The Forum on Internet of Things in Smart Sustainable Cities will take place in Singapore on January 18, in conjunction with ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T) study group 20 “Internet of things and its applications including smart cities and communities” meeting that will take place on January 18-26. These events will be hosted by the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA).
The Forum will discuss the role that Internet of Things (IoT) plays in relation to converging technologies for building smart sustainable cities with integrated ecosystems.
It will bring together smart city stakeholders, managers and engineers working with IoT applications, service providers planning on delivering IoT solutions, and policy and standards makers. It will assemble IoT experts from industry, government and academia.
Participation is open to ITU Member States, sector members, associates and academic institutions and to any individual from a country which is a member of ITU who wishes to contribute to the work. This includes individuals who are also members of international, regional and national organizations.
Based in Geneva, the ITU is the leading United Nations agency for ICTs with 191 member states, including Egypt, and more than 700 sector members and associates. ITU role is to enable the global growth and sustained development of ICT. ITU organizes international telecom events like WSIS and Telecom Africa.
