Let's meet the 2024 WIC Global Youth Leaders!

Aytan Aliyeva [Photo provided to wicinternet.org]

Aytan Aliyeva, a graduate of Azerbaijan State University of Languages with Bachelor's and Master's degrees in International Relations and Regional Studies (with a focus on Europe), is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in Political Science at Vienna Doctoral School of Social Science. Her research, titled "The EU-China Connectivity on Transportation and the Role of the South Caucasus", delves into the political implications of connectivity projects between the two powers and the geopolitical significance of the South Caucasus. Aliyeva is actively engaged in global youth initiatives and has extensive experience as a trainer, facilitator and project coordinator. She has held various positions within the "Great Silk Way" International Youth Union, an international non-profit organization, and currently serves as president, working with 33 youth organizations across Asia, Africa and Europe. Her work focuses on promoting intercultural dialogue, fostering cooperation and advocating for the active role of youth in sustainable development within the Silk Road nations.

Anastasiia Saveleva [Photo provided to wicinternet.org]

Anastasiia Saveleva leads the project office and serves as an assistant professor in the Department of Infocommunication Systems at the Bonch-Bruevich Saint Petersburg State University of Telecommunications. She is a member of the Coordination Center for TLD.RU/.РФ Youth Council, the curator of the Russian School on Internet Governance, and oversees a special course for youth within the Russian Internet Governance Forum (RIGF). Saveleva works with more than 300 young individuals annually, helping them to immerse themselves in contemporary issues of internet governance and digital collaboration on both global and regional scales.As a PhD candidate, her research focuses on enhancing data availability and network connectivity through the advancement of storage systems and data centers. Her contributions have been acknowledged through multiple state-level awards and grants from Russia's Ministry of Digital Development.

Keith Fabre Macedo [Photo provided to wicinternet.org]

Keith Fabre Macedo is a student of Control and Automation Engineering at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, where she conducts research on IoT and data science within the context of real-world smart farming applications at LabNet, a laboratory dedicated to tackling public and social issues using IoT and Artificial Intelligence. Additionally, she works as a software developer in the industry, where she is currently developing her graduation project on applying machine learning technologies to combat forest fires. During the 2023 CESAR institute summer internship, Macedo served as the data scientist for her team and contributed to the conceptualization and production of a visual gesture recognition system for emergency signals, designed to improve crime detection in urban environments. She has also conducted research on data fusion for smart cities and IIoT devices. Selected for the Brazilian Youth Initiative in both 2022 and 2024, organized by the Brazilian Internet Steering Committee (CGI.br), she has participated in national and Latin American internet governance events and was a speaker at the 2024 Brazil Internet Forum, presenting on the topics of IoT and ecological preservation.