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ITU Telecom is part of the ITU (International Telecommunication Union), the United Nations specialized agency for telecommunications. ITU Telecom organizes global events for the governments, industry leaders and regulators that form part of the world’s ICT community. The first ITU Telecom event was held in 1971 and marks its 40th anniversary in 2011. The next ITU Telecom World event, will take place from 24 to 27 October 2011 in Geneva, Switzerland.

History
The first ITU Telecom World event was held in 1971. It quickly established itself as the leading exhibition and forum for the global ICT industry. Bringing together representatives of governments, regulators and industry, the event has provided a forum for some of the industry’s most influential people to collaborate and engage in high-level dialogue on the major challenges facing the sector.

In 1985, the ITU Telecom staged its first regional telecommunication exhibition in the Asia-Pacific region – Asia Telecom85. This was followed the next year by its first regional event in the Africa region — Africa Telecom86. By 1992, the series of regional telecommunication exhibitions was completed with the first such events in the Americas region — Americas Telecom 88 and in the Europe region - Europa Telecom 1992.

ITU Telecom World 2009 was attended by over 2,250 VIPs, including UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Heads of State, Heads of Government, Ministers, Ambassadors, heads of regulatory agencies, and CEOs from around the world. Through a series of top-level roundtables, meetings and debates, the event addressed pressing issues such as climate change, global economic recovery and cybersecurity.

ITU Telecom World 2011
In a departure from previous events, ITU Telecom World 2011 will dispense with a traditional exhibition show floor and instead focus on facilitating knowledge sharing, networking, deal making and consensus building. By addressing the major trends and challenges facing the ICT industry – at both a governmental and industry level – ITU Telecom World 2011 will provide a forum for high level debate and decision-making. Bringing together top-level representatives of government and industry under one roof for four days, ITU Telecom World 2011 will be held in Geneva between 24–27 October 2011.

Participants will range from Heads of State and Government from around the world, CEOs, key players from big business, telcos, technology companies, manufacturers, operators, content and applications providers; plus regulators, policy advisers and key media players.

The agenda will address the macro challenges facing all 6.8 billion people on the planet that can be influenced by the ICT industry. ITU Telecom World 2011 aims to provide insight into the role that ICTs have, and will have, in changing people’s lives, creating the forum for analysis, debate and examination of the global challenges; ultimately discussing how individuals, governments and organisations address these concerns.

Through a series of forums, delegates will discuss the issues that dominate the boardrooms of major ICT companies, and the technologies that will be taking us into the future. In addition, core sessions and workshops will provide a deeper dive into thematic issues where ICTs are helping to shape the future; such as such as cloud computing, monetizing the real time web and other new business models, innovation in emerging markets, the permeability between ICT and other sectors, smart living, cyber security and spectrum.

Past Events

 * Telecom 71 (Geneva)
 * Telecom 75 (Geneva)
 * Telecom 79 (Geneva)
 * Telecom 83 (Geneva)
 * Asia Telecom 1985 (Singapore)
 * Africa Telecom 1986 (Nairobi)
 * Telecom 87 (Geneva)
 * Americas Telecom 1988 (Rio)
 * Asia Telecom 1989 (Singapore)
 * Africa Telecom 1990 (Harare)
 * Telecom 91(Geneva)
 * Europa Telecom 1992 (Budapest)
 * Americas Telecom 1992 (Acapulco)
 * Asia Telecom 1993 (Singapore)
 * Africa Telecom 1994 (Cairo)
 * Telecom 95 (Geneva)
 * Americas Telecom 1996 (Rio)
 * Interactive 97(Geneva)
 * Asia Telecom 1997 (Singapore)
 * Africa Telecom 1998 (Johannesburg)
 * Telecom 99 (Geneva)
 * ITU Telecom Asia 2000 (Hong Kong)
 * ITU Telecom Americas 2000 (Rio)
 * ITU Telecom Africa 2001 (Johannesburg)
 * ITU Telecom Asia 2002 (Hong Kong)
 * ITU Telecom Americas 2003 (Buenos Aires)
 * ITU Telecom World 2003 (Geneva)
 * ITU Telecom Africa 2004 (Cairo)
 * ITU Telecom Asia 2004 (Busan)
 * ITU Telecom Americas 2005 (Bahia)
 * ITU Telecom World 2006 (Hong Kong)
 * ITU Telecom Asia 2008 (Bangkok)
 * ITU Telecom Africa 2008 (Cairo)
 * ITU Telecom World 2009 (Geneva)

ITU Telecom Board

 * Hamadoun Touré (Secretary-General, ITU)
 * Sanjiv Ahuja (Chairman & CEO, Augere)
 * Mick Buckley (President & CEO, CNBC Europe)
 * Robert G. Conway (CEO and Member of the Board, GSM Association)
 * Craig Ehrlich (Chairman, Novare Technologies)
 * Reza Jafari (Chairman and CEO, e-Development International)
 * Sunil Bharti Mittal (Chairman and Group CEO, Bharti Enterprise)
 * Jay Naidoo (Chairman, J&J Group Development Trust)
 * Christian Salbaing (Deputy Chairperson, Hutchison European Telecommunications Sàrl)
 * Sheikh Abdulla bin Mohammed bin Saud Al -Thani (Chairperson of the Board, Qatar Telecom (Q-Tel))
 * Naguib Sawiris (Chairman and CEO, Orascom Telecom Holding)
 * Carsten Schloter (CEO, Swisscom SA)
 * Grant Seiffert (President, Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA))
 * Jianzhou Wang (Chairperson & CEO, China Mobile)
 * Ryuji Yamada (President & CEO, NTT DoCoMo)
 * Houlin Zhao (Deputy Secretary-General, ITU)