Joint ITU-GISFI-DS-CTIF
Standards Education Workshop
(Aalborg, Denmark, 8-9 October 2012)
Standardization Skills and Training
Yoichi MAEDA,
CEO & S.V.P of TTC, Japan
ITU-T SG15 Chairman
Yoichi.maeda@ttc.or.jp
Aalborg, Denmark, 8-9 October 2012
Contents
 Standardization activities in TTC
 Process of standards development
 Key elements in standards activities
 Technical expertise
 IPR
 International Collaboration, etc.
 Curricula for standards skill-up
 Requirements for the skills
 Skills for the standards experts
 Case study on skill-up training in TTC
 ITU-T Tutorial on “High-Level Seminar
& Workshop on International
Meetings and Negotiation”
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Standardization activities in TTC
(For information)
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What is TTC?
 TTC is :
a private and non-profit organization
accredited by the Japanese
Administration as an SDO (standards
development organization) in Japan
since 1985.
 Mission :
to develop and disseminate the TTC
standards and their applications/
solutions on ICTs (information &
communication technologies) applicable
both in Japan and in other areas, in
particular in the Asia-Pacific region.
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Driving-forces of TTC Standards
de-facto &
de-jure standards
new
technologies
/services
Contributions
Downstream
Academia
/R&D
Upstream
TTC members
Contributions
Promotion
of Standards
through
solutions
Seeds/needs/
know-how
Market
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Sales
TTC
Standards
Production
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Standardization, IPR and Business
Standardization
IPR
Business
Big success
IPR: Intellectual Property Right
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Hot technical topics in TTC 2012
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IoT (Internet of Things)
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M2M (Machine to Machine)
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Smart Grid
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ITS (Intelligent Transport Systems)/ Smart Car
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E-Health
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Cloud Computing
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ICT and Climate Change
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Disaster relief, network resilience and recovery
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Future networks
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Inter operability and conformance testing, etc.
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How to develop TTC Standards
ITU-T
Upstream
activities
MiC
Downstream
activities
ICT Council
ITU Sectional Meeting
participation/proposals
TTC
ITU-T
Recs
TTC Working Groups
TTC
Stds
participation/proposals
Network operators, venders, user groups, etc.
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Inter/intra-regional collaboration
activities in TTC
ITU-T
ETSI
(Europe)
ICU
(Russia)
TTA
ARIB
(Korea)(Japan)
3GPPs
CCSA
oneM2M
(China)
GISFI
(India)
APT
Forms of collaboration
TTC
(Japan)
ISACC
(Canada)
IEEE
ATIS (USA)
TIA
(USA) (USA)
MSTFB
(Malaysia)
Examples
Membership
APT/ASTAP, CJK, GSC, 3GPPs, oneM2M
MoU / LoI
ITU, ETSI, IEEE, MSTFB, ICU, GISFI, etc
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Curricula for standards skill-up
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Requirements for Standards Skills
Directors
SG/WP
Chairmen
Rapporteurs
Editors
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High-level leadership
Negotiation
Strategic planning
Decision making
• Leadership
• Meeting
management
• Reporting
• Editing Standards
Contributors
Participants
Management skill Pyramid
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Expertise
English ability
Presentation
Communication
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Skills for standardization experts
Technical expertise
English(listening, reading, writing, e-mail)
Communication & negotiation
Presentation
Meeting rules and methods
Self-management & calmness
Trust & honesty
Sociability & cooperation
Curiosity & positiveness
Healthiness & physical strength
Adaptability to foreign living
Jet lag tolerance
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Curricula for standards skill-up
Tutorial and training seminars
Writing contributions & reports
E-mail communication
Rules of meeting procedure
Meeting management and Chairing
Negotiation
Presentation
On-the-Job Training; Practice
Overseas training
Use of Ex-members in standardization
Standards curricula should be developed
based on the target skill levels
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Case study on skill-up training in TTC
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Numbers of Rapporteurs and Editors
per country (As of Dec 2011, in ITU-T)
250
Rapporteurs
200
Editors
150
100
50
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ITU-T Tutorial hosted by ITU-AJ/TTC
“High-Level Seminar & Workshop on
International Meetings and Negotiation”
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Date: 28-29 August 2012
Venue: TTC, Tokyo Japan
Teacher: Gary Fishman (ex-TSAG Chairman)
Target skill level: Rapporteurs and Editors
Participants: 50
Overall rating: Very useful + Useful= 100%
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Contents of ITU-T Tutorial by ITU-AJ/TTC
Role, authority and responsibility of Rapporteurs and Editors
Rights and Obligations of Member States, Sector Members,
Associates, Academia participants, invited experts
Rules of procedure for Rapporteurs
IPR: Patents, Software Copyrights, Marks
Decision-making and Approval Procedures
Crafting Consensus
Overview of relevant WTSA Resolutions and A-Series Recs.
Meeting Inputs: Contributions, TDs, Liaisons
Organizing meetings
Role of the Secretariat
Outputs: Reports, Recommendations, Handbooks, Liaisons
Writing Reports
Drafting Recommendations
Editing and revising draft documents
Interactive Discussion Session
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Conclusions and Recommendations
Standards education should be developed
based on the practical standards activities
in SDOs.
Identification of the required standards
skills is the key of the curricula designing.
Standards curricula should be developed
based on the target skill levels.
Producing standards-minded students will
contribute to the future global
standardization.
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Thank you very much
for your attention !
If you have any comments or
questions,
please contact
yoichi.maeda@ttc.or.jp
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