Washington D.C., United States, 21 September 2015
Introduction
At the kind invitation of the Inter-American Telecommunication Commission (CITEL), The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) organized a "Regional Standardization Forum for Americas" on 21 September 2015 at the CITEL Headquarters in Washington D.C., United States.
This event was followed by the XXVII Meeting of PCC.I from 22 to 25 September at the same venue.
Objectives
The main objectives of the event were to provide examples of best practices to developing countries on global standards development, build national standards readiness so that standardization competence of developing countries can be enhanced and facilitate the establishment of a national standardization secretariat to coordinate participation in ITU-T study groups. The Forum also discussed the standardization activities ongoing in ITU-T study groups which are of interest to the region.
Target Audience
ITU Member States, national standards bodies, ICT regulators, ICT companies, ICT research organizations, service providers and academia.
