Description: Stakeholder engagement is essential for ensuring that tech products and technology related public policies are not only technically sound but also socially responsible, user-centric, and aligned with broader societal needs and values. By actively involving stakeholders throughout the development process, tech companies and governments can create products and policies that are more relevant, sustainable, and impactful. This approach to product and policy development is vital to advancing human rights and inclusion in the digital age. Our session will feature a panel of experts who have been on both sides of this equation. Thobekile Matimbe, Senior Manager Partnerships and Engagements, Paradigm Initiative and Richard Wingfield, Director, Technology and Human Rights, BSR will share their experiences bringing in external expertise into the development of new products and policies. Charles Bradley, Manager, Knowledge and Information, Consumer Trust at Google will share insights on a range of engagements, discussing what worked and what he has learned along the way. Fiona Alexander, Distinguished Policy Strategist in Residence, American University, will share examples from her time at the US Department of Commence where stakeholder engagement in the development of technology related policies was beneficial. We will then engage with the audience to discuss what was presented and participants will be encouraged to develop their own ideas on what can be done to foster more meaningful stakeholder engagement to advance human rights and inclusion in the digital age.
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