 Welcome to ITU Telecom World 2017 here in Busan, the Republic of Korea. I'm very pleased to be joining the studio today by Shoda Taylor, who is Secretary-General of the Commonwealth Telecommunication Organization. Shoda, thanks for being with us today. Thank you very much. It's a pleasure to be here again. Now I'd like to start off by asking you about smart digital transformation as the theme of this year's event. What does it mean to you? Well, it's quite interesting that just two weeks ago the CTO had its annual forum and the theme was digital nations, digital wealth, and actually some of the issues around smarts, technologies and so on. Essentially it's going to bring in new technologies for developing countries, it's going to improve lifestyles, there will be more choices for individuals, and it's going to help government to do what they need to do to deliver services to its people. And also for the private sector, for the business community, for SMEs, it's going to just provide a better way of doing business. And in terms of smart opportunities, what smart opportunities do you see in the next five years, and do you think this will be different in developed and developing markets? Well, it will vary from country to country. In developed countries we are beginning to see changes, we are beginning to see opportunities, there will be new technologies around 5G, around big data, around IoT, and that's going to happen and have immediate impact. In less developed countries the impact will be kind of a long term. However, you can see today in, for example, Kenya, when PESA is already having an impact in the banking sector, so for developed countries the impact is immediate. For developing countries it's a long term impact but you can begin to see things happen today. And what about the job market, for example, security and privacy? How do you think we can best prepare citizens for challenges in these markets? Well, I personally think government should take a lead, lead in awareness, public awareness in terms of how individuals, how they should behave online, how they should protect themselves online, how to protect, and I think it's important for the government to work with stakeholders and establish some of these guidelines for them. We are the CTO, we are also very much involved in public awareness with our members. We are dealing with cybersecurity issues, issues which are quite important in terms of security. It's very pertinent to mention the European General Data Protection regulations. I think that's a fantastic development, it's stepping in the right direction. And the next few months in Gibraltar, we are also organizing a data forum which will bring to light some of these issues on data protection, privacy, what citizens can do, what they shouldn't do, how to protect their rights. And what is particularly useful for Europe is that the regulations address the individuals, they also address the collectors of data so there's a kind of responsibilities on the part of data collectors and also those who are providing this data. Now you're no stranger to ITU events, I wanted to find out from your perspective, what's the value of attending events such as ITU Telecom World? Well, one-stop shop. You come here, you can meet ministers, you come here, you can meet entrepreneurs, you can close deals, you can find out what's happening, the new technologies, IoT, 5G, cloud, spectrum. So, coming here, it's always a wonderful network of opportunity, knowledge sharing and I think it's something fantastic which IT is doing and we at CTO will continue to support this kind of events. Now this video is going to an even wider audience than the walls then in these four walls. I wanted to find out from you, do you have a key message that you'd like to convey to the viewers? Well, the reality is that new technologies are bound to stay. They are disruptive. We need to be ready for them. Policies and regulations need to adapt to new technologies. Whether it's developed countries or developing countries, government has to invest in infrastructure to support the private sector and the benefits are there for everyone and I think we'd better start preparing to enjoy it all. We'd better add. Well, thank you very much. That's wonderful. That's great and we look forward to catching up with you again soon. Hopefully see you in South Africa next year. Absolutely.