Paolo Rosa, Head of Workshops and Promotion Division, (ITU/TSB)
Mr Rosa received his degree in physics in 1974 in Rome, Italy, and joined the R&D branch of the
Italian Ministry of Communication working on optical fibers transmission networks, in national
and international standards and leading quality control inspection teams for international
telecommunication projects.
He was head of national delegations for standardization and research studies performed in IEC,
ITU, ETSI, CECC, COST and represented the Italian Ministry of Communications in various
international institutions including the European Commission task force for the G7 pilot projects
on the Information Society.
Paolo was appointed as expert and senior advisor by the Italian Foreign Office, the UNDP and
ITU for telecommunication projects in various developing countries worldwide.
In 1997 he joined the ITU-T secretariat in Geneva as Counselor responsible for Study Groups 6
(Outside plant), and SG 15 (Optical and other transport networks) and representing ITU in
various events. Since November 2004 he is the Head of the Workshops and Promotion Division
of the ITU Standardization Sector, organizing events and promoting new ITU-T activities in
developing countries, universities and regional and international organizations. In 2011 he acted
for six months as Regional Director for the Americas and Caribbean Region, supporting activities
of ITU and of the ITU Development Sector in the region.
He is deeply involved in the elaboration, preparation and implementation of the ITU conformity
and interoperability programme worldwide.
He is author of several papers published in international technical magazines and speaker and
lecturer in universities, international conferences, seminars and workshops.