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Industry’s Top CEOs gear up for ITU TELECOM
Forum Roundtable
Session provides a unique chance to quiz the CEOs on
their visions for the future
ACCREDIT
NOW to be sure to be a
part of ITU TELECOM
WORLD
2006!
Hong Kong, 28 November 2006
—
Join Sanjiv Ahuja, CEO, Orange; Ki-Tae Lee, President, Telecommunication
Business, Samsung; Masao Nakamura, President and CEO, NTTDoCoMo;
Patricia Russo, Chairman and CEO, Lucent; Carl-Henric Svanberg,
President and CEO, Ericsson, Kaoru Yano, President, NEC and Edward J.
Zander, Chairman and CEO, Motorola, for the CEO Roundtable, a special
session of the ITU TELECOM
WORLD
2006 Forum that will help define and shape the future of the ICT
industry.
With CEOs drawn from vendors as well as service providers, Roundtable
participants are guaranteed a debate which will be both ground-breaking
as well as broad-based.
Leadership and innovation, two factors critical to the success of the
ICT industry will form the basis of roundtable discussions. As the ICT
industry evolves, so too must its leadership. Now, with a host of
exciting new technologies and converged applications poised to transform
the industry, its leadership needs to focus on innovation,
remaining ahead of change
and crucially, meeting and
exceeding the expectations of customers and inspiring confidence.
Find out the CEO’s views on leadership and the state of today’s
industry. Hear what they see as their top priorities for the next 5
years and much more. Also expect to hear first-hand exciting new product
and service announcements, which will become some of the key talking
points for the rest of the week.
"This essential session gives participants the chance to hear and
discuss the view points of those CEOs who will have a profound impact on
the future of our dynamic industry", says Reza Jafari, ITU T ELECOM
Board Member, Chairman of ITU TELECOM
WORLD
2006 Forum Committee and Managing
Director, International, Neustar who will be the Moderator of this
session. "It is our opportunity to debate core issues that are at the
center of our Stakeholders’ concerns in shaping the direction of our
industry. I encourage participants to have their comments, concerns and
questions at the ready to discuss with the CEOs."
The session takes place on the first day of the ITU T ELECOM
WORLD
Forum, on 4 December 2006 at 14.00. For more information on the Forum
programme, click
here. Click
on each session for a more detailed overview of the topic, and to find
out who will be taking part.
ITU T ELECOM
WORLD
2006 takes place from 4-8 December 2006 in Hong Kong, China.
Accredit now to be a part of this
crucial event.
For more information, please contact:
S. Acharya
Chief, Media relations and public information
International Telecommunication Union
Tel: +41 22 730 6135 / 730 6039
Mobile: +41 79 249 4861
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