Annual ICT Symposium

CHICAGO – October 16, 2008 – The International Engineering Consortium today announced that more than 10,000 industry professionals registered for Broadband World Forum Europe 2008 and Belgacom’s co-located 35th Annual ICT Symposium held in Brussels earlier this month; the World Forum registered nearly 6,000 industry professionals.

"We were pleased to partner with Belgacom to help host the 35th Annual ICT Symposium alongside the Broadband World Forum Europe in Brussels under one roof,” expressed IEC President John Janowiak. “The synergy between the co-located events led to a very unique program covering a wide range of content and technology exhibits in the ICT value chain helping to drive the industry into the future.”

World Forum Chair Scott Alcott opened the recent event saying, “The IEC has been getting ‘it’ done since 1944, and what ‘it’ is, is not only events like this but committing to the continuing education of people in the technical industries.”

Next year’s Broadband World Forum Europe takes place 7-9 September 2009 at the CNIT La Défense in Paris, France, hosted by France Telecom-Orange. France Telecom-Orange Executive Vice President of Group Networks and Information Systems Jean-Philippe Vanot will serve as the World Forum Chair and will lead nearly 400 industry leaders to share their insight and perspectives.

The IEC's SOFNET '09 event will also be co-located with the Broadband World Forum Europe 2009 in Paris next year.

In 2006, the IEC and the CNIT La Défense received the “Best in Congress” KReA Award recognizing the best professional conference and exhibition that took place in France. The honor was presented by the association of event communication agencies (ANAe).

The Broadband World Forum Europe 2009 planning meeting and event launch takes place this 13 November at the CNIT La Défense. All interested industry professionals and stakeholders are invited to join.