TF-2: Our Common Digital Future: Affordable, Accessible and Inclusive Digital Public Infrastructure

This Task Force will discuss how the G20 countries can incubate a framework for global digital commons. It will ideate how technology can be made affordable and accessible, and work towards an interoperable system for payments, lending, and entrepreneurship. It will also look at ways Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) can support the broader Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). How can DPI be made inclusive, trustworthy, and serve global good? The taskforce will also consider the importance of open source and open APIs for accountable and equitable digital evolution across various sectors that are rapidly digitalising. It will also discuss how to ensure that supply chains that support the digital global commons are uninterrupted, resilient, and decentralised. It will discuss how to promote inclusive entrepreneurship, jobs, and livelihoods in the digital domain.

Workstreams:

Affordable & Accessible Digital Public Infrastructure
Digital Financial Inclusion and Social Protection
Interoperability of Digital Services and Standard Setting
Digital Entrepreneurship, Skills, and Jobs

CHAIRS:

Anirban Sarma

Observer Research Foundation (ORF), Kolkata

Anirban Sarma is a Senior Fellow at the Observer Research Foundation’s (ORF) Centre for New Economic Diplomacy.

Sharad Sharma

iSPIRT, Bengaluru

Sharad Sharma is the Co-Founder of the Indian Software Products Industry Round Table (iSPIRT).

Co-CHAIRS:

Anbumozhi Venkatachalam

The Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia, Indonesia

Dr. Venkatachalam Anbumozhi is the Director of Research Strategy and Innovation at the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA), Indonesia.

Astha Kapoor

Aapti Institute, India

Astha Kapoor is the Co-founder of Aapti Institute, a Bangalore based research firm that works on the intersection of technology and society.

Baratang Miya

Girlhype Women Who Code, South Africa

Ms. Baratang Miya is the CEO of GirlHYPE, an NPO that empowers women and youth from underrepresented groups in the ICT sector in South Africa.

Erin Watson

Griffith Asia Instate and Baker & York, Australia

Dr Erin Watson is Managing Director of Griffith Asia Instate and Baker & York which provides public policy expertise in research and advocacy including specialist expertise on digital economy issues.

Gulshan Rai

VIF and former National Cyber Security Coordinator, and Distinguished Fellow, ORF, India

Dr. Gulshan Rai is a Distinguished Fellow at the Observer Research Foundation (ORF).

Manjeet Kripalani

Gateway House, India

Ms. Manjeet Kripalani is the Executive Director of Gateway House.

Mansi Kedia

Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, India

Dr. Mansi Kedia is Senior Fellow at the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER).

Parminder Jeet Singh

IT for Change, India

Mr. Parminder Jeet Singh is the Executive Director at IT for Change, an Indian NGO in Special Consultative Status with the UN.

Paul Samson

The Centre for International Governance Innovation, Canada

Dr. Paul Samson is President of the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), a Canadian think tank working on global governance with a focus on policy solutions for the digital and data-driven era.

Pencho Kuzev

Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Germany

Dr. Pencho Kuzev is Policy Advisor at the Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation in Berlin.

Rajat Kathuria

School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Shiv Nadar University, India

Ramiro Albrieu

Principal researcher, Future of Work program, South American Network of Empirical Economics (Red Sur) and associate researcher, Commitment to Equity Institute

Prof. Ramiro Albrieu is an Associate Professor of Macroeconomics and Finance at the University of Buenos Aires; and a Senior Researcher at the Centre for the Implementation of Public Policies for Equity and Growth (CIPPEG).

Rishikesha T. Krishnan

Indian Institute of Management Bengaluru, India

Prof. Rishikesha Krishnan is Director and Professor of Strategy at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB).

Stephanie Diepeveen

ODI, United Kingdom

Dr Stephanie Diepeveen is a Research Associate in the Bennett Institute for Public Policy at Cambridge University and a Research Fellow at the Overseas Development Initiative.

Suhono Harso Supangkat

Smart Cities and Communities Innovation Center, Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia

Urvashi Aneja

Digital Futures Lab, India

Dr. Urvashi Aneja is the Founding Director of Digital Futures Lab, an interdisciplinary research collective that examines the complex interaction between technology and society in the global south.