ITU TELECOM WORLD 2006

PRACTICAL GUIDELINES FOR MEDIA FOR EVENTS TAKING PLACE ON 3 DECEMBER 2006

EVENT SCHEDULE OVERVIEW

YOUTH FORUM WELCOME SESSION

NOBEL PEACE PRIZE LAUREATE PROFESSOR YUNUS PRESS CONFERENCE

OPENING CEREMONY

SPECIAL BADGES FOR THESE EVENTS

Media representatives attending these events must possess the additional accreditation badge issued by ITU TELECOM WORLD 2006 Hong Kong, China Secretariat (HKCS).

The badge will be available for collection at Boardroom 3 of Renaissance Harbour View Hotel, 1 Harbour Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong, beginning December 1, 2006. The opening hours of the badge collection centre are as follows:

• December 1: 14.00 to 21.00

• December 2: 10.00 to 21.00

• December 3: 10.00 to 19.00

EVENT INFORMATION

1. NOBEL PEACE PRIZE LAUREATE PROFESSOR YUNUS PRESS CONFERENCE

   A preview of an announcement to be made by Professor Mohammad Yunus, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 2006 and Managing Director of Grameen Bank at the Opening Ceremony of ITU TELECOM WORLD.

   Media attending should note that they need to bring Photo Identification if they intend to participate in the Professor Yunus Press Conference. However they do not require their ITU TELECOM WORLD 2006 media badge.

   Also present to respond to questions, Connect the World partners involved in the announcement:

   • Ms Tae Yoo, Vice President, Corporate Affairs, Cisco Systems

   • Ms Shawn Covell, Senior Director, International Government Affairs, Qualcomm

   • Mr Dominic Vergine, Chief Executive, Aptivate (on behalf of Enclusion)

   • Mr Christopher Clark, Coordinator, Connect the World, ITU

   • Mr Mario Maniewicz, Head, HRD Division, ITU

   14.30	Media registration directly outside Room 606.
   15.00	Announcement followed by Q&A from audience to Professor Yunus and other representatives, with consecutive translation of Cantonese and Mandarin questions into English.
   16.00	Photography opportunity with Professor Yunus and other Connect the World partners
   16.10	End of the press conference.

2. OPENING CEREMONY

   ITU TELECOM WORLD 2006 will open on Sunday, 3 December, at 17:30 at the Hong Kong Conference and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC) in Wan Chai, Hong Kong.

Speakers

Speakers at the Opening ceremony are:

• Mr Yoshio Utsumi, Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union

• The Honorable Donald Tsang, Chief Executive of Hong Kong, SAR

• Professor Munhammad Yunus, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 2006 and Managing Director of Grameen Bank

• His Excellency Wu Bangguo, Chairman of China's National People's Congress

Their statements, if provided to the Press Office electronically, will be available for accredited media at the ITU TELECOM WORLD online newsroom.

Simultaneous interpretation from and into English and Chinese will be provided at the opening session.

Media reserved areas

Media are requested to arrive at 15.00, Level 5 of the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC) to undergo a security check. Please note that ITU TELECOM accredited media attending the Opening Ceremony do not need to have their ITU TELECOM media badge.

Prior to the opening of the Conference, from 15.30 – 16.30, television crews and still photographers will have an opportunity for light and audio checks. Audio test tone will continue to be available until 17.15.

All audiovisual media must be in position by 16.20. Once the Ceremony begins, cameramen and photographers will have to remain in their set positions where they will be required to stay until the end of the ceremony.

PRINT MEDIA

The seating area for print media is at the back of the room (300 seats).

AUDIOVISUAL MEDIA

Editors: Due to time constraints, you are advised to assign two separate groups of journalists/photographers to cover the opening ceremony and welcome reception. There is no guarantee that media representatives covering the opening ceremony will be able to cover the welcome reception as well.

There will be four areas for media: two platforms at the back and two at the front on either side of the stage for still photographers and TV crews.

Please note:

1. The distance from the rear platforms to the stage is 70 metres. Telephoto lenses are recommended.

2. Visual media from the rear of the hall will be permitted to exit along with other guests; those in the front will be permitted to leave their enclosure only after all guests have departed, which could lead to delays for arrival at the Welcome Reception.

Crews may select either position which cannot be changed once the ceremony has started. Each platform will be equipped with XLR mult-boxes for the floor, English, Mandarin and Cantonese audio feeds.

The live feed will be available in TV booths at the Media Centre at AWE. TV Booths can be booked from Eurovision at a cost of 800USD for the duration of the event.

The pool feed will be provided by Eurovision contact:
Danny Duijs
E-mail:
Mobile: + 852 97646589

RADIO

Radio broadcasters can receive feeds in floor language from mult-boxes located on the platforms. Radio journalists should therefore sit in the last row of the print media for easier access to the mult-box.

PHOTOS

All photos taken by official photographers will be available from the Event photolibrary to all accredited journalists at
http://www.itu.int/WORLD2006/media/plib/index.asp.

To access the hi-res images, you must use the username and password received at the time of accreditation and found at the back of their badge.

For assistance, you may contact the Photo Coordinator in Conference Room 4 of the Media Centre. Meera Daswani can also be contacted at , direct fixed line: + 852 36 06 22 32, mobile: + 852 66 23 43 54.