ITU-T Academia and the future Malcolm Johnson Director of the Telecommunication Standardization Bureau, ITU RANS Moscow Conference, March 2010 Committed to connecting the world International Telecommunication Union.
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ITU-T
Academia and the future
Malcolm Johnson
Director of the Telecommunication
Standardization Bureau, ITU
RANS Moscow Conference,
March 2010
Committed to connecting the world
International
Telecommunication
Union
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Academic participation so far
Study Groups
Individuals from academia have held key roles in ITU-T
(Chairman, Editors, Rapporteurs, Chairs of technical committees)
Participation in Focus Groups and Technology Watch
Participation in ITU-T workshops
Some important regional activities
(e.g. ITU Centres of Excellence)
ITU membership for universities under discussion
Reduced fee ~2,000 USD
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Why Involve Academia?
Increase academic participation in ITU
Students of today shape the ICTs of tomorrow
Capture new work
Universities and R&D institutions are an
important pool of innovation
Foster in academia a greater understanding
of the importance of standards
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Academia and ICT standardization
Academia
Acade
New
Ideas
New
Topics for SGs
R&D
Industry
Other SDOs
New
Membership
•News
•Workshops
•Tech-watch
•Promotion
ITU-T
Relevance
Regulators
Increased
Participation
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What’s in it for academia?
Networking opportunities:
With the world’s major ICT companies
Global exposure:
Become part of an international team creating leading
standards shaping tomorrow’s ICTs
Access:
ITU resources and events
Prestige:
Possibility to have work adopted as international
ITU standards
Education:
Profit from understanding of the open and transparent,
consensus-driven environment of the UN’s
specialised agency for ICTs
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Kaleidoscope Events
Linking academia, research and ITU-T for discussion
on technological innovation
and its socio-economic implications
Series of academic conferences
International Organizing Committee (10-20 experts)
Call for Papers
International Programme Committee
(more than 100 experts)
Paper review process double-blind
IEEE Com Soc (technical co-sponsor)
Proceedings distributed by IEEE Xplore
Three best papers awarded ($10,000)
Event sponsors
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Kaleidoscope 2008
Innovations in NGN
Paper proposals: 141
Accepted papers: 32 lecture,
22 poster sessions
223 attendees, 48 countries
Practical outcomes Focus Group
Future Networks (FG-FN)
inspired by a paper from the conference (Aoyama)
Sponsors: Cisco Systems, Intel; ICF (Japan); Sun
Microsystems
Best paper awards $10000
Printed proceedings and online via IEEE Xplore
Programme, presentations:itu-kaleidoscope.org/
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Kaleidoscope 2009
Innovations for Digital Inclusion
Mar del Plata, Argentina, 31 Aug
Paper proposals: 83
Accepted papers: 20 lecture,
12 poster sessions
120 attendees, 24 countries
New Local University Exhibition (6 Latin American
Universities exhibited their activities/projects)
Sponsors: Cisco Systems, Nokia
Best paper awards $10,000
Proceedings available online in IEEE Xplore
Programme, presentations, etc: itu-kaleidoscope.org
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Kaleidoscope 2010
Beyond the Internet? Innovations for
future networks and services
Pune, India, 13-15 December 2010
Kind invitation: Indian government
Hosted by:
Supported by:
Partnership with:
Technically co-sponsored by:
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Kaleidoscope 2010
Call for papers Deadline: 30 April 2010
Exhibition by local universities
Best paper awards $10,000
Proceedings IEEE Xplore
online library
New this year:
Standards Corner (tutorial)
Jules Verne’s Corner
(SciFi writers and dreamers)
Additional info:
http://itu-kaleidoscope.org/2010
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