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Digital technologies are reshaping the world. During the COVID-19 pandemic, technology plays a crucial role to fight with the turbulences. In post-pandemic world people will rely on technology even more. The promotion of digital inclusion and ensuring that every person, home, and organization will benefit from digital technologies should be a common goal for all of us. This goal is to extend the benefits of digital technology to leave no one behind in the digital world. Development of ICT solutions based on 5G and AI which become easier to use, more convenient, and more affordable, will greatly reduce global inequality, bridge the digital divide, and drive the rapid attainment of SDGs. The aim of the session is to discuss strategies and tools to address the digital inclusion through presenting and exchanging examples of good practice on using the technology to support excluded communities or groups around the world. During the session panellists will share the stories about how the technology supports the fight with inequalities in four areas: 1. Healthcare 2. Education 3. Development 4. Environment Speakers: Piotr Mieczkowski, Managing Director of Digital Poland Foundation (Poland), Radosław Kędzia, VP CEE&Nordic Region (Poland), Alexandra Przegalińska, Associate Professor at Kozminski University, AI expert (USA/Poland), Justyna Jasiewicz, Head of Information Society Department, Ministry of Digital Affairs, Majka Lipiak, CEO of Leżę i Pracuję Foundation (Poland). Moderator and Rapporteur: Paweł Bednarz, WPROST weekly newsmagazine (Poland) and Aigerim Fazylova, MSL Group (Poland), respectively.