World Telecommunication and Information Society Day

Held on 17 May – WTISD 2024 celebrates the power of digital innovation in advancing sustainable development and prosperity for all. Join us with events in different time zones around the globe. Share your digital innovation story or event by 17 April.

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Gender equality

Preparing women as cyber-diplomats

The “Her CyberTracks” Initiative offers capacity-building for women from countries in the Africa and Europe/CIS regions involved in national and international cybersecurity policy.

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AI for Good

Join the Challenge

Join the Robotics for Good Youth Challenge, where teams from all around the world design, build and code a robot to solve a challenge centred around the theme of disaster response during 2024-2025.

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In case you missed it

E-waste outpaces recycling

The world generated 62 million tonnes of electronic waste in just one year and recycled way too little. Commit to following the “waste hierarchy.”

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Upcoming

10-12 April

• ITU Focus Group on testbed federations for IMT-2020 and beyond , Sophia Antipolis, France

11 April

• AI for Good webinar (summit replay) on improving nutrition by solving the protein dilemma with the help of AI

12 April

• AI for Good webinar (summit replay) on Paro, an interactive therapeutic robot for patients?with dementia, Alzheimer’s, and other cognitive disorders

15-19 April

• ITU Regional Radiocommunication Seminar 2024 for CIS Countries (RRS-24-CIS ), Astana, Kazakhstan

15-26 April

• ITU-D Study Group 1 Rapporteur Group meetings : Enabling environment for meaningful connectivity

16 April

• Digital Transformation Dialogue “fireside chat” on ethical considerations for responsible AI
• AI for Good webinar on decoding AI bias to address algorithmic racial discrimination faced by people of African descent – co-organized with the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
• Final day to register for Radio signals and health , a two-day online instructor-led course by mobile telecom industry association GSMA