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Doha to host ITU Connect Arab Summit
Event
will focus on opportunities in Middle East’s booming ICT markets
Geneva, 27 October 2011 – On the occasion of ITU Telecom
World 2011 (Geneva Palexpo, 24-27 October), ITU Secretary-General Dr Hamadoun
Touré and Dr Hessa Al-Jaber, Secretary General of
ictQATAR, have signed a
Host Country Agreement that will pave the way for the organization of the
ITU Connect Arab
Summit.
Scheduled to take place in Doha, Qatar from 5-7 March, 2012, the ITU Connect
Arab Summit is being organized by the International Telecommunication Union
(ITU) in partnership with the League of Arab States. It will be hosted by the
State of Qatar, under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al
Thani, Emir of Qatar.
The summit will bring together all countries from the Arabic speaking world,
who will represented by Heads of State and Government, Ministers, Heads of
Regulatory Authorities, CEOs and other senior leaders from industry, regional
and international organizations.
“By bringing together key global and regional players in the sector, the ITU
Connect Arab Summit aims to mobilize the human, financial and technical
resources critical for the continued stimulation of growth in information and
communication technologies (ICTs),” said Dr Touré. “We consider ICTs as the
engine for sustained and future economic prosperity and sustainable development
in the region” added Dr Hessa Al-Jaber, “and we are determined and confident
that the TU Connect Arab Summit will play a key role in supporting this regional
priority”.
The Connect Arab Summit will be the third in the series of high-level
regional ITU Connect events. Previous summits included ITU Connect Africa which
was held in Kigali, Rwanda in 2007 and ITU Connect CIS, covering the
Commonwealth of Independent States, which was held in Belarus in 2009.
For more information, please contact:
Paul Conneally
Head, Communications and Partnership Promotion, ITU
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Sarah Parkes
Chief, Media Relations and Public Information, ITU
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