 Welcome to WTDC 17 here in Buenos Aires in Argentina where I'm very pleased to be joining the studio today My name is Ali Vicente who is Head of Public Affairs for SOA, which is the EMEA Satellite Operators Association Natalia, thank you very much for joining us in the studio today. Thank you very much Now I'd like to start off by asking you, SOA recently joined ITU as a sector member Can you briefly tell us what SOA does? Sure SOA is the CO driven Satellite Operators Association We represent a global and regional operators, satellite operators that provide services around the world We do not only represent the satellite operators, but also manufacturers and insurers, etc SOA as an association has the role to promote and raise awareness about the benefits of satellite technology That remains an invisible infrastructure Not only that, but also wants to ensure that policymakers take all technologies and satellite technologies in account to avoid missing on vital opportunities of reaching the digital, educational and health divide Now in what ways do you see that the work of SOA contributing to the attainment of sustainable development? Well, we all know that a lot of people and a vast part of the world is yet and connected and SOA recognizes this and our members are working hard on trying to achieve the sustainable development goals in different ways Satellite technology is a technology that is anywhere anytime and it's not affected about environmental or natural disasters. This gives them a key a key role in achieving the sustainable development goals and many satellite operators are involved in thousands or in those sense of projects around the world that involves e-learning platforms and provides connectivity to rural schools and communities, but not also that also any health situations in which fixed hospitals are connected to mobile hospital that goes to places that are not reachable otherwise and These people will remain undiagnosed and untreated if it was not because of the solutions that satellite operators are bringing there And finally what concrete actions would you like to see come out of WTDC 17? Well, we would like to have a real roadmap and a clear roadmap That involves and takes on account all this all the technologies that can provide solutions and that can provide solutions now So we consider that is very important that the WTDC declaration Express all these principles and this roadmap and that takes timeliness as one of the vital Contributions to the solutions that will achieve the sustainable development goals We consider that no one solution will fit all the all the problems and no technology can afford to bring those solutions together So we believe on collaboration with all other sectors and between the public and private sector and This is the satellite technology has remained for a long time invisible and we would like to change that and we consider It's time to act or we look forward to a long-lasting collaboration with us. Thank you very much for joining us in the studio today. Thank you very much Thank you