Was passiert, wenn Handy-Netze, Zahlungsverkehr und Krankenhäuser gleichzeitig offline gehen? 📵 Der neue Bericht von ITU & UNDRR warnt vor einer „digitalen Pandemie“. Lokale Störungen in Seekabeln oder Rechenzentren können globale Krisen auslösen. Wir brauchen dringend mehr digitale Resilienz!

Details (EN):
🔗 https://www.unognewsroom.org/story/en/3110/press-briefing-itu-and-undrr
🔗 https://www.itu.int/en/mediacentre/Pages/PR-2026-05-05-Critical-Digital-Risks-report.aspx
🔗 https://www.itu.int/hub/publication/s-rep-wtisd-2026/

#DigitalResilience #ITU #UNDRR #RiskManagement

ITU - UNDRR Press Conference: Launch of joint report titled "When Digital Systems Fail: The Hidden Risks of our Digital World."

Doreen Bogdan-Martin, ITU Secretary-General and the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction and head of the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, Kamal Kishore, will brief the media on the launch a joint report titled "When Digital Systems Fail: The Hidden Risks of our Digital World."

UN Geneva - Multimedia Newsroom

RECAP – 28 Apr 2026 – ITU Council 2026 State of the Union Address

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April 28 2026 - ITU Council 2026 State of the Union address, Geneva, Switzerland.

The Council, composed of 48 ITU Member States, acts as the Union’s governing body in the interval between plenipotentiary conferences. It considers broad telecommunication policy issues and ensures that the Union’s strategy responds to change

https://isoc.live/20888/

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Webinar – 27 APR 13:30 UTC – Scaling Impact: AI-Driven Digital Public Infrastructure for African Cities and Communities

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On Monday 27 April 2026, from 15:30-17:30 CEST (13:30-15:30 UTC), the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the African Telecommunications Union (ATU) will host a webinar 'Scaling Impact: AI-Driven Digital Public Infrastructure for African Cities and Comm

https://isoc.live/20831/

#post #2026 #africa #dpi #itu

WEBCAST 23 APR 12:30 UTC – International Girls in ICT Day 2026 – ITU Global Celebration

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On 23 April 2026 at 12:30-14:00 UTC, the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) In cooperation with the National Cyber Security Authority (NCSA) of the Republic of Albania, and the National Telecommunications Agency (ANATEL) and the Ministry of Communications of the Federa

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WEBCAST APR 23 – ITU – Girls & Space: Pathways to the stars

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On Thursday April 23 2026, at 15:00-16:30 CEST (13:00- 14:30 UTC) the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Space Connect Series presents 'Girls & Space: Pathways to the stars'. As frontier technologies become embedded in critical space systems, ensuring that girls and young women participate in designi

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WEBCAST APR 23 – ITU – Girls & Space: Pathways to the stars

LIVESTREAM | REGISTER | ADD TO CALENDAR | PERMALINK On Thursday April 23 2026, at 15:00-16:30 CEST (13:00- 14:30 UTC) the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Space Connect Series presents …

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As part of the April 21-22 Workshop Senseboat - Making #Sense of #Water,

we are happy to host

Laura Casanovas,
Data Scientist at #Sensemakers

for a talk on

Computer vision techniques for scaling up seabed mapping

talk and sharing of #marine AI work in progress

#ITU, April 22, 10.00 - 11.00 h 3A08

https://dasya.itu.dk/posts/lauracasanovas_20260422/

Laura Casanovas - Computer vision techniques for scaling up seabed mapping -- DASYA

Looking forward to
two days of

Making Sense of Water

one day working with data & ideas around

open ocean data &
sensor-based monitoring of marine ecosystems

April 21: 12 - 16

April 22: 10 - 16

.... you are welcome for just part of it,
no matter where you are from!

#marine #ecosystems

#open #data

#maritime #environmental

April 21-22 at #DASYA

#ITU #Copenhagen

WEBCAST 11-12 May – UN Virtual Worlds Day 2026 – Shaping the Future of Cities

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On 11-12 May 2026 the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) will host the third 'UN Virtual Worlds Day 2026' in Geneva, with the theme 'AI, Spatial Intelligence, and the Citiverse: Shaping Trusted Digital Futures'. The event will convene ambassadors, ministers, city leaders, UN entities, in

https://isoc.live/20737/

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ECOSOC Youth Forum 2026 Side Event – Effective Youth Participation and Digital Inclusion Action Toward WSIS 2035

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On Tuesday 14 April 2026, at 15:00–16:00 CEST (13:00-14:00 UTC), the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) will host a hybrid ECOSOC Youth Forum 2026 Side Event 'Effective Youth Participation and Digital Inclusion Action Toward WSIS 2035 ' in Geneva.

The

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#post #2026 #itu #wsis #WSIS30 #youth