Fifth Global Standards Symposium

The Global Standards Symposium (GSS) provides a high-level forum for discussion and coordination open both to ITU members and non-members. GSS-24 will be held on 14 October 2024 in New Delhi and will be chaired by Dr Rajkumar Upadhyay, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman Project Board at Centre for Development of Telematics.

The theme of GSS-24 is “Charting the Next Digital Wave: Emerging Technologies, Innovation, and International Standards”.

GSS-24 will be followed by the World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly (WTSA) which will take place from 15 to 24 October 2024 in New Delhi, ​India.

Meet the speakers

Doreen Bogdan-Martin
Secretary-General, ITU
Seizo Onoe
D​irector, Telecommunication Standardization Bureau, ITU
Julissa Cruz Abreu
Executive Director, Dominican Institute of Telecommunications (INDOTEL), Dominican Republic
Rajkumar Upadhyay
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman Project Board at Centre for Development of Telematics & Chair of GSS-24
Ebtesam Almazrouei
Expert AI Executive & Tech Visionary Leader, United Arab Emirates
Carlos Baigorri
President, National Telecommunications Agency (ANATEL), Brazil (Federative Republic of)
Akosua Asabea Annoh
Mayor of Abuakwa South Municipal Assembly, Kyebi, Ghana
Philip Besiimire
Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director, Vodacom Tanzania, Tanzania
Paul J. Foster
Chief Executive Officer, Global Esports Federation, Singapore (Republic of)
Javier Juárez Mojica
President, Federal Telecommunications Institute (IFT), Mexico
Parthsarathi Trivedi
Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Skylo Technologies
Daniel Goldscheider
Founder of the OpenWallet Foundation
H.E. Mr Rashad Nabiyev
Minster, Ministry of Digital Development and Transport, Republic of Azerbaijan
Anna Gomez
Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission, United States of America
H.E. Mr Takuo Imagawa
Vice-Minister for Policy Coordination, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC), Japan
H.E. Ms Catalina Plinschi
State Secretary, Ministry of Economic Development and Digitalization, Moldova (Republic of)
H.E. Mr Jerry William Silaa
Minister, Ministry of Information, Communication and Information Technology, Tanzania (United Republic of)
Sandra Maximiano
Chairwoman, Autoridade Nacional de Comunicações (ANACOM), Portugal