General Secretariat (SG)
Geneva, 4 March 2013
Ref:
CL-138
TSB/CB
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To Administrations of ITU Member
States;
To ITU Sector Members, Associates,
Academia and relevant international,
regional and national organizations
Contact:
Telephone:
Telefax:
E-mail:
Cristina Bueti
+41 22 730 6301
+41 22 730 5853
greenstandard@itu.int
Subject:
ITU Symposium on ICTs, the Environment and Climate Change,
Workshop on Human Exposure to Electromagnetic Fields (EMFs)
Turin, Italy, 6-9 May 2013
Copy to:
The Permanent Mission of Italy,
Geneva
Dear Sir/Madam,
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ITU together with the Ministry for Economic Development of Italy is organizing the Eighth
Symposium on ICTs, the Environment and Climate Change that will take place from 6 to 7 May 2013 and the
Workshop on Human Exposure to Electromagnetic Fields (EMFs) that will take place on 9 May 2013.
In addition to its ground-breaking standardization work, ITU-T Study Group 5 – Environment and climate
change – agreed the formation of the new Focus Group on Smart Sustainable Cities (FG-SSC) which will hold
its first meeting on 8 May 2013 (See TSB Circular 13).
These events will be all hosted at Telecom Italia’s headquarters in Turin, Italy.
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Discussions will be held in English.
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The main purpose of the Symposium is to move forward the agenda on using ICTs to monitor
climate change, mitigate and adapt to its effects and, in this light, identify future requirements for ITU’s
related work – including standardization of ICT equipment and networks as well as development activities.
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The objectives of the Workshop on EMF are to respond to WTSA-12 Resolution 72 “Measurement
concerns related to human exposure to electromagnetic fields”, to provide an overview of EMF issues to
policy makers and other stakeholders and to identify a few actions for consideration of Working Party 2 of
ITU-T Study Group 5.
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The Symposium and the Workshop will bring together leading specialists in the field, from top
policy-makers to engineers, designers, planners, government officials, regulators, standards experts and
others.
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Participation is open to ITU Member States, Sector Members, Associates and Academic Institutions
and to any individual from a country which is a member of ITU who wishes to contribute to the work. This
includes individuals who are also members of international, regional and national organizations.
International Telecommunication Union • Place des Nations • CH-1211 Geneva 20 • Switzerland
Tel: +41 22 730 5111 • Fax: +41 22 733 7256 • E-mail: itumail@itu.int • www.itu.int •
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Participation in the Symposium, Workshop on EMF and FG-SSC is free of charge.
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The draft programme, presentations and relevant information of these events are available on the
ITU-T website at the following address: http://itu.int/en/ITU-T/climatechange/Pages/events-201305.aspx
and will be updated as necessary.
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To enable TSB to make the necessary arrangements concerning the organization of these events,
I would be grateful if you could register via the on-line form at the ITU-T website:
http://itu.int/online/regsys/ITU-T/misc/edrs.registration.form?_eventid=3000513 , as soon as possible, but
not later than 26 April 2013. Please note that pre-registration of participants to these events is carried
out exclusively online.
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Useful logistics information including detailed information on the meeting venue, hotel
accommodation, transportation, visa and health requirements will be made available at the ITU-T website:
http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-T/climatechange/Pages/events-201305.aspx.
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We would like to remind you that citizens of some countries are required to obtain a visa in order to
enter and spend time in Italy. The visa must be requested and obtained from the Italian Embassy in your
country or, if there is no such office in your country, from the one that is closest to the country of departure.
Detailed information on visa requirements can be found at the ITU-T website: http://itu.int/en/ITUT/climatechange/Pages/events-201305.aspx.
Yours faithfully,
[ Original signed]
Dr. Hamadoun I. Touré
Secretary-General