 Excellencies, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, it is a really great pleasure and a great honor to welcome you all here today to the opening ceremony of ITU Telecom World 2015. I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude on behalf of the ITU, to the government of Hungary for their support and commitment in bringing this event to Budapest. A city with a long tradition of embarrassing innovation and new talent, the city, which for centuries has been the meeting place of different peoples, cultures and ideas. It is in many ways the ideal occasion for ITU Telecom World. I'm especially honored by the partners and the leadership of His Excellency Victor Urban, prime minister in ITU Telecom World. Thank you very much, Excellency. I would also like to take this moment to express my condolences on behalf of ITU and our membership on the set clause of our part, the first democratically elected president of modern Hungary. Ladies and gentlemen, this has been a very exciting year for ITU as we celebrate our 150th anniversary as the leading UN agency for information and communication technologies. And indeed, ITU is the oldest UN agency in the UN family. 150 years of working together with our members to innovate and apply technology for the good of all the people of the world. Hungary is one of the ITU funding members. ITU highly appreciate the longstanding cooperation between Hungary and ITU over 150 years. ITU is very honored to have this year's ITU Telecom here in one part of its motherland. This is also a pivotal year for the global community in general as we move from the Millennium Development Goals MDGs to the newly agreed Sustainable Development Goals SDGs. And this year to review the achievement of our agreement and commitment made a decade ago at the World Summit of Information Society, WISIS. It is clear that information and communication technologies have been and will continue to be an essential enabler and accelerator for sustainable growth and development for everyone. And we, sorry, as the ICT community, should continue working together for the value of technologies to be maximized. Toward this objective, at PP-14, the ITU last preliminary conference, we agreed that connected 2020 agenda for global telecommunication and ICT development, which tangible targets for growth inclusiveness and sustainability, as well as innovation and partnerships. This ITU telecom world event will certainly contribute to furthering this agenda. I'm looking forward to a vibrant discussions with tangible conclusions on many challenges and opportunities we are facing, such as the need to continue working on connecting those not connected yet. Opening new markets, saving the opportunities of cloud computing, big data, and the Internet of Things, including the introduction of new mobile broadband technologies and maximizing the potential of radio spectrum in general. The importance of building trust for a connected future and the key, the key role of ICTs in the transformation of societies and economies. Dear friends, throughout its history, ITU has continued to evolve and adapt to meet the needs of its members and the changing realities of the industry and the world around it. However, ITU could do much more in its engagement with the small and medium-sized enterprises. SMEs play an increasingly important role in the ICT and the telecom industry chains and in the market development. The SME sector in general represents more than 95% of all entrepreneurs and ensures up to 70% of jobs globally. It provides two suits of all four more jobs in developing countries and as much as 80% in low-income countries. And within the ICT sector, it is these innovative companies that are driving job creation and economic growth. And SMEs are also rich source of innovation. As secret general, I would like to recognize the critical role of SMEs, of startups, and the digital entrepreneurs within the ICT ecosystem as the cornerstone of a new and exciting direction for ITU and for ITU telecom world. I'm personally committed to ensuring that we implement this new focus in response to the needs of countries, industry, and national and international social economic development. Supporting SMEs is critical to supporting local innovation ecosystems for local content and services, enhancing human capacity, and creating jobs. I note that government everywhere have made tremendous effort to support SMEs in their respective countries. However, there is a significant missing link. There is no real international platform to bring SMEs, big or well-established industries, governments, and other stakeholders together at the international level. This is why we wish to reform ITU telecom to create such an international platform where we can share knowledge, exchange ideas, best practices, and inspiration, and facilitate networking and partnerships with SMEs. ITU telecom World 2015 will, for the first time, include a number of elements designed, especially to support SMEs, such as the industry and SME dialogue, the government and SMEs dialogue, the accelerating platform of pitching and networking, the inaugural ITU telecom world entrepreneurship awards, and the launch of the new Emoj initiative creating an international platform for supporting and promoting SMEs, in particular those with the potential for social impact in emerging markets. I invite you all to participate in and benefit from these activities. Distinguished guests at ITU telecom world 2015, the innovations, exhibits, and meetings on the show floor, our debates in the forum, our networking, and connecting throughout the four days of this event are key to our success. I thank you all for the presence here of so many leaders from the public and the private sector from so many nations, and for your commitment to working together at the ITU telecom world for the good of the industry and the good of the world. I believe that this event will be a significant milestone from which ITU will be able to continue this journey and build up its momentum to support ICT SMEs. Again, I'm deeply grateful to the government of Hungary for hosting this event and make this possible. I thank you very much for your attention.