2025 State of Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) Report Launch
Join us for the launch of the 2025 State of Digital Public Infrastructure Report by UCL IIPP, featuring global insights on DPI definitions and a discussion on the future of digital governance.
2025 State of Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) Report Launch
16 Jan 2026, 15:00 – 16:30
This event is organised by the UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (UCL IIPP). Explore more IIPP events here.
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About this talk:
This event marks the official launch of the 2025 State of Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) Report, produced by University College London’s Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP). Bringing together researchers, policymakers, practitioners and civil society, the session will present the most comprehensive global assessment of DPI to date. The research team will share key findings from the report, including a refined framework for defining DPI, a global baseline of digital ID, payments and data exchange systems across 210 countries, and insights into patterns of adoption, interoperability and governance. The discussion will also address current measurement challenges and what they mean for tracking progress and shaping the future of digital government worldwide.
Meet the panel:
- David Eaves, Associate Professor of Digital Government and Co-Deputy Director of the Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose at UCL
- Jordyn Fetter, Policy Fellow at the UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP)
- Héctor Eduardo Saravia Martínez, Director of Certification and Digital Services at Peru's National Registry of Identification and Civil Status (RENIEC)
- Stela Mocan, DPI & Services Acting Director at the World Bank
- Krisstina Rao, Research Fellow and Project Manager- DPI Map at the UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP)
Associate Professor in Digital Government/Deputy Director
UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP)David Eaves is Associate Professor of Digital Government and Co-Deputy Director of the Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose at UCL. David’s courses focus on the governance of digital public infrastructure and the minimum viable knowledge public administrators need on technology to be effective in a digital era. He is a co-founder of Teaching Public Service in a Digital Age, which seeks to increase the number of public servants receiving digital era public administration skills.
A cross-sector collaborator focused on digital public infrastructure and digital government, with experience spanning defense, startups, and public sector innovation. Currently a policy fellow at UCL’s Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose, with prior roles at AFWERX and Second Front Systems, and a background as a U.S. Air Force photojournalist.
Director of Certification and Digital Services
Peru's National Registry of Identification and Civil Status (RENIEC)He also serves as a leader in Government and Digital Transformation at RENIEC. Héctor is a Systems Engineer from the National University of Engineering (UNI) and holds an MBA from ESAN Graduate School of Business. He is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) with extensive experience in outsourcing project management in the private sector, leading digital services and digital transformation processes, particularly in areas related to digital certificates and digital signatures.
Stela Mocan is DPI & Services Acting Director in the World Bank Group’s Digital Vice Presidency. A Moldovan national, she previously led the Technology and Innovation Office in the CIO Vice Presidency and has held multiple leadership roles since joining the Bank in 2015. Before that, she was Moldova’s first Government CIO, leading national digital transformation, and a Mason and Kokkalis Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School.
Research Fellow and Project Manager- DPI Map
UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP)Krisstina is a researcher at the intersection of technology and society, with experience across the public and third sectors in India and Germany. Her work focuses on responsible technology use in health and education, emerging technology governance, digital development, and competition policy. A public policy graduate of the Hertie School with a background in sociology, she leads the DPI Map initiative at IIPP.
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