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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 since its fortieth anniversary in 2011, ITU Telecom World has been held on an annual basis. ITU Telecom World 2014 will take place in Doha, Qatar from 7–10 December 2014. Bringing together public and private sectors, emerging markets and industry investors, the event will explore the current massive disruption of the ICT sector and its implications for the future. ==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.〔http://www.itu.int/newsroom/press_releases/2009/45.html〕 Through a series of top-level roundtables, meetings and debates, the event addressed pressing issues such as climate change,〔("UN Secretary General calls ICT industry to arms over climate change", Total Telecom (5 October 2009) )〕 global economic recovery〔("Public private partnership", Telecoms.com (15 September 2009) )〕 and cybersecurity.〔("Friday Review: Small but Perfectly Formed?", Total Telecom (9 October 2009) )〕 In a departure from previous events, under the curatorship of Katz Kiely World '11 was attended by 6500 industry professionals including Heads of State and Government, Ministers, City Mayors, Industry CEOs and technology gurus; of these, 332 leaders participated in the exclusive Broadband Leadership Summit, part of the Broadband Commission for Digital Development. 251 influential speakers from 64 countries took part in the multi- streamed conference agenda. For the first time, young innovators played a key part of the event agenda,〔("ITU showcases protoboffins, hands them £6k each", The Register (1 November 2011) )〕 with 10,000 students from schools across the globe, sharing their work with 150,000 of their classmates across five continents through a parallel Metaconference.〔(Ewan McIntosh sums up the ITU Telecom World 11 Metaconference #world11kids )〕 In addition, 258 stands from 235 participating companies from 41 countries were represented on the Show Floor; and 324 accredited media from around including major global broadcasters, news agencies, specialised technology and financial press. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「ITU Telecom World」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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