Connectivity - OECD perspectives & policies

The ESRC Centre for Digital Futures at Work (Digit) studies the way that digital technologies are reshaping work.Our academic research offers critical insights into the real world challenges, opportunities, risks and benefits of the ongoing digital transformation of work. We aim to generate new knowledge about the impacts of the transition on employers, workers, job-seekers and governments.Digit is jointly led by the University of Sussex Business School and Leeds University Business School, with Co-Directors Professor Jacqueline O’Reilly (University of Sussex Business School) and Professor Mark Stuart (Leeds University Business School).We also have partners at the universities of Cambridge, Manchester and Monash, the Institute of Development of Studies, the Institute for the Future of Work, and FutureDotNow.

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Connectivity – OECD perspectives and policies to expand network coverage and quality Connectivity is at the heart of the ongoing transformation to a digital economy.  However, while connectivity is increasing in countries around the world, there are still significant divides in access, use and skills.  In this talk, Verena Weber, Head of the Communication Infrastructures and Policy Unit at the OECD, discusses current state of communications infrastructures and the policies that can help expand network coverage and quality.

About the speakerDr Verena Weber is Head of the Communication Infrastructures and Services Policy Unit at the OECD&#x27;s Directorate for Science, Technology and Innovation. She has more than a decade of experience working with the OECD on topics relating to the Digital Economy and is currently responsible for OECD’s work on connectivity and communication infrastructure policy and regulation. Her current projects focus on trends in communication infrastructure and markets, the security of communication networks, convergence, network neutrality, cloud computing, and ICTs for development. Recent projects include the work leading up to the 2021 OECD Recommendation on Broadband Connectivity, OECD Telecommunication and Broadcasting Reviews of Brazil and Mexico and the OECD Digital Economy Outlook 2020. Between 2014 and 2015 she worked as an Internet Governance Advisor to the ICT Minister Diego Molano and the head of the Comisión de Regulación de Comunicaciones (CRC) in Colombia where she developed an Internet governance strategy. She also served as a country representative on the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers’ (ICANN) Government Advisory Committee (GAC) and is a past representative of the OECD to the Internet Governance Forum.

About Digit DebatesThis Autumn webinar series from the <a href="https://digit-research.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Digital Futures at Work Research Centre</a> presents cutting-edge research from leading thinkers about how digital technologies are changing work.Our aim is to spark debate, challenge assumptions and become an essential resource for anyone who wants to understand how new technologies will impact employers, employees, job seekers and governments.Join us on Wednesdays, 1-2pm (BST/GMT)online, from 20 October – 01 December 2021*.*Please note that the session on 24 November will run from 1-2.30pm (GMT). The first talk on 20 October will be British Summer Time and then all following talks will be Greenwich Mean Time due to the clocks going back on 31 October.<a href="https://digit-research.org/events/digit-events/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Click here</a> for more information on other events in the series.

About DigitDigit, the <a href="https://digit-research.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Digital Futures at Work Research Centre</a> aims to advance our understanding of how digital technologies are reshaping work, impacting on employers, employees, job seekers and governments. It is co-led by the University of Sussex Business School and Leeds University Business School with partners from Aberdeen, Cambridge, Manchester and Monash Universities. It is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).

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