Malcolm Johnson
Director of the Telecommunication
Standardization Bureau, ITU
RANS Moscow Conference,
March 2010
International
Telecommunication
Union
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 Study Groups
 Individuals from academia have held key roles in ITU-T
(Chairman, Editors, Rapporteurs, Chairs of technical committees)
 Participation in Focus Groups and Technology Watch
 Participation in ITU-T workshops
 Some important regional activities
(e.g. ITU Centres of Excellence)
 ITU membership for universities under discussion
 Reduced fee ~2,000 USD
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 Increase academic participation in ITU
 Students of today shape the ICTs of tomorrow
 Capture new work
 Universities and R&D institutions are an important pool of innovation
 Foster in academia a greater understanding of the importance of standards
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New
Ideas
New
Topics for SGs
R&D
Industry
Other SDOs
Regulators
New
Membership
• News
•
Workshops
• Tech-watch
• Promotion
ITU-T
Relevance
Increased
Participation
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 Networking opportunities:
With the world’s major ICT companies
 Global exposure:
Become part of an international team creating leading standards shaping tomorrow’s ICTs
 Access:
ITU resources and events
 Prestige:
Possibility to have work adopted as international
ITU standards
 Education:
Profit from understanding of the open and transparent, consensus-driven environment of the UN’s specialised agency for ICTs
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 Linking academia, research and ITU-T for discussion on technological innovation and its socio-economic implications
 Series of academic conferences
 International Organizing Committee (10-20 experts)
 Call for Papers
 International Programme Committee
(more than 100 experts)
 Paper review process  double-blind
 IEEE Com Soc (technical co-sponsor)
 Proceedings distributed by IEEE Xplore
 Three best papers awarded ($10,000)
 Event sponsors
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Innovations in NGN
 Paper proposals: 141
 Accepted papers: 32 lecture,
22 poster sessions
 223 attendees, 48 countries
 Practical outcomes  Focus Group
Future Networks ( FG-FN ) inspired by a paper from the conference (Aoyama)
 Sponsors: Cisco Systems, Intel; ICF (Japan); Sun
Microsystems
 Best paper awards $10000
 Printed proceedings and online via IEEE Xplore
 Programme, presentations: itu-kaleidoscope.org/
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Innovations for Digital Inclusion
 Mar del Plata, Argentina, 31 Aug
 Paper proposals: 83
 Accepted papers: 20 lecture,
12 poster sessions
 120 attendees, 24 countries
 New  Local University Exhibition (6 Latin American
Universities exhibited their activities/projects)
 Sponsors: Cisco Systems, Nokia
 Best paper awards $10,000
 Proceedings available online in IEEE Xplore
 Programme, presentations, etc: itu-kaleidoscope.org
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Beyond the Internet? Innovations for future networks and services
 Pune, India, 13-15 December 2010
 Kind invitation: Indian government
 Hosted by:
 Supported by:
 Partnership with: Technically co-sponsored by:
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 Call for papers  Deadline: 30 April 2010
 Exhibition by local universities
 Best paper awards $10,000
 Proceedings  IEEE Xplore online library
 New this year :
 Standards Corner (tutorial)
 Jules Verne’s Corner
(SciFi writers and dreamers)
 Additional info: http://itu-kaleidoscope.org/2010
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