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Calendar & Opening Hours

  Monday 5  Tuesday 6 Wednesday 7 Thursday 8 Friday 9
Exhibition & Telecom Village 12:00 - 18:00 10:00 - 18:00 10:00 - 18:00 10:00 - 18:00 10:00 - 16:00
Forum 09:00 - 18:00 09:00 - 18:00 09:00 - 18:00 09:00 - 18:00 09:00 - 13:00

 

Date Morning Afternoon Evening
Sunday
4 October
10:00 – 11:00
Youth Forum Opening
14:30 – 18:00
Youth Forum Session
 
Monday
5 October

09:00 – 10:00
World 2009 Opening Ceremony
(Rooms A,B,C)

10:15 – 10:45
Official Photos

10:30
VVIP Tour

10:45
VIP Tour

10:30 – 13:00
Youth Forum

12:00 – 12:45
Opening Press Conference

12:00 – 18:00
Exhibition

12:30 – 13:30
Media Reception
(Media Centre Lounge)

14:30 – 15:30
Official Joint Opening Heads of State Programme and Forum led by UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon

13:00 – 14:30
Youth Forum

16:00 – 18:00
Open Summit: ICTs for Economic Growth
(Rooms B,C)

18:30 – 21:00
Welcome Reception

20:00 – 22:30
Russian Official Reception

Tuesday
6 October
09:00 – 12:30
Forum

10:00 – 12:00
Exhibition

11:00 – 12:30
Azerbaijan Trans-Eurasian Information Super Highway (TASIM) Presentation

11:00 – 17:00
Ghana Focus Day

12:00 – 18:00
Exhibition

12:45 – 14:15
VIP Power Lunch

14:30 – 18:00
Forum

14:30 – 18:00
VIP Programme

12:30 – 18:00
Youth Forum

15:00 – 18:30
LTE TDD/FDD Summit

18:15 – 19:45
VIP Cocktail
Sponsor: Research in Motion

18:30 – 22:30
Alvarion Customer Evening

19:00 – 20:00
ZTE Power Dinner
“Inspiring Economy Recovery through Innovative ICTs” (by invitation only)
Salθve Restaurant
(aperitif starting at 18:30)

19:30
Azerbaijan Official Reception

Wednesday
7 October
07:30 – 09:00
Women's Breakfast

09:00 – 12:30
Forum

09:00 – 12:00
UNGIS Meeting

10:00 – 12:00
Exhibition

11:00 – 13:30
Nigerian Day
 

12:00 – 18:00
Exhibition

12:45 – 14:15
VIP Power Lunch

13:00 – 14:00
Lunchtime Roundtable
Forum, Palexpo

14:00 – 17:00
Thought Leadership: Leading Ideas
"Leading Change in Times of Uncertainty" 
(In partnership with IMD)

14:30 – 18:00
Forum

14:30 – 18:00
VIP Programme

12:30 – 18:00
Youth Forum

16:00 – 19:30
AlpICT - Conference & VIP Cocktail
(Mont Blanc Room)

19:30 – 23:00
Forum Dinner
Sponsor: CNN

19:00 – 23:00
Youth Reception

Thursday
8 October
09:00 – 12:30
Forum

10:00 – 12:00
Exhibition
 

12:00 – 18:00
Exhibition

12:45 – 14:15
VIP Power Lunch

13:00 – 14:00
Lunchtime Roundtable
Forum, Palexpo

14:30 – 18:00
Forum

14:30 – 18:00
VIP Programme

12:30 – 18:00
Youth Forum

 
Friday
9 October
09:00 – 12:00
Forum

10:00 – 12:00
Exhibition
 

12:00 – 13:00
Joint Forum Closing

12:00 – 16:00
Exhibition
 

15:30 – 17:00
Farewell Reception

 

Registration Hours and Locations

* Registration hours for the morning of 5 October are subject to change for security reasons. Please check these pages for updates.

View registration areas for VIPs, Forum, Visitors and Press Officers on this map.
 

  Exhibition
Visitors
Press Officers
Forum Guests
Forum Media VIPs
  Registration area at the entrance to Hall 4 Registration area in the foyer of the Geneva-Palexpo Conference Centre Registration area at the entrance of Media center in Hall 3 VIP Registration area in the foyer of the Geneva-Palexpo Conference Centre
30 Sept - 3 Oct 8:00 - 18:00   8:00 - 18:00 10:00 - 17:00
4 Oct 8:00 - 18:00 8:00 - 18:00 8:00 - 18:00 8:00 - 18:00
5 Oct 8:00 - 18:00* 7:30 - 18:00 8:00 - 18:00 8:00 - 18:00
6 Oct - 8 Oct 8:00 - 18:00 8:00 - 18:00 8:00 - 18:00 8:00 - 18:00
9 Oct 8:00 - 15:00 8:00 - 12:00 8:00 - 15:00 8:00 - 16:00