[kictanet] Invitation to the Meeting of High-Level Experts on Competitive Platforms for the Delivery of Digital Content, to be held on 21-22 June 2007, at EBU Headquarters , Geneva, Switzerland]

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*De :* DigitalContent at itu.int [mailto:DigitalContent at itu.int]
*Envoyé :* mercredi 23 mai 2007 10:25
*À :* DigitalContent at itu.int
*Objet :* Invitation to the Meeting of High-Level Experts on Competitive 
Platforms for the Delivery of Digital Content, to be held on 21-22 June 
2007, at EBU Headquarters , Geneva, Switzerland

Dear Madam/Sir,

Under the aegis of the Shaping Tomorrow’s Networks Initiative 
<http://www.itu.int/stn>, we are pleased to invite you to a Meeting of 
High-Level Experts entitled “*Competitive Platforms for the Delivery of 
Digital Content <http://www.itu.int/digitalcontent>*”, to be held in 
Geneva (Switzerland) on 21-22 June 2007.

The digital landscape has been transformed over the past decade. New 
communication technologies, modern media, the Internet and devices with 
new functionalities are expected to meet consumers’ demand for seamless, 
converged and user-friendly digital tools providing access to a broad 
range of services and content.

In order to respond to the challenges of convergence, media players and 
standardization bodies need to understand better trends in the creation 
and delivery of content. Soon, there will be a wide range of 
alternatives for delivering content, which are rapidly converging and it 
is not yet clear which systems and services will succeed.

In line with the stated objectives of the WSIS Geneva Declaration of 
Principles (December 2003), which affirms /“…the common desire and 
commitment to build a people-centred, inclusive and development-oriented 
Information Society, where everyone can create, access, utilize and 
share information and knowledge, enabling individuals, communities and 
peoples to achieve their full potential in promoting their sustainable 
development and improving their quality of life…”/ the International 
Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) 
will jointly organize a Meeting of High-Level Experts to identify global 
trends and to address the new technological and policy challenges in the 
digital content delivery environment.

Thematic papers will be commissioned in advance of the meeting, as the 
basis for discussion. Written contributions are welcome and may be sent 
to digitalcontent at itu.int <mailto:digitalcontent at itu.int>

The draft agenda, the meeting concept document as well as regularly 
updated information concerning the meeting may be found on the ITU 
website at http://www.itu.int/digitalcontent.

You are invited to register at 
http://www.itu.int/osg/spu/stn/digitalcontent/registration_form.html or 
by fax (No. +41 22 7474 736). The registration form is enclosed (one 
form to be completed for each participant) and should be sent as soon as 
possible but not later than 15 June 2007.

We hope you are able to accept our invitation to participate in this 
meeting and can join us in June. If you have any questions or require 
further information, please do not hesitate to contact Ms Cristina Bueti 
(ITU) or Ms Lina Vanberghem (EBU) at digitalcontent at itu.int 
<mailto:digitalcontent at itu.int>

We look forward to welcoming you at this important event.

Yours faithfully,

/(signed)/

	

/(signed)/

Hamadoun I. Touré
Secretary-General

	

Jean Réveillon
Secretary-General

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