 Hello, my name is David Mellor, honorary president UKTA and special envoy to the ITU Secretary-General, also former chairman of TDAC and GCBI. Between 1999 and 2008, I had the opportunity to chair four ITU Global HRD Symposium in the United Kingdom and I can assure you that this was the best opportunity for HRD experts working within the ICT sector to exchange ideas. Since its creation in 1995, UKTA has hosted delegates on its postgraduate programmes from 180 countries and I, as UKTA chairman, had the opportunity to visit over 130 countries. I therefore encourage you all to join ITU in Nairobi from 6th to 8th September 2016 for this year's Global Symposium.