BT Centre Auditorium, 81 Newgate Street, London, EC1A 7AJ
Organized by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Supported and hosted by BT plc
Day 1, 17 June 2008
0930 - 1030
Opening ceremony
Since the adoption of the Kyoto
Protocol, in December 1997, the number
of users of information and
communication technologies (ICTs)
worldwide has tripled. ITU has launched
a new work programme aimed at
investigating the role that ICTs play in
causing global warming, but also in
monitoring, mitigating and adapting to
climate change. This symposium builds
upon an earlier one held in Kyoto, 15-16
April, to look in more detail at the
role that ICT standardization, and the
implementation of ITU Recommendations,
can make in reducing greenhouse gases.
Welcome: Sir Michael RAKE,
Chairman, BT Group
Message from UN
Secretary-General and welcome
address: Malcolm JOHNSON, Director, ITU Telecommunication Standardization Bureau
[ Biography | Welcome address ]
Keynote speech: Mr Matt BROSS,
Chief Technology Officer, BT Group
[ Keynote speech ]
Opening remarks by Symposium
Chair: Mr Tom WALKER, Director,
European and International Business
Relations,
Department for Business Enterprise
and Regulatory Reform (BERR), UK
Presentation
Presentation of a special award for Sustainability to BT by the Lord Mayor of the city of London on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen
1030 - 1050
Coffee break
1050 - 1230
Session 1: Climate change: ICTs to
the rescue?
Session Chair: Dr Tim KELLY,
Head, Standardization Policy Division,
ITU-T [ Biography ]
The Kyoto Protocol came into force in
2005 and has been ratified by more than
175 countries. However, the agreed
limitations on greenhouse gas emissions
may not be achieved by all parties and,
in any case, they may be insufficient to
reverse the effects of global warming
without an additional technological
contribution. This session will provide
an overview of the role of ICTs in the
wider context of the efforts by the
international community to implement the
Kyoto Protocol and to commit to more
ambitious reductions as part of the Bali
plan of action.
Report on the output from the Kyoto Symposium, Mr Masahiko FUJIMOTO,
Director, Information Applications Promotion Office,
Information and Communications Policy Bureau, MIC
(Japan): on behalf of the host country and co-organiser
[ Biography | Presentation ]
Technology-based solutions to
climate change, Miss Donna YOUNG,
Head of Environment and Climate
Change, BT Group
[ Presentation ]
UK initiatives on climate change, Mr Nigel HICKSON, Dept for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR), UK
[ Biography ]
Global e-Sustainability Initiative, Dr Luis NEVES, Head, Sustainable Development and Environment, Deutsche Telekom
[ Biography | Presentation ]
ITU background report on ICTs
and climate change, Mr Art LEVIN,
Head, Corporate Governance and
Membership Division (ITU)
[ Biography | Presentation ]
1230 - 1400
Lunch
1400 - 1540
Session 2: Corporate responsibility: Towards a climate-neutral ICT Sector
Moderator: Ms Sheridan NYE, Senior Consultant, ICT and Climate Change (UK)
It is estimated that the ICT Sector produces directly some 2-2.5 per cent of
total emissions of greenhouse gases, and that this share will increase as ICTs
make a larger contribution to the global economy. What can ICT companies –
manufacturers, service providers, users – do to reduce their own carbon
footprint? Which companies are showing leadership and exercising best practice?
Confederation of British Industry (CBI) Climate Change Task Force
Report, Dr Chris TUPPEN, Director, Sustainable Development, BT Group
[ Presentation ]
Unwiring the Planet - Wireless Communications and Climate Change, Dr
Jack ROWLEY, Director, Research and sustainability, GSM Association
[ Biography | Presentation ]
Broadband energy saving strategy, Mr Paolo GEMMA,
ETSI Environmental Engineering Secretary, Senior Manager, Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd.
[ Biography | Presentation ]
EU code of conduct for the ICT sector, Mr Paolo BERTOLDI, European Commission
[ Biography | Presentation ]
Consumer ICTs: Industry initiatives and policy approaches for saving energy
and reducing emissions, Mr Douglas JOHNSON, Senior Director, Technology Policy
and International Affairs, Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)
[ Biography | Presentation ]
ICTs: from cradle to e-waste, Mr Martin EUGSTER, EMPA
(Switzerland)
[ Biography | Presentation ]
1540 – 1600
Coffee break
1600 - 1730
Session 3: ICTs for monitoring
climate change
Moderator: Mr Bill THOMPSON,
Technology Writer, BBC and others (UK)
The science of climate change is made
possible by the use of ICTs, for
instance in remote sensing, telemetry,
supercomputers for climate modelling
etc. Large scale efforts to reduce
emissions – for instance through
reforestation, combatting
desertification, protection of wetlands
etc – will require new investment, from
both the public and private sectors, in
ICT-based monitoring systems. What are
the tools available and what further
standardization effort may be required?
What methodologies can be developed for
evaluating the impact of ICTs on the
emission of greenhouse gases?
EU initiatives on ICT and the environment, Dr Michel SCHOUPPE, Research Programme officer in the field of ICT and the environment, DG Information Society, European Commission
[ Presentation ]
Microsoft Collaboration with
UNEP World Conservation Monitoring
Centre, Mr John HOWIE,
Director, International Affairs,
Trustworthy Computing Initiative,
Microsoft
[ Biography | Presentation ]
ITU Radiocommunication
Conferences and monitoring,
mitigating and adapting to climate
change, Mr Nangapuram VENKATESH,
Study Group Counsellor, ITU-R
[ Biography | Presentation ]
Achieving Carbon & Cost
Accounting Per Service or Task,
through Data Collection and
Simulation Modelling, Mr Dave
BERRY, National e-science centre
(UK)
[ Biography | Presentation ]
Methodologies for measuring the carbon footprint, Mr Pankaj BHATIA, GHG Protocol Initiative
[ Presentation ]
1815
RECEPTION: Hosted by BERR at the
Institute of Directors, 116 Pall Mall
(Coaches leave BT Centre shortly after 17.30. The Reception will take place 18.15-20.30).
Moderator: Mr Richard LABELLE,
Aylmer Group (Canada) [ Biography ]
Although ICTs contribute to global
warming, they can also help in reducing
the greenhouse gas emissions of other
sectors. By replacing the need for
travel, or by improving transport
efficiency, ICTs help to reduce the
carbon footprint of individuals and
companies. With oil prices surging past
US$100 per barrel and rising awareness
of climate change, what opportunities
does this create for using ICTs,
especially telecommunications, for the
abatement of carbon emissions in other
sectors of the economy? This session
will look at the mitigation impact of
ICTs on other sectors of the economy
Telecom-based opportunities to
reduce greenhouse gas emissions,
Mr Sean KIDNEY, Director of
Science and Systems, Climate Risk
Pty Ltd (Australia)
[ Biography | Presentation ]
Saving the climate @ the speed
of light, Ms Katalin SZOMOL�NYI,
European Telecom Network Operators’
Association (ETNO) and Magyar
Telecom (Hungary)
[ Biography | Presentation ]
Fibre Optics and energy
efficiency, Mr Christian OLLIVRY,
FTTH Europe
[ Presentation ]
Building Automation for Energy
Efficiency, Mr Jos� Alberto Varela Sanz,
Telefonica, Large Companies and Public
Administration (Spain)
[ Biography | Presentation ]
Optimal decision-making in the
sustainability agenda, Mr Sukhdev Dlay,
Communications, Media and Entertainment, SAS (UK)
[ Biography | Presentation ]
Enabling energy micro-management
through ICT, Dr Fabrice SAFFRE,
Principal Researcher, BT Group
[ Biography | Presentation ]
1030 - 1050
Coffee break
1050 - 1220
Session 5: Towards a high-bandwidth,
low carbon future
Moderator: Mr James MACFIE,
Nortel (Canada)
This session is intended to follow on
from session 4 and examine what level of
carbon abatement might be achievable
with greater use of ICTs. The specific
focus is on the ICT industry itself and
what can be done to put its own house in
order. In particular, this session
should examine what kind of targets
might be established for the reduction
in greenhouse gas emissions that could
be achieved through the implementation
of ITU standards and treaties. It also
asks what might be the role of
regulatory bodies.
A regulator’s view, Mr Peter
INGRAM, Chief Technology
Officer, OFCOM (UK)
[ Biography | Presentation ]
ETSI Green Agenda, Mr Bernard
DUGERDIL, Freescale
Semiconductor and ETSI Board Member
[ Biography | Presentation ]
Energy Efficiency Checklist,
Mr Yoichi MAEDA, Chair, ITU-T
Study Group 15 (Optical and other
transport network infrastructure)
[ Biography | Presentation ]
Proposals for an ITU
standardization activities on ICTs
and Climate Change, Dr Yuji INOUE,
President and CEO, Telecommunication
Technology Committee of Japan
[ Biography | Presentation ]
Energy Efficiency Inter-Operator Collaboration Group on ICTs and efficient broadband, Mr Dominique ROCHE
[ Biography ], France Telecom Group, Infrastructure and Transmission Standardization Manager and Mr Flavio CUCHIETTI [ Biography ], Telecom Italia
[ Presentation ]
Views From The ICT Standards
Advisory Council of Canada, Mr
James MACFIE, Nortel
[ Biography | Presentation ]
1230 - 1330
Lunch
1330 - 1500
Session 6: Adapting to climate change
Moderator: Mr Bruce STANFORD,
Managing Director, Major Programmes, BT
Wholesale
Even if the Kyoto protocol commitments
to limit emissions of greenhouse gases
are met in full, there may still be a
rise in global average temperature of up
to 2� by 2020 with a consequent rise in
sea levels and in the occurrence of
extreme weather events. Developing
countries, especially small island
developing states, are literally in the
eye of the storm. How can ICTs help in
adapting to the new environmental
challenges? How can ICT-based projects
for sustainable development, which
generate carbon credits, be registered
under the Clean Development Mechanism of
the Kyoto Protocol?
ICTs, adaptation to climate
change, and sustainable development
at the margins, Mr Don MACLEAN,
Associate, International Institute
for Sustainable Development (Canada)
[ Biography | Presentation ]
Disaster preparedness and the
global environment, Dr Naoko IWASAKI, Ass. Director, ITU-Waseda ICT
Centre (Japan)
[ Presentation ]
An integrated framework for
ICT-supported disaster preparedness
in India, Dr Neena SINHA, University
School of Management Studies (India:
Remote presentation)
[ Presentation ]
Technological paths to
sustainability, Dr Thomas DOWNING,
Executive Director, Stockholm
Environment Institute, Oxford office
[ Biography | Presentation ]
ICTs for e-environment, Ms
Kerstin LUDWIG, Project Officer,
ICT Applications and Cybersecurity
Division, ITU-D
[ Biography | Presentation ] ]
Using networked ID systems to prepare for Global Environmental/Health Concerns, Prof Shoichiro ASANO [ Biography ],
National Institute of Informatics and Dr Susumu YONEDA [ Biography ], Softbank Telecom Corp. Lab (Japan)
[ Presentation ]
1500 - 1520
Coffee break
1520 - 1630
Session 7: Review and Wrap-up
Chaired by the meeting chair
This review session will discuss the
draft chairman’s report of the meeting
(to be distributed before the coffee
break) and any recommendations. The
outputs from the meeting will be
forwarded to the meeting of the ITU
Telecommunication Standardization
Advisory Group (TSAG) in July 2008 while
the chairman’s report and conclusions of
the Symposium will be forwarded to
upcoming meetings of the G8 (in Japan)
and the UN Framework Convention on
Climate Change (UNFCCC).
Session moderators:
Dr Tim KELLY, Head,
Standardization Policy Division
(ITU)
[ Biography ]
Ms Sheridan NYE, Senior Consultant, ICT and Climate Change (UK)
Mr Bill THOMPSON,
Technology Writer, BBC Online (UK)
Mr Richard LABELLE,
Aylmer Group (Canada)
[ Biography ]
