Posts on the Topic "Audiences"
A 360 degrees view of the Principles for Digital Development
16/01/2018
Highlights: Why do we need the digital principles? What are these principles? How have they been implemented? The developmental world has seen an investment into platforms and infrastructure to support information and knowledge sharing, and lately hackathons, contest and apps galore have mushroomed...29/ 01
2018
Machine Learning for Future Networks
Switzerland 29/01/2018
The ITU-T Focus Group on Machine Learning for Future Networks including 5G was established by ITU-T Study Group 13 at its meeting in Geneva, 6-17 November 2017. The Focus Group will draft technical reports and specifications for machine learning (ML) for future networks, including interfaces, network architectures, protocols, algorithms and data formats.
This workshop is an activity of this group, and will take place as part of the 1st Meeting of FG-ML5G.
Season's Greetings from e-Agriculture
22/12/2017
We enjoyed working with you and sharing news related to ICTs for Agriculture in 2017. We wish you happy holidays. We invite you to review a selection of some of our 2017 activities e-Forum Discussions The Role of ICTs in Sustainable Crop Production Intensification (SCPI) of horticulture crop based...
Digital Agriculture: Feeding the Future
20/11/2017
Technology has been applied in various fields and new concepts are emerging in some areas to accommodate this infusion. The concept of digital agriculture is a fairly new one; what does this mean? According to the Project Breakthrough, Digital Agriculture is defined as “the use of new and advanced...
European Union funds digital research and innovation for agriculture to tackle societal challenges
17/11/2017
The European Union avails 100 million euros funding for digital research and innovation that is made available under The Horizon 2020 work programme 2018-2020 which ( inter alia) seeks to advance the development and uptake of digital technologies in agriculture and rural areas. Digital technologies...
French version of the course on Experience Capitalisation for Continuous Learning (#Cap_Exp)
02/10/2017
The French version of the course on Experience Capitalisation for Continuous Learning (#Cap_Exp) is now available online and is hosted on the FAO E-Learning Centre. One can access the FAO E-Learning Centre and register and be able to have a free access to the e-learning module through this www.fao...19/ 09
2017
Launch of the WSIS Forum 2018 Open Consultation Process
Switzerland 19/09/2017
Following the successful holding of WSIS Forum 2017, ITU has opened up the WSIS Forum 2018 consultation process. The Open Consultation Process OCP is a multistakeholder preparatory process where entities are actively engaged to ensure broad ownership and further improvements of the forum.
The physical meetings of the Open Consultation Process will benefit from remote participation.
Remote Participation here
How Drone Technology Is Bringing Environmental Benefits To Farms
29/08/2017
(This article was inspired by the recent blog post ‘ Drones in Agriculture’, posted on 22nd August) Whist we mostly take it for granted, we depend on the farming industry for the food we eat, and therefore for our very survival. A vast proportion of the earth’s land mass is farmland, and farming...
Internet of Things (loT) for Agriculture Webinar Series: "IoT: the Internet of Tractors"
15/08/2017
The World Bank Agriculture Global Practice is pleased to invited interested persons to the next webinar entitled, "loT: the Internet of Tractors". The webinar will be held on Tuesday, August 22 at 9 a.m EDT. About the webinar Rapid urbanization, aging farm populations, and depleting rural labor...