ITU160 observances and events

Co-hosted with the Geneva Diplomatic Club.




ITU Headquarters

In partnership with the United Nations Office at Geneva and CERN.

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International Women’s Day
With the support of the Government of Canada.

Special edition of the ITU160 Talks series, celebrating Girls in ICT Day in partnership with the International Gender Champions.

ITU160 Temporary Exhibit at the United Nations Pavilion, EXPO 2025.

Osaka, Japan

ITU members and leadership gathered at the historic Salon de l’Horloge, the birthplace of ITU where the 1865 International Telegraph Convention was signed.

Gender equality in digital transformation.

ITU marked 160 years of global communication with a lightshow at the Place des Nations, also streamed live on ITU’s social media platforms.

Geneva, Switzerland

In 1948, soon after becoming a UN agency, ITU transferred its headquarters from Bern to Geneva. ITU Councillors relive heritage at Villa Bartholoni where ITU was housed until 1962.

Dedicated to 160 years of technology for humanity.



Palexpo Geneva, Switzerland.

Co-hosted with WSIS+20 and AI for Good.





Geneva, Switzerland.
On invitation only.

CinéTransat open air cinema dedicated to ITU. Co-hosted with the Delegation of the European Union to the United Nations.

Venue: Lake Geneva, Parc de la Perle du Lac.

Official launch of the Eduki National Competition, a competition under the high patronage of the Director-General of UN Geneva, and organized in collaboration with the Swiss Confederation, the Swiss Commission for UNESCO, the Canton of Geneva, and the Fondation pour Genève.

Venue: ITU Headquarters.

For the first time, in its 160th year, ITU hosted the Geneva Inter-Agency Table Tennis Games. The 53rd edition celebrated connectivity, community, diversity and shared purpose.

The Diplomatic Club of Geneva hosted a special event at the Giga Connectivity Centre, featuring a live connection with a school in Barbados to highlight Giga’s work to connect every school to the Internet.