ITU New Technologies and Internet Colloquium (ITEC 2021) 2nd Edition

As part of the global event "Emerging Technology for Connectivity: Accelerating Digital Transformation in LDCs, SIDS and LLDCs", is being organized the ITU New Technologies and Internet Colloquium (ITEC 2021) 2nd Edition.

Countries in the Region are deploying 5G network plans. Those plans consider national preparations from spectrum assessment and assignation, regulatory aspects, public-private agreements, agreements with suppliers, external investment, application on the national industry, etc. On the other hand, one critical aspect to be considered is the inclusion, the current digital divide and the projections of to serve rural sectors and underserved populations.

The overall objective is to promote the wide scale deployment of emerging technologies including, Artificial Intelligence, IoT, Big Data, low orbit satellites, 5G, digital government and blockchain, to contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals.

The focus of this year’s edition of the event "Emerging Technology for Connectivity: Accelerating Digital Transformation in LDCs, SIDS and LLDCs" is to target SDG 4 (Quality Education), SDG 9 (Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure), SDG11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities) and SDG 17 (Partnerships for the Goals).

The event intends to build a space for analysis and discussion about the plans to deploy new technologies in the countries of the Regions, identify needs, analyse impact, applications on the industry, analyse further steps to reduce the digital gap, and incentive the sustainable an sound implementation.