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Forum session videos

13:00-14:45, 20 Oct - CEST Geneva
Ministerial Roundtable 1: The role of digital technologies during and after the COVID 19 pandemic

13:00-14:45, 21 Oct - CEST Geneva
Ministerial Roundtable 2: The role of digital technologies during and after the COVID 19 pandemic

13:00-14:45, 22 Oct - CEST Geneva
Ministerial Roundtable 3: The role of digital technologies during and after the COVID 19 pandemic

14:45-16:15, 20 Oct - CEST Geneva
Bridging the broadband gap: stimulating public and private sectors to connect the unconnected

14:45-16:15, 21 Oct - CEST Geneva
Entering the 5G era: demand, deployment, and disquiet

14:45-16:15, 22 Oct - CEST Geneva
Cybersecurity and privacy solutions: safeguarding our digital world

Event daily highlights

Digital technologies on show at ITU Virtual Digital World 2020

National Pavilions showcase innovation and opportunity

Bridging the broadband gap: stimulating public and private sectors to connect the unconnected

Ministerial Roundtable 1: The role of digital technologies during and after the COVID 19 pandemic

Opening of ITU Virtual Digital World 2020

Spotlight on digital tech from around the world

Entering the 5G era: demand, deployment, and disquiet

Ministerial Roundtable 2: The role of digital technologies during and after the COVID 19 pandemic

Discover national digital strategies from around the world

Cybersecurity and privacy solutions: safeguarding our digital world

Ministerial Roundtable 3: The role of digital technologies during and after COVID-19 pandemic

Digital government at the heart of Vietnam’s national strategy – and online at ITU Virtual Digital World 2020

Leading by example, Vietnam’s administration is prioritizing e-government as a central pillar of its ambitious national digital transformation strategy to increase digital infrastructure, solutions and capacity in government, industry and society. Read more...

ITU Virtual Digital World Photos

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What they said

We simply cannot continue to do business as before. Let us seize this opportunity to accelerate progress towards connecting all of humanity. Let us work across borders and sectors to build back better together.

Houlin Zhao, Secretary-General, ITU

ICTs have proved vital in helping us to adapt and respond to the challenges of living, working and learning remotely, becoming essential to the recovery of our economy and social activities.

Nguyen Manh Hung, Minister, Ministry of Information and Communications of Vietnam

It is time for integration. The time for silo operations is gone. Let us build the digital world as the new world.

Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams, Minister, Ministry of Communications and Digital Technologies, South Africa

With the right mix of technology, we can achieve the promise of 5G and close the digital divide, making sure technology can bring about a more equitable society

Ryan Johnson, Senior Director, Global Market Access & Government Affairs, Viasat

There is no technical issue in developing 5G – it’s the business case and services issue, how do we deploy profitably with new business cases.

Kai Sahala, Head of Global Sales Development, Mobile Networks, Nokia

5G energy efficiency is not just a business issue, but also a social responsibility.

Mohamed Madkour, VP Global Wireless & Cloud Core Networks Marketing & Solutions, Huawei

4G was technology designed to connect everyone. 5G is technology designed to connect everything.

Jeff Edlund, Chief Technology Officer, Communications Media & Solutions, Enterprise Services Hewlett-Packard

COVID-19 is the first pandemic in human history where knowledge has been used on a massive scale to keep people safe, connected and informed at all times.

Battsengel Bolor-Erdene, Chairwoman, Communications and Information Technology Authority, Mongolia
ITU Virtual Digital World 2020

Our key priority now should be not just connectivity, but meaningful and affordable connectivity for all at this critical time.

Isaias Barreto da Rosa, Chairman of the Board, ARME, Cape Verde

Connectivity is the most effective tool in keeping people virtually together and physically distant.

Mohamed Maleeh Jamal, Minister, Ministry of Communication, Science and Technology, Maldives