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ITU Telecom World 2011 set to change the
global ICT landscape
Register now
– media accreditation closes Wednesday 19 October
Geneva, 14 October 2011
– With just over one week to go until doors open for ITU Telecom World 2011 at
Geneva Palexpo, journalists are urged to finalize their accreditation by the
closing date of 19 October to obtain unique access to some of the
biggest names
in the telecoms industry.
The event is set to welcome some 250 global leaders spanning Heads of State and
Government, Ministers, city mayors, industry CEOs and technology gurus.
Accredited media will also get the chance to see and hear other influential
players from around the world including Carlos Slim Helú (Chairman and CEO,
Telmex and
América Móvil),
Neelie Kroes (VP, European Commission), Angel Gurría (Secretary-General, OECD),
Professor Jeffrey Sachs (Special Adviser to the United Nations Secretary-General
for the Millennium Development Goals), Wang Jianzhou (Chairman, China Mobile),
Internet pioneer Robert E. Kahn, and heads of UN agencies including
Irina Bokova (Director-General, UNESCO),
Dr Margaret Chan (Director-General, World Health Organization), Francis
Gurry (Director-General, WIPO), and Dr Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director
of the UN Population Fund.
Industry leaders taking part in the event include Alcatel-Lucent, China Mobile,
China Potevio, Cisco, Datang, Du, Ericsson, Etisalat, Fiberhome, Fujitsu, Huawei,
Intel, NTT Group, NTT DoCoMo, Qtel, RIM, Satorys, Swisscom, Telkom SA, Turk
Telecom, TDIA, and ZTE.
The event also features National Pavilions from Algeria, Angola, Argentina,
Azerbaijan, Belarus, Burundi, China, Czech Republic, Djibouti, Ghana, Geneva,
Switzerland, Japan, Kenya, Korea, Malawi, Malaysia, Namibia, Nigeria, Poland,
Qatar, Russia, Rwanda, South Africa, Spain, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda and
Zambia, which will be complemented by Thematic Pavilions focused on areas like
smart living, health and education.
Media accreditation
Journalists and industry analysts wishing to
attend
ITU Telecom World 2011
must
be formally accredited:
http://world2011.itu.int/media-accreditation-procedure.
Please note that there will be no accreditation onsite, and no
admittance to the venue without an event badge.
For full details of the ITU Telecom World 2011 event agenda, click
here. For further information on the event, visit
http://world2011.itu.int.
For more information, please contact:
Sarah Parkes
Chief, Media Relations and Public Information, ITU
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