English: Photograph taken at the ITU WTIS (World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Symposium) conference, 2014. Uploader's description: In an increasingly digitized world, vast amounts of data have the potential to produce new and insightful information, and there is a growing debate on how the public and private sector can maximize the benefits of big data. One of the richest sources of big data is the data captured by the use of ICTs. ICT-related big data are helping to produce development insights of relevance to public policy, such as understanding socio-economic wellbeing and poverty, as well as improving the monitoring of the information society. This panel will examine opportunities and challenges in using big data from the ICT industry to complement existing ICT indicators. It will present the new ITU Big Data Strategy and discuss the role of different players, including the ICT industry, governments, and international organisations. The session will address the following questions:

How can big data complement current information society measurements based on official statistics? What is the role of the ICT industry as key source of big data? How can the private and public sector cooperate to maximize the benefit of using big data? What should international organizations such as ITU do to encompass big data sources in their statistical work? Moderator: Nisha Pillai, Journalist and Facilitator

Keynote speaker: Reg Brennenraedts, Partner and Senior Consultant, Dialogic