ITU TELECOM WORLD 2009 is Unique

WORLD 2009 is Genuinely Comprehensive

• Diversity of leaders from all stakeholders across the telecoms and ICT sector
• Blend of operators, platform, and application providers
• Brings technology, policy, markets together - users with suppliers across the value chain and across countries
• Global development agenda for both the industry and the information society ; reaching out to achieve Millennium Development Goals

WORLD 2009 offers Multifaceted Influence

• International business meets policy and regulation from around the world
• Impressive ministerial presence with some 200 ministers at past World events
• 500+ VIPs including Regulators, Ambassadors, Director-Generals
• More than 70% of participants with significant purchasing power
• Framework to develop public-private partnerships

WORLD 2009 is organized by ITU

• Specialized UN Agency
• Intergovernmental and multi-stakeholder community
• Unique powers to convene leaders from across entire ICT spectrum
• Open Nature: focused on defining real problems; flexible and open in finding most appropriate responses and technical solutions