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Introduction
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) organized the ITU Regional Standardization Forum on Emerging Economic, Regulatory and Policy Trends in a Fast-Changing Digital World in Kuwait City on 17 December 2018, followed by the Annual Regional Forum on IoT, Smart Cities and Big Data which took place on the same day. The Forum was kindly hosted by the Communication and Information Technology Regulatory Authority (CITRA, Kuwait). The Forum was  held back-to-back with the meeting of ITU-T SG5RG-ARB on 18 December and ITU-T SG3RG-ARB from 19 to 20 December 2018.

Objectives
The main objective of the event was to provide an open forum for debating and exchanging views on a number of standardization topics under discussion at ITU-T and to discuss emerging economic, regulatory and policy trends.

 

Target Audience
The target audience of the event included ITU Member States, national standards bodies, ICT regulators, ICT companies, ICT research organizations, service providers, and academia.