Speaker Profiles

International Council for IT in Government Administration (ICA)

58th ICA Conference

ICA Conference Events

Emerging Leaders 2022

Combating Misinformation: An Ecosystem in Co-creation

Today’s large flows of information create new challenges for government administrations. Digital disruption through misinformation, the main challenges and potential solutions for governments and citizens are examined in this report by ICA, eGovlab of Stockholm University, the Open University in UK and the OECD.

OECD and ICA bringing knowledge and experience through dialogue

isa Over 40 participants from 23 countries took part in the webinar themed “Delivering an Improved Citizen Experience through User-Driven Design Approaches.”

It was a great and fruitful opportunity for exchange of views and practices.

MELHEM, Ms. Samia

Samia Melhem

Senior Operations Officer, Global Information and Communication Technologies Dept | The World Bank Group

Thursday, September 14^th
11:00 - 12:30 | Session IX: Rapporteur Session | Session Speaker

DAWSON, Ms. Jennifer

Ms. Jennifer Dawson

Deputy Chief Information Officer of the Government of Canada

Tuesday, September 12^th
11:30 - 13:00 | Session III: Government Update | Session Speaker

WANG, Mr. Yih-Jeou

Mr. Yih-Jeou Wang

Head of the Director-General’s Secretariat, Ministry of Finance: Agency for Digitalisation, Denmark

Tuesday, September 12^th
14:45 - 16:00 | Session IV: Technology Update | Session Speaker

YEW, Mr. Joseph

Yew Joseph

Cluster Director - Justice, Law & Foreign Affairs Cluster, Government Technology Agency of Singapore

Wednesday, September 13^th
13:00 - 16:30 | Session VII: Generating solutions to lead through disruption | Breakout Group Leader

WANG, Mr. Cheng-Ming (Ken)

Cheng-Ming (Ken) Wang

Senior Analyst of National Development Council, Taiwan

Thursday, September 14^th
09:30 - 10:30 | Session VIII: Formulating Recommendations | Session Chair

AKERLEY, Ms. Marj

Marj Akerley

Chief Information Officer, Department of Justice, Canada

Tuesday, September 12^th
14:45 - 16:00 | Session IV: Technology Update | Session Chair

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ICA Members

ICA’s current membership has representation from the following nations and organizations: Australia, Belgium, Canada, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, Israel, Japan, Moldova, Mozambique, OECD, Portugal, Romania, Singapore, Sweden, Taiwan, The Netherlands, The World Bank, and Uruguay.

Chairpersons from over fifteen different countries have inspired, led and managed ICA for various durations since its inception.