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ICTs and Climate Change
GREEN.1 : Green@ict: A digital new deal
Tuesday, 06 October 2009, 11:00 - 12:30, Room C
In today's economic crisis, Green ICT and ICT as a tool for greening other industries, are not only good
tools for dealing with Climate Change but also as tools for economic sustainability. Hence it is no wonder
that a key component of the economic stimulus agenda in US, Japan, Europe and many other regions, is the
development of smart cities, of smart grids, of funding Green Research and Development. Today, we have
the opportunity where smart homes, smart appliances, smart transportation, smart energy grids will all
converge to enable us to use less energy, store more energy, monitor climate change, buy and sell renewable
sources of energy, live, learn and play on seamless networks. However, one of the major obstacles remains
that for now these are separate industries with different modus operandi and regulatory bodies.
KEY QUESTIONS: -Are we at a very unique juncture of history where the crossroads between ICT and
Energy Technologies offer us with myriad options to alleviate the Climate Crisis, Financial Crisis and the
Security Crisis all in one swoop? -Is it time we coordinate the upgrading of the Energy Grid and broadband
networks to maximize an effective intelligent energy information highway? -Should the role of ICT in
Climate Change be central to the upcoming Copenhagen conference as a follow up from the Kyoto Climate
change meeting?
Moderator
* Mr Marc Gottschalk, Partner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, United States
Panellists
* Mr Hans Vestberg, CFO and incoming CEO , Ericsson - Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, Sweden
* Mr Michel Jarraud, Secretary-General, World Meteorological Organization , WMO
* Mr Robert G. Conway, CEO & Member of the Board, GSMA, United Kingdom
* Mr Henry Derwent, President & CEO, International Emissions Trading Association (IETA), Switzerland
* Mr Rajiv Mehrotra, Chairman Founder and CEO, VNL, India
* Mr Michael Keating, Executive Director, Africa Progress Panel / Kofi Annan Foundation, Switzerland
GREEN.2 : Green ICT practices: going beyond corporate social responsibility
Wednesday, 07 October 2009, 13:00 - 14:00, Room E
Many companies today are already recognizing that going Green is not just a "nice to do" or "must do"
under the auspices of corporate social responsibility. Many organizations have taken it out of CSR and
incorporated cross cutting measures across the whole organization; some even have Chief Energy Officers
Energy efficiency is clearly a low hanging fruit. It is the easiest and quickest thing companies can to do
reduce OPEX. Often telecommunications service providers fund that more than 45% of OPEX is spent on
energy. Some obvious examples can be found in data centres, and innovative techniques such as water
cooling, passive cooling, flywheel storage, virtualisation of servers and data centres, have reduced OPEX
considerably..Yet as this is a nascent field, there are no clear best practices and it is important to create a
platform for debate and dialogue.
KEY QUESTIONS: - Can we break the old linear model of production, consumption and waste? - Are
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there best practices for greening ICT products, production, consumption and waste and a company's supply
chain? - What are the replicable green business practices that can be taken to make great strides to
significantly reduce capital expenditure (CAPEX) and operational expenditure (OPEX) for businesses? How can ICT be used as a tool to reduce carbon footprint of companies? - What are the KPIs for successful
sustainable business practices?
Moderator
* Ms Camille Mendler, Forum Advisory Commitee Member, Vice President, Enterprise Research, Global
Communications and Converged Solutions, Yankee Group, United Kingdom
Panellists
* Sir Stephen Gomersall, Senior Vice President and Executive Officer, Chief Executive For Europe, Hitachi,
Ltd., Japan
* Ms Monique Morrow, CTO Asia Pacific, Cisco, Hong Kong, China
* Mr Paul Excell, COO, Innovation, BT Group, United Kingdom
* Mr Alberto Andreu Pinillos, Director, Telefonica S.A., Spain
GREEN.3 : Measuring up: Goodbye to green washing
Wednesday, 07 October 2009, 16:30 - 18:00, Room E
There is much innovation now on Green ICT, including new network technologies such as NGN, solar
powered chargers, universal chargers, more energy efficient modes for power operation of devices and solar
powered base stations But there are currently no standard measures to be able to compare one solution from
another (fixed versus mobile) or to measure the impact of ICTs on reducing energy consumption ion other
sectors. This session will highlight the difficulties in comparing one Green ICT innovation from another.
Last year, the ITU-T created a Focus Group on ICT and Climate Change open to all. One of the key
objectives of the group was to develop a methodology to describe and estimate the energy consumption of
ICTs over their entire lifecycle. The Group completed its work in spring 2009. Customers who see the
benefits of going green are often left confused or shortchanged. Exchanging ideas on these issues and
seeing how better measurement can be implemented to help advance the Green ICT and avoid "green
washing" will be a timely discussion for this audience.
KEY QUESTIONS: - Can we adequately compare different green products or does this amount to
comparing apples with oranges? - With the level of complexity and differing functions at the network and
data centre level, is it possible to come up with meaningful metrics for the green industry? - How can we
use measurements developed in other domains e.g. government policy? Is there a need to coordinate these
various efforts?
Moderator
* Dr Keith Dickerson, Head of Global Standards, BT, United Kingdom
Panellists
* Mr Patrick Pax, Solutions Marketing - M2M and Green IT, Orange Business Services, Switzerland
* Mr Luc Ceuppens, Vice President of Marketing, Juniper Networks, United States
* Dr Yoh Somemura, Senior Research Engineer, Supervisor, Environmental Management & Provisioning
Project, NTT Information Sharing Laboratory Group, Japan
* Mr Thomas Spiller, Senior Director, International Programs, SAS Institute, Belgium
* Mr Olivier Dupont, Consulting Engineer, office of President, Cisco, France
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GREEN.4 : Thinking green: Policy and practices for ICT innovation
Thursday, 08 October 2009, 14:30 - 16:00, Room E
By some accounts the ICT contributes to 2-3% of carbon dioxide emissions-equivalent to that of the
aviation industry. Yet on the same token, it is a tool to reduce the carbon emissions of other industries by a
lot more. For Green ICT, as a tool, to become a reality, it is important to see how governments and
businesses can pave the way to ensure a strong business case for Green ICT. Whilst going green clearly has
an impact on operational costs, it is sometime not clear if a return on investment greater than 3 years can
justify an increased capital expenditure for going green. This is especially so for businesses that run on a
quarterly reporting structure. Added to that, renewable energy is often costlier than burning fossil fuels. The
right policies and practices can enhance the business case to go Green for the ICT industry. For example,
incentives can be in the form of government and business procurement policies which helps ensure a market
for big and small suppliers to grow their base and continue to innovate. Meanwhile, governments can lead
the way with the right policies. Some government such as Canada have introduced the concept of "Green
bandwidth" i.e incentivizing people to be more energy efficient and they are rewarded by broadband
connections"- meets the need to grow a renewable energy industry and the broadband industry in one
swoop. These and many more innovative policies, including carbon taxation, cap and trade, cap and
dividend etc, will be explored.
KEY QUESTIONS: - Is there a clear business case to go green or should governments step in to help
businesses go green e.g carbon taxation, or the use of green ICT as a vendor selection criteria in
procurement practices? - Are there innovative business or government policy and practices that have been
shown to lead the way for green innovation in ICTs?
Moderator
* Mrs Laina Raveendran Greene, Forum Advisory Committee, CEO, GET-IT, Green Energy Technology and
Info-communications Technology, United States
Panellists
* Mr Mark Summer, Chief Innovation Officer, Inveneo, United States
* Mr Philippe Baechtold, Director, Patent Division, World Intellectual Property Organization, WIPO
* Mr Don MacLean, Senior Associate, International Institute for Sustainable Development - IISD, Canada
* Mr Bruce Baikie, President & Founder, Green-Wi-Fi, United States
* Mrs Lolia Emakpore, Forum Advisory Committee Member, Director, Consumer Affairs Bureau, Nigerian
Communications Commission, Nigeria
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