AI standards can create a better world

“Artificial intelligence needs to be governed responsibly, in the best interests of everyone, everywhere,” says Seizo Onoe, Director of the Telecommunication Standardization Bureau at the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), on World Standards Day.

“Standards and capacity building must help make this happen.”

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International technical standards for all

Amplifying AI standards for good

The first International AI Standards Summit convenes the world’s leading standardization bodies and  global digital voices to shape responsible, safe, and inclusive AI standards.

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World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly: WTSA-24

ITU’s key standards conference, opening in New Delhi, India, on 15 October, brings together bright minds and big hearts to shape our world’s digital future. Held every four years, WTSA defines the next period of study for ITU’s Telecommunication Standardization Sector.

Watch the opening

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Explore our inaugural regional AI knowledge-sharing event: AI for Good Impact India.

Digital infrastructure

Greater resilience for submarine networks

ITU has launched a call for nominations for the International Advisory Body on Submarine Cable Resilience, aimed at fostering collaboration to strengthen this vital infrastructure underpinning global communications and the digital economy.

Closing date: 22 October.

Nominate here

Reducing electronic waste

E-waste regulation in developing countries

ITU and the Communications, Space, and Technology Commission (CST) of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia are working together with Paraguay, Rwanda and Zambia to advance and implement producer responsibility-based regulations for e-waste.

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Girls in ICT

24 April 2025 - Save the date!

In 2025, International Girls in ICT Day will be celebrated on 24 April.

Save the date

Youth perspectives

Ensuring space sustainability for future generations

Watch video interviews with Joshua Ingersoll and Roser Almenar, members of the ITU Secretary-General’s Youth Advisory Board who discuss their views and concerns about space sustainability.

Ongoing

14-18 October

• International AI Standards Summit, New Delhi, India

15-24 October

• World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly, New Delhi, India

Upcoming

17 October

• AI for Good webinar: Robotics for Good Youth Challenge India

18 October

• AI for Good Impact India, an AI knowledge-sharing event, in New Delhi
• AI for Good webinar: (Replay) Powering an inclusive future through AI: Connecting the unconnected
• AI for Good webinar: Experience India’s thriving AI for Good start-up ecosystem
• Final day to register for Future fixed and mobile broadband internet, cloud computing and IoT/AI, a two-day face-to-face course by National Institute of Telecommunications (NIT), an ITU Academy Training Centre.

19 October

• Final day to register for SMTP - Economic and market tools of spectrum management, a four-week online instructor-led course by African Advanced Level Telecommunications Institute (AFRALTI), an ITU Academy Training Centre.

20 October

• Final day to register for Innovating public service delivery through Digital Public Goods and Open Source, a three-week online instructor-led course by UNDP, with support from Global Gateway.

21-23 October

• ITU Kaleidoscope 2024, New Delhi, India