Aamir RIAZ
Programme officer, ITU Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Jakarta, Indonesia
Mr. Aamir Riaz is a Programme officer in International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and is currently a part of the team of its Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific. Mr Aamir has been working on development of ICTs in the region through country specific actions, sub-regional and regional interventions across the region. As a programme manager he has implemented several initiatives and projects in partnership and collaboration with international/regional organizations like ASEAN, APT, PITA etc.; Administrations including, Korea,
Australia, China, Japan etc. amongst others and industry including Intelsat, Nokia, Forum Global, Inmarsat, Kacific and Ericsson etc.
Currently he is regional focal point for thematic action areas of Digital Network Infrastructure and Emergency telecommunications. Most recent work is the areas of 5G market readiness assessments, remote satellite connectivity, ICT market regulations and wireless innovation strategies with emphasis on issues related to RF Spectrum. Prior to joining ITU in 2013, he had been working in ictQatar (now CRC Qatar) from 2010 to 2013 as National Spectrum Manager where he implemented several management and planning initiatives. From 2007 until 2010 he performed his duties as Assistant Director in Strategy and Development department of the Pakistan telecomm Authority. Mr. Aamir is an Electrical Engineer from National University of Science and Technology (NUST) Pakistan and possesses advanced degree in Radio-communication from École Supérieure d'Électricité (SUPÉLEC) France.
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Ahmed NADEEM
Director, ABU Technology, Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Mr Nadeem is an experienced electronic and ICT engineer with over 20 years of experience in the field of Broadcasting and Telecommunications. He has been working with ABU since 2008. Prior to joining the ABU he worked as a Project Engineer in Singapore and before that as Head of Engineering at Television Maldives. Mr Nadeem holds a BEng (Hons) Degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering and Post-graduate studies in Business Administration. He currently holds the position of Director ABU Technology.
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Atsuko OKUDA
Regional Director, ITU Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok Thailand
Ms. Atsuko Okuda was appointed as the Regional Director in April 2020. Prior to the new assignment, she was the Chief of the ICT and Development Section of the ICT and Disaster Risk Reduction Division of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and
the Pacific (ESCAP), in Bangkok, Thailand from 2015 to 2020. At ESCAP, she promoted the development of regional broadband connectivity and inclusive broadband through the implementation of the Asia-Pacific Information Superhighway (AP-IS) initiative.
Before joining ESCAP, Ms. Okuda served the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) in Beirut as the Chief of the Governance and Statebuilding Section and as the Team Leader responsible for ESCWA Knowledge Management. Prior to it, she contributed to the Umoja project, the UN Secretariat ERP initiative, as Testing Manager at the Department of Management, UNHQ for 2 years. From 2002 to 2010, she was responsible for promoting a wide range of ICT for development initiatives at ESCAP and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) as Senior IT Officer. She started her UN career in the area of ICT for Development at the Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific, the Bureau for Development Policy and UNDP Country Office in Bhutan from 1997 to 2002. Ms. Okuda obtained a BA from Kyoto University (Japan), MA from Helsinki University (Finland), and has currently been enrolled as a research fellow on e-governance at the United Nations University – Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT) in the Netherlands. Her academic articles on broadband and AI were published by the Lee Kwan Yew School of Public Policy. Among other publications and research papers, she was the author of a chapter on e-resilience in the 2018 UNDES
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 Bilel JAMOUSSI
Chief, Study Groups Department, TSB, ITU, Geneva, Switzerland
Tunisian born, Dr. Bilel Jamoussi is Chief of the Study Groups Department of ITU Standardization Bureau in Geneva Switzerland. Since 2010, he has been leading the bureau’s standards making activities into a new era characterized by rapid convergence and the need for increased collaboration with vertical sectors and partnership between developed and developing countries. Prior to 2010, Jamoussi worked for a Telecommunication equipment and solutions provider for 15 years in Canada and then in the United States where he held several leadership positions and was granted 22 US patents in diverse areas including packet, optical, wireless, and quality of service.
He holds a BSc, MSc and PhD degrees in Computer Engineering from the Pennsylvania State University, USA. He is fluent in Arabic, French, and English and speaks some Spanish and German.
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 David WOOD
Consultant, European Broadcasting Union (EBU), Technology and Innovation, Geneva, Switzerland
Dr David Wood has chaired standards groups in the ITU and DVB for many years. He led the work that resulting in the ITU specifications for digital television, high definition television, and ultra-high definition television. More recently he led the DVB work analysing Virtual Reality systems. He currently is a co-chair of the ITU IRG-AVA group which is examining the possibilities for common access systems for all media, broadcast, broadband, internet, and cable, and the ITU-R on audio renderers. He is Consultant, EBU Technology and Innovation.
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 Gang WU
Mr. Gang Wu, Vice Rapporteur of ITU-D Question 2/1
Currently active in discussions for Trends in new broadcasting technologies, services and applications for ITU-D Q.2/1.Since2016, he has started to participate in the ITU-D research. Mr.Wu is the Director of Industrial Development Department of Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. He has long been engaged in the research and implementation of industry trends and industry development strategies in the telecommunications and Internet industries. In addition, he is an expert member of several industry organizations, including the Secretary-General of the Advisory Committee of the Edge Computing Consortium, aiming to build a harmonious ecosystem in the ICT industry. Prior to Huawei，he led the network design for Tibet Line GSM-R project, the world's first full-duplex hardware / software redundant GSM wireless network with the highest reliability and highest altitude. |
 Hideki YAMAMOTO
Vice-chairman, ITU-T SG16, Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. (OKI), Tokyo, Japan
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 Istvan BOZSOKI
Head, Telecommunications Network and Spectrum Management Division (TNS), BDT, ITU, Geneva, Switzerland
Istvan Bozsoki joined the ITU in 1997 to work at the Space Department of the Radiocommunication Bureau and he was dealing with coordination and notification of satellite systems. In 2007 he moved to the Telecommunication Development Bureau and is responsible for spectrum management and broadcasting issues. Since April 2013 he is Head of Spectrum Management and Broadcasting Division. After obtaining his degree in telecommunication engineering at the Technical University Budapest in 1980 he spent 17 years at the Hungarian Communication Authority and he was dealing with technical and regulatory aspects of the spectrum management. Among others, he was responsible for the development of a computerized spectrum management system and for cross-border frequency coordination. Later, he was appointed as director of international affairs. He has a master degree in radiocommunications and broadcasting.
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 Jinane KARAM
Vice-Rapporteur, ITU-D SG1 Question 2/1, Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA), Lebanon
Jinane Karam is a spectrum expert at the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Lebanon since its establishment in 2007. Jinane has long experience in telecom regulations and has also a significant role in developing the national spectrum policy, the National Frequency Allocation Table and the licensing guidelines for different radio services. She represented TRA and the Lebanese administration in number of international and regional meetings such as the ITU-D Study Group meetings, ITU-R Study Groups and Working Parties, as well as the World Radiocommunications Conference in 2007, 2012 and The World Telecommunications Development Conference in 2014 and 2017. She was appointed as Vice Rapporteur for ITU-D SG1 Q8/1 for the Study Group Period (2014-2017) and currently, she is Vice Rapporteur for ITU-D SG1 Q2/1 (2018-2021) dealing with strategies and methods of migration to digital TV and sound broadcasting and trends in broadcasting technologies and applications. Prior to joining the TRA, Jinane worked as spectrum engineer at the Ministry of Telecommunications. Mrs. Karam holds a Master in Electronic Engineering and a Master in Radiocommunications Engineering from UVSQ, France. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Telecommunications, Computer Networks from Saint Joseph University USJ, Lebanon.
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 Jinhui XIE
Vice-Chair, ITU-R SG6; Vice-President, Academy of Broadcasting Planning (ABP), National Radio and Television Administration (NRTA), Beijing, China
Dr. Jinhui XIE has been working at academies directly under National Radio and Television Administration (NRTA) in many different broadcast industry areas for the past decades. He was promoted to a Professor at 1997. Then he held the position of the Vice-President of Academy of Broadcasting Science (ABS) from 2001 to 2006. He has been selected as the 8th Board Chairman of China Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (CSMPTE) since 2017.
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 Noah LUO
Chairman, ITU-T SG16, Huawei Technologies, Switzerland
Noah Luo is ITU-T SG16 Chairman. Mr. Luo is a senior standards and strategic expert from Huawei Technologies, Co., Ltd., director of Huawei Dept. of Industry and Standards (West Europe) which has a wide range of responsibilities including standards, industry collaboration, ecosystems and telecom regulatory policies, etc. Mr. Luo is active in various standards fields including Network Functionalities Virtualization(NFV), multimedia communication, cloud computing, etc. He is now leading Huawei’ s standards work in the areas of NFV and multimedia.
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 Philomena PRAGASAM
Director, Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development (AIBD), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Philomena Gnanapragasam is the Secretariat-Director of the Asia Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development (AIBD) formed under the auspices of UNESCO. She holds a double degree in Psychology and Political Science from UK and Malaysia respectively. She is two time recipient of the Prime Ministers loyalty award and has 15 international awards for radio and television including the prestigious Golden Globe Award. Prior to joining AIBD Philomena was Station Manager of Malaysia’s Pioneer English Radio Station, Traxxfm, RTM. She has significant experience in both radio and television programming and news. Philomena also sits on the board of several universities in Malaysia and as an industry expert, she advises on the media curriculum for communication studies. Currently she is working on reinvigorating AIBDs mandate as an intergovernmental body focusing on key policy and current issues in the region. Her most recent initiative is the Health Communication Manual for media which focuses on accurate reporting of covid 19 and vaccine awareness.
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 Ruoting CHANG
Counsellor, ITU-R Study Group 6, BR, ITU, Geneva, Switzerland
The Counsellor of ITU-R Study Group 6 (broadcasting service). Before joining ITU in August 2018, he was the Director of frequency planning division and terrestrial radio services division of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technologies of P.R.C and the Vice-Chair of ITU-R Study Group 1 and the Chair of Working Party 1B on international spectrum management. He has been engaging in international radio frequency coordination activities from 2006, he used to be the key coordinator in China’s delegation in World Radiocommunication Conferences 2012 and 2015.
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 Satoshi MIYAJI
Chairman, ITU-T SG9, General Manager, KDDI Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
Dr. Miyaji has a long history of participating in the ITU-T SG9 (“television and sound transmission, and integrated broadband cable") almost for twenty (20) years as an expert of broadcasting and telecommunications particularly for cable television networks and services. He served as Vice Chairman of SG9 and Chairman of WP1/9 for eight (8) years in 2009 – 2016. At the WTSA-16 (General Assembly of ITU-T), he has been appointed as Chairman of SG9 for the Study Period 2017 – 2020. In KDDI, he is now responsible for development and deployment of entertainment-related business and services such as video streaming, music distribution, e-books, live concert, and so on.
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 Simao CAMPOS
Counsellor, ITU-T Study Group 16, TSB, ITU, Geneva, Switzerland
Simão joined the secretariat of the ITU Standardization Sector in 2002, and is the Counsellor for ITU-T Study Group 16 (for standardization work on multimedia, including audio and video coding, accessibility/human factors, e-health, ITS, IPTV and digital signage) and ITU-T Focus Group on AI for health (FG-AI4H). He has a long experience in standardization, having started with voice compression standards in 1989. Prior to joining ITU, Simão was a Scientist at COMSAT Labs in the USA and a researcher at CPqD, a telecom research center in Brazil. A Senior Member of the IEEE, Simão authored several academic papers and position papers, served in the review committee of several IEEE-sponsored conferences, and organized the first ITU Kaleidoscope Conference.
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 Stefano POLIDORI
Advisor, ITU-T Study Group 9, TSB, ITU, Geneva, Switzerland
Stefano is Advisor at the International Telecommunication Union and responsible for the technical secretariat of ITU-T Study Group 9 "Broadband cable and TV”. He is also responsible for the Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) activities, including the Symposium on the Future Networked Car at the Geneva Motor Show. Stefano is the ITU representative to the European Multi Stakeholder Platform on ICT Standardization at the European Commission. After few years in the private sector, joined the ITU in 2004 covering various positions including Coordinator for ITU Kaleidoscope academic conference and Advisor for Study Group 11 "Signalling, protocols and test specifications". Stefano holds a Master in Electronic Engineering from the University of Rome, Italy and a Master of Science in mobile communication from Aalborg University, Denmark.
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 Tae Kyoon KIM Vice-Chair, ITU-T SG9 and WP2/9 Chair; Research Fellow, ETRI, Daejeon, Korea (Rep. of)
Tae Kyoon Kim is a research fellow at Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI). He has developed the digital broadcasting system in Korea (Rep. of); Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS) System (1993-1998), Digital Terrestrial Broadcasting System (1999-2003), Digital Cable Broadcasting System (2004~). He is currently working in the Media Research Division of Telecommunications & Media Research Lab. He had joined the DBS System Development Project (1994-1995) with MPR Teltech (Canada, BC). He has long experience in developing various digital broadcasting systems (i.e. satellite, terrestrial, and cable) and standardization, having started with cable standardization of ITU-T SG9 in 2008. He has two Ph.D. in Engineering and Social Welfare. He served as Vice Chairman of WP2/9 and now serves as Q7/9 Rapporteur and Editors for many work items. He is interested in Accessibility and currently he is developing media-related services, system and standards as a research fellow & principal research staff.
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 Xiang WANG (Eric)
Rapporteur, ITU-T SG9 Question 9/9 and vice chairman WP2/9, Huawei Technologies, Shenzhen, China
Eric Wang has participated ITU-T standards groups since 2012. In SG9, he serves as Rapporteur of Q9/9 leading the work on the integrated cable network platform for advanced services deliveries, such as 4K, AR and VR videos. In SG15, he is the G.mgfast editor, and has contributed for a long time to G.fast and G.mgfast which are the most recent developments on xDSL access technologies targeting gigabit or even multi-gigabit access. In Huawei, he has worked for many years in the access network area both on physical layer technologies researches and standardization strategy developments. Eric Wang holds a Ph.D from Nanjing University in Computational Mathematics.
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 Yukihiro NISHIDA
Chairman, ITU-R Study Group 6, NHK, Tokyo, Japan
Dr. Nishida is an executive research engineer (Fellow) at the Science and Technology Research Laboratories, Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK), Tokyo, Japan. He has been involved in the research and development of many areas of broadcasting technologies, including high-definition television (HDTV), ultrahigh-definition television (UHDTV), high-dynamic range (HDR) TV, digital broadcasting, video coding, multiplexing, and quality evaluation. He is also active in the standardization of broadcast technologies in the International Telecommunication Union – Radiocommunication (ITU-R) Sector and the Association of Radio Industries and Businesses (ARIB), Japan. He was appointed as the chairman of the ITU-R Study Group 6 in October 2015 and reappointed in October 2019, after having served as the vice chairman of the ITU-R Study Group 6 and the chairman of the Working Party 6B for eight years.
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 Zhifan SHENG (Steven)
Vice-Chair, ITU-T SG9 and WP1/9 Chair; Academy of Broadcasting Science ABS, National Radio and Television Administration (NRTA), Beijing, China
Sheng Zhifan is the vice chairman of SG9. He works as CTO in Academy of Broadcasting Science, SAPPRFT. He owns eight years working experience in Standardization management for Chinese broadcasting industry as the director of Science, Technology and Standardization management of SARFT/SAPPRFT, and eight years working experience in Cable TV and Broadband Network with Verizon, Comcast and China cable networks as an engineering manager, senior manager and deputy CTO. Sheng Zhifan received the BS degree in Information Engineering in 1985 from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, and received the MS degree in Electronics and Communication Systems in 1988 from Dalian University of Technology. Also he received the MS degree in Electrical Engineering in 1996 from Princeton University, and MBA in 2002 from University of Texas at Dallas. His expert areas includes cable network, conditional access, video system, and TV operating system
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 Amal Punchihewa
Researcher in Broadcast, media & ICT, ITU Expert and Distinguished Lecturer of IEEE-BTS
Amal Punchihewa graduated with BSc (Eng) Hons specialised in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering from Sri Lanka, MEng from the Technical University of Eindhoven, the Netherlands & PhD from Massey University in New Zealand. He has published over 130 scholarly articles (peer-refereed technical journal and conference articles) in various journals including IEEE and IET digital libraries and transactions. He has held visiting positions at Tokyo University of Science (Japan) as a visiting associate professor and visiting professor. He was a Royal Dutch fellow of Netherlands and Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS of Japan). He has served on technical/programme committees, organizing committees and as track/session chairs for many international conferences. He advised on many International conferences including CCBN conference in China, BES in India and BCA in Singapore. Amal inspires innovation of media technology in the complete chain of media, starting from acquisition to consumption in the broadcasting industry. He influences the development of media technology in the best interest of the global community. Amal is a Chartered Professional Engineer and Fellow of IET(UK) and a senior member of IEEE(USA) He is also a distinguished lecturer of IEEE-Broadcast Technology Society. He is FEngNZ(Rtd.) was elected a Fellow for advancing engineering knowledge and practice. Amal is recognised in New Zealand and internationally as an information and communications technology engineering expert. He has been a leader in regional and international broadcast engineering, supporting the development of modern radio & television services. He possesses more than 35 years of experience in all three sectors of broadcasting; viz. Academia, Research and Industry in senior broadcasting technology and ICT roles, including research and developments, regional capacity building in media and head of engineering of national television - SLRC-Rupavahini in Sri Lanka, having started a career in computer engineering. Amal facilitates and advocates technical guidelines and standards, and provides expertise related to the convergence of media, and evolving technology needs. He creates, encourages, and manages member communities, and understands and explains the trends that shape the media, to empower media & ICT stakeholders to continue to take good strategic decisions
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