ITU Plenipotentiary Conference 2018

As a Sector Member of the ITU Telecommunication Standardization (ITU-T) and ITU Telecommunication Development (ITU-D) Sectors the Internet Society will participate at the Plenipotentiary as an observer.  As an observer, ISOC’s team will work with partners, colleagues, and stakeholders to promote our perspective on a range of substantive policy, technical, and development related issues.  We will provide neutral technical advice and provide perspectives, based on our core values and our years of experience.  From Internet of Things to secure-routing, from bottom-up Internet governance issues we will strive to provide trusted, neutral, expert advice, while growing our community of interest.

For more information on Plenipotentiary, see ISOC’s Background Paper on Plenipotentiary 2018.

Date and Time

Monday 29 October 2018 –

Friday 16 November 2018

Location

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

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