Caroline Louveaux Executive Vice President and Chief Privacy Officer, MasterCard

Sofía Fernandez de Mesa
Director General, PROFUTURO

Nguyen Manh Hung
Minister, Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC), Vietnam

Rob Middlehurst
Group VP Reg Affairs - International policy, Etisalat

Bocar A. BA
Chief Executive Officer, SAMENA Telecommunications Council

Aarti Holla
Secretary General, ESOA

Innovating together: connectivity that matters

Setting the scene for the Forum debates to follow with a mixture of keynote speeches and interactive panel discussions this flagship Forum session explores the solutions, technologies and cross sectoral partnerships that can drive universal access and the approaches, initiatives and industry models that can help increase meaningful connectivity. It will be moderated by Euronews’ Damon Embling.

Nations and companies in the spotlight

Your opportunity to discover a great mix of pavilions from around the world on the showfloor with nations including Bangladesh, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Iran, Japan, Mozambique, South Africa, V4 Countries and more. Key players across the industry will also be present at the event, from GSMA to Ericsson, Rohde & Schwarz, LS telcom, GEW Technologies and more. Look out for innovations in areas ranging from Smart ABC (Smart AI, Banking and Cities), 5G, smart agriculture, e-waste management and satellites to smart transport, smart homes, climate change mitigation, pet healthcare, digital finance amongst others! 

Your opportunity to discover Hungarian innovation

Hungary’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade are proud to offer ITU Telecom World 2019 delegates a free gift and chance to discover exciting Hungarian tech products. Prezi offers an innovative new way to organize, create and view presentations and the Guide.me application offers a host of different programs in Budapest with easy access to all the information visitors would need. Rabbit offers unified networking platform for attendees and exhibitors to exchange contact details and event content and Battlejungle provides a cool new approach to corporate event management.  Delegates will be able to claim their free Prezi license from the first day of the event and access Guide.me from the Visit Budapest page to start planning straightaway. We’ll send you further details on day 1 of how you can access Prezi’s great product, so do keep an eye out! 

Engage with the event app

Our popular event app is now available for you to download and start connecting with other participants - as well as accessing the full event calendar, updating your status with comments and photos, and browsing the fully searchable listing of sessions, speakers, sponsors and exhibitors. We recommend downloading the app to make the most of your event experience - but to protect your privacy, we ask you to opt in or out of the app when registering. If you change your mind at any point, just contact us at privacy.telecom@itu.int.

Networking & Business matchmaking services

Networking is at the heart of business success – and plays a major role in ITU Telecom World. Our event programme gives full details of all networking lunches, dinners, coffee breaks and happy hours. Additionally, free of charge to all registered event participants, the Hungarian Export Promotion Agency, Enterprise Europe Network, brings you a professional business matchmaking service, designed to support trade, deal-flow and networking, and connect you directly with participants from across the global ICT community. It’s a direct and simple way to connect with all key stakeholders, including policy-makers, decision-takers, buyers, suppliers, investors and exhibitors. Meetings will take place on 10 and 11 September in the Business Matchmaking Zone located in Hall F at Hungexpo, and can be arranged in advance here.

Watch key sessions, remotely

ITU has teamed up with IBM Watson Media to offer video streaming of some of our key event highlights. If you can’t join our event in person, you’ll be able to watch activities such as our vibrant opening ceremony, or action-packed Awards ceremony live via our homepage. Get a taster of how it feels at the opening of an ITU Telecom World event, find out who has won our ITU Telecom World Awards or join the Farewell Reception on the last day of the event!

Enjoy Budapest - with a discount

Make the most of your time in Budapest with the official city pass. The Budapest Card gives you free public transport within the city plus free walking tours and entry to over 30 top Budapest attractions, as well as discounts on many more, including the famous thermal baths. You can buy the Budapest Card online at http://www.budapest-card.com - and benefit from a 20% discount for all registered ITU Telecom World participants with the special promotional code ITU19.

Hungexpo- a cash free venue

We’d just like to mention that Hungexpo has become completely cash free. In the restaurants and buffets inside every delegates, visitors and exhibitors will be able to pay with a touch-to-pay bank card or HelloPay card.