2. World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Symposium (WTIS)
Main global event to discuss emerging ICT trends and the role of measurement
High-level segment bringing together leaders from Government, industry, academia
Presentation and adoption of the work of EGTI and EGH
Agreed outcomes and recommendations for future work on ICT statistics
The World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Symposium (WTIS) is the main global forum to discuss latest trends and emerging issues related to ICT statistics and information society measurements.
Organized by ITU/BDT annually, WTIS brings together key players involved in producing, analyzing and disseminating telecommunication/ICT statistics, including representatives from Ministries, regulatory agencies, telecommunication operating companies and national statistical offices, as well as experts from the private sector, academia and international organizations.
WTIS has been growing over the years. It has become one of the main ITU/BDT events with high-level attendance from Governments, Private Sector, Academia, and more than 500 participants from over 80 countries.
The agreed outcomes and recommendations of WTIS provide guidance to ITU and member states in terms of future work on ICT statistics. The results of the work of our two statistical expert groups (the Expert Group on Telecommunication/ICT Indicators or EGTI and the Expert Group on ICT Household Indicators or EGH) are also presented for adoption by WTIS.

3. 13th World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Symposium (WTIS)
Bringing together ICT policy and ICT data community
Ministerial Roundtable
Leaders’ Dialogue
Main agenda topics:
ICTs and SDGs; ICT innovation; big data; IoT; data revolution
Launch of the Measuring the Information Society Report 2015 and the results of the ICT Development Index (IDI) 2015
«Meet the Industry» side events

4. 13th World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Symposium (WTIS)
Around 600 participants from 89 countries, including 50 VIPs
IDI Award Ceremony: top IDI country (Rep. of Korea) and 2 most dynamic countries (Bahrain, Costa Rica)

5. 13th World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Symposium (WTIS)
Main conclusions and recommendations:
ICTs are key to the data revolution. New data sources, big data, IoT data, mobile applications data, should be further explored
New challenges need to be addressed - security, privacy, data protection, measurement
The fixed infrastructure gap in developing countries needs to be addressed
New measurement paradigms emerge calling for public-private partnerships; NSOs, Ministries, civil society and business sector need to collaborate – ITU should take an active role to facilitate
Draft UN Principles for data access were welcomed, to facilitate partnerships and data sharing arrangements; consultation process with ITU membership launched
More data are needed to track ICT innovation
Endorsement of the work of EGTI and EGH: modified mobile broadband classification; review of ICT Price Baskets; new indicators on barriers to ICTs; need to collect ICT SDG indicators; new work on digital financial services
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6. 14th World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Symposium (WTIS)
WTIS 2016 will be held in Botswana, in November 2016

7. Measuring the Information Society Report
Latest trends in ICT developments worldwide
Fixed, mobile, broadband, Internet, revenue, investment
Monitoring global goals (MDGs, SDGs, WSIS targets, Connect 2020)
ICT Development Index (IDI)
IDI top performers and dynamic countries
Digital divide, regional analysis
ICT prices and affordability
ICT Price Basket (IPB)
Prices of fixed and mobile voice and data
Chapter on emerging trends
Big data, IoT, digital natives, gender, broadband, broadcasting
The Measuring the Information Society Report is one of ITU’s flagship reports. It is released annually and features key ICT data and benchmarking tools to measure the information society, including the ICT Development Index (IDI), which is used very widely by countries, the industry and analysts in their assessments of ICT progress.
The Report attracts considerable attention from countries and the media worldwide.

8. Measuring the Information Society Report 2015
Chapter 1: Monitoring global ICT goals and targets
Chapter 2: The ICT Development Index (IDI) - global analysis
Chapter 3: The ICT Development Index (IDI) - regional and country analysis
Chapter 4: Monitoring the prices and affordability of ICTs
Chapter 5: The Internet of Things: data for development
MISR 2015 launch: 30 November 2015, Hiroshima, Japan
(Addis Ababa, Bangkok, Brasilia, Brussels, Cairo, Moscow)

9. Thank You
For further details please contact ICT Data and Statistics Division of the International Telecommunication Union's Telecommunication Development Bureau