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ITU unveils forward-looking debate agenda for ITU Telecom World 2013
Top-level ICT players harness industry change to drive success, address
global challenges
Geneva, 17 June 2013 – In the space of just a few years,
major advances in technology have seismically altered the way we communicate and
even live our lives.
Through a dynamic programme of conversation and debate, ITU
Telecom World 2013, taking place in Bangkok from 19 to 22 November, will explore
and demystify today’s fast-changing business landscape and examine the global
potential of ICTs to transform lives.
Top-level participants from across the industry and globe include Omobola
Johnson, Minister for Communications Technology, Nigeria; Madut Biar
Yel Minister for Telecommunications & Postal services, South Sudan; Richard
Beaird, Wiley Rein; Margit Brandl, Nokia Siemens Networks; Dean Bubley,
Disruptive Analysis; Asok Chatterjee, DOSTI; Luis M. Correia, Technical
University of Lisbon, INOV-INESC; John Davies, Intel; Jan Ellsberger,
Ericsson; Rob Frieden, Pennsylvania State University; Chris Gabriel,
Macquarie Capital; Tony Gray, TCCA Critical Communications Broadband Group;
Latif Ladid, IPv6 Forum; Luis Lucatero, Comision Federal de Telecomunicaciones,
Mexico; Thomas Magedanz, Fraunhofer FOKUS; Viktor Mayer-Schoenberger, Oxford
Internet Institute; Peter Riedel, Rohde & Schwarz; Jaume Salvat, Aggaros; Rohan
Samarajiva, LIRNEasia; and Thomas Welter, SFR and Mike Wright, Telstra.
Panel sessions will span key areas including:
- Riding the Data Wave: Techniques for
dealing with the global “Data storm”
- Telco and OTT: Implications for telcos,
regulators and governments
- Convergence of Regulation: Rethinking
regulation in a converged environment
- How can World Citizens Ensure their Privacy in a
Digital World?: Roles for government, business and
international organizations, rights of global citizens
- From Voice to Data to Cloud: Transitioning
the Telco Business Model: New business models for a
cloud-centric world
- Telecoms Innovation is Going Over the Edge ... is it
Time to Pivot?: How the industry can redefine and
re-engage to reach broader tele-consumer, tele-enterprise needs
Click here
to view the full programme.
“A revolution is underway within the ICT industry, and it is fundamentally
changing the ways we communicate, do business or use technology,” ITU
Secretary-General Hamadoun I. Touré said. “As the leading platform for
high-level debate, networking, knowledge sharing and innovation showcasing, ITU
Telecom World 2013 will bring together key players from across private and
public sectors to debate
this critical agenda and pinpoint ways to bring about
global change for the good of citizens everywhere.”
Interactive panel sessions plus a host of other sessions such as Ministerial
and CEO round tables, Meet-a-leader, and sponsored workshops will convene
leading global ICT players for the one conversation that matters on the future
of the industry. For further details on individual forum sessions, click
here.
For more information, please visit
http://world2013.itu.int/
or contact:
Sanjay Acharya
Chief, Media Relations and Public Information
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