1. International Telecommunication Union Mar del Plata, Argentina, 2 September 2009 SG16 General overview and activities of interest (other than IPTV) Yushi Naito Mitsubishi Electric Corporation ITU-T SG16 Chairman Seminar on ITU-T hot topics for Standardization (Mar del Plata, Argentina, 2 September 2009)

2. International Telecommunication Union Mar del Plata, Argentina, 2 September 2009 2 ITU-T SG16 (Study Period 2009-2012) SG16 WP 2/16 WP 3/16 WP 1/16 Network signal processing and voiceband terminals (4 Qs) Chairman: Mr. Harald Kullmann (DeutscheTelekom, Germany) Applications and systems (12 Qs) Co-Chairman: Mr. Seong-Ho Jeong (Hankuk Univ., Korea) Co-Chairman: Mr. Noah Luo (Huawei, China) Vice Chairman: Mr. Yoshinori Goto (NTT, Japan) Media coding (5 Qs) Chairman: Ms. Claude Lamblin (France Telecom, France) Q 20 Q 26 Multimedia coordination Accessibility to Multimedia Systems and Services Multimedia coding, systems and applications Chairman:Yushi Naito (Mitsubishi Electric, Japan) Q27/16 Q18/16

3. International Telecommunication Union Mar del Plata, Argentina, 2 September 2009 3 Responsibilities and mandates SG16 is; responsible for studies relating to ubiquitous applications, multimedia capabilities for services and applications for existing and future networks, including NGN and beyond. the lead Study Group on ; Multimedia coding, systems and applications ubiquitous applications ("e-everything", such as e-health) telecommunication/ICT accessibility for persons with disabilities

4. International Telecommunication Union Mar del Plata, Argentina, 2 September 2009 4 SG16 involvements to Car Communications Q 27 (WP2/16 Vehicle Gateway Platform for telecommunication/ITS services/applications ) on; Studies on the requirements in terms of services and functions to support V2V and V2I Studies on the functions of vehicle gateway and its reference model(s) Studies on the open interface between in-vehicle network and ICT devices Studies on the relevant necessary protocols to support vehicle oriented services/applications Q 18 (WP1/16 Interaction aspects of signal processing network equipment ) on; Developing mechanism for dynamic coordination of SPNE to achieve optimal end-to-end voice quality

5. International Telecommunication Union Mar del Plata, Argentina, 2 September 2009 5 SG 16 involvements to Human Accessibilities Specification of interfaces on communication equipment in order to enable session and device control and media handling by people with varying capabilities and preferences Multimedia Services including mechanisms for trans- formation between different media forms of the same content in order to adapt to the capabilities of end users. (e.g. relay services for speech-impaired or deaf people) Mechanisms for inter-working with mono-media services in an accessible way (e.g. text telephony and voice telephony) ……. and so on Q 26 (Accessibility to Multimedia Systems and Services ) on; Q 26 developed Telecommunications Accessibility Checklist in Nov. 2006 and Rec. F.790, Telecommunications accessibility guidelines for older persons and persons with disabilities in Jan. 2007. It is currently working on standards for relay services

6. International Telecommunication Union Mar del Plata, Argentina, 2 September 2009 6 Future Events Car Communication ICT(Infrastructure, Telematics & navigation) Conference - Speech in cars - (organized by FG-CarCom) Torino, Italy, 16 October 2009 The Fully Networked Car @ Geneva International Motor Show Workshop Geneva, Switzerland, 3 - 4 March 2010 Human Accessibility Workshop on Accessibility Bamako, Mali, 13 - 15 October 2009 The impact of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on the work of the ITU-T Geneva, Switzerland, 2 November 2009