Mahjabeen Khaled Hossain, Director Program represented the Institute. She was awarded full fellowship by ITU. The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) jointly with the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) and in partnerships with the Global Initiative for Inclusive ICTs (G3ict), the National Telecommunications Commission of Thailand (NTC), the Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy (DBCDE), Australian Government, and National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (NECTEC) Thailand organized the Forum. It was hosted by the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (MICT) Thailand, Government of Kingdom of Thailand.