The ITU Kaleidoscope events aim to increase the dialogue between experts working
on the standardization of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and
academia. By viewing technologies through a Kaleidoscope, these forward looking
events will also seek to identify new topics for standardization. The objective
is to hold these events once a year in different parts of the world.
Given that the concepts of innovative technologies are normally developed in the
academic world, ITU is increasingly looking to attract academics from the
world’s universities and R&D institutions, fostering their involvement in the
ITU Standardization process. There are numerous examples of this policy bearing
fruit as many ITU-T Recommendations (international standards) have been heavily
influenced by academic involvement.
The Kaleidoscope events also provide a venue to facilitate networking and
discuss ways forward to enrich the ITU standardization process, both in terms of
technical proposals for current work items and in steps to increase
participation of academia and research organizations in the ITU standardization
work.
The Kaleidoscope academic conferences, organized by ITU-T and technically
co-sponsored by IEEE ComSoc, are international events that bring together
researchers, professors and students from all over the world. The paper
selection follows a rigorous double-blind, peer-revision process that involves
more than 150 subject matter expert reviewers. The authors of the three best
papers are awarded a total of $10,000 price money.
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