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Each year, some 7,000 attendees from over 60 countries
get to participate in what is generally regarded as
Asia-Pacific’s premier professional gathering in the
world of ICT. Over a packed three days, the PTC Annual
Conference in Honolulu delivers unmissable education,
information sharing, as well as superb networking and
commercial opportunities of all kinds.
In reviewing the state of ICT in
the Pacific Rim, the PTC Annual
Conference sets the stage for new
ideas and initiatives to take place
in the year ahead. And true to this
agenda, PTC ’17: Changing Realities
again represents fresh thinking
in, and for, the community it serves.
Among many topics, this year’s
conference will explore critical
changes
driven
by
disruptive
technologies,
new
business
models,
industry
structure,
consumer demands, investments,
security, and the regulatory environment across a
myriad of keynotes, industry briefings, executive
roundtables and panel discussions. In due course, in
preparation for its 40th anniversary in 2018, PTC
will embark on an even more significant transformation
still: its own.
AN EXPANDING FOCUS
In fact, the renowned PTC Annual Conference is only
one facet of a dynamic organization with a strategically
expanding focus. Behind the conference itself is the
Pacific Telecommunications Council, a global non-profit
membership organization promoting the advancement
of ICTs in the Pacific Rim.
As a non-partisan, membership organization, PTC
builds human capacity and global leadership to drive
the development and deployment of ICT across the
Pacific region and beyond. PTC has become a virtual
networking platform to reach and connect with
leading companies, executives,
partners, and thought leaders
in
the
telecommunications
and information technology
industries
regionally
and
internationally.
As an open, global organization,
PTC engages the broadest
community of professionals,
organizations, technologists,
researchers and influencers
to make the potential of ICT
real across the entire region.
Apart from the PTC Annual Conference, PTC’s community
and initiatives are year-round. Through countless
resources including specialist forums, reports, updates
and academies, the emphasis is on sharing ideas and
expertise that will ultimately lead to conversations, and
then initiatives, in the deployment and growth of ICT
throughout the region and beyond. More, and improved,
ICT means more, and improved, economic growth,
entrepreneurial wealth creation, social interaction,
enhanced productivity and increased standards of living
for millions of people.
COUNTRIES
COMPANIES
CONFERENCE
3,450+
MEMBER
REPRESENTATIVES
7,000+
PARTICIPANTS
250+
MEMBER
COMPANIES
60%
REPRESENT
ASIA-PACIFIC
COUNTRIES
45+
MEMBER
COUNTRIES
MEMBERSHIP
HOW PTC IS CHANGING REALITIES IN 2017