Venue: International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
999 University Street, Montreal, Quebec H3C 5H7, Canada
Tuesday, 29 May 2012
08:30 - 09:30
Registration
09:30 - 10:30
Opening Ceremony
Welcome Addresses
Mr. Guy Saint-Jacques, Chief Negotiator and Ambassador for Climate Change, Government of Canada [
Biography ]
Mr. Alain Paquet, Minister for Finance, Government of Québec
Opening remarks:
Malcolm Johnson, Director
Telecommunication Standardization
Bureau, ITU [
Biography | Speech ]
Charles Despins, President & CEO,
Prompt [
Biography ]
Opening remarks by the Symposium
Chair
Bruce Gracie, TSAG Chairman and
Chairman of the Symposium [
Biography ]
Keynote speech
H.E. Haruna Iddrisu, Minister of
Communications, Ghana
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee Break
11:00 - 13:00
Session 1 – Green ICT
Opportunity
ICTs make a proven contribution to a
sustainable and inclusive future. This
session will focus on the ICT sector
contribution to the creation of a
sustainable low carbon economy;
exploring socio, economic and
environmental opportunities.
Moderator: Charles Despins, President & CEO,
Prompt
[
Biography ]
Speakers:
Using ICT for Adaption
Rather than Mitigation to Climate
Change: Bill St-Arnaud, St-Arnaud & Walker
Associates [
Biography | Abstract | Presentation ]
The Western Climate Initiative's cap-and-trade program: Robert Nöel de Tilly, Ministry for
Sustainable Development, Environment and
Parks of the Government of Québec and
Western Climate Initiative [
Biography | Presentation ]
Environmental Sustainability for the ICT Sector: John Smiciklas, MRDJ Assessment [ Biography | Presentation ]
13:00 - 14:30
Lunch Break
Important: There is a change of venue for the World Café. Delegates will be transported by bus at 13:00 from the Symposium venue at ICAO to the Marché Bonsecours, 350 St-Paul Street East, in Old Montreal for the afternoon session and the Cocktail Event
14:30 - 18:00
Session 2 – World Café in Marché Bonsecours in Old Montreal
This working session will be conducted
as a World Café, an effective
collaborative conversation methodology
that ensures the active involvement of
each and every participant in a
generative discussion around the key
questions of the Symposium. The shared
dialogue facilitates intensive peer
exchanges and is an excellent means to
express innovative ideas, reveal
emergent trends and consolidate an open
network of world-class experts in the
field of ICTs, the Environment and
Climate Change.
All the ideas and the co-created content
of the World Café will be collected and
shared during the event. A graphic
record of the ideas emerging from the
World Café will be captured in real-time
enabling participants to have a large
scale visual representation of the
proceedings.
A report on the World Café outcome will
be presented on the following day, 30
May 2012, in Session 7, 17:30-18:00.
Session 3 – ITU Methodologies
for the Environmental Impact Assessment
of ICT
Within ITU-T Study Group 5 (SG5),
Question 18 is developing a set of
common methodologies to assess the life
cycle impact of the ICT Sector, both in
terms of its own emissions and the
savings created through ICT applications
in other industry sectors. This session
will provide an overview of the ITU
methodologies.
Presentation of ITU-T Recommendation L.1410 on ICT Goods, Networks and Services;
Brief Overview of ITU-T Methodologies on ICT projects and ICT in Cities Jean Manuel Canet, France Telecom/Orange [ Biography | Abstract | Presentation ]
ITU-T Recommendation L.1420: Is it that difficult to comply with it?: Gilbert Buty, Alcatel Lucent [ Biography | Presentation ]
10:00 - 10:30
Coffee Break
10:30 - 12:30
Session 4 – Greening ICT
Infrastructures
This session will provide an overview of
low carbon solutions (cloud computing,
broadband applications, green data
centers) which aim at enhancing
environmental sustainability.
Implications of Cloud
Computing to Our Environment: Monique Morrow, Convener of the
Joint Coordination Activity on Cloud
Computing/ Cisco [ Biography | Abstract | Presentation ]
Green Data Centers Overview of Recommendation ITU-T L. 1300: Best Practices for Green Data Centers: Paolo Gemma, Huawei [ Biography | Abstract | Presentation ]
Main Goals and Activities of
the ETNO Energy Task Force:
Gianluca Griffa, Chairman of the Energy
Efficiency Working Group, ETNO [ Biography | Abstract | Presentation ]
12:30 - 14:00
Lunch Break (Foyer on 4th level with simultaneous presentations)
Quebec’s Green ICT Initiative: The Equation project [
Presentation ]
Through the leadership of the Quebec Government, the ICT industry, academia and Prompt, a 3-year, major Green ICT initiative was launched in November 2011. The Equation project targets accelerated product development in the realm of Telco Clouds and Smart Grids, sustained Green ICT advocacy as well as the development of a business case demonstrating the full socio-economic impact of the Green ICT opportunity.
This session will show how ICTs can be
used to tackle urban challenges. It will
also provide an overview of strategies,
policies and standards on sustainable
cities.
Moderator: John Smiciklas, MRDJ Assessment
[ Biography ]
Speakers:
IT and Sustainable Cities:
The Smarter Cities Lens: Jean-Francois Barsoum, IBM [ Biography | Abstract | Presentation ]
Smart grids offer an opportunity of
minimizing overall environmental impacts
of energy consumption. This session will
present experiences and ongoing efforts
to foster the development and use of
smart grids.
Boosting Smart Grids Through Energy Efficient ICT: Flavio Cucchietti, Telecom Italia [ Biography | Presentation ]
Work of the Smart Grid Interoperability Panel Affecting Environment: David Su, NIST, USA [ Biography | Abstract | Presentation ]
Smart Grid Opportunities in the
Transition to a Green and Resource Efficient economy: Peter Lanctot, IEC Smart Grid
Strategic Group [ Biography | Presentation ]
Strategy and Experience of Network Operator on Smart Grid: Hyungsoo Kim, Smart Grid Department,
KT [ Biography | Abstract | Presentation ]
17:30 - 18:00
Session 7 - Saba Imru,
ITU: Presentation of the Outcome of the World Café [
Biography
| Presentation ]
18:00
Free Evening in Montreal
Thursday, 31 May 2012
09:00 - 10:30
Session 8 – E-Waste
The ICT sector is aware of the negative
social, economic and environmental
consequences, which can derive from a
mismanagement of electronic waste. This
session will provide an overview of
successful experiences and it will also
aim at exploring new cooperative ways to
globally tackle this issue.
E-waste Management in the
Arab Region: Threats and
Opportunities: Hossam Allam, CEDARE [ Biography | Presentation ]
Key Data and Cooperative
Projects Addressing E-Waste Challenges: Jason Linnell, Co-coordinator of
StEP’s Task Force “ReCycle”, National
Electronics Recycling Centre (NCER) [ Biography | Presentation ]
Evolution of Industry-led Electronics Stewardship in Canada: Jay Illingworth, Electronics Products Recycling Association (EPRA) [ Biography | Presentation ]
E-Waste Recycling Challenges and
Opportunities: Consuelo Velarde, Belmont
Trading Company [ Biography | Presentation ]
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:00
Session 9 – ICTs
to Monitor the Climate
ICTs are a key to monitoring systems for
weather forecasting, climate monitoring,
and predicting, detecting and mitigating
the effects of natural disasters.
Adapting to extreme weather events, such
as hurricanes, is a critical issue.
Moderator: Attila
Matas, ITU: Radiocommunication
and Climate Changes - Overview of
Regulatory Provisions and Frequency
Bands for Space Sensors[ Biography | Presentation ]
Speakers:
Earth Observations:
Foundational for Understanding and
Predicting Environmental Change: Jim Abraham, DG Monitoring
Meteorological Service of Canada [ Biography | Abstract | Presentation ]
The Use of Next-Generation Weather Technologies to Manage the Impact of our Changing Climate: James Anderson, Earth Networks [ Biography | Abstract | Presentation ]
12:00 - 13:30
Lunch Break
13:30 - 14:30
Session 10 – Using Submarine
Communication Networks for Climate
Monitoring and Disaster Warning
Subsea Cables and Data from
the Deep Ocean: Peter Phibbs, Chief Engineer,
NEPTUNE Canada [ Biography | Abstract | Presentation ]
Scientific Monitoring Equipment on Commercial Undersea Cables; The Cable Owner’s Perspective: Bob Wargo, ICPC [ Biography | Presentation ]
14:30 - 15:30
Session 11 – How ICTs Can Help
Countries to Adapt to the Effects of
Climate Change
Climate change is a complex and dynamic
challenge, which countries are faced to.
ICTs can help countries build
resilience, by offering tools to support
decision-making processes, knowledge
sharing, building partnerships and
stakeholders collaboration, awareness
raising and community engagement. This
session will provide an overview of how
ICT can help adapt to new environmental
challenges, especially in developing
countries.
Perspectives from the UN Climate Change Conference 2011 - Durban, South Africa: Kevin Grose, UNFCCC [ Biography | Abstract | Presentation ]
ICTs and Climate Change
Adaptation: Angelica Valeria Ospina, Centre for
Development Informatics, University of
Manchester and Cristina Bueti, Advisor on Environment and Climate Change, ITU [ Biography: Ospina | Bueti | Abstract | Presentation ]
Results of the ITU
Questionnaire on Adaptation and Climate Change and Suggested Next Steps: Nevine Tewfik, MCIT, Egypt [ Biography | Presentation ]
15:30 - 16:00
Coffee Break
16:00 - 17:30
Session 12 – Emergency
Telecommunications for Public Protection
Public safety is a priority for all
countries. ICTs can make a huge
difference in disaster preparedness,
early warning and response. Threats of
natural disasters have increased due to
environmental degradation and climate
change impacts. This session will
provide an overview of: ICTs for
disaster risk reduction and disaster
management; policy, legal and regulatory
frameworks; early warning systems;
international cooperation for disaster
management.
ITU-Development Sector Study Question on Emergency Communications: Kelly O’Keefe, Chair of the ITU-D
Study Group on Emergency Communications [ Biography | Abstract | Presentation ]
A Multi-stakeholder Approach to Emergency Telecommunications: Patrick Masambu, International
Telecommunications Satellite
Organization (ITSO) [ Biography | Abstract | Presentation ]
Satellite Communications for Disaster Preparedness, Early Warning and Response: Donna Bethea-Murphy, Iridium
Communications [ Biography | Abstract | Presentation ]
Implementation of the
Emergency Alert System in Chile: Eduardo Galvez, Subtel [ Biography | Abstract | Presentation ]
17:00 - 17:30
Wrap up, Plan of Action and
Close of the Symposium
Conclusion Remarks by the
Symposium Chair
Bruce Gracie, TSAG Chairman and
Chairman of the Symposium [
Biography ]
Closing remarks
Charles Despins, President & CEO,
Prompt [
Biography ]
