2017 marks the 90th anniversary of the CCIR*/ITU-R Study Groups', a testimony of global collaboration to produce universally applied regulations, standards and best practices and enable the sustainable development of the wireless ecosystem. This year also marks the 45th of digital TV/HDTV studies.​ Study Group 6 ​is pleased to organize a special session to commemorate these significant events.

​ Program

• Opening
  Yukihiro Nishida
  Chairman of ITU-R SG 6
• Remarks​
  Mario Maniewicz
  Deputy Director, BR 
• History of ITU studies on broadcasting
  Pham Hai
  Counsellor for SG 6​
  
  A short walk down the broadcasting memory lane, visiting few major milestones of Recommendations, Reports, Handbooks that set the foundation for the development of radio and television service that continues proudly to inform, educate and entertain the people of the world.
  
• Forward to the past - a startling fact about the media, history, and the ITU!​ 
  
  David Wood
  EBU, former Chairman of WP 6C 
  
  If we compare the evolution of media systems and technologies over the last decades, we discover a pattern, one that is likely to be repeated in the years ahead. Possibly the future can to a degree therefore be predicted. David Wood will suggest what it may be.
• ​ITU & you: How new dimensions of media are changing the way content interacts with the audience. 
  ​
  Poppy Crum​
  Vice-Chairman of WP 6C​​​ 
  
  The ITU has defined new targets for the future of content consumption. As these reach us through current and developing technological endpoints we will be more connected to our content than ever - And it will be more connected to us. What does this mean for the new relationship between the creator, broadcaster, and audience?
• ​Main results and new tasks of ITU​​  
   ​​​
  Mark Krivocheev​
  Honorary Chairman of ITU-R SG 6​​
• ​Closing
  Yukihiro Nishida
  Chairman of ITU-R SG 6