you have an interview seems like, "Hey! What on earth is happening at this time?", but this temporary glitch to a connected user is only the tip of the iceberg, and nothing compared to the close to a billion unconnected in the Global South of which some of my immediate family is a part of.
This made me take a particular interest in Universal Acceptance after becoming aware of it and its importance in helping bridge the digital divide during our research for the Project Youth summit before the 2021 Global IGF in Poland. I immediately joined the UA training after the IGF and received my certificate of participation or course completion which led to my involvement in the UA-discuss.
My name is Fred Kwadwo Aazore, and I am a 2021 IGF youth Ambassador from Ghana who is directly involved in the Technical sector as a Software/Telecom Engineer and a Tech Speaker.
I would like to express my interest in becoming one of the speakers in your proposed IGF session.
Thank you.
_______________________________________________Amina,I am from GRULAC, Brazil, and recently out of the youth category, so I am calling myself "former youth". :)I have been speaking in UA events for around 5 years now, and I'm always available to do enagement of this sort. Let me know if you'd like to talk more.Best,---Mark W. Datysgeld
Director at Governance Primer
ICANN GNSO CouncilorFrom: Amina Ramallan via UA-discuss <ua-discuss@icann.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 4, 2023 11:47
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Subject: [UA-discuss] Request for speakersGood day all,I am a member of the Youth IGF and this year I plan on submitting a proposal for a session at the upcoming Global IGF scheduled to take place in October at Japan. The proposed topic is UA and its influence on the digital divide and bringing the next billion users online.As this is going to the submitted via the youth platform, it will be amazing if the speakers are of a diverse age, thereby encouraging an intergenerational dialogue on the panel.Kindly note that there is room for two moderators but I will be putting my name down as a moderator, so the second slot is still available.I hereby humbly request for volunteer speakers, rapporteurs and one moderator from all over the world who would like to work together on this topic during the IGF, if the proposal gets selected.Looking forward to your positive responses in my inbox.Thank youAmina RamallanNigerian Communications Commission
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