 Welcome to the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference 2018 here in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates where I'm very pleased to be joining the studio today. I'm Mr Majid Sultan Al Mesma who is chairman of the Plenipotentiary Conference 2018. Welcome to the studio. Thank you. Thank you for having me here. Now, I'd like to start off by asking you Mr Awezma. This ITU Plenipotentiary Conference is providing an opportunity to address current and future ICT trends. Which topics have been at the forefront of discussions here? First, let me say how proud we are here in the UAE to host the PP18 in the United Arab Emirates and especially in Dubai. As you know Dubai has held several major ITU events in the past and I would like also to welcome all the participants who come from all over the world to a place where it is built on inclusivity, on coexistence, tolerance. That's how my country is built in and we've got over 200 nationalities living here. So I'm sure the participants will have a good time. They will not feel homesick, I hope so. Coming to your question, what makes PP different than the past ones? It's the integration of the sustainable development goals and its strategic plan. In the sustainable development goals, those 17 goals, if they are implemented, they will make a big difference. When it comes to bridging the digital divide, gender balance, inclusivity, to do that, you need to look at the main enabler and the main enabler is ICT. It's the best driver for achieving and accelerating, not only achieving, accelerating even the achievement of the sustainable development. If that happens, it will positively impact all the sectors, agriculture, education, health. Me as a chairman, I would urge all the ITU members or ITU family members, member state, sector members, academia, to offer their support to ITU to achieve that goals. If that happens, then we will leave nobody behind. They are about, unfortunately, half of the world unconnected and ICT can be the bridge for those to be part of the digital world that we are living in. As I said, this is what we need to focus on with the support of all the member states or the ITU family members. There's currently considerable attention being placed on harnessing the power of technology as an enabler for good. What's your perspective on this? We're living in a world that is rapidly changing. Things getting disruptive and the future, the way how we see it, there's uncertainty where we're heading. Take, for example, the AI, what's going to bring? We lose our jobs, for example, but on the other hand of what we've been experiencing technology is bringing ideas, innovation, ease of life and that's what we really need to focus on. The equation is you need to bring ICT and we are responsible for the ICT. ICT could play a big role in building the capacity of ourselves to prepare us for the future. And honestly what we are doing here in the plane of potentially is being watched all over the world. They're waiting. What's going to be the output? Will it really help preparing the world for what's coming? And we have to live up to those expectations and I'm sure ICT will always be the right tool or enabler for success. How do you think that key stakeholders, governments, industry and civil society can engage and make strides in advancing from standards and policies to implementations, for example, smart cities? The technology is there. Who made those services? Is it the government? Is it the people? It's the private sector. This is something called PPP, public-private partnership. It's been there for a while but with the new technologies, with the social media, now we have a new player that we cannot ignore. Those are the people and they have to be included, the e-participation. Their input, their voice cannot be ignored and their input can really enhance the product, the services being offered and complete the circle of public, private, people, partnership. If that happened, then everyone is pleased. The product gets enhanced and people will be happy because they are part of the decision, part of the solution. And again, who are the delegates who are coming to this conference? They represent governments and what are the government? It's made of people. So they represent the voice of the people and this would close the circle in our platform. With this, we are leaving no one behind and that's all about inclusiveness. I'd like to thank you very much for joining us in this studio today and for these valuable insights and hopefully we will catch up with you again at some stage in the future. Thank you very much. Sharma, thank you. Thank you.