Upcoming meetings and events

All Year Round

Digital Transformation Dialogues

Organizer: ITU together with other organizations and UN agencies
Place: Virtual

30 April 2024

6th meeting of ITU Focus Group on metaverse (FG-MV)

Organizer: ITU
Place: Virtual

12-13 June 2024

7th meeting of ITU Focus Group on metaverse (FG-MV)

Organizer: ITU
Place: Geneva, Switzerland

14 June 2024

1st UN Virtual Worlds Day

Co-organizers: ITU, World Bank, UNECE, ITCILO, UN Futures Lab Network, WMO, UNICC, WIPO, UNICEF, UN Tourism, UNU, UNDPPA, UNIN, United Nations Guatemala, FAO, UNESCWA, UNFCCC and its interagency initiative Resilience Frontiers and UNRISD
Place: Geneva, Switzerland

14 June 2024

Award ceremony of the 1st UN metaverse Think-a-thon

Co-organizers: ITU, UNICC, FAO and IAEA
Place: Geneva, Switzerland

Past meetings and events (2024)

5-8 March 2024

5th meeting of ITU Focus Group on metaverse (FG-MV)

Organizer: ITU
Place: Queretaro, Mexico

4-7 December 2023

4th meeting of ITU Focus Group on metaverse (FG-MV)

Organizer: ITU
Place: Geneva, Switzerland

Past meetings and events (2023)

19-20 October 2023

National Congress of the Spanish Network of Smart Cities

Organizer: Spanish Network of Smart Cities (RECI)
Place: Las Rozas, Spain

18 October 2023

2nd Special Session of ITU Focus Group on metaverse (FG-MV)

Organizer: ITU
Time: 1100-1200 EET
Place: Riga, Latvia

3-5 October 2023

3rd meeting of ITU Focus Group on metaverse (FG-MV)

Organizer: ITU
Place: Geneva, Switzerland

13 September 2023

3rd ITU Forum on Cities and the metaverse: shaping a citiverse for all

Organizer: ITU
Host: Tanzania
Time: 0900 – 1230 EAT
Place: Arusha, Tanzania

12 September 2023

1st Special Session of ITU Focus Group on metaverse (FG-MV)

Organizer: ITU
Time: 1430-1630 EAT
Place: Arusha,Tanzania

1 August 2023

Meeting of SG20 Regional Group for the Arab Region (SG20RG-ARB)

Organizer: ITU
Time: 1200-1430 CEST
Place: Virtual

25-26 July 2023

1st Meeting of ITU-T SG20 Regional Group for Asia and the Pacific (SG20RG-AP)

Organizer: ITU
Time: 1000-1600 CEST
Place: Virtual

13 July 2023

HLPF Side event on Exploring the metaverse: A New World of Possibilities for Cities and Communities 

Co-organizers: ITU, Tanzania, Greece
Time: 0800-0930 EST
Place: Virtual

7 July 2023

2nd ITU Forum on Creating a metaverse for all through international standards

Organizer: ITU
Host: CAICT and SAIA
Time: 0900-1635 CST
Place: Shanghai, China

4-6 July 2023

2nd meeting of ITU Focus Group on metaverse (FG-MV)

Organizer: ITU
Time: TBC
Place: Shanghai, China

20 June 2023

7th meeting of the United for Smart Sustainable Cities (U4SSC)

Co-organizers: ITU, UNECE and UN-Habitat
Time: 0930-1530 CEST
Place: Virtual

19 June 2023

ITU and UNIGE: A better future for all with international standards

Organizer: ITU, Digital Law Center and University of Geneva
Time: 1630-1805 CEST
Place: Room A, ITU headquarters, Geneva

8 June 2023

Meeting of ITU-T SG20 Regional Group for Africa (SG20RG-AFR)

Organizer: ITU
Time: 1445-1800 EET
Place: Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt

8 June 2023

Information session on ITU-T SG20 Regional Group for Africa

Organizer: ITU
Time: 1330-1430 EET
Place: Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt

8-9 March 2023

1st meeting of ITU Focus Group on metaverse (FG-MV)

Organizer: ITU
Place: Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

7 March 2023

1st ITU Forum on Em​bracing the metaverse 

Organizer: ITU
Place: Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

30 January-10 February 2023

Meeting of ITU-T SG20: Internet of things (IoT) and smart cities and communities (SC&C)

Organizer: ITU
Place: Geneva, Switzerland

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