ITU Regional Standardization Forum for Arab Region
Kuwait City, Kuwait, 25 November 2014
Contact:
tsbworkshops@itu.int
Programme
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08:30 - 09:00 | Registration |
| 09:00 - 09:35 | Opening Remarks - Malcolm Johnson, Director of TSB, ITU [ Biography ]
- Hameed Al-Qattan, Undersecretary, Ministry of Communications, Kuwait [ Biography ]
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| 09:35 - 09:55 | Coffee Break |
| 09:55 - 10:45 | Session 1: Making and Implementing Standards: Bridging the Gap
This session will provide an overview of how developing countries could participate more effectively in the ICT standardization process and benefit from it.
Moderator: Ahmed Raghy, International Affairs Executive Director, NTRA, Egypt Speakers: - Overview of ITU-T Bridging Standardization Gap Programme, Bilel Jamoussi, Chief of Study Groups Department, TSB, ITU [ Biography: English | Arabic | Presentation ]
- ITU-D contribution for bridging the standardization gap, Slaheddine Maaref, Senior Advisor, ITU Regional Office for the Arab States, Cairo [ Presentation ]
- National Standarization Secretariat for Developing Countries, Bilel Jamoussi, Chief Study Groups, TSB, ITU [ Biography: English | Arabic | Presentation ]
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| 10:45 - 11:15 | Session 2: Standardization Activities of ITU-T Study Groups 2 and 5
This session will provide an insight into the main standardization activities taking place in ITU-T Study Groups 2 and 5. The session will look at the role of ICTs as an enabler for sustainable development and the associated environmental challenges and opportunities related with the global uptake of ICTs. Moderator: Bilel Jamoussi, Chief Study Groups, TSB [ Biography: English | Arabic ] Speakers: - Overview of ITU-T Focus Group on Smart Sustainable Cities (FG-SSC), Nasser Saleh Al Marzouqi, UAE, Vice-Chairman of FG-SSC
- Overview of ITU-T SG5 Activities on Climate Change Adaptation, Hoda Salah Eldin Shakra, Supervisor, Green ICT Program, International Relations Division, MCIT, Egypt [ Biography | Presentation ]
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*To be confirmed
