This panel will explore how developed countries are conquering the digital divide and the most relevant technical challenges bridging the technological gap to connect unconnected areas. Topics under discussion will include, but are not limited to: how available data on large operational networks could be used and become a hope for mitigating failures and study the backbone networks evolution; how to bring network convergence to connect the unconnected rural and underserved areas.
Panelists with extensive experience in Internet measurements, networks related to sustainable development goals, and highly-localized earth observation networks will discuss these topics and participate in a Q&A session with the audience.