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Building the digital world. Together.

The 50th anniversary edition of the UN global tech event for government and industry
Online, September to December 2021

ITU Digital world 2021

Join participants, speakers and ITU staff from around the world on our online networking platform. Click on the link available after each session, pick an avatar - and video chat, visit different spaces or celebrate our 50th!

Digital world,
digital networking.

Managing growth, managing spectrum: best practices in spectrum harmonization

Why is global spectrum harmonization so important? What are the challenges - and what cooperation initiatives are meeting our growing need for spectrum?

Expert analysis, international perspectives: join the debate online,
free and open to all.
Wednesday 22 September, 13:30-15:00 (Geneva time)

Forum session

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ITU Digital World 2021 is now taking place virtually from September to December 2021.

Join us online for a series of high-level Forum debates and Ministerial Roundtables on digital transformation, the SME Programme and virtual exhibition elements. World-class content, whatever the format.

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Global meeting place

Expert, international perspectives

Government and industry leaders

Technology, policy & strategy trends

Universal connectivity

ICTs for development

Who is it for

2021 highlights

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How to take part

Debate

Expert speakers, industry and government leaders, world-class debate. Exploring the new realities of digital transformation.

Sponsor

Your brand, message and thought-leadership. At the heart of the international ICT community.

Network

Connect with speakers, peers and participants in our informal online networking sessions.

Exhibit

A global virtual exhibition platform for the tech industry, featuring National Pavilions and business booths.

ITU Digital World 2021 SME Programme and Awards

Opening the door to opportunity for innovative tech SMEs with real social impact. A programme of free, expert-led online SME masterclasses. UN credibility, visibility, partnership and networking in our SME Awards.

SME Programme

SME Awards

2021 Speakers

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Ruy Pinto

CTO
SES
Luxembourg

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Elena Puigrefagut

Senior Project Manager, Technology & Innovation
European Broadcasting Union
Switzerland

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Victor D. Sparrow

Assistant Deputy Associate Administrator for Space Communications and Navigation (SCaN), Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate
National Aeronautics and Space Administration - NASA
United States

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Luiz Felippe Zoghbi

Spectrum Policy Manager
GSMA
United Kingdom

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Loftur Jonasson

Chief/CNSS
International Civil Aviation Organization
Canada

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What they said

Evolution in technology and work on standards will make it much easier to integrate satellite into the network of networks. The legacy divisions between mobile, fixed and satellite are dissolving

Secretary General, EMEA Satellite Operators Association

Aarti Holla-Maini

We need the ESG principle in the satellite industry: environmentally friendly with no debris or interference; sustainable; and governance to provide equitable services.

CTO, KT Sat

Kevin Choi

Better data, more focus on mid-band spectrum and more funding are the ticket to making sure that 5G new technologies and broadband reach everyone, everywhere.

Acting Chairwoman, Federal Communications Commission, United States

Jessica Rosenworcel

5G is a highly flexible and constantly evolving innovation platform that integrates many different technology building blocks – wireless connectivity with very high performance, edge computing, integrated positioning, time sensitive networking and many more – and may become the digital backbone of digital transformation.

Chief Expert, Communication Technologies for the IoT, Robert Bosch GmbH

Andreas Mueller

The business case for affordable and meaningful connectivity, especially in rural areas, needs to be made - and we still have a long way to get there

Executive Director and Director of Digital Inclusion Programs, Alliance for Affordable Internet (Web Foundation)

Sonia Jorge

Fixed wireless access will play a key role in bridging the digital divide.

Technology Leadership Officer, Nokia

Mikael Rylander

If this pandemic had happened in 2000, only 0.2% of the workforce would have been able to work remotely. Less than 1% would have had real broadband connectivity. Networks have been the critical glue enabling us to work from home and drive education.

Global Head, Technology, Media and Telecommunications at Boston Consulting Group

Vaishali Rastogi

It’s the architecture itself, the efficiency in optics, the convergence, introducing cloud native architectures and bringing in security into every piece of this new architecture - that’s our definition of the future of the internet