Azerbaijan, Baku, September 30 / Trend H. Veliyev /
Azerbaijan will be represented by national pavilion at the World Conference and specialized exhibition of telecommunication technologies, equipment and services of the International Telecommunication Union - ITU Telecom World 2009. It will be held in Geneva on October 5-10 under the motto "Open networks - connected minds", the Communication and IT Ministry told Trend .
According to the ministry, Azerbaijan will be represented by the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Taxes, the Ministry of Industry and Energy, the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Health, the State Fund of Social Protection of Population, BestCompGroup, Delta Telecom, Ultra, Sinam, BM Technology, AzEuroTel, Azercell, Microsoft Azerbaijan, Azertelekom, Dilmanc, BakiTelecom and Caspel companies.
The delegation will be headed by Communication and IT Minister Ali Abbasov.
Azerbaijani achievements in IT will be demonstrated at the national pavilion.
The Forum is the largest event in telecommunications and IT.
The summit of world leaders in the industry takes special place in the program of actions. It is designed to show the role of information-communication technologies in revival of world economy and stimulating its growth.
Directorate of ITU Telecom fully supported the ITU in its desire to play a key role in restoring the world economy at a meeting in Barcelona in February.
The Directorate has also decided that the next ITU Telecom World Forum will be held in Geneva in 2011 at the 40-th anniversary of the ITU realizing the role and guiding Telecom World 2009 forum in the right direction.
About 700 companies from 40 countries including 25 national pavilions are expected to participate in the exhibition.
The number of professional visitors will hit 45,000 from 140 countries. About 1,000 VIP-visitors from 150 countries (including ministers, representatives of ministries, ambassadors, directors general, chief executive directors, etc.) will be among them. Forum will bring together about 3,000 participants from 90 countries, including 400-450 speakers from 70-75 countries and 2,500 delegates from 90 countries worldwide.
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