Jim Abraham, DG Monitoring
Meteorological Service of Canada
Jim is responsible for Environment
Canada’s climate, weather and
hydrometric monitoring program, which
includes the satellite and radar remote
sensing observing programs. A
meteorologist by trade, he has had
severe weather positions in Whitehorse,
Montreal and Halifax. Twenty years ago,
Jim set up the Canadian Hurricane Centre
in Halifax, and was the Principle
Investigator in the world's first field
study of the behaviour of hurricanes in
the middle latitudes, including aircraft
flights into Hurricane "Juan" that
pounded Jim's hometown, Halifax in 2003.
Jim is currently Canada’s representative
on the World Meteorological
Organization’s Polar Panel, where he
leads the Observations component. With a
passion for the Arctic, he has helped
lead the development of the Global
Cryospheric Watch, an important
international collaboration covering
changes to sea ice, glaciers, snow, and
permafrost.
In recognition of Jim’s contributions to
the understanding of the behaviour of
hurricanes in middle latitudes, he was
awarded the 2002 Patterson Medal, the
most prestigious award for meteorology
in Canada.
Hossam Allam, CEDARE
Dr. Hossam Allam is the Regional
Programme Manager of Strategic Concerns Programme at the Centre for Environment
and Development for the Arab Region and
Europe (CEDARE), international
organization based in Egypt. His current
work focuses on Green ICT, Resources
Efficiency, and Green Economy. He is
also the regional focal point for Middle
East and North Africa for Solving the
E-waste Problem (StEP) initiative.
He has initiated CEDARE eAcademy that
provides multi-lingual courses for
different environmental related courses.
Dr. Allam has been involved in
implementing projects on national and
regional levels. He seeks to fulfill the
vision of "environment for Development"
by utilizing ICT to manage natural
resources and enhance human resources
capacities to manage such valuable
resources wisely and economically.
Edva Altemar, Conatel, Haiti
Career: Head of Licenses management and
International Relations at CONATEL, Edva
ALTEMAR started his professional career
as Engineer of planning service in
CONATEL, Haiti in 2005. After some
training from USTTI, ITU learnig centre
for Americas he became the Responsible
for this service in January 2006.
He is also lecturer of
telecommunications at Université Caraibe
and Univesité Lumière in Port-au-Prince,
Haiti.
Formation: He is now in a Master in
Population & development at Faculté des
Sciences Humaines, Université d’Etat
d’Haiti and get the Diploma of
Electronic Engineering, Faculté des
Sciences, Université d’Etat d’Haiti in
2002.
James Anderson, Earth Networks
Jim Anderson is the vice president of
international network and business
development at Earth Networks. He is
focused on the global expansion of the
company and meeting the weather and
environmental monitoring needs for a
number of vertical market stakeholders,
including government agencies,
agriculture, energy and transportation.
Anderson joined the company in 2002 and
led the launch business efforts in the
energy, public safety, federal
government and commercial verticals.
Anderson holds an MBA from Georgetown
University, a master of science in
environmental economics and policy from
the University of Maine, and a bachelor
of science in biology and economics from
the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Jean-Francois Barsoum, IBM
As an IBM Senior Managing Consultant,
Jean-François Barsoum has provided
strategy advice to a diverse set of
clients. He has spoken on innovation,
smarter transportation, and climate
change on four continents. He helped
develop core concepts for IBM’s Smarter
Cities initiative and deepened IBM's
engagement with several North American
cities. With training by Nobel Peace
Prize Winner Al Gore, he regularly
presents material based on the movie “An
Inconvenient Truth”. He is on the boards
of the Climate Reality Project and of
the Canadian Water Network, and is a
member of the David Suzuki Foundation's
steering committee.
Donna Bethea-Murphy, Iridium
Communications
Donna Bethea-Murphy is Vice President,
Regulatory Engineering at Iridium
Communications Inc., the only satellite
communications company that offers truly
global voice and data coverage. She is
responsible for leading the company's
domestic and international technical
regulatory activities, including those
related to policy, standards, licensing,
UN specialized organizations and
spectrum management. She also serves on
the FCC’s CSRIC Council and on the
boards of the Satellite Industry
Association and the Mobile Satellite
Users Association. Ms. Bethea-Murphy
holds a Bachelors of Science in
electrical engineering from Clemson
University.
Renee Blanchard, Greenpeace
Reneé Blanchard is a Campaigner for
Greenpeace International’s Cool IT
campaign. She has worked on Greenpeace
campaigns since 2004 as both volunteer
and staff member. Reneé has been a
writer and project manager for several
environmental organizations including
Waterkeeper Alliance, Louisiana Bucket
Brigade, and the Center for Health,
Environment, and Justice focusing on
community impacts of climate change and
the oil and gas industry.
Greenpeace International’s Cool IT
campaign empowers the ICT industry to
develop solutions that reduce global
greenhouse gas emissions. Reneé manages
the annual release of the Cool IT
Leaderboard, which ranks 21 companies in
these efforts including political
advocacy for strong and fair climate
change legislation. The campaign
includes the grading of leading IT
companies data center energy sourcing
and policies with the release of the
“How Clean is Your Cloud?” report.
Greenpeace believes the ICT industry has
a huge potential to lead the globe in
innovative solutions and technologies,
including empowering the expansion of
the renewable energy industry, in order
to prevent devastating climate change
impacts.
Pierre Boucher, Ericsson
Pierre Boucher is Director for Research
at Ericsson’s R&D and Services center in
Montreal. He is responsible for research
activities on broadband systems and
networks and for Ericsson Canada's
collaborative research and innovation
projects with universities and
institutions.
Areas covered by his group include
research in packet technologies,
intellectual property management and
incentive program management. Mr.
Boucher’s interests are in cloud
networking and computing and
applications of ICT in healthcare, smart
communities and sustainable development.
Mr. Boucher represents Ericsson on
various boards promoting research and
innovation in the telecommunications
sector and in the community, such as
Prompt, CATA, ADRIQ and TechnoMontréal.
Prior to his 20 years at Ericsson, Mr.
Boucher worked for Rogers in Network
Research with a focus on OSS systems.
Cristina Bueti, ITU
Cristina Bueti graduated from the
Faculty of Political Science and
International Cooperation and
Development of the University of
Florence, where she completed
postgraduate studies in International
Cooperation. In 2003, Ms Bueti completed
a project for the Faculty of Laws,
University of Malta, before joining the
International Telecommunication Union in
Geneva in January 2004. She is
responsible for ITU-T's activities
related to ICTs and environment with a
special focus on climate change and
e-waste issues.
Gilbert Buty, Alcatel Lucent
Gilbert Buty joined Alcatel-Lucent in
1990. In his current position as
Corporate Standards Manager in Bell
Labs, he coordinates the Alcatel Lucent
standardization experts active in the
environmental domain.
Gilbert Buty is co-rapporteur for the
ITU-T SG5 question on energy efficiency
for ICT equipment and Chief-Editor of
the Recommendation on the Methodology
for environmental impact assessment of
ICT within organizations. This
methodology intends to assess the energy
consumption and GHG emissions from ICT
organizations or from ICT-related
activities within non-ICT organizations.
Gilbert Buty represents Alcatel Lucent
in GeSI (Global e-Sustainability
Initiative) where he is co-chairing the
Energy Efficiency Working Group.
Jean Manuel Canet, France
Telecom/Orange
Jean-Manuel leads the Skill Centre on
Sustainable Development in Orange
Consulting, the Consulting branch of
Orange Business Services. This Skill
Centre performs IT energy audits and IT
carbon footprint assessments for
organisations. It also provides advice
on how to reduce environmental impacts
of ICT and how to use ICT in order to
reduce environmental impacts in other
sectors of the economy.
Jean-Manuel is Rapporteur for the
Question on methodologies in the frame
of the Study Group “Environment and
Climate Change” of the ITU-T. He sits on
the Steering Committee of the GHG
Protocol ICT sector initiative.
Jean-Manuel graduated from Telecom
ParisTech and from the Collège des
Ingénieurs MBA Programme.
Flavio Cucchietti, Telecom Italia
Flavio Cucchietti, within Telecom Italia R&D Center in Turin (Italy,) is managing the innovation projects on infrastructural and powering solutions for the Next Generation Network.
From 1988 is active in standardization activities on access network technologies and conformance testing. Is currently member of many standardization groups acting on Energy Efficiency and Sustainability for ICT and Network infrastructure.
Cooperates with EC and Energy Star on Energy efficiency initiatives.
Co-chairs the GeSI-EEWG (Energy Efficiency Working Group) where worldwide ICT service providers and vendors are working together towards energy efficiency .
Takes part to international and national study groups on optical fibre deployment in FTTx and Digital Divide scenarios.
He is Board member of GeSI and of CEI, the Italian standardization institution in the electrical, electronic and telecommunications area.
Charles Despins, President & CEO, Prompt
Charles Despins’ career has spanned both
the academic and industry segments of
the information and communications
technologies (ICT) sector. In addition
to his work as a faculty member of
INRS-Telecommunications (Université du
Québec) in Montreal, Canada, he has held
senior posts in the private sector,
namely at Microcell Telecom inc.
(Canadian GSM operator) and at Bell
Nordiq Group (a network operator in
rural and northern areas of Canada) as
vice-president and chief technology
officer. He has also worked as a
consultant for various wireless network
deployments in India and China. Since
January 2003, he has been president and
CEO of Prompt inc., an ICT
university-industry research and
development consortium. He also remains
active in university research as an
adjunct professor at Université du
Québec with research interests in
wireless communications and networks. He
holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical
engineering from McGill University in
Montreal, Canada as well as M.Sc. and
Ph.D. degrees, also in electrical
engineering, from Carleton University in
Ottawa, Canada. Dr. Despins is a Fellow
of the Engineering Institute of Canada
and received in 2006, the Outstanding
Engineer award from IEEE Canada. He is a
frequent advocate on Green ICT issues.
Daniel Gagne, Bell Canada
Daniel is Director of Corporate
Responsibility and Resiliency at Bell
Canada. Daniel leads the team that
oversees the implementation of Bell’s
sustainability vision, strategy and
initiatives and also elaborates, manages
and controls the company’s Environmental
Management System which enabled Bell to
become the first telecommunications
company in Canada to obtain the ISO
14001 registration. Daniel joined the
Bell team in 1993, he holds a Bachelor’s
degree in Biology and a Master’s degree
in Environment from the University of
Sherbrooke, he sits on the board of the
Conseil patronal de l’environnement du
Québec, and is also a member of the
advisory committee to the Business
Council for Sustainability of the
Conference Board of Canada.
Eduardo Galvez, Subtel
Eduardo Gálvez López is Public
Management of the Santiago University in
Chile. He has a Master Business
Administration in Loyola College in
Maryland EEUU. Also, He has a Master
Business Administration in Alberto
Hurtado University Chile and has a
Certificate in Finance and Marketing in
Georgetown University EEUU.
In 2008, under the Partners of the
Americas Program, He participated as
Fellows in Virginia Information
Technologies Agency (VITA) in Richmond,
Virginia State EEUU, developed to
support work to optimization the
process, management and control of
risks, definition the indicators and
strategic program planning for Virginia
Enterprise Applications Program.
Since 2004, he works as Advisor
Management in the Control Division in
the Undersecretary Telecommunications,
obtaining a high experience in strategic
planning, redesign and control process,
control management, implementation of
information systems, TICs, application
of quality management system under ISO
rule and support emergency management
processes.
Currently, Mr. Galvez works on the
design of the new institutional
organization of the Undersecretary of
Telecommunications.
Paolo Gemma, Huawei
Paolo Gemma - senior Specialist for
Europe and representative of Huawei on
issues related to energy saving and
environmental sustainability of
companies worldwide - has done its input
in Huawei in April 2008.
Before he was in Nokia Siemens Networks,
has been responsible for laboratories
Italian for EMC (electromagnetic
compatibility) and electrical safety
areas. Previously he held for 18 years a
role like within the Siemens
Communications Division.
Paolo Gemma, between the leading experts
of sector at international level, has an
active role in international
standardization activities. Since 1993
has engaged in ETSI (European
Telecommunication Standard Institute)
and participates in the development of
telecommunications EMC standards.
In 1997 he did entering ITU-T in the
study group 5 with the role of
Rapporteur until now. Currently he works
about thematic related to the
coordination and planning on climate
change and ICT standards.
Paolo Gemma has followed the work of the
EE (Environmental Engineering) of ETSI
Technical Committee since 1998. EE is
the Technical Committee of ETSI engaged
in the standardization of energy power,
mechanics and environmental conditions.
The group is committed since 2004 on
ecological issues in particular with
regard to the reduction of energy
consumption and cooling management of
equipment and installation publishing
some standards on this issue.
In 2002, has been appointed Secretary of
the Committee ETSI TC EE and 2009 holds
the position of Chairman of the EEPS EE
(eco Environmental product standard)
working group. It is, moreover, reporter
on standardizing on the themes of energy
saving and environmental impact of the
ITU-T Study group SG5 telecommunications
industry acting as rapporteur of Q17/5
“Energy efficiency for ICT equipment and
Climate Change standards harmonization”
.
Paolo Gemma is a graduate in electrical
engineering from the University of
Genoa.
Bruce A. Gracie, Industry Canada
Having completed a Ph.D. in 1976, Bruce
Gracie has worked in a variety of
capacities in the Canadian federal
government responsible for
telecommunications and information
technology matters. Among his recent
responsibilities at ITU were the
following: Chairman of the Finance and
Administration Committee at the 2002
Plenipotentiary Conference, Chairman of
the 2006 Council, Chairman of the
Radiocommunication Advisory Group from
2000 to 2007, Chairman of the 2007
Radiocommunication Assembly, and
Chairman of the Administration and
Management Committee at the 2010
Plenipotentiary Conference.
His current responsibilities include
serving as ITU Councillor for Canada, as
well as Chairman of the Commonwealth ITU
Group, Chairman of the Council Working
Group on Financial and Human Resources,
and Chairman of the Telecommunication
Standardization Advisory Group (TSAG).
He is the recipient of several awards
including the ITU Silver Medal for his
chairmanship of the 2006 ITU Council,
the ITU Gold Medal for his chairmanship
of the 2007 Radiocommunication Assembly,
and the International Telecom Career
Service Award from the Canadian Telecom
Hall of Fame in 2010.
Gianluca Griffa, Chairman of the Energy
Efficiency Working Group, ETNO
Gianluca Griffa, PMP® joined Telecom
Italia in 2001. He currently works in
the R&D Department, where he’s managing
the project “Innovative solutions for
powering and Energy Efficiency in the
Access Network”.
He’s Co-Chairman of the ETNO Energy Task
Force, which is a group formed by the
main European TLC Operators and involved
in benchmarking activities and best
practice analysis.
He’s also actively involved in different
Standardization Bodies and Fora (ITU-T,
ETSI, ETNO, GeSI) as far as the energy
efficiency topics are concerned.
He’s then involved in the Next
Generation Access Network project, where
he is engaged in several topics, among
which: scouting of equipment,
benchmarking of TLC Operators, analysis
of power consumption trends and analysis
of different architecture solutions (FTTx/xDSL,
FTTH P2P/P2MP) for the access network.
Finally, since 2006 he manages the
Eco-Efficiency Indicator (expressed in
terms of bit/joule) that is officially
reported in the Telecom Italia
Sustainability Report.
Kevin Grose, UNFCCC
Kevin directs the secretariat’s online
outreach, its public information and
media relations activities, including TV
and radio broadcast as well as webcast
operations at the annual UN climate
change conferences. Inside the
secretariat, he is in charge of internal
communications, knowledge and records
management.
Information and communication
technologies (ICTs) provide a critical
tool kit for outreach, information
dissemination and participation. Kevin
has worked with the International
Telecommunications Union, TechAmerica
Europe and other organizations to
introduce ICTs to support the work of
the intergovernmental climate change
regime for both developing and developed
country government and civil society
representatives.
Prior to starting his work with the
Climate Change Secretariat in 1999,
Kevin was Head of the Information
Management Group at the headquarters of
the International Union for the
Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Gland,
Switzerland, and, before that he served
as Chief Librarian of the United Nations
Environment Programme in Nairobi, Kenya.
Stephen Harper, Intel
Stephen Harper is Global Director,
Environment and Energy Policy, at the
Intel Corporation. He also serves as
Chairman of the Digital Energy and
Sustainability Solutions Campaign
(DESSC), a coalition of leading IT
companies and energy efficiency advocacy
groups focused on the role of IT in
driving energy efficiency and
sustainability solutions in the US,
China and India. He also serves as
Chairman of the International Climate
Change Partnership (ICCP).
In his Intel capacity, Harper oversees
all of the company’s interactions with
governments around the world related to
the environmental and energy performance
of its factories and products. He
advises senior management and directs a
global team of policy experts. Prior to
Intel, Harper served as a senior
regulatory manager for the Amoco Oil
Company and was a Senior Policy Advisor
at the US Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA). He has also served as a
Vice President of ICF Consulting. Harper
has a Master’s in International Affairs
from Princeton University and an MBA
from the University of Chicago.
Greg Hidley,
CALIT2/UCSD
Dr. Hidley is the founding CIO of the
California Institute for
Telecommunications and Information
Technology (CALIT2), a joint UCSD and UC
Irvine research center, and is currently
a CALIT2 technical director and project
manager for Project GreenLight, an NSF
funded instrumentation project
supporting research in energy efficient
computation and data centers. Greg has
designed engineering facilities, network
infrastructures and data centers at UCSD
and other institutions for over 25
years. He currently manages projects in
the areas of emerging
cyber-infrastructure, including advanced
networking, visualization and cluster
computing. Greg holds a Ph.D. in
Computer Science from UCSD.
Jay Illingworth, Electronics Products Recycling Association (EPRA)
With more than 20 years of experience in
developing effective public-private
partnerships, Jay Illingworth’s
background crosses a wide range of
technology-based initiatives for both
government and industry.
Jay served as Vice President of
Electronics Product Stewardship Canada
(EPSC) where he worked closely with
Canada’s leading manufacturers of
information technology and consumer
electronics on a variety of
environmental issues. In 2009 Jay was
named the Director of Harmonization for
Canada's industry-led environmental
stewardship programs for electronics. In
that role he led the development of the
industry’s performance measurement
framework, and revitalized their work on
setting and tracking environmental
handling fees.
Since January of 2012 Jay has continued
this role with the newly formed
Electronic Products Recycling
Association (EPRA).
Saba Imru, ITU
Saba Imru is in charge of human
resources management and development in
the Telecommunication Standardization
Bureau of ITU and heads the
Administrative Services.
She has served in ITU for over 20 years
during which she conducted the
implementation of several change
projects, including organizational
restructurings. She has introduced
innovative working methods and staff
development tools, including the World
Café collaborative conversation
methodology for which she is an
experienced facilitator.
Saba is a certified professional coach,
holds a Coaching Master in Leadership
and Communication and is currently
studying for an MA in Leading Innovation
and Change.
Hyungsoo Kim, Smart Grid Department,
KT
Hyungsoo Kim has worked at KT (Korea
Telecom) R&D part from 1993. He had
successfully led outstanding projects in
relation to B-ISDN (Broadband-Integrated
Digital Network), NGN (Next Generation
Network), IP QoS (Quality of Service),
Green ICT and Smart Grid field trial in
Jeju island. Now he is responsible for
leading the business and the technical
strategies for Smart Grid and K-MEG
(Korea-Micro Energy Grid), as a Director
of Smart Green Development Centre in KT.
Dr. Kim has a Ph.D. in electronics
engineering from Kon-Kuk University.
In addition to his role in KT, Dr. Kim
has participated ITU-T based
international standards activities,
since 1997. Now he is working as a
vice-chairman for ITU-T Study Group 12
and ITU-T Focus Group on Smart Grid.
Maurice Kordahi, TESubcom
Maurice E. Kordahi, PhD has over 25 years of undersea experience. Presently, he is
the Managing Director for the Wet Plant Development organization at TE SubCom,
responsible for the design of several underwater product lines, including fiber optic
amplifiers, cables, couplings, joints, and their introduction to manufacture and field
deployment. Dr. Kordahi initiated the work and developed system hardware for
integrating Wetmate Connectors into Oil & Gas Telecommunication systems. He has
had responsibilities for the set-up of a new repeater factory, as well as the build of the
Global class cable ships for laying undersea networks throughout the world.
Dr. Kordahi was part of the Bell Laboratories team that developed and installed the first
undersea fiber optic systems in the early 1980’s (Optican and TAT-8). He initiated the
work on the Quick Joint and is a member of the Universal Quick Joint/Universal
Joint/Universal Coupling Governing Board. Dr. Kordahi’s experience has spanned a
wide range of undersea cable activities: from marketing & sales in South America,
Europe and the Middle East, to cable system manufacturing and integration, to cable
ship instrumentation and machinery, to cable jointing, installation, burial and at-sea
maintenance. He has authored many papers and/or chapters in technical journals.
Maurice holds a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Dayton in Ohio, and both
Master’s of Science and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Kansas in Lawrence,
Kansas, all in Mechanical Engineering. He holds several dozen patents, and also holds
an MBA from AT&T’s School of Business.
Peter Lanctot, IEC Smart Grid
Strategic Group
Peter Lanctot has been with the IEC
since 2004 and works in the North
American Regional Office of the IEC
outside of Boston. His duties as
Technical Officer include guidance and
oversight of 25 Technical and Sub
Committees.
In addition to his responsibility as
Technical Officer, Peter is the
Secretary of Strategic Group G3, which
is the IEC Strategic Group on Smart
Grids. This Group provides advice on
fast-moving ideas and technologies
likely to form the basis for new
International Standards or IEC TCs
(Technical Committees) in the area of
Smart Grid technologies. SG3 has
published the Smart Grid Roadmap which
covers standards for interoperability,
transmission, distribution, metering,
connecting consumers and cyber security;
and is in the final stages of developing
a web based Smart Grid Mapping Chart
that can be used by smart grid project
managers worldwide.
Peter has over 20 years of experience in
multinational companies and holds a MBA
in International Business and a
Bachelor’s degree in Electrical
Engineering.
Jason Linnell, Co-coordinator of
StEP’s Task Force “ReCycle”, National
Electronics Recycling Centre (NCER)
Jason Linnell is co-founder and
Executive Director of the National
Center for Electronics Recycling (NCER).
Jason leads and directs all daily
activities of the NCER, including
research on electronics recycling data
and policy, as well as management of the
Electronics Recycling Coordination
Clearinghouse (ERCC). Under Jason’s
direction, the NCER manages and oversees
the statewide network of collectors and
recyclers for the Oregon State
Contractor Program. Prior to forming the
NCER in 2005, Jason served in the
Environmental Affairs Department for the
Electronic Industries Alliance, a trade
association for electronics
manufacturers and suppliers. At EIA,
Jason led industry negotiations on
electronics recycling policy efforts and
helped developed the industry's first
comprehensive consumer education
initiative on electronics recycling
options.
Patrick Masambu, International
Telecommunications Satellite
Organization (ITSO)
Mr Patrick Masambu is the current Deputy
Director General and Director of
Technical Affairs with the International
Telecommunications Satellite
Organization (ITSO), a position he has
held since May 2010.ITSO is a 150
country member inter-governmental
organization headquartered in
Washington, D.C, USA. Prior to the
current appointment, he was the Chief
Executive of the Uganda Communications
Commission, the regulator for
communications, for a ten year period
from January 2000.In addition to these
executive functions, he has held various
other parallel responsibilities at
different times, that included Chairman
of the Commonwealth Telecommunications
Organization(CTO); Chairman of the
African Regional Association for ICT
Regulators in East and Southern Africa;
Vice Chairman for ITU-T Study Group 19
and Member of the International Advisory
Board to University of Florida’s Public
Utilities Research Centre(PURC).Mr
Masambu holds B.Sc Eng(Hons) and MBA
degrees.
Attila
Matas, ITU
Mr. Matas serves as Head of the Space
Publications and Registration Division
in the ITU Radiocommunication Bureau. He
is responsible for the processing and
publication of space systems and Earth
stations submitted by administrations
for inclusion in the formal coordination
procedures or recording in the Space
Master International Frequency Register
(SMIFR).
Mr. Matas has been heavily involved in
the ITU since 1993 in the development
and efforts to treat the space notices
using computer tools.
Mr. Matas representing the ITU at the UN
COPUOS and ICG and he is active
participant on WRCs since 1992. On a
several WRCs he served as a secretary on
the agenda items related to frequency
allocations and regulation of satellite
navigation service and space sensors.
Mr. Matas holds Radio Engineering degree
from the Czech Technical University of
Prague.
Hyosik Min, SK Telecom
Hyosik Min has been in charge of
development and implementation of SK
Telecom’s environmental management
strategy including climate change
strategy for the last 4 years.
Since he joined SK Telecom in 1999, he
has worked on R&D Management, Process
Innovation and Corporate Social
Responsibility. He palyed main role in
building SK Telecom’s environmental
management infrastructure based on such
experiences and his engineering
background. He also participated in
setting up the national guideline for
Korean ICT companies’ GHG management
system in 2010.
Recently he is leading a research
project for the assessment of
environmental effect of ICT services.
He has B.E. degree of electrical
engineering from Seoul National
University, Korea.
Monique Morrow, Convener of the
Joint Coordination Activity on Cloud
Computing/ Cisco
Monique Morrow is currently holds the
title of Distinguished Consulting
Engineer and under the Office of the CTO
at Cisco in addition to CTO
Asia-Pacific. She has over 20 years
experience in IP internetworking that
includes design, implementation of
complex customer projects and service
development for service providers.
Monique has worked for both enterprise
and service provider companies in the
United States and in Europe. Monique led
the Engineering Project team for one of
the first European MPLS-VPN deployments
in 1999 for a European service provider.
Monique has presented at numerous
distinguished industry conferences on
the topic of MPLS.
At present, she is focused on the topics
of the Internet of Things /
Machine-to-Machine Communications and
Cloud Computing.
Her interest and expertise in the topic
of MPLS, prompted her to co-author
several well-respected books; and other
publications.
Monique’s numerous professional
associations include the following:
Active in both the IETF and ITU-T SG 13,
with a focus on Operations,
Administration and Management (OAM).
The ITU-T SG-13 recently confirmed
Monique as the Joint Coordination
Activity (JCA) Chair on Cloud Computing
Monique is also ITU-T Vice-Chair for the
Focus Group M2M Service Layer for
Healthcare as confirmed on April 17
2012.
She is Liaison for and to ITU-T NGN and
IETF IAB liaison
Senior Member of Institute of Electrical
and Electronics Engineers, (IEEE) the
world's leading professional association
for the advancement of technology
Serves on the Board of Directors for the
FTTH Asia Pacific Council:
http://www.ftthcouncilap.org/
Member of IEEE Women in Engineering.
Life Member of the Association for
Computing Machinery (ACM). ACM is widely
recognized as the premier organization
for computing professionals, delivering
resources that advance computing as a
science and a profession; enable
professional development; and promote
policies and research that benefit
society.
Served as Vice-Chair of the IPsphere
Forum (IPSF). integrated into the TM
Forum
Served as Advisory Director for the TM
Forum.
Was Vice Chair for the new ITU-T Focus
Group in Cloud Computing that concluded
in December 2011
http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/focusgroups/cloud/
Monique holds a Masters of Science
Degree in Telecommunications Management
and an MBA.
She speaks French, German and is
learning Mandarin.
She has worked in North America; Europe
and in Asia.
Keiichiro Nakanishi, Hitachi
Keiichiro Nakanishi has been the General
Manager, International Standardization
and Research and Development Planning of
Infrastructure Systems Company for
Hitachi Ltd. since April 1st, 2012. He
now co-ordinate standards activities of
Smart Cities for Infrastructure Systems
Company.
He served as a Senior Strategy Staff of
Research and Development Group for
Hitachi Ltd. since April 1st, 2011. He
engaged in strategy planning of research
globalization for Research and
Development Group.
He served as an Executive Strategist of
Planning and Development Office for
Hitachi Ltd. since April 1st, 2008 and
Technology Strategy Office for Hitachi
Ltd. since October 1st, 2006. He engaged
in relation enhancement activity for
Hitachi group company CTOs.
He served as the CTO and the General
Manager, Research and Development for
Hitachi America Ltd., a subsidiary of
Hitachi Ltd. since April 1st, 2003.
He served as the General Manager,
Enterprise System Research Department of
Central Research Laboratory for Hitachi
Ltd. since April 1, 2001. He joined
Hitachi Ltd. in April 1st, 1982 and
started his work as a computer hardware
architecture researcher.
Sean Nicholson, Microsoft
Sean Nicholson works for Microsoft’s OEM division in a worldwide role developing programs and partnerships supporting redesign, reuse and recycling of Windows PCs. Previous to this he ran Microsoft’s program for refurbishers which works with over 3000 PC refurbishers in more than 80 countries.
Kelly O’Keefe, Chair of the ITU-D
Study Group on Emergency Communications
Kelly O’Keefe is Director of
International Public Policy at Access
Partnership’s North American office in
Washington, DC. Kelly provides strategic
regulatory, policy and licensing support
to commercial and government clients as
they seek to deploy
telecommunications/ICT services in
foreign markets. She has experience
representing client interests at
international fora including the
International Telecommunication Union
(ITU), Organization of American States
(OAS), International Civil Aviation
Organization (ICAO) and International
Maritime Organization (IMO). She
currently serves as Rapportuer for an
ITU Development Sector (ITU-D) study
group on emergency communications and
participates on the U.S. State
Department Advisory Committee on
International Communications and
Information Policy (ACICIP) Disaster
Response Sub-committee. Kelly also
serves as a member of the Board and
Treasurer of the US ITU Association.
Kelly joined Access Partnership from the
U.S. Telecommunications Training
Institute (USTTI), where she worked with
US government and industry leaders in
the telecommunications industry to
provide technical and policy training
for developing country professionals.
Kelly holds a Bachelors of Science in
Foreign Service degree from Georgetown
University.
Angelica Valeria Ospina, Centre for
Development Informatics, University of
Manchester
Angelica Valeria Ospina is the Research
Coordinator of the “Climate Change,
Innovation and ICTs” initiative at the
University of Manchester’s Centre for
Development Informatics (CDI). Her
experience in the Information and
Communication Technologies for
development field (‘ICT4D’) includes
several research and project management
positions with Canada’s International
Development Research Centre (IDRC) and
the Organisation of American States
(OAS). Angelica is currently completing
her PhD at the University of Manchester’
School of Environment and Development,
where she is focusing her Doctoral
research on the role of ICTs in climate
change adaptation and resilience of
developing countries. She has a Master’s
Degree in International Political
Economy from Carleton University
(Canada), and a Bachelor’s Degree in
Finance and International Relations from
the University Externado of Colombia.
Peter Phibbs, Chief Engineer,
NEPTUNE Canada
An engineer with construction in the
marine environment, Peter has a wide
range of experience in managing the
implementation of complex deepwater
projects.
In 1997 Peter’s company, Mallin
Consultants, was hired to manage the
implementation of a submarine
telecommunications system running
between Vancouver, BC, Victoria, BC and
Seattle, WA. That project led to Peter
becoming the General Manager of the
Marine Group, responsible for management
of the contracting and implementation of
a variety of submarine
telecommunications systems, including
the Hibernia transatlantic system and
the Globenet system from New York to Rio
de Janeiro.
After the collapse of the telecom
industry in 2001, Peter became project
manager for the installation of the core
infrastructure of the NEPTUNE Canada
cabled ocean observatory, from the
concept stage in 2002 through acceptance
in 2009.
Mallin Consultants provides advice to
owners on a variety of subsea cable
projects, from relatively small special
purpose systems to trans-oceanic cables.
Clients include the Preparatory
Commission for the Comprehensive
Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization and
the Marine Institute of Ireland.
Mr. Guy Saint-Jacques, Chief Negotiator and Ambassador for Climate Change, Government of Canada
Mr. Saint-Jacques was appointed Chief
Negotiator and Ambassador for Climate
Change on September 7, 2010. He is
responsible for coordinating the
Canadian Government position on climate
change issues and representing the
Government of Canada at major
international forums on climate change,
including those under the UN Framework
Convention on Climate Change.
After joining the Department of External
Affairs in 1977, Mr. Saint-Jacques has
had temporary duties in New York (UNGA)
and Mexico (Consular Section) before
being posted to Kinshasa in 1978
(administration and consular affairs,
then political reporting). He was
assigned to the Sciences, Environment
and Transportation Division before going
to Hong Kong in 1982 to learn Mandarin.
He then spent three years in Beijing
where he was in charge of economic
reporting before being seconded to the
trade section. He came back to Ottawa in
1987 to become Deputy Director
(Environment), Energy and Environment
Division, before becoming Executive
Assistant of the Associate Deputy
Minister, Mr. Raymond Chrétien. He then
went to Washington in 1991 to be
Counsellor in charge of the Energy
Section. Followed another assignment to
Beijing from 1995 to 1999, this time as
Minister responsible for the Political
and Economic Section. He was Director
(Assignments) until 2001 when he became
Director General of the Personnel
Management Bureau. From September 2004
to February 2008, he was the Deputy High
Commissioner for Canada in London. He
then went to Washington, D.C. where he
served as the Deputy Head of Mission at
the Canadian Embassy until August 2010.
His responsibilities included
coordinating the Canada-US Engagement
Strategy and advocacy efforts with the
network of Consulates in the U.S. and
acting as Chargé d’affaires in the
absence of the Ambassador.
Mr. Saint-Jacques is a geology graduate
of Montréal University and has a
master’s degree in land planning and
regional development from Laval
University. He is also a graduate of the
Chinese University in Hong Kong
(Mandarin studies). Married to Sylvie
Cameron, they have two daughters. He
devotes part of his time to reading,
listening to music and to a few
renovation projects. His golf skills
will not make Phil Mickelson lose any
sleep.
John Smiciklas, MRDJ Assessment
John is the lead principal with MJRD
Assessment Inc. providing sustainability
strategy and implementation services to
a global client base. John previous
experience includes positions as
Director, Corporate Responsibility
Programs - Research in Motion and
Manager, Sustainable Business Solutions
- PricewaterhouseCoopers and was head of
the Canadian delegation to ITU-T SG5.
John holds a BASc, Engineering from the
University of Toronto.
Bill St-Arnaud, St-Arnaud & Walker
Associates
Bill St. Arnaud is an internationally
recognized Green ICT and Internet
consultant providing a variety of
university, industry and government
clients strategic advice on Internet,
broadband, Cloud computing and
particularly their potential to mitigate
against the affects of climate change.
He is also working with a number of
national and international clients to
identify new Internet business
opportunities in a future low carbon
economy.
In 2002 he was featured by TIME Magazine
Canada as the engineer who is wiring
together advanced Canadian science. In
2005 he won the World Technology Summit
award for Communications. In June 2010
he received an Honorary Doctorate of
Science from the University of Athabasca
in recognition of his contribution to
the advancement of research and Internet
networking in Canada and his leadership
in promoting Green ICT for a low carbon
economy. He is also the recipient of the
ORION Leadership Award for 2010. Bill
St. Arnaud is a frequent guest speaker
at numerous conferences on the Green ICT
and research and education networking.
He is a graduate of Carleton University
School of Engineering.
David Su, NIST, USA
Dr. David Su is a Senior Technical
Advisor of the Advanced Network
Technologies Division at the National
Institute of Standards and Technology
(NIST). The group conducts research in
the area of communications protocol
modeling, testing, performance
measurement, and standardization. He is
part of the NIST team for the Smart
Grid, and is leading the effort of
several priority action plans (PAP) for
smart grid networking – PAP on IP
networks, PAP on wireless network, and
PAP on power line communications (PLC).
The main focus of these action plans is
to define networking requirements of
smart grid applications, to identify new
standards needed, and to ensure
interoperability of standards for smart
grid. He is also an vice-chair of the
ITU-T Focus Group on Smart Grid.
Nevine Tewfik, MCIT, Egypt
Nevine Tewfik has been recently
appointed Director of Research, Policies
and Strategies at the Ministry of
Communications and Information
Technology- Egypt. Ms. Tewfik’s
portfolio includes a number of projects/
initiatives including among other
things; Egypt’s Green ICT program where
she is coordinating the local and
international cooperation dimension with
different stakeholders including the
government, private sector and
international organizations. Ms. Tewfik
is also co chair of the Green ICT
protocol committee in Egypt and
Associate Rapporteur of Question 23 in
ITU SG-5 on ICT and adaptation.
Ms. Tewfik’s portfolio includes child
online Protection and e- content
strategies and policies in Egypt. For
the past years, Nevine’s work revolved
around the development and formulation
of strategies in Egypt and reaching out
to the region, as well as engaging Egypt
actively in the international dialogue
on these subjects. Ms. Tewfik represents
the ministry at relevant conferences and
forums including the different rounds of
the IGF. Ms. Tewfik is also member of
the ITU COP initiative, as well as
Egypt’s representative at the ITU WG-
CP. Ms. Tewfik is member of the ITU
Dynamic Coalition on climate change.
Prior to that, Ms. Tewfik was Deputy
Director of International Relations and
General Manager of the European
Cooperation Department. Ms. Tewfik's
portfolio included coordinating the
Ministry of Communications and
Information Technology’s relations with
numerous international organizations.
She has also been involved in
formulating Egypt's Information Society
White Paper.
With more than 20 years experience in
the fields of socio political research,
international relations and development,
Ms. Tewfik has represented Egypt in a
number of international forums and
conferences, including the World Summit
on The Information Society. Her field of
expertise is oriented towards ICT4D,
child online safety, green ICT, in
addition to strategic writing, and
political analysis.
Ms. Tewfik studied at the American
University in Cairo, where she received
her BA and MA in Political Science.
Robert Nöel de Tilly, Ministry for
Sustainable Development, Environment and
Parks of the Government of Québec and
Western Climate Initiative
Robert Noël de Tilly has been a senior
administrator in the Ministry of
Sustainable Development, Environment and
Parks of Québec since 1995. He was
successively Coordinator for the plan to
eliminate PCBs, Director of the Office
on Climate Change, Director of Air
Quality Policies and Special Adviser for
Climate Change attached to the Office of
the Assistant Deputy Minister for
Climate Change.
Since 1998 his brief has been in the
area of climate change. He has been in
charge of preparing and implementing two
climate change action plans for the
Government of Québec, and he
participated in the writing of the New
England Governors/Eastern Canadian
Premiers (NEGC) Climate Change Action
Plan.
Since 2007, he has devoted most of his
time to the North American Carbon Market
and represents the Government of Québec
on the Board of Governors of the Climate
Registry, at the Western Climate
Initiative and at the International
Carbon Action Partnership. In 2010 and
2011, he acted as co-chair of the
Western Climate Initiative. He is
currently vice-chair of Western Climate
Initiative inc.
Daniela
Torres, ICT4EE Forum
Daniela is the Global Head of the
Climate Change and Energy Efficiency
Office of Telefónica since 2008, in
which her main role is the
implementation of the corporate strategy
of climate change, energy efficiency and
Green ICTs.
She has an Environmental Engineering
background, with a Master of Science in
Sustainable Energy Development from the
University of Calgary of Canada. She
worked as an environmental expert for
the Latin-American Energy Organization
(OLADE) and as an environmental advisor
in the Ministry of Energy and Mines of
Ecuador. From 2006 to 2008 she was also
Professor of Environmental Sanitation at
the SEK University of Ecuador.
Daniela was responsible for the
Environmental Department for Telefónica
Movistar Ecuador since 2006 when she was
transferred to Telefónica Corporate
Office in Madrid in 2008. Since then,
Daniela represents the Company in the
different external working groups on
Green ICTs, environment and Climate
Change globally and especially is
focused on the activities of the ITU-T
Study Group No. 5. At present she is the
co-chair of the Working Group 2 of the
ICT4EE Forum together with Fujitsu;
which objective is to accelerate the
adoption of ICT solutions for a
low-carbon economy in Europe, based on
agreed sector methodologies.
Consuelo Velarde, Belmont
Trading Company
Consuelo Velarde is Business Development
Manager of Latin America for Belmont
Trading Company. Responsible for
developing recycling programs in Latin
America and providing solutions targeted
to raise the ‘e-conscience’ of
electronic recycling properly reducing
significantly the disposed of in a land
fill. Consuelo has worked diligently in
the development of the major cell phone
recycling campaigns launched in Latin
America, working on sustainable
solutions to cell phone manufactures and
operators.
She graduated with a Masters Degree in
International Business from the
University of Guadalajara and has been
working for Belmont Trading Company for
over 10 years.
Bob Wargo, ICPC
Bob Wargo serves on the Executive Committee of the International Cable Protection Committee (ICPC), an international organization representing the interests of the undersea cable industry. Bob is also is the President of the North American Submarine Cable Association – a trade organization similar to the ICPC with a focus on the unique challenges of laying and maintaining undersea cables in the US, Canada and the Caribbean. Bob is currently the Marine Liaison Manager with the AT&T Undersea Cable Systems Operation and Maintenance organization. In this position he handles a wide variety of issues related to the installation and maintenance of undersea cables, from planning through retirement and removal. Bob has been involved in the submarine cable industry at AT&T since 1990. Prior to his employment with AT&T, Bob was employed by Rutgers University on projects related to beach grasses, vegetative buffers adjacent to waterways, surf clam population estimates and oyster diseases. Bob holds a B.S. degree in Marine Science from Stockton State College.
Cosmas
Zavazava, ITU
Dr. Cosmas Zavazava (Ph.D., LLM, MBA,
MA, BBA, Dip. Systems Engineering),
works in the Telecommunication
Development Bureau of the ITU. He is a
widely quoted author on information and
communication technologies for
development (ICT4D), least developed
countries and small island developing
states, and emergency telecommunications
and climate change. He has developed and
implemented a host of ICT projects
across the globe. He has designed and
deployed wireless solutions for
development, risk disaster reduction,
and disaster management including early
warning and systems for disaster
response. He has a track record for fund
raising. He has participated in
international trade, environment,
climate change and intellectual property
negotiations.
Ahmed
Zeddam, ITU-T Study Group 5 Chairman
Ahmed ZEDDAM received Doctor of Research
degree in electronics and the Ph.D.
degree in electromagnetic both from the
University of Lille, France in 1980 and
1988, respectively. From 1979 to 1982,
he was an assistant Professor of
electronics at Lille I University. Since
1982, he has been employed at Research
and Development Division of France
Telecom in Lannion where he was until
2009 head of a Research and Development
Unit dealing with Electromagnetic
Compatibility (EMC). He conducted
research on Lightning Protection and EMC
for broadband systems of communications.
He is involved in several Technical
Committees of international
standardisation bodies dealing with
Electromagnetic Compatibility (ITU-T,
IEC, and CENELEC).
Dr Zeddam is the author and co-author of
about 100 scientific papers, published
in reviewed journals and international
conferences. He participated to the
production of books related to EMC,
including a reference book published in
2007. Since 2008 he is Senior
Standardisation Manager within France
Telecom Orange and he currently Chairman
of Study Group 5 of ITU-T “Environment
and Climatic Change”. He is also
involved in Commission E
"Electromagnetic Noise and Interference"
of International Union of Radio Science
(URSI). Dr. Zeddam is member of many
scientific committees of national and
international conferences where he held
chairing positions and in particular, he
was the General Co-chair of IEEE ISPLC
2011.
Jim Abraham, DG Monitoring
Meteorological Service of Canada
Hossam Allam, CEDARE
Edva Altemar, Conatel, Haiti
James Anderson, Earth Networks
Jean-Francois Barsoum, IBM
Donna Bethea-Murphy, Iridium
Communications
Renee Blanchard, Greenpeace
Pierre Boucher, Ericsson
Cristina Bueti, ITU
Gilbert Buty, Alcatel Lucent
Jean Manuel Canet, France
Telecom/Orange
Flavio Cucchietti, Telecom Italia
Charles Despins, President & CEO, Prompt
Daniel Gagne, Bell Canada
Eduardo Galvez, Subtel
Paolo Gemma, Huawei
Bruce A. Gracie, Industry Canada
Gianluca Griffa, Chairman of the Energy
Efficiency Working Group, ETNO
Kevin Grose, UNFCCC
Stephen Harper, Intel
Greg Hidley,
CALIT2/UCSD
Jay Illingworth, Electronics Products Recycling Association (EPRA)
Saba Imru, ITU
Hyungsoo Kim, Smart Grid Department,
KT
Maurice Kordahi, TESubcom
Peter Lanctot, IEC Smart Grid
Strategic Group
Jason Linnell, Co-coordinator of
StEP’s Task Force “ReCycle”, National
Electronics Recycling Centre (NCER)
Patrick Masambu, International
Telecommunications Satellite
Organization (ITSO)
Attila
Matas, ITU
Hyosik Min, SK Telecom
Monique Morrow, Convener of the
Joint Coordination Activity on Cloud
Computing/ Cisco
Keiichiro Nakanishi, Hitachi
Sean Nicholson, Microsoft
Kelly O’Keefe, Chair of the ITU-D
Study Group on Emergency Communications
Angelica Valeria Ospina, Centre for
Development Informatics, University of
Manchester
Peter Phibbs, Chief Engineer,
NEPTUNE Canada
Mr. Guy Saint-Jacques, Chief Negotiator and Ambassador for Climate Change, Government of Canada
John Smiciklas, MRDJ Assessment
Bill St-Arnaud, St-Arnaud & Walker
Associates
David Su, NIST, USA
Nevine Tewfik, MCIT, Egypt
Robert Nöel de Tilly, Ministry for
Sustainable Development, Environment and
Parks of the Government of Québec and
Western Climate Initiative
Daniela
Torres, ICT4EE Forum
Consuelo Velarde, Belmont
Trading Company
Bob Wargo, ICPC
Cosmas
Zavazava, ITU
Ahmed
Zeddam, ITU-T Study Group 5 Chairman