Session Report

The 2023 DTN fall session was hosted by UNEP at their headquarters in Nairobi, between 27 and 29 November. The meeting was well attended (87 participants; 43 in-person, 44 connecting remotely) by CIOs and Digital Transformation representatives. The meeting was opened by UNON Director General Zainab Hawa Bangura and UNEP Executive Director Inger Andersen and chaired by Bernardo Mariano (CITO, UN) and Shirin Hamid (CIO, IMF). 

The three-day meeting tackled a broad spectrum of inter-related technical and digital topics, including a coherent response to the opportunities and risks presented by Generative AI; the financing, scaling and sustaining of innovations; collaboration in the development of open-source solutions, cybersecurity, business transformation, common back-office operations, mutual recognition, UN private cloud and updates from all DTN sub-groups. Discussions were outcome focused, addressing the need to make headway in a collaborative manner on all fronts to effect cost savings, gain efficiencies and maximize business impact.