A message from António Guterres, UN Secretary-General to the World Radiocommunication Conference on 20 November 2023 in Dubai UAE. (Delivered by Maximillian Jacobson-Gonzalez, ITU)

H.E. Majed Sultan Al Mesmar, Director General, Telecommunications & Digital Government Regulatory Authority delivers opening remarks at the World Radiocommunication Conference on 20 November 2023 in Dubai, UAE.

Mario Maniewicz, Director, Radiocommunication Bureau, ITU delivers opening remarks at the World Radiocommunication Conference on 20 November 2023 in Dubai UAE.

Interview with Masanori Kondo, Secretary-General, Asia-Pacific Telecommunity (APT) at the World Radiocommunication Conference 2023 (WRC-23), Dubai, UAE, 20 November to 15 December 2023. #ITUWRC

Doreen Bogdan-Martin, Secretary-General, ITU delivers opening remarks at the World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-23) in Dubai UAE 20 November 2023.

With Fanny Rotino, Lucha Sotomayor, Tayma Abdalhadi, and Athanase Bahizire In this episode, youth and experts discuss the online risks children face, including content, contact, conduct, and contract risks. Join Fanny Rotino [Programme Officer of Child Online Protection], Lucha Sotomayor [Child Participation expert], Tayma Abdalhadi [Generation Connect Youth Envoy], and Athanase Bahizire [Computer Science student], as they discuss the challenges and opportunities of keeping children safe...

Since I was very young, probably six, seven years old, I was fascinated with the night skies. I would look at these beautiful, shiny objects in the darkness of the night sky and wonder what they are, why they're bright, you know, how I can go get closer to them. I wanted to go to space to touch them, to understand them. And this question, as I grew a little bit older, the question of, you know, why are we here? What am I doing here? What is this, how this world came to be and the role of...

Interview at the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference 2022 (PP-22), Bucharest, Romania with H.E Johnny G Plate, Minister of Communications and Informatics, Republic of Indonesia. For further information please visit: http://www.itu.int/pp-22.

Entretien a la conférence plénipotentiere 2022 (PP-22), Bucarest, Romania avec S.E. Nizar Ben Neji, Ministre des Technologies de la Communication, Tunisie. http://www.itu.int/pp-22

Interview at the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference 2022 (PP-22), Bucharest, Romania with Amandeep Singh Gill, United Nations Secretary-General's Envoy on Technology.. For further information please visit: http://www.itu.int/pp-22 Interviewer: Maximillian Jacobson - Gonzalez, ITU

Entretien a la conférence plénipotentiaire 2022 (PP-22), Bucarest, Romania avec S.E. Ousmane Gaoual Diallo, Ministre des Postes, des Télécommunications et de l’économie numérique, République de Guinée. http://www.itu.int/pp-22

"I think we have seen that technology has its pros and cons. As the world is becoming a global village, we also have to deal with waste from technological products that are becoming a growing concern, especially for the sustainability of our planet. I think there is an opportunity to innovate, and technology has proven itself as a catalyst for innovation... using technology as an opportunity to preserve the planet. Hon. Emma Inamutila Theofelus, Deputy Minister of the ICT Ministry,...

“We always think about the socio-demographic factors of how technologies are built, intersect with socio-demographic factors such as race, gender and sexual orientation. And it is really important that those who are building these technologies are aware, are reflective of our diverse backgrounds, ideas, our beliefs, all of that. That is how we get our future technology right.” Sinead Bovell, Founder, WAYE and Youth Tech Leader For 5 episodes of Technology for Good, we are focusing on...

"We need to be inspired by the young population…It's our goal is to make sure that every student will find the place and do the jobs… that they are the best at. Looking for talent is a key thing” Justyna Orlowska, Prime Minister’s High Representative for Government Technology and Game Development and the Minister of Education and Science’s High Representative for Digital Transformation in Poland, shares some valuable insights in our Technology for Good podcast series. For the next 5...

"I am bursting with feeling about urgency and opportunity, to ensure that tech can accelerate gender equality. When women and girls have an equal chance to thrive and lead everyone benefits” Jamie M. Zimmerman from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, talks to us in our Technology for Good podcast series. For the next 5 episodes of Technology for Good, we are focusing on technological challenges and opportunities through the eyes of some incredible and inspirational women in tech, in...

Transcript: “I am bursting with feeling about urgency and opportunity, to ensure that tech can accelerate gender equality. When women and girls have an equal chance to thrive and lead everyone benefits” That was Jamie Zimmerman from the Bill & Melinda Gates foundation talking to us in our Technology for Good podcast series. For the next 5 episodes, the ITU Technology for Good podcast series, is focusing on technological challenges and opportunities through the eyes of some incredible...

In this first episode of the podcast, Connie and Sophiyat, from the Generation Connect Asia-Pacific and African Regional Youth Groups, share with us their personal stories on how the Covid-19 pandemic impacted their education on two opposite sides of the world, while questionning the relevance of the current educational system in the wake of a global transition to online learning.

Not only does the technology we use create mountains of e-waste that can be difficult to dispose of safely, but much of it also contains valuable, rare and finite minerals and metals that are essential for the continuing production of new models of technology. Very few countries regulate this waste stream. E-waste is not just a topic for environmentalists, but for all technology producers and policymakers. Hear about this and the efforts to improve e-waste management, from our expert speakers...

Geena Davis, Academy Award winning Hollywood actor, founder of the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, and ITU's Special Envoy for Women and Girls in ICT, in an exclusive interview with Maximillian Jacobson -Gonzalez, Senior Communications Officer, ITU. Questions include: Why does the portrayal of women scientists and engineers in films and in the media matter? Would you say that there's a conscious effort to change the numbers and images of women characters as scientists and...

"Young people will inherit a world that’s been dramatically reshaped by today’s technological advances, and some of them are already playing their own active role in defining the evolution of digital platforms and services that are reshaping the world of their elders" Doreen Bogdan-Martin, Director of ITU's Telecommunication Development Bureau. Youth around the world are taking an unprecedented role in conversations around politics and the environment. Despite many being below voting age...

A quick round-up of tech-focused stories recently featured on the ITU News blog. In this episode •How digital transformation can become sustainable; •Technologies helping protect the world’s oceans; •Namibia’s policy to tackle e-waste; •Iceland’s drive for next-generation cybersecurity; •Digital ID expanding financial access across Latin America; •How regulations can help close the world’s digital divide. •And…Mauritius – the small island nation that just deployed its first satellite...