ITU-D Study Groups

Previous Periods

ITU-D STUDY GROUPS 1 AND 2

RAPPORTEURS, VICE-RAPPORTEURS & BDT FOCAL POINTS

STUDY GROUP 1

STUDY GROUP 2

Question 1/1 - Policy, regulatory and technical aspects of the migration from existing networks to broadband networks in developing countries, including next-generation networks, m-services, OTT services and the implementation of IPv6
Rapporteurs	Mr Yahya Nasser Mohammed AL HAJRI (Oman Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) )
Vice-Rapporteurs	Mr Gilbert BALEKETTE (Central African Republic)
	Mr Mamadou Pathé BARRY (Guinea)
	Ms Jane COFFIN (United States of America)
	Mr Satya N. GUPTA (ITU-APT Foundation)
	Mr William Kyoungyong JEE (Korea (Rep. of))
	Mr Albert KAMGA (Cameroon)
	Mr Serge Edgard KOUDJO (Benin)
	Mr Luc MISSIDIMBAZI (Congo (Rep. of))
	Mr Turhan MULUK (Intel Corporation)
	Mr Abdoulaye OUEDRAOGO (Burkina Faso)
	Mr Rachid OUTEMZABET (Algeria)
	Mr Joseph Bruno YUMA UTCHUDI (D.R. Congo)
	Mr Patrick Hervé Bagodou ZEBOUA (Côte d'Ivoire)
	Mr Chunfei ZHANG (China (P.R. of))
BDT Focal Points	Mr Sylvester CADETTE (BDT Focal Point (AMS))
	Mr Vladimir DAIGELE (BDT Focal Point (Headquarters))
	Mr Farid NAKHLI (BDT Focal Point (CIS))
	Mr Sameer SHARMA (BDT Focal Point (ASP))
	Ms Nancy SUNDBERG (BDT Focal Point (Headquarters))
	Mr Marcelino TAYOB (BDT Focal Point (AFR))
	Ms Chali TUMELO (BDT Focal Point (AFR))

Question 2/1 - Broadband access technologies, including IMT, for developing countries
Rapporteurs	Mr Luc MISSIDIMBAZI (Congo (Rep. of))
Vice-Rapporteurs	Mr Philip KELLEY (France, Alcatel-Lucent International)
	Ms Tharalika LIVERA (Sri Lanka )
	Mr Turhan MULUK (Intel Corporation)
	Ms Laboni PATNAIK (United States of America)
	Mr Yuki UMEZAWA (Japan)
BDT Focal Points	Mr Ali Drissa BADIEL (BDT Focal Point (AFR))
	Mr Désiré KARYABWITE (BDT Focal Point (Headquarters))
	Mr Farid NAKHLI (BDT Focal Point (CIS))
	Mr Sameer SHARMA (BDT Focal Point (ASP))
	Ms Chali TUMELO (BDT Focal Point (AFR))

Question 3/1 - Access to cloud computing: challenges and opportunities for developing countries
Rapporteurs	Mr Nasser KETTANI (Microsoft Corporation)
Vice-Rapporteurs	Mr Jules ESSOH KAMBO (Cameroon)
	Mr Henri NUMBI ILUNGA (D.R. Congo)
	Mr Abdoulaye OUEDRAOGO (Burkina Faso)
BDT Focal Points	Ms Ida JALLOW (BDT Focal Point (AFR))
	Mr Emmanuel KAMDEM (BDT Focal Point (AFR))
	Ms Youlia LOZANOVA (BDT Focal Point (Headquarters))
	Mr Slaheddine MAAREF (BDT Focal Point (ARB))

Question 4/1 - Economic policies and methods of determining the costs of services related to national telecommunication/ICT networks, including next-generation networks
Rapporteurs	Mr Amah Vinyo CAPO ()
Vice-Rapporteurs	Mr Mohamed Abdullah Suliman AL KHARUSI (Oman Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA))
	Mr Saad ALSHAMMARI (Saudi Arabia)
	Mr Gilbert BALEKETTE (Central African Republic)
	Mr Mamadou Pathé BARRY (Guinea)
	Mr Luc Y.A. BOKO (Benin)
	Mr Romain CIZA MWEZE (D.R. Congo)
	Mr Seyni Malan FATY (Senegal)
	Mr Alexandre IPOU (Côte d'Ivoire)
	Mr James Ngari NJERU (Kenya)
	Mr Denis Ricardo VILLALOBOS ARAYA (Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE))
BDT Focal Points	Mr Jean-Jacques MASSIMA (BDT Focal Point (AFR))
	Ms Carmen PRADO-WAGNER (BDT Focal Point (Headquarters))
	Ms Anne Rita SSEMBOGA (BDT Focal Point (AFR))

Question 5/1 - Telecommunications/ICTs for rural and remote areas
Rapporteurs	Mr Shuichi NISHIMOTO (Japan)
Vice-Rapporteurs	Mr Edva ALTEMAR (Haiti)
	Mr Yuriy Sergeevich AVANESOV (Russian Federation)
	Ms Chunxia BAI (China (P.R. of))
	Mr Christopher Ganizani BANDA (Malawi)
	Mr Ibrahim A. KONE (Mali)
	Ms Zhang LI (China)
	Ms Tharalika LIVERA (Sri Lanka )
	Mr Joseph Bruno YUMA UTCHUDI (D.R. Congo)
BDT Focal Points	Mr Wisit ATIPAYAKOON (BDT Focal Point (ASP))
	Mr Désiré KARYABWITE (BDT Focal Point (Headquarters))
	Mr Marcelino TAYOB (BDT Focal Point (AFR))

Question 6/1 - Consumer information, protection and rights: Laws, regulation, economic bases, consumer networks
Rapporteurs	Mr Jinqiao CHEN (China (P.R. of) (Served until 2020))
	Mr Romain Abilé HOUÉHOU (African ICT Consumers Network / Réseau des Consommateurs Africains des TIC (RéCATIC))
Vice-Rapporteurs	Mr Majid Khalid AL BALUSHI (Oman Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA))
	Mr Edva ALTEMAR (Haiti)
	Mr Romain CIZA MWEZE (D.R. Congo)
	Mr Yawo Sitsofé Mawuéna GAMO (Togo)
	Mr Stanislas KANVOLI KAKOU BIDGE (Côte d'Ivoire)
	Mr Carl Adams KOPATI GBADI (Aence de régulation des télécommunications, Central African Republic)
	Ms Cristiana Camarate LEÃO QUINALIA (Brazil)
	Ms Suzy OWONA NOAH (Cameroon)
	Mr Ahmadou TRAORÉ (Mali)
BDT Focal Points	Ms Sofie MADDENS (BDT Focal Point (Headquarters))
	Mr Farid NAKHLI (BDT Focal Point (CIS))
	Ms Anne Rita SSEMBOGA (BDT Focal Point (AFR))

Question 7/1 - Access to telecommunication/ICT services by persons with disabilities and with specific needs
Rapporteurs	Dr Miran CHOI (Korea (Rep. of))
	Mr Abdoulaye DEMBELE (Mali)
	Ms Amela ODOBAŠIC (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Vice-Rapporteurs	Ms Lyliane KALUBI (D.R. Congo)
	Mr Mitsuji MATSUMOTO (Japan)
	Mr Godfrey MUHATIA MUTSOTSO (Kenya)
	Ms Joëlle G. ZOPANI YASSENGOU (Central African Republic)
BDT Focal Points	Mr Karim ABDELGHANI (BDT Focal Point (ARB))
	Ms Ida JALLOW (BDT Focal Point (AFR))
	Mr Farid NAKHLI (BDT Focal Point (CIS))
	Ms Aurora RUBIO (BDT Focal Point (ASP))
	Ms Roxana WIDMER-ILIESCU (BDT Focal Point (Headquarters))

Question 8/1 - Examination of strategies and methods of migration from analogue to digital terrestrial broadcasting and implementation of new services
Rapporteurs	Mr Roberto HIRAYAMA (Brazil)
Vice-Rapporteurs	Mr Mamadou Pathé BARRY (Guinea)
	Mr Fabrice DJOUMESSI DONTSA (Cameroon)
	Mr Peter Martin IKUMILU (Kenya)
	Ms Jinane KARAM (Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) of Lebanon)
	Mr Jean-Marie MAIGNAN (Haiti)
	Mr Arseny PLOSSKY (Russian Federation)
BDT Focal Points	Ms Rouda ALAMIR ALI (BDT Focal Point (ARB))
	Mr Wisit ATIPAYAKOON (BDT Focal Point (ASP))
	Mr István BOZSOKI (BDT Focal Point (Headquarters))
	Mr Jean-Jacques MASSIMA (BDT Focal Point (AFR))
	Mr Farid NAKHLI (BDT Focal Point (CIS))

Resolution 9 - Participation of countries, particularly developing countries, in spectrum management
Co-Chairs	Mr Fadel DIGHAM (Egypt)
	Mr Sergey PASTUKH (ITU-R Study Group 1)
Vice-Chairs	Mr Amer HASSAN (Microsoft Corporation)
	Mr Richard KIMASI (Autorité de Régulation de la Poste et des Télécommunications du Congo (A.R.P.T.C.))
	Mr Scott KOTLER (Lockheed Martin Corporation (LMC))
	Ms LiChing SUNG (United States)
BDT Focal Points	Mr István BOZSOKI (BDT Focal Point (Headquarters))
	Mr Jean-Jacques MASSIMA (BDT Focal Point (AFR))
	Mr Farid NAKHLI (BDT Focal Point (CIS))
	Mr Aamir RIAZ (BDT Focal Point (ASP))
	Mr Philippe AUBINEAU (BR Focal Point)

Question 1/2 - Creating the smart society: Social and economic development through ICT applications
Rapporteurs	Mr James Ngari NJERU (Kenya)
Vice-Rapporteurs	Mr Richard ANAGO (Burkina Faso)
	Mr Evgeny BONDARENKO (Russian Federation)
	Mr Cheung-Moon CHO (Korea (Rep. of))
	Mr Romain CIZA MWEZE (D.R. Congo)
	Mr Seydou DIARRA (Mali)
	Mr Turhan MULUK (Intel Corporation)
	Mr Jean-David RODNEY (Haiti)
	Mr Dominic VERGINE (ARM Holdings plc)
	Ms Xing XIN (China (P.R. of))
	Ms Joëlle G. ZOPANI YASSENGOU (Central African Republic)
BDT Focal Points	Mr Karim ABDELGHANI (BDT Focal Point (ARB))
	Mr Hani ESKANDAR (BDT Focal Point (Headquarters))
	Ms Ida JALLOW (BDT Focal Point (AFR))
	Mr Takashi MASUMITSU (BDT Focal Point (Headquarters))
	Mr Farid NAKHLI (BDT Focal Point (CIS))
	Mr Ashish NARAYAN (BDT Focal Point (ASP))

Question 2/2 - Information and telecommunications/ICTs for e-health
Rapporteurs	Mr Isao NAKAJIMA (Japan)
	Mr Done-Sik YOO (Korea (Rep. of))
Vice-Rapporteurs	Mr Leonid ANDROUCHKO (Dominic Foundation, Switzerland)
	Mr Grégory DOMOND (Haiti)
	Ms Malina JORDANOVA (Bulgaria)
BDT Focal Points	Mr Karim ABDELGHANI (BDT Focal Point (ARB))
	Mr Ali Drissa BADIEL (BDT Focal Point (AFR))
	Mr Hani ESKANDAR (BDT Focal Point (Headquarters))
	Mr Takashi MASUMITSU (BDT Focal Point (Headquarters))
	Mr Ashish NARAYAN (BDT Focal Point (ASP))
	Mr Getachew SAHLU (BDT Focal Point (AFR))

Question 3/2 - Securing information and communication networks: Best practices for developing a culture of cybersecurity
Rapporteurs	Ms Rozalin Basheer Faqeer AL-BALUSHI (Oman Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA))
	Mr Eliot LEAR (United States of America)
Vice-Rapporteurs	Mr Damnam Kanlanfei BAGOLIBE (Togo)
	Mr Christopher Ganizani BANDA (Malawi)
	Mr Albert KAMGA (Cameroon)
	Ms Miho NAGANUMA (Japan)
	Mr Jean-David RODNEY (Haiti)
	Ms Jabin S. VAHORA (United States of America)
	Mr Jaesuk YUN (Korea (Rep. of))
BDT Focal Points	Ms Rouda ALAMIR ALI (BDT Focal Point (ARB))
	Ms Rosheen AWOTAR-MAUREE (BDT Focal Point (Headquarters))
	Mr Ali Drissa BADIEL (BDT Focal Point (AFR))
	Mr Luc DANDURAND (BDT Focal Point (Headquarters))
	Mr Farid NAKHLI (BDT Focal Point (CIS))
	Mr Marco OBISO (BDT Focal Point (Headquarters))
	Mr Pablo PALACIOS (BDT Focal Point (AMS))
	Mr Sameer SHARMA (BDT Focal Point (ASP))
	Mr Serge Valéry ZONGO (BDT Focal Point (AFR))

Question 4/2 - Assistance to developing countries for implementing conformance and interoperability programmes
Rapporteurs	Mr Gordon GILLERMAN (United States of America)
	Mr Cheikh Tidjani OUDAA (Mauritania)
Vice-Rapporteurs	Mr Richard ANAGO (Burkina Faso)
	Ms Lisa J. CARNAHAN (United States of America)
	Mr Roland Yaw KUDOZIA (Ghana)
	Mr Osmar MACHADO (Brazil)
BDT Focal Points	Mr Vladimir DAIGELE (BDT Focal Point (Headquarters))
	Mr Slaheddine MAAREF (BDT Focal Point (ARB))
	Mr Bruno RAMOS (BDT Focal Point (AMS))
	Mr Sameer SHARMA (BDT Focal Point (ASP))
	Ms Chali TUMELO (BDT Focal Point (AFR))

Question 5/2 - Utilization of telecommunications/ICTs for disaster preparedness, mitigation and response
Rapporteurs	Ms Kelly O'KEEFE (United States of America)
Vice-Rapporteurs	Mr Hideo IMANAKA (Japan)
	Mr Richard KROCK (Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc.)
	Mr Jean-Marie MAIGNAN (Haiti)
BDT Focal Points	Mr Wisit ATIPAYAKOON (BDT Focal Point (ASP))
	Ms Maritza DELGADO SOLARTE (BDT Focal Point (Headquarters))
	Mr Jean-Jacques MASSIMA (BDT Focal Point (AFR))
	Mr Rodrigo ROBLES (BDT Focal Point (AMS))

Question 6/2 - ICT and climate change
Rapporteurs	Mr Philip KELLEY (France, Alcatel-Lucent International)
Vice-Rapporteurs	Mr Nasser AL MARZOUQI (RESIGNED IN 2018) (United Arab Emirates (resigned in 2018))
	Mr Naoki FUKE (Japan)
	Mr Joseph Bruno YUMA UTCHUDI (D.R. Congo)
BDT Focal Points	Mr Mustafa AL MAHDI (BDT Focal Point (ARB))
	Ms Maritza DELGADO SOLARTE (BDT Focal Point (Headquarters))
	Mr Rodrigo ROBLES (BDT Focal Point (AMS))
	Ms Anne Rita SSEMBOGA (BDT Focal Point (AFR))

Question 7/2 - Strategies and policies concerning human exposure to electromagnetic fields
Rapporteurs	Ms Dan LIU (China (P.R. of))
Vice-Rapporteurs	Mr Issoufi Kouma MAIGA (Mali)
	Mr Dirk-Oliver VON DER EMDEN (Switzerland)
BDT Focal Points	Mr István BOZSOKI (BDT Focal Point (Headquarters))
	Mr Jean-Jacques MASSIMA (BDT Focal Point (AFR))
	Mr Getachew SAHLU (BDT Focal Point (AFR))

Question 8/2 - Strategies and policies for the proper disposal or reuse of telecommunication/ICT waste material
Rapporteurs	Mr Juan Pablo CEBALLOS OSPINA (Colombia)
	Mr Ananda Raj KHANAL (Nepal (Republic of))
Vice-Rapporteurs	Mr Géraud-Constant AHOKPOSSI (Benin)
BDT Focal Points	Mr Mustafa AL MAHDI (BDT Focal Point (ARB))
	Mr Emmanuel KAMDEM (BDT Focal Point (AFR))
	Mr Orhan OSMANI (BDT Focal Point (Headquarters))

Question 9/2 - Identification of study topics in the ITU-T and ITU-R study groups which are of particular interest to developing countries
Rapporteurs	Mr Nasser AL MARZOUQI (RESIGNED IN 2018) (United Arab Emirates (resigned in 2018))

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