The ICC 2012 is expected to attract and bring together thousands of the world's industry leaders, scientists, academics, engineering professionals, policy makers, and government officials to the presentation of nearly 1,500 keynotes, business panels, technical papers, workshops and tutorials held under the theme of the conference is "CONNECT • COMMUNICATE • COLLABORATE". For participants it promises to stimulate the scientific exchange of ideas, the identification of future trends in communications, and the illumination of business opportunities. The ICC 2012 conference has a balance between the industry and academia participation. The ICC 2012 conference has also been expanded to include the new 16 Industry Forums (recommended by industry), which will detail the latest advancements in communications worldwide: