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2011-2018 BDT Director's Speeches

World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Symposium (WTIS-18), Geneva, Switzerland, 10 December 2018

Accessible Americas V: ICTs for All, Montego Bay, Jamaica, 29 November 2018

ITU Expert Group on Telecommunication/ICT Indicators , Geneva, Switzerland, 16 October 2018

ATU Conference of Plenipotentiaries 2018, Nairobi, Kenya, 17 August 2018

Global Symposium for Regulators 2018, Geneva, Switzerland, 10 July 2018

Thematic Event: Global Dialogue on AI, IoT and Cybersecurity, Geneva, Switzerland, 09 July 2018

National Computer Security Incident Response Team –Cyprus Launch, Nicosia, Cyprus, 25 June 2018

ITU Global ICT Capacity Building Symposium (CBS-2018), Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic , 18 June 2018

38th Assembly of Parties of ITSO, Washington DC, USA, 13 June 2018

ITU Regional Development Forum for Europe, Prague, Czech Republic, 11 June 2018

ITU Regional Development Forum for the Americas, Lima, Peru, 25 May 2018

ITU Regional Development Forum for the Asia- Pacific, Bangkok, Thailand, 21 May 2018

ITU-D Study Group 2 Plenary Session 2018, Geneva, Switzerland, 07 May 2018

Samena Telecom Leader’s Summit., Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 03 May 2018

ITU-D Study Group 1 Plenary Session 2018, Geneva, Switzerland, 30 April 2018

23rd meeting of the Telecommunication Development Advisory Group (TDAG), Geneva, Switzerland, 09 April 2018

Forum politique UIT/UNESCO, Paris, France, 29 March 2018

Mobile Learning Week 2018, Paris, France, 27 March 2018

Semaine de l'apprentissage mobile 2018, Paris, France, 27 March 2018

Smart Sustainable Development Initiaitve (SSDM) Third Advisory Board Meeting, Washington, United States of America, 15 March 2018

Forum régional sur le développement à l'intention des Etats arabes, Alger, Algérie, 12 February 2018

m-Powering Development Initiative Advisory Board Meeting, London, United Kingdom, 02 February 2018

ITU Workshop on The Future of Cable TV , Geneva, Switzerland, 25 January 2018

World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Symposium-Closing Speech, Hammamet, Tunisia, 16 November 2017

World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Symposium (WTIS-17), Hammamet, Tunisia, 14 November 2017

Colloque sur les indicateurs des télécommunications/TIC dans le monde, Hammamet, Tunisie, 14 November 2017

ITU-WHO AFRO-Digital health for Africa joint programme, Geneva, Switzerland, 27 October 2017

World Telecommunication Development Conference (WTDC-17) Closing speech, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 20 October 2017

World Telecommunication Development Conference (WTDC-17), Buenos Aires, Argentina, 09 October 2017

ITU Global Symposium for Regulators 2017, Nassau, Bahamas, 12 July 2017

GSR-17 Global Dialogue on Digital Financial Inclusion, Nassau, Bahamas, 11 July 2017

22ème réunion du Groupe consultatif pour le développement des télécommunications (GCDT)., Genève, Suisse, 09 May 2017

22nd meeting of the Telecommunication Development Advisory Group (TDAG). , Geneva, Switzerland, 09 May 2017

ITU Regional Preparatory Meeting for Europe, Vilnius, Lithuania, 27 April 2017

ITU Regional Development Forum for Europe, Vilnius, Lithuania, 26 April 2017

SAMENA Regional Regulatory Summit, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 12 April 2017

ITU-D Study Group 2 Plenary Session 2017, Geneva, Switzerland, 03 April 2017

ITU-D Study Group 1 Plenary Session 2017, Geneva, Switzerland, 27 March 2017

ITU/UNESCO Policy Forum on m-Learning, Paris, France, 24 March 2017

ITU Regional Preparatory Meeting for Asia and the Pacific Region, Bali, Indonesia, 21 March 2017

Regional Development Forum for Asia and the Pacific Region, Bali, Indonesia, 20 March 2017

Extraordinary Meeting of the EGTI & EGH Expert Groups, Geneva, Switzerland, 01 March 2017

ITU Regional Preparatory Meeting for the Americas, Asunción, Paraguay, 22 February 2017

ITU Regional Development Forum for the Americas, Asunción, Paraguay, 21 February 2017

African Conference on Internet Governance, Algiers, Algeria, 13 February 2017

ITU Regional Preparatory Meeting for the Arab States, Khartoum, Sudan, 30 January 2017

ITU Regional Development Forum for Arab States, Khartoum, Sudan, 29 January 2017

ICT Measurement Forum, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 14 December 2016

Regional Preparatory Meeting for Africa, Kigali, Rwanda, 06 December 2016

ITU Regional Development Forum for Africa, Kigali, Rwanda, 05 December 2016

Forum régional UIT sur le développement pour l'Afrique, Kigali, Rwanda, 05 December 2016

14ème Réunion Annuelle FRATEL , Luxembourg, 01 December 2016

2016 World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Symposium (WTIS), Gaborone, Botswana, 21 November 2016

WTDC-17 Regional Preparatory Meeting for CIS - Closing Speech, Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic, 11 November 2016

Regional Preparatory Meeting for CIS, Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic, 09 November 2016

ITU Regional Development Forum for CIS, Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic , 08 November 2016

ITU Regional Development Forum for Europe, Budva, Montenegro, 27 September 2016

ITU-D Study Group 2 plenary session 2016, Geneva, Switzerland, 26 September 2016

ITU-D Study Group 1 plenary session 2016, Geneva, Switzerland, 19 September 2016

Global ICT Capacity Building Symposium (CBS-2016) , Nairobi, Kenya, 06 September 2016

IX Portuguese-speaking countries' communications ministerial meeting, Maputo, Mozambique, 19 August 2016

ITU Regional Development Forum for the Americas, Brasilia, Brazil, 15 June 2016

Innovative Strategies for Development Summit , Manila, Philippines, 08 June 2016

ITU Asia-Pacific Regional Development Forum 2016, Manila, Philippines, 06 June 2016

High-level Policy Dialogue on Digital Health, Geneva, Switzerland, 23 May 2016

Global Symposium for Regulators (GSR-16), Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, 12 May 2016

GSR-16 Global Dialogue on Digital Financial Inclusion, Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, 11 May 2016

ITU-EC Regional Conference for Europe on Broadband Services and Infrastructure Mapping, Warsaw, Poland, 11 April 2016

ITU Arab Regional Development Forum , Rabat, Morocco, 28 March 2016

15ème Forum sur la régulation des télécommunications/TIC et le partenariat en Afrique (FTRA-2016), Abidjan, Cote D'Ivoire, 24 March 2016

21st Telecommunication Development Advisory Group Closing remarks , Geneva, Switzerland, 18 March 2016

21st Telecommunication Development Advisory Group Meeting, Geneva, Switzerland, 16 March 2016

Joint ITU/UNESCO Policy Forum, Paris, France, 11 March 2016

2nd Global Forum on Emergency Telecommunications Closing Address, Kuwait City, Kuwait, 28 January 2016

2nd Global Forum on Emergency Telecommunications , Kuwait City, Kuwait, 26 January 2016

Meeting of the Com-ITU of CEPT , Copenhagen, Denmark , 20 January 2016

CSTD Intersessional Panel Session on Science, Technology and Innovation, ICT and the SDGs, Budapest, Hungary, 12 January 2016

World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Symposium 2015 Closing Address, Hiroshima, Japan, 02 December 2015

World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Symposium 2015, Hiroshima, Japan, 30 November 2015

ITU Asia-Pacific Centre of Excellence Senior Management Training, Nadi, Fiji, 16 November 2015

ITU Telecom '15 Leadership Summit , Budapest, Hungary, 12 October 2015

International Day of The Girl Child, Budapest, Hungary, 12 October 2015

SSDM Third Advisory Board Meeting, Budapest, Hungary, 11 October 2015

m-Powering Development Initiative Third Advisory Board Meeting, Budapest, Hungary, 11 October 2015

The Information and Communication Technologies Summit, Tashkent, Republic of Uzbekistan, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, 18 September 2015

ITU-D Study Group 1 Plenary Session 2015, Geneva, Switzerland, 14 September 2015

Forum régional de développement (RDF), pour la région Afrique, Dakar, Sénégal, 09 September 2015

ITU-D Study Group 2 Plenary Session 2015, Geneva, Switzerland, 07 September 2015

African Union 1st Ordinary Specialized Technical Committee on Communication and ICT, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 03 September 2015

ITU-MCMC Asia Pacific Regulators’ Roundtable, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 24 August 2015

ITU Asia-Pacific Regional Development Forum 2015, Bangkok, Thailand, 21 August 2015

Asia-Pacific Region ITU150 NIGHT , Bangkok, Thailand, 20 August 2015

Asia-Pacific Regional Forum on e-Government, Bangkok, Thailand, 19 August 2015

3rd Latin-American Telecommunications Congress, Cancún, México, 15 July 2015

ITU Regional Development Forum for the Americas , Cancún, Mexico, 14 July 2015

Commonwealth Broadband Forum 2015, Abuja, Nigeria, 01 July 2015

15th Global Symposium for Regulators: Closing address, Libreville, Gabon, 18 June 2015

15ème édition du Colloque mondial des régulateurs: Discours de clôture, Libreville, Gabon , 11 June 2015

15ème édition du Colloque mondial des régulateurs, Libreville, Gabon, 09 June 2015

15th edition of the Global Symposium for Regulators, Libreville, Gabon, 09 June 2015

Colloque mondial des régulateurs 2015, Conférence de presse, Libreville, Gabon, 09 June 2015

International Conference on Computer Security in a Nuclear World, Vienna, Austria, 01 June 2015

ITU/CITEL Workshop on Emergency Communications, Cusco, Peru, 25 May 2015

20th Telecommunication Development Advisory Group (English), Geneva, Switzerland, 28 April 2015

20ème réunion du Groupe consultatif pour le développement des télécommunications (French), Geneva, Switzerland, 28 April 2015

ITU Regional Development Forum for Europe , Bucharest, Romania , 20 April 2015

Universal Postal Union, World Strategy Conference, Geneva, Switzerland, 14 April 2015

ITU Regional Development Forum for CIS, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova, 31 March 2015

ITU Arab Regional Development Forum, Amman, Jordan, 23 March 2015

3rd World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction Sendai, Japan. International Forum on the use of ICTs for Disaster Risk Reduction organized by the Government of Japan, Sendai, Japan, 14 March 2015

High-level round table on ICTs for Disaster Management and ‎Risk Reduction Including Climate Change issues. Opening Remarks (English), Doha, Qatar, 07 December 2014

Table-ronde de haut niveau sur les TIC au Service de la Gestion des Catastrophes et de la Réduction des Risques, y compris les questions relatives aux Changements Climatiques. Remarques Liminaires (French), Doha, Qatar, 07 December 2014

World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Symposium 2014, Closing Speech, Tbilisi, Georgia, 26 November 2014

World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Symposium 2014, Opening Ceremony, Tbilisi, Georgia, 24 November 2014

Combating counterfeit and substandard ICT devices , Geneva, Switzerland, 17 November 2014

Plenipotentiary Conference, Acceptance Speech (French), Busan, South Korea, 27 October 2014

19th meeting of the Telecommunication Development Advisory Group (French), Geneva, Switzerland, 29 September 2014

19th meeting of the Telecommunication Development Adisory Group (English), Geneva, Switzerland, 29 September 2014

ICT4All2014 (French), Hammamet, Tunisia, 24 September 2014

ITU-D Study Group 2, opening session (French), Geneva, Switzerland, 22 September 2014

ITU-D Study Group 1, closing session (English), Geneva, Switzerland, 19 September 2014

ITU-D Study Group 1, opening session (French), Geneva, Switzerland, 15 September 2014

ITU-D Study Group 1, opening session (English), Geneva, Switzerland, 15 September 2014

SIDS Conference, Multi-stakeholder ICT Forum, Apia, Samoa, 02 September 2014

GSR-14, Closing speech, Manama, Bahrain, 05 June 2014

GSR-14, Opening speech (English), Manama, Bahrain, 03 June 2014

GSR-14, Opening speech (French), Manama, Bahrain, 03 June 2014

9th International Electronic Communications Regulators Conference, Istanbul, Turkey, 29 May 2014

"Fostering Innovation and Partnerships in Human Capacity Building: Enhanced Engagement of Academia in the Work of International Telecommunication Union", Opening speech, Prague, Czech Republic, 28 April 2014

WTDC-14, Closing speech (English), Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 10 April 2014

WTDC-14, Closing speech (French), Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 10 April 2014

WTDC-14, Opening Speech (English), Dubai, UAE, 30 March 2014

WTDC-14, Opening Speech (French), Dubai, UAE, 30 March 2014

2nd Preparatory Meeting for WTDC, Lusaka, Zambia, 17 February 2014

18th Meeting of the Telecommunication Development Advisory Group, Geneva, Switzerland, 11 December 2013

Regional Preparatory Meeting for Europe, Belgrad, Serbia, 25 November 2013

Regional Preparatory Meeting for the Arab Region, Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain, 28 October 2013

Regional Preparatory Meeting for Africa,, Accra, Ghana, 01 October 2013

Discours d'ouverture, Réunion du Réseaux des Régulateurs Arabes (AREGNET) 2013, Rabat, 28 May 2013

Opening remarks, Kampala, Uganda, 15 April 2013

Keynote speech, Kampala, Uganda, 15 April 2013

Closing remarks, Regional Preparatory Meeting (RPM) for CIS, Chisinau, Moldova, 21 February 2013

Opening remarks, WTDC Regional Preparatory Meeting (RPM) for CIS, Chisinau, Moldova, 19 February 2013

Opening remarks, Regional Development Forum (RDF) for CIS, Chisinau, Moldova, 18 February 2013

Opening remarks at Global ICT Forum on Human Capacity Development, Cape Town, Republic of South Africa, 23 October 2012

Statement at Opening Press Conference, Global Symposium for Regulators 2012, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 02 October 2012

ICT4all Forum & Exhibition, Tunisia, 19 September 2012

Opening remarks, ITU-D Study Group 2 (French), Geneva, Switzerland , 17 September 2012

Opening Remarks at ITU-D Study Group 1 Plenary Session (French only), Geneva, Switzerland, 10 September 2012

Welcome Remarks, MIIT-ITU Seminar on “Broadband Network and Cloud Computing”, Wuhan, China, 29 August 2012

Welcome remarks Pacific Broadband Forum 2012, Nadi, Fiji, 26 July 2012