
By Clifford Agugoesi, Editor-in-Chief
An international symposium that will focus on 5G and Big Data is days away. Organised by International Institute of Communications (IIC) and hosted by Office of The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (Office of The NBTC), Thailand, the symposium is a hybrid event holding offline and online simultaneously, Thursday June 24, 2021 Time: 09:00 ICT / 03:00 BST / 12:00 AEST / 22:00 EDT.
Information on the event received from the Director-General of IIC, Lynn Robinson says the event will examine the regulatory policies for 5G ensuring that advantages such as Big Data will benefit all.
According to Ms Robinson, case studies will look at creating and seizing opportunities offered by Big Data across the following sectors:
Agriculture
Executive Director, Geo-informatics and Space Technology Development Agency , Thailand, Healthcare, Dr Pakorn Apaphant
Country Digital Acceleration (CDA), Head of Industrie 4.0, Cisco Smart Cities, David Hermawan
Deputy Department Manager, Department of Policy and Planning, Aizuwakamatsu City, Japan, Shinji Kawakami..
Banking
Advisor, SDCC and Chief of Digital Technology for Development Asian Development Bank (ADB), Thomas E Abell.
Registration closes on June 20