Small goes digital– how digitalization can bring about productive growth for micro and small enterprises

AGENDA 

 
Welcome remarks 
Vic Van Vuuren, Director Enterprises Department, ILO 
Opening remarks 

• Martha Newton, Deputy Director-General for Policy, ILO 
• Roberto Suárez Santos, Secretary-General, IOE 
• Andrea Ostheimer, Executive Director New York Office, KAS 

Panel discussion 
Are we there yet? Digitalization and small businesses 
Moderator: Dragan Radic, Head of SME Unit, ILO 

• Nicolas Friederici, Senior Researcher at HIIG | Digital Platforms & Entrepreneurship  (Berlin, Germany)

• Torbjörn Fredriksson, Chief at ICT Policy Section UNCTAD 
• Sonia Bashir Kabir, Entrepreneur and technology investor 
• El Sayed Torky, Senior Adviser and Head of Labour Affairs Unit, Federation of Egyptian Industries (FEI) 
• Adriana Bonomo, Professor, Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Catholic University of Uruguay 

Closing remarks 
Matthias Thorns, Deputy Secretary-General, IOE