| Asia 2000 is
being organized by the International Telecommunication Union and hosted by the Government
of the People’s Republic of China. It will be the ITU’s fifth regional event for
the Asia-Pacific region since the event was launched in 1985, and the first major ITU
event to be held in China. The event
comprises an Exhibition and a Forum. The Exhibition will feature a vast range of
telecommunications-related products and services, while the associated forum will focus on
the latest telecommunication developments and growth in the region and will provide a
platform for telecommunication leaders to share their ideas on future trends and discuss
appropriate strategies for the developing as well as the industrialized world.
Following the remarkable success of Asia Telecom
97, Asia 2000 promises to be the biggest telecommunications event ever held in the region,
with 64,000 m2 of air-conditioned exhibition space available. The Hong Kong
Convention and Exhibition Centre is one of the largest and most spectacular facilities in
the world. The Centre features superb conference facilities and has a first class
infrastructure with everything from numerous restaurants to banking and postal facilities.
The ITU's unique position as a specialized agency
of the United Nations enables it to bring together in Hong Kong all the strategic players
in the world of telecommunications, where visitors, exhibitors and speakers will have
access to the technology and ideas that will shape the future for the Asia-Pacific region.
Asia 2000 will be the 23rd Telecom
event since World Telecom was first held in Geneva, in 1971. The regional events, which
include Americas, Asia and Africa Telecoms, were introduced in 1985 in order to address
the more specific concerns of the individual regions. Since then these events have grown
in size and prestige and have become the most respected and authoritative in the world.
The world event is held in a four yearly cycle, while the Asia and Americas regional
events are now held every other year in order to ensure adequate global coverage across
all 188 Member countries of the ITU, and each regional event has shown huge growth over
its predecessors. Asia Telecom 97 was nearly twice the size of Asia Telecom 93, which was
itself more than three times as big as Asia Telecom 89, and six times larger than Asia
Telecom 85.
The whole region will be represented at the event
by means of a fellowship scheme, which brings two representatives from each of the
countries across the region to participate in a Development Workshop as well as being able
to share in the Forum and see the Exhibition.
For additional information, please contact:
| Exhibitions: |
Ms
Lili Rison
Vice-President, ITU TELECOM and Head, Exhibitions Division
Tel: +41 22 730 5244
Fax: +41 22 730 6444
lili.rison@itu.int |
Ms
Dominique Bourne
Exhibitions Manager
Tel: +41 22 730 5239
Fax: +41 22 730 6444
dominique.bourne@itu.int |
| Forum: |
Mr Fernando
Lagraņa
Vice-President, ITU TELECOM and Head, Forum Division
Tel: +41 22 730 5542
Fax: +41 22 730 6444
fernando.lagrana@itu.int |
Ms Marianne
Dimier
Forum Manager
Tel: +41 22 730 5966
Fax: +41 22 730 6444
marianne.dimier@itu.int |
| Sponsorship
Opportunities: |
Mr
Tom Dahl-Hansen
Senior Vice-President,
ITU TELECOM and Head, Business Development and Marketing Division
Tel: +41 22 730 5298
Fax: +41 22 730 6444
tom.dahl-hansen@itu.int |
Ms
Anita Perry
ITU TELECOM
Tel: +41 22 730 5460
Fax: +41 22 730 6444
anita.perry@itu.int |
Administration
and Protocol |
Ms Winnie
Nicolas-Jomard
Head, Administration and Protocol Section, ITU TELECOM
Tel: +41 22 730 6339
Fax: +41 22 730 6444
E-mail: winnie.nicolas-jomard@itu.int |
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| Press
and Public Relations: |
Mr
Thomas Frankl
Press and Public Relations Officer
Tel: +41 22 730 6345
Fax: +41 22 730 6444
thomas.frankl@itu.int |
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