SHARIN KNOWLEDGE & BENEFITS OF PARTICIPATION • Help shape the world’s future ICT landscape. • Interact, debate and network with leaders of government and the industry. • Develop insights on dynamic business models that combine technology, markets and policies. • Share your vision for the world’s ICT future with a major global audience, including key media. WHAT Forum sessions at ITU Telecom World 2011 will explore key issues through a number of diff erent functional tracks; Development, New Clusters Business Models; Policy & Regulation; Technology Foresight and Innovation. WHEN ITU Telecom World 2011, Geneva, Switzerland, 24-28 October 2011 WHY The ICT sector is facing a number of major challenges. For example, issues of interoperability and openness across devices, services and networks are raising a host of new questions across the entire ICT ecosystem. Meanwhile, many new debates are emerging for example Broadband for all as we move towards LTE rollout. And just how signifi cant is cloud computing within today’s highly competitive landscape? But what are the implications of this for diff erent ICT industry players and policy makers? From smart grids and smart transport to smart e-health applications, what are some of the diff erent and most eff ective ways in which ICTs can be used to address global challenges? How can ICT innovation contribute to new patterns of economic and social development? Sessions will focus on these and other key areas. 27