Mr. Paolo ROSA
BIOGRAPHY
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 and transmission networks, on national and
international standards and leading quality control teams.
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). Since November 2004 he is the Head of the
Strategy, Workshops and Promotion Division of the ITU Standardization Sector.
He is author of several papers published in international technical magazines and speaker and lecturer in
international conferences, seminars and workshops.