Events
In addition to full Commission meetings, the Commission has held various ad-hoc meetings of
Commissioners and Working Groups on specific topics.
Full Commission Meetings
Fourth meeting
24 October, 2011 in Geneva, Switzerland, prior to the
Broadband Leadership Summit
held in conjunction with
ITU Telecom World 2011.
"UN Commission sets global broadband targets:
Fourth meeting of the Broadband Commission endorses new broadband
targets and issues global ‘Broadband Challenge’."
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Third meeting
6 June 2011, at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France.
"Bringing broadband to the world’s poorest communities:
New Broadband Commission report advocates catalytic mix of
appropriate technologies, innovative financing, training and locally
relevant content."
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Second meeting
19 September 2010, during the UN MDG Summit in New York.
"World leaders agree: The future will be
Built on Broadband: As high-speed networks
transform our world,ITU Secretary-General Hamadoun Touré calls for a
‘broadband boom’ and urges all governments to move
broadband to the top of their agendas."
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The Commission’s inaugural meeting
11 July 2010, at ITU Headquarters in
Geneva, Switzerland.
World leaders define vision for globally connected society; ITU, UNESCO host top names from industry, UN agencies and civil society at first meeting in Geneva.
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Other Events
In addition to the Full Meetings, the Commission has held a number
of consultative meetings. Various Working Groups have also held
individual meetings alongside major events in the ICT world (e.g.
the Working Group on Climate Change at Mobile World Congress 2011 or
the Working Group on Broadband and Science at the OECD High-level
meeting on the Internet economy).
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Kigali Event,
8-9 September 2011
"Kigali broadband meeting highlights key
role of youth: Consultative meeting of the
Broadband Commission for Digital Development throws
spotlight on young innovators and debates strategies
for getting Africa online."
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Launch of the BB Commission,
10 May 2010
"ITU and UNESCO announce top-level global
Broadband Commission: Leading names from
industry, UN agencies and civil society to work on
strategies to harness the transformational power of
broadband and accelerate progress towards the MDGs."
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