InternationalTelecommunicationUnion
WSIS FORUM 2009
ITU-T:ITU-T:Empowering global ICT Empowering global ICT
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Counsellor, ITU-T Study Group 16 Counsellor, ITU-T Study Group 16 “Multimedia”“Multimedia”
ITU-T
ITU-T Recommendations (=technical standards) are defining elements in information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructure Whether we exchange voice, data or video messages, communications cannot take place without standards linking the sender and the receiverToday’s work extends well beyond the traditional areas of telephony to encompass a far wider range of information and communications technologies
ITU-T Structure
Telecommunication Standardization Advisory Group
Telecommunication Standardization Advisory Group
WTSA World TelecommunicationStandardization Assembly
Study GroupStudy Group SGSG
Workshops,Seminars,
Symposia…
IPR ad hoc
Working Party
Questions: Develop Recommendations
SGSG
WP WP WP
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Focus Group
Focus Group
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Highlights of current activities (1/4)
Climate ChangePower saving checklist for standards authors ITU Symposia on ICTs and Climate Change: London, Kyoto; two more planned for 2009 (Quito/July & Seoul/Sep).Focus Group concluded, ITU-T Study Group 5 will take the lead
Accessibility for persons with disabilitiesChecklist for standards authorsRecs for real-time text telephony, total conversation, etcWorkshopsJoint Coordination Activity on accessibility and human factorsDynamic Coalition on Accessibility and Disability (IGF)
Emergency TelecomsRec: Language independent prefix for emergency numbersRec: Child helpline Rec: Call prioritization, alerts
Highlights of current activities (2/2)
CybersecurityRecs giving: Definition of cybersecurity; a standardized way for vendors to supply security updates and guidelines on spyware; toolbox of technical measures to counter spam.
Identity management: Draft Recommendations ongoing on data model, interoperable framework, interchange framework, and entity authentication assurance, requirements
NGNWork progressing rapidly in ITURecs: requirements, architecture, OAM, signalling protocols, resource control, NNI signalling, NGN testing, and security
Highlights of current activities (3/4)
IPTV: Proceedings of IPTV FG collected. First Recs. approved. Video coding and next generation multimedia conferencing
Broadband access, packet based transport, optical transport and access
Interoperability & conformance testing (Res.76)
Bridging the standardization gapRegional forumsRemote participation
Highlights of current activities (4/4)Academia initiative: Kaleidoscope peer-reviewed academic conferences
Technology Watch briefing reports: the future Internet, grid computing, climate change, lawful interception, remote collaboration tools, telepresence, USN, CALM, etc
Workshops and seminars in the regions within a wider program set up to bridge the standardization gap
Assist developing countries in establishing regional or sub regional conformity and interoperability centres and in identifying human and institutional capacity-building and training opportunities in conformity and interoperability testing
Free ITU-T Recommendations very popular
Snapshot of ITU-T Membership191 Member States
300 Sector Members
125 Associates
Region Private sector - Contributory Units
Africa 4.16
Asia Pacific 41.04
Arab States 17.16
Europe and CIS 54.34
Americas 58.66
Private sector
Some recent and upcoming workshopsITU-T Workshop on "New challenges for Telecommunication Security Standardizations, Geneva, Switzerland, 9-10 February 2009
The Fully Networked Car Workshop - Workshop on ICTs in Motor Vehicles, PALEXPO, Geneva, Switzerland, 4-5 March 2009
Forum on Next Generation Network Standardization, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 7-10 April 2009
Forum on "Implementation of decisions of the World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly-08 (WTSA-08)" Accra, Ghana, 16-17 June 2009
ITU Symposium on ICTs and Climate Change, Quito, Ecuador, 8-10 July 2009
Kaleidoscope event: Innovations for Digital Inclusion, Mar del Plata, Argentina, 31 August – 1 September 2009
Workshop on Accessibility: Planned in Bamako, Mali, 13-15 Oct 2009 (TBC)
Technology WatchTechnology Watch surveys the ICT environment for new study topics
Technology Watch Briefing Reports provide an up-to-date assessment of promising new technologies. Recent papers:
The Future InternetDistributed Computing: Utilities, Grids & CloudsIntelligent Transport SystemsNGNs and energy efficiencyLawful Interception (LI) Remote collaboration tools Ubiquitous Sensor NetworksICTs and Climate ChangeTelepresenceIntelligent Transport Systems / CALM
Under study: speech technology; networked robotics; e-health
Kaleidoscope 2008
Innovations in NGN
Part of initiative to increase dialogue between academia/ITU
Aim to identify new topics for standardization
Geneva, 12-13 May: 220 participants
Organized with IEEE CommSoc as Technical Co-sponsor and supported by Cisco, Intel, the International Communications Foundation of Japan and Sun Microsystems. Over 140 papers submitted: 53 papers were presented The best three were awarded prizes totaling $10,000 kindly donated by Cisco. Included in a future special edition of the IEEE Communications Magazine.16 entrants received a Young Author Recognition Certificate
Kaleidoscope 2009
Innovations for Digital Inclusion Mar del Plata, 31 Aug – 1 Sep 2009
Technically co-sponsored by IEEE Communications Society
83 paper proposals, 20 Lecture papers and 16 poster papers selected
Peer-reviewed by 80+ subject-matter experts
Prize fund for three best papers
10 nominees
Proceedings published in IEEE Explore
Strategic directionTruly global public/private partnership key strength
95% of work is done by private sector
Continuously adapting to market needs
Strong engagement with academia & research organizations
Academia initiative & Kaleidoscope events
Striving for stronger participation from developing countries
Remote participation; Regional forums on bridging the standardization gap
“ITU inside” concept: Mark to show conformance to ITU-T Recs.
Workshop programme attracts diverse audience, initiates new work
Consensus driven, open process
Very flexible
Fast, transparent procedures Start work: 1 day / few weeks
Develop work: weeks to 2-3 yrs
Approve work: average 2 months
AAP for technical standards (= 95% of work)
Common IPR Policy: ITU-T, ITU-R, ISO, IEC
ChallengesTo continue to reflect needs of the marketProliferation of industry forums: 300+ !Increase participation especially from developing countriesFigure for percentage reduction of power consumption in broadband technologies.
Agreed figure to form part of a Resolution from the upcoming WTSA-08.
Improve efficiency, appeal and convenience to members
Why participate?
Only UN agency dealing with ICT standards
Outreach to 191 countries
High credibility in emerging markets especially Africa, China and more recently India
Opportunities for exercising corporate social responsibilities
Excellent meeting facilities, convenient location
Open, transparent and flexible
Fast working – moves at the speed of industry