ITRealms gathered that forward-looking movers and
shakers in the ICT industry, like Bill Gates, Robert E. Kahn, Thomas Wiegand,
Mark I. Krivocheev, Martin Cooper and Ken Sakamura amongst others, would be
honoured by will be honoured with ITU’s
150th Anniversary Award. As well recognition will be accorded to
ITU’s Founding Member States and to its long-standing industry members.
The event is also to
feature Panel discussion on “ICT’s Driving a Sustainable Future” with Luis Von Ahn,
CEO & founder, DuoLingo; Philip Walton, COO, BRCK; Jian Wang, CTO, Alibaba;
Ulf Ewaldsson, CTO, Ericsson; and Gabriela Styf Sjöman, CTO, Telecom Italia
Group.
ITU has
been interwoven with landmark inventions and innovations in communications over
the past 150 years. In the 1850s, soon after Samuel Morse started a service in
the United States, ITRealms learnt
that telegraph lines crossed national borders and new international agreements
had to be forged.
On 17 May 1865, twenty
nations gathered in Paris to sign an international framework and formed the
International Telegraph Union; the signing of the International Telegraph
Convention in Paris in 1865 today culminates into a memorable day, as ITU
annually marks May 17 as World Telecommunication and Information Society Day.
Daniel Nsolibe/Ed, Ops.
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