The theme of this year’s World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD 2018) is ‘Enabling the positive use of Artificial Intelligence for All’. WTISD 2018 will focus on the potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to accelerate the implementation of the SDGs.

In recent years there has been significant progress in AI technology, including Big Data, machine learning, computing power, storage capacity and cloud computing. AI-based technologies are already emerging as a key component of proactive tools and applications being used to help people lead better lives by improving healthcare, education, finance, agriculture, transportation and a wide range of other services.

17 May marks the anniversary of the signing of the first International Telegraph Convention and the creation of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). WTISD 2018 will coincide with the second edition of the AI for Good Global Summit at the ITU headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.

date: 17 April 2018
location: Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland
www: https://www.itu.int/en/wtisd/2018/Pages/default.aspx
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