ITU - Empowering global ICT development Malcolm Johnson DOCUMENT #:GSC13-PLEN-44 FOR:Presentation SOURCE:ITU AGENDA ITEM:Opening Plenary, 4.6 CONTACT(S):Malcolm Johnson Submission Date: Month Day, 2008

2 Climate Change Power saving checklist for standards authors ITU Symposia on ICTs and Climate Change. London, Kyoto. ITU-R studies on climate monitoring and weather forecasting ITU-T Focus Group Accessibility Checklist for standards authors Workshop JCA, Dynamic Coalition on Accessibility and Disability Emergency Telecoms Spectrum requirements for use in initial phase of an emergency ITU-T Rec: Language independent prefix for emergency numbers ITU-T Rec: Child helpline Cybersecurity Recs giving: Definition of cybersecurity; a standardized way for vendors to supply security updates and guidelines on spyware; toolbox of technical measures to counter spam. Identity management: Draft Recommendations ongoing on data model, interoperable framework, interchange framework, and entity authentication assurance, requirements Bridging the standardization gap Regional forums Remote participation Highlights of Current Activities (1)

3 Highlights of Current Activities (2) Additional spectrum identified for International Mobile Telecommunications (IMT) Higher frequencies: to face growth in densely populated areas Lower frequencies to provide, at a reasonable cost, high speed mobile services everywhere, in particular in less densely populated areas NGN Recs: requirements, architecture, OAM, signalling protocols, resource control, NNI signalling, NGN testing, and security IPTV: Proceedings of IPTV FG collected. First Recs. approved Optical and other transport network infrastructures Free ITU-T Recommendations very popular Fully Networked Car: Annual event Academia initiative: Kaleidoscope conference – Innovation in NGN Technology Watch briefing reports: climate change, lawful interception, remote collaboration tools, telepresence, Ubiquitous Sensor Networks, CALM

4 Strategic Direction Adapt to market needs Strive for stronger participation from developing countries Strong engagement with academia, research bodies “ITU inside” concept: Mark to show conformance to ITU Recs Workshop programme attracts diverse audience, initiates new work Truly global public/private partnership key strength

5 Challenges Some principle themes of WRC-11: –Safety –“Classic” radiocommunication services –Regulatory issues Reflect needs of the market Proliferation of forums ICT and climate change

6 Next Steps/Actions Preparation for WRC Agenda Items, again addressing almost all Radio Services CPM11-1 established studies in ITU-R Study Groups WTSA-08 will: Decide on future standardization topics Create structure to efficiently address future work Ensure relevant, clear mandates avoiding duplication Facilitate participation, especially of developing countries Enhance current electronic working methods GSS (Global Standards Symposium) will address: Bridging the standardization gap Climate change, accessibility Proliferation of forums

7 Supplementary information

8 Relevant links ITU-T website WTSA-08 General Enquiries WRC-07 website R/index.asp?category=conferences&rlink=wrc-07&lang=en Presentation on results of WRC-07 Presentation on preparations for WRC-11