ITU Workshop
Making Television Accessible – From idea to reality”
(Tokyo, Japan, 28 May 2012)
Initiatives in Other
Working Groups
(The FG AVA and its relations with other entities)
Alexandra Gaspari
ITU-T FG AVA Coordinator
Telecommunication Standardization Bureau
International Telecommunication Union - ITU
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Outline
Part I - Introduction
Part II – Reaching out
!! organizations
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Part III – go further with ITU
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WELCOME TO ITU
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Unique public/private partnership
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UN agency for ICTs
Members:
" ! 193 Member States
" ! 700 Private Sector
" ! 37 Academia
Mr. Ban Ki-moon,
Secretary-General of the United Nations
and Dr. H. Touré, Secretary-General of ITU
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ITU : enabling communication since 1865
1865
2015
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ITU:
Telecoms and ICT since 1865
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Founded in 1865, it is
oldest specialized agency
of the UN system
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Standards making one of
the ITU’s first activities
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HQ Geneva, 5 regional
offices and 8 area offices,
750 staff / 80
nationalities
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ITU truly International and has
Global presence
ITU 5 Elected Officials
750 Staff from 80 Countries
6 UN Official Languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish
Headquarters in Geneva with Liaison Office in New York
Regional offices in Addis Ababa, Bangkok, Brasilia, Cairo
Area offices in Bridgetown, Dakar, Harare, Jakarta, Moscow,
Santiago, Tegucigalpa, Yaoundé
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… and welcome to ITU-T
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ITU-T’ objectives:
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To develop interoperable, nondiscriminatory, international standards
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To assist in bridging the standardization
gap between developed and developing
countries
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To extend and facilitate international
cooperation among international and
regional standardization bodies.
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Open standards promote a
“network effect”
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A few examples of open standards
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A few examples of proprietary
“standards”
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You already benefit from ITU standards
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Focus Groups:
Where are we?
"! Smart Cable Television
#! Augment the Study Group
"! Bridging the Gap from
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Innovations to
Standards
Disaster Relief
Systems, Network
Resilience and
Recovery
Machine To Machine
Service Layer
Cloud Computing
Car Communication
Driver Distraction
system
#! Way to quickly react to ICT
standardization needs
#! Great flexibility of working
methods
#! Open to non-member
participants
"! Audiovisual
Media Accessib.
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Outline
Part I - Introduction
Part II – Reaching out
!! organizations
!! message
Part III – go further with ITU
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ITU-T collaborates with
standards organizations to avoid
duplication of efforts
44 formal
partnerships
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FG AVA liaise with other ITU sectors
the ITU Radiocommunication Sector
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FG AVA liaise with NGOs
FG AVA input document on
Accessibility of Social
Networking Services
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addressed to
FG Cloud
Example of reaching Accessibility of
social networks?
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FG AVA liaise with industry
" ! FG AVA LS 7:
A contribution from the
European Hearing
Instrument Manufacturers
Association made possible to
address Technical characteristics of
wireless aids for hearing impaired
people to another regional
organization
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FG AVA liaise with regulators
How to reach
out:
the “Making TV
Accessible ITU
report”
translated into
Polish
(courtesy of
Krystyna Ros!an-Kuhn)
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Challenges for Standards
Organizations
•! ICTs are all pervasive: utilities,
transport, health, … (vertical
industries)
•! Different industries, different
cultures
•! Standards making will become
even more complex
•! Collaboration more essential
than ever
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Next?
Would You be the next
partner to help to make the
difference?
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Outline
Part I - Introduction
Part II – Reaching out
!! organizations
!! message
Part III – go further with ITU
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How
In several ways FG AVA
members could reach out:
We have plans
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ITU-T Technology Watch:
contribute
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Surveys the ICT environment to
identify emerging technologies
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Receives feedback from the
standards and research community
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Disseminate them to the ITU
Membership and beyond
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Stimulate discussion that may result
in new standardization activities
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Publish your research
ITU-T Technology Watch reports:
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Among the most recent ones:
Using submarine communication networks
to monitor the climate
Standards and eHealth
Optical Technologies
Upcoming:
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" ! Smart clothing
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Kaleidoscope:
Share your innovative ideas
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International academic conference
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Rigorous, double-blind peer review
process
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Brings together academic, research
and industry players
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Brainstorming on future ICT trends
in standardization
www.itu-kaleidoscope.org
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Kaleidoscope side events
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Local University Exhibit
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Standardization Tutorial
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Jules Verne’s corner
Thinking ahead 50 years like Jules Verne
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Become a key player in ITU-T
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Participate in ITU-T Study Groups and other ITU-T
meetings on standards development
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Influence global standards by submitting
contributions, leading work, and taking part in
consensus building
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Step into ICT leaders’ world
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Access key standards and other
information sources, facilities and
databases
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Access 192 governments/regulatory
bodies from developed and developing
countries
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Seek out potential new sources of
income and finance (patenting, funding
by major companies)
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ITU membership now open to
Academia
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Academia, Universities and Associated Research
Establishments can join ITU in their own right
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Academia can play a direct role in global standards
development within ITU-T Study Groups
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ITU Academia members - benefits
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Participation under its own banner
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Worldwide exposure
Can contribute (make written proposals) and
attend the work of any of the study groups
Can take role of Editor and Rapporteur
Access to ITU online resources
(via ITU TIES online account)
Documentation on website and in FTP areas
Discussion forums
Databases
Recommendations and other publications
Can submit comments to technical
Recommendations under approval
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ITU-T Academia members
13 Academia have joined ITU-T since January 2011
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ITU welcome ceremony for Academia
First welcome
ceremony
(January 2011)
With all ITU
elected officials
Waseda University receiving ITU member certificate
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Raise your profile
on a global scale
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Raise the profile of your academic institution and
see the advancement of your ICT innovations
through adoption of global standards
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Raise the profile of your work
with the opportunity of
publication
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Boost your CV by becoming an
Editor or Rapporteur of a Study Group
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ITU-T Links and
additional information
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ITU-T:
http://itu.int/ITU-T/index.html
ITU-T SG16:
http://itu.int/ITU-T/go/sg16
ITU-T FG AVA:
http://itu.int/en/ITU-T/focusgroups/ava/
Pages/default.aspx
ITU-T Workshops:
http://itu.int/ITU-T/worksem
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Thank you
alexandra.gaspari@itu.int
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