The
TELECOM Secretariat is responsible for most aspects of the planning and delivery of
ITU TELECOM events, which provide a global ICT community platform for stakeholders from across the telecommunications/ICT sector to connect, collaborate and create the future ICT landscape. ITU Telecom events are unique events for the ICT community, with a firm focus on sharing knowledge, networking, high-level engagement and strategic debate.
Core Activities
- Venue selection and negotiations with Host Country and contractors.
Product definition: defining and scoping the event ‘product,’ often in consultation with industry event partners, the ITU Telecom Board, and Council. Subsequent promotional marketing and sales, including production of material to reach the right audience and encourage global participation.
Client relations including participants and VIPs. Also developing and execution of networking programmes, to facilitate optimal networking amongst all participants at events.
Event operations including build-up, registration, security, freight, event logistics, dismantling, service providers management.
Leadership Summit including Heads of States, Heads of Governments, CEOs.
Forum: defining and scoping the programme, often in consultation with industry partners, advisory committee and more to ensure that discussions are timely, relevant and forward-looking. Speaker relations and on-site conference management.
Media and public relations prior to and during event, to ensure right message is distributed to the right audience.
Financial services.
ICTs including social networking platform, applications, network design and management, databases, office services.
Other administrative services including travel, personnel, headquarters logistics, etc.)
General administration, policy definition and management.
- ICTs (applications, network design and management, databases, office services)
- Other administrative services (travel, personnel, headquarters logistics, etc.)
