– 114 – (3.4 – Other conferences and related matters) – to aim at a clear difference from similar exhibitions/forums by attracting as many major global carriers and manufacturers as possible and by actively encouraging Ministerial/CEO-level participation, which would make it feasible to hold meaningful bilateral and multilateral meetings during the event; – to prepare the Forum programme well in advance in coordination with industry and to be fine-tuned by the session moderators, fostering more substantive discussions in the Forum; – to prepare Forum outcomes for dissemination to the public; – to take measures to facilitate greater involvement by VIPs, requests the Secretary-General to study, consult, as appropriate, and inform Member States of the results of the study; and to make proposals to Council-09 on the future of world and regional ITU TELECOM events, taking into account the following options: – merger of ITU TELECOM WORLD events and regional ITU TELECOM events; – rotation of the venue for the ITU TELECOM events among the regions, Geneva, the seat of the Union being one of the venues; – shortening of the periodicity of ITU TELECOM WORLD events from every four (4) years to every two (2) years; – planning of ITU TELECOM events in conjunction with major ITU meetings; – strategic alliance/partnership with prominent regional and national event organizers on a non-permanent basis; – management and staffing of ITU TELECOM in order to enhance its operational efficiencies; – need to rationalize ITU TELECOM financial management and control the costs to be invoiced to ITU TELECOM; – outsourcing of ITU TELECOM activities, within its mandate, to enhance its revenue-generating capacity; – review of the cost for participation in the Forum, in order to attract the targeted audience. Ref.: Documents C08/91 and C08/105. Preparations for the World Conference on International Telecommunications R 1312 (C09) The Council, noting a) Resolution 146 (Antalya, 2006), Review of the International Telecommunication Regulations; b) Decision 9 (Antalya, 2006), Fourth World Telecommunication Policy Forum; c) the Report of the Expert Group to Review the ITRs, created by the Director of TSB pursuant to Resolution 146 (Document C09/6);