On 21-23 June 2016, Ministers and stakeholders will gather at the Moon Palace Hotel in Cancún, Mexico, for an OECD Ministerial Meeting on the Digital Economy: Innovation, Growth and Social Prosperity, to move the digital agenda forward in four key policy areas foundational to the growth of the digital economy. Internet openness is high on policy agendas;digital trust needs to be strengthened; global connectivity is reaching an unprecedented scale, while jobs and skills are being radically transformed.

More Information:  https://www.oecd.org/internet/ministerial/

ICRISAT Director General David Bergvinson will be a key intervener on Panel 1.2: Stimulating digital innovation across the economy

 Objectives of the Panel 1.2

The adoption and use of information and communication technologies (ICTs), including data analytics, across the economy can stimulate digital innovation and help foster productivity, green and inclusive growth, social prosperity, and development. Today, a slowdown in the diffusion of technology and knowledge from high productivity firms to other firms may be an important source of the current productivity slowdown. The diffusion of ICTs and its effective use in particular remains short of its potential.