The eighth meeting of the GCBI was held virtually, from 1-2 June, 2020.

From 15-19 October 2018, the Rohde & Schwarz/ITU Academy workshop on "Implementation of radio monitoring systems according to ITU-R recommendations" was held in Singapore. Annually held at the Rohde & Schwarz headquarters in Munich since 2013, the ITU Academy reached Singapore shores for the first time to bring the joint workshop to participants in the Asia-Pacific. In partnership with ITU-D, ITU Academy is a workshop that the Monitoring and Network Testing division at Rohde & Schwarz conducts for regulatory agencies and institutions in developed and developing countries.