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Introduction
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) organized the ITU Regional Standardization Forum on Emerging Economic, Regulatory and Policy Trends for an inclusive, sustainable and trustworthy digital world on 18 February 2019. The Forum was kindly hosted by the Autorité de Régulation des Technologies de Communication (ARTEC). The Forum was held back-to-back with the meeting of ITU-T SG3RG-AFR from 18 to 22 February 2019.

Objectives
The main objective of the event was to provide an open forum for debating and exchanging views on a number of standardization topics under discussion at ITU-T and to discuss emerging economic, regulatory and policy trends.

 
Target Audience
The target audience of the event included ITU Member States, national standards bodies, ICT regulators, ICT companies, ICT research organizations, service providers, and academia.