INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION IPTV-GSI TELECOMMUNICATION STANDARDIZATION SECTOR TD 255/IPTV-GSI | (TSR Document 39) STUDY PERIOD 2013-2016 English only Original: English Tokyo, Japan, 2-9 March 2016 Source: IPTV-GSI TSR Coordinator Title: IPTV-TSR event report during the IPTV-GSI Event (Tokyo, 2-9 March 2016) 1 Introduction At the kind invitation of the Impulsing Paradigm Change through Disruptive Technologies Program (ImPACT) of Japan Science and Technology Agency, the IPTV Accessibility Consortium, and the Japanese Organization of CS Broadcasting for People with Disabilities, the 24th ITU-T IPTV-GSI event took place in Tokyo, Japan, from 2 to 9 March 2016. A special symposium session on accessibility was held 4 March 2016. The list of participants at this IPTV-GSI event is found in TD 228/IPTV-GSI. 2 2.1 Activities of Q13, 14, 26, 28/16 Q13/16 The meeting report of Q13/16 is available as TD 225/IPTV-GSI. ITU-T Q13, 14, 26, 28/16 are planning to hold Rapporteur meeting in the next SG16 meeting in Geneva, 23 May – 3 Jun 2016. Q13/16 is planning to meet jointly with them during the co-located IPTV-GSI event. In the interim, Q13/16 plans to hold 2 electronic meetings: – April, 6th, 2016 at 12PM CET: to discuss H.IPTV-EUIF, H.IPTV-TDES.4, H.IPTV-UVS and H.IPTV-MAFR.14 and the text for Question 13/16. – May, 4th, 2016 at 12PM CET: to discuss those and other documents planned to be sent for consent. 2.2 Q14/16 The meeting report of Q14/16 is available as TD 222/IPTV-GSI. ITU-T Q13, 14, 26, 28/16 are planning to hold Rapporteur meeting in the next SG16 meeting in Geneva, 23 May – 3 Jun 2016. Q13/16 is planning to meet jointly with them during the co-located IPTV-GSI event. Contact: Masahito KAWAMORI Keio University Japan Tel: +81 466-49-1170 Fax: +81 466-49-1171 Email: masahito.kawamori@ties.itu.int Attention: This is not a publication made available to the public, but an internal ITU-T Document intended only for use by the Member States of ITU, by ITU-T Sector Members and Associates, and their respective staff and collaborators in their ITU related work. It shall not be made available to, and used by, any other persons or entities without the prior written consent of ITU-T. -2- TD 255 (IPTV-GSI) | TSR Doc.39 2.3 Q26/16 The meeting report of Q26/16 is available as TD 229/IPTV-GSI. ITU-T Q13, 14, 26, 28/16 are planning to hold Rapporteur meeting in the next SG16 meeting in Geneva, 23 May – 3 Jun 2016. Q13/16 is planning to meet jointly with them during the co-located IPTV-GSI event. 2.4 Q28/16 The meeting report of Q28/16 is available as TD 231/IPTV-GSI. ITU-T Q13, 14, 26, 28/16 are planning to hold Rapporteur meeting in the next SG16 meeting in Geneva, 23 May – 3 Jun 2016. Q13/16 is planning to meet jointly with them during the co-located IPTV-GSI event. 3 3.1 AOB Presentation on ImPACT Program Mr Yoshinori Yamakawa, the Program Manager of ImPACT, gave the welcome speech on 2 March 2016, introducing his program. Mr Hiroki Oka, Associate Program Manager of ImPACT, also gave a presentation on the relationship between his program and Q28/16’s recent work item on Multimedia Brain Information Platform. 3.2 . Symposium on Media Accessibility A Special Session on Media Accessibility was organized by Q26/16 Rapporteur and JCA-AHF Chair (aka 2nd Symposium on Media Accessibility) was held at 13:30 – 17:30 4 March 2016. The Symposium had the honour of receiving Ms Yuki Naruse (the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Japan) and Mr Masanari Doutai, (the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan) as speakers. The result of the Symposium is available at http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-T/studygroups/20132016/16/Pages/accessibility/ws_20160304/ma.aspx. 3.3 Social Event A reception was held at the Arcadia Ichigaya on 4 March, 2016, starting at 18:00, at the kind invitation by ASTEM. 4 Closing The ITU-T IPTV-GSI TSR Coordinator expressed his sincere gratitude to Mr Yoshinori Yamakawa, the Program Manager of ImPACT (“Brain” Program) and Japan Science and Technology Agency for supporting tremendously by providing the venue. He also expressed his debt especially to Mr Yuzo Oshima, IPTV Accessibility Consortium, who as the Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the IPTV-GSI event in Tokyo, gave not only his superb support in logistics and organization of the meeting itself but also for providing accessibility features such as captioning and translation. He was instrumental in the realization and success of the Special Symposium on 4 March 2016. Finally, the ITU-T IPTV-GSI TSR Coordinator expressed his appreciation to Mr Kobayashi of ASTEM and his colleagues for giving us their day-to-day support in logistics. __________________