ITU TELECOM Update

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ITU TELECOM Update
Exhibitors, MeetingGeneva, 2 July 2003

• Tom Dahl-HansenDeputy Executive Manager, ITU
  TelecomHead, Exhibitions
• tom.dahl-hansen_at_itu.int

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Helping the World Communicate

• Introducing communication standards, technology,
  infrastructure and solutions
• Bringing business and government leaders to
  resolve industry challenges
• Representing the world
• Investing in development projects

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The WORLD 2003 Package

• Exhibition
• Forum
• Media Services
• VIP Programme
• Marketing Opportunities

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New at WORLD 2003!

• Visitor Registration
• Telecom Village
• Showcase Presentations
• Online Networking Initiative
• Free Public Transportation
• Airline Discounts

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Visitor Registration

• Offered for the first time at a WORLD event
• Renting of pre and post event visitor lists
• Renting of scanners

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Visitor Registration
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Telecom Village
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Meeting Rooms

• Located in Hall 6
• Sizes
• 2 to 10 people
• 10 to 24 people
• 24 to 50 people
• 50 to 200 people or to be used as an auditorium
  for 300 people
• Rental Time Slots 2 hrs, 5 hrs or full day
  (0730 hrs 2330 hrs)
• Reduced rental rate 6 to 10 October

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Showcase Presentations in the Arena

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Online Networking

• First time introducing Online Networking at a
  TELECOM event

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Airline Discount

• Swiss, the Official Airline of the event
• 15-25 discount to attendees
• Increased capacity airplanes flying into Geneva
  from Zurich, London and Paris
• Promotion of event from in-flight videos

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Free Public Transportation

• Your event access badge entitles you to free
  public transport from 10 to 18 October

www.tpg.ch for information on the UNIRESO network
and timetables
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Quick Facts

• Exhibition Floor
• Halls 1, 2, 4, 5 and 7
• 40,000 sqm net of exhibits
• Over 550 exhibitors confirmed to date
• 27 Pavilions
• Telecom Village
• Hall 6 with over 5000 sqm net
• 25 exhibitors

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More Quick Facts

• Forum
• Rooms A, B and C of the Congress Centre
• Showcase Presentations in the Arena
• 350 Speakers
• 3000 delegates expected
• Visitors
• Online registration or on-site at Hall 6 entrance
  
• 85,000 visitors expected

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More Quick Facts

• Press
• Media Centre situated in Hall 1
• 1700 Press expected to attend
• VIPs
• Protocol Office at entrance to Hall 6
• 205 Ministers, 189 Director-Generals, 145
  Regulators, 513 CEOs of Exhibiting Companies, 260
  CEOs of Operators and 155 Ambassadors

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Deadline Reminders For Order forms

• 15 July Package D building designs/plans
  (Telecom Village)
• 20 July Advertising in the Exhibition Catalogue
• 25 July Packages B C interior
  design/plans (Telecom Village)
• 31 July Editorial entry in the Exhibition
  Catalogue Shell scheme stands and furniture
• 15 August Flowers for your stand
• 1 September Hostesses and other personnel

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More Forms

• Residence and Short-Term Work Permits
• Freight Handling Services and Equipment
• Nominate your Press Officer

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Stand Plans

• Urgent! Submission of Stand Plans
• Floor Loads
• Halls 1, 2 7 500 kg
• Halls 4 5 1000 kg
• Hall 6 2000 kg

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Exhibition Assembly Dates

• Start Date
• 11 August 2003 from 0700 hours
• Daily from 0700 to 1900
• End Date
• 10 October 2003 at 2000 hours

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Telecom Village - Assembly Dates

• Office Suites
• Begins on 1 October at 0700 hrs
• Business Floor
• Begins on 8 September at 0700 hrs
• Corporate Headquarters
• Begins on 1 September at 0700 hrs
• Customised Corporate Headquarters
• Begins on 16 July 2003 at 0700 hrs
• Ends at 1900 hrs on 5 October for all packages

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Exhibition Dismantling

• Start Date
• Saturday, 18 October 2003 in the evening
• End Date
• Monday, 3 November 2003 at 1900 hours

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Dismantling Telecom Village

• Begins on 19 October at 0700 for all packages
• Office Suites
• Ends on 21 October at 1900 hrs
• Business Floor
• Ends on 23 October at 1900 hrs
• Corporate Headquarters
• Ends on 25 October at 1900 hrs
• Customised Corporate Headquarters
• Ends on 3 November at 1900 hrs

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Assembly/DismantlingGeneral Info

• Assembly Passes
• After-hours access
• General Security
• Freight Handling

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Assembly Passes

• Badges to access the halls
• Assembly Dismantling badges can be ordered
  online and collected on-site

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After-Hours Access

• Must obtain permission from the technical desk of
  Geneva Palexpo at least 72 hours in advance
• Mandatory to hire a security guard

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General Security

• General security for access control
• Exhibitors solely responsible for their stand
  security
• Exhibitors may hire security guards through the
  online manual

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Freight Handling

• The Manutexpo consortium has been appointed by
  Geneva Palexpo as the exclusive on-site freight
  handling agency

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Waste Disposal

• Exhibitors are solely responsible for their waste
  disposal.
• Sort out your materials and contact contact
  Geneva Palexpo Technical Reception desk
• Timber/wood placed on pallets or beams
• Metal scrap/minerals
• Paper/cardboard

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Press VIP Day

• Saturday, 11 October 2003
• By ITU invitation only
• Opening Ceremony
• Press Lunch
• Press Conference
• VIP/Press access to the exhibition

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Accommodation

• Welcome-Telecom 03
• Created by Geneva Tourism to manage accommodation
• May require minimum stay, which ITU does not
  support
• ITU Room Block

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Exhibitor Registration

• Stand Personnel Registration
• Order passes on our website available from early
  August
• Each exhibitor receives a number of free passes
  depending on the stand size. Details in the
  online manual
• Limited additional passes can be purchased

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Guest Registration

• Exhibitors gets free weekly guest invitations
  proportionate to the size of their booth
• Order more daily or weekly guest invitations at
  an exhibitor discount from the online manual
• Distribute to your guests
• Guest exchange their invitations for a free
  visitor pass on-site
• Exhibitors charged only for invitations exchanged

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Guest Invitations
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Restaurant Catering

• FOOD AT PALEXPO
• Restaurants, bars and food kiosks throughout the
  Venue
• Operated by Geneva Palexpo Catering Service
• Opening Hrs of restaurants in Hall 6 From 6 to
  18 October 7 am to midnight

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Restaurant Catering

• CATERING ON YOUR STAND
• Geneva Palexpo Catering Service has the exclusive
  right to sell food and beverages in Geneva
  Palexpo
• Any supplier can be used for hospitality on your
  stand

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Traffic Circulation
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Traffic Circulation Around Geneva-Palexpo
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Security

• Protectas - Venue security and access control
• Securitas Traffic control
• Exhibitors are responsible for the security on
  stands
• Stand security may be ordered from Protectas or
  from any accredited security company in
  Switzerland

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Sponsorship

• Looking to enhance your participation at the
  Event?
• Be a sponsor!
• Variety of items available, offering great
  visibility on-site at the Event

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Service Providers

• Bercher
• CFF
• Echo Research
• Fédération Economique du Centre ville (FEC)
• Geneva Palexpo
• GL Data Systems
• Horizon House Publications

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Service Providers

• Kernen
• Geneva Palexpo Catering Service
• Manutexpo (Sauvin Schmidt, Inter ExpoLogistics
  and Danzas)
• NewsMarket
• PR Newswire
• Protectas

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Service Providers

• Société Générale dAffichage (SGA)
• Syma-Expo
• TomExpo
• Transports Publics Genevois (TPG)

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Future Events
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ITU TELECOM AFRICA 2004

• Cairo, Arab Republic of Egypt, 4 to 8 May 2004
• Cairo International Convention and Exhibition
  Centre
• Floor Plans available September 2003
• Exhibition Cost
• CHF 600 sqm indoor ground space
• CHF 200 largest upper level
• CHF 250 for open air space

AFRICA 2001 8,314.50 m2 Space Sold 13,877
Visitors 236 Exhibitors 191 Press
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ITU TELECOM ASIA 2004

• Busan, Republic of Korea
• 7 to 11 September 2004
•  Busan Convention and Exhibition Center

ASIA 2002 13,675.25 m2 Allocated 18,677
Visitors 319 Exhibitors 515 Press
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ITU TELECOM AMERICAS 2005
Host country and venue to be announced in early
2004
AMERICAS 2000 22,535 m2 Allocated 17,100
Visitors 303 Exhibitors 407 Press
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ITU TELECOM WORLD 2006

• Bids to host the event received from a number of
  Member States
• Decision to be made after WORLD 2003

TELECOM 99 100,400 m2 Allocated 175,833 Visitors
1,146 Exhibitors 2,508 Press
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