ITU Telecom World 2009: Pesinet will be showcased in the e-health Pavilion

Pesinet will be present in the e-health Pavilion of the ITU Telecom World 2009 conference, held in Geneva, 5-9 October.

Only held every few years, ITU TELECOM WORLD is an unrivaled event for the global telecommunication and information communication technology (ICT) sector. Forward-looking, WORLD 2009 attracts all stakeholders from across the sector and around the world for a truly global, world-class event and networking platform. To address shared global challenges in today’s information society, WORLD 2009 incorporates thematic elements to highlight the reach and role of telecommunications and ICT in areas of societal change such as the digital divide, climate change, and disaster relief. With its focus on development opportunities, the event brings together corporate social responsibility and displays cases of best practices. Read the press release on thematic pavilions at ITU Telecom World 2009.

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has been committed to connecting the world for over 140 years. Founded on 17 May 1865 as the International Telegraph Union, it is the world’s oldest international organization, and has played a key role in building today’s vast interconnected infocommunication networks spanning telephone, radio, television, satellite systems, mobile and wireless communications and Internet technologies. It became a specialized agency of the United Nations in 1947, and in 2004 was named one of the world’s top ten most enduring institutions by global consultancy Booz Allen Hamilton.

ITU is unique among UN agencies in having a mix of public and private sector members who work together to build global consensus on the development and deployment of information and communication technologies (ICTs) around the world. In 2003/2005 it served as the lead agency for the two-phase UN World Summit on the Information Society, which saw 175 countries pledge to bring the benefits of ICTs to all of humanity by 2015. Read more…