 Bernard Gindroz
Chair, ISO/TC 268: Sustainable cities and communities, International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
Dr. Bernard Gindroz is, since 2014, an independent consultant on Energy, Environment, Climate Change, Smart Cities and Communities and Transport, with a special focus on innovation, policies and standardization. Dr. Bernard Gindroz is very active in standardization, as Chairman of several bodies, including ISO TC 268 (Sustainable Development of Communities) and CEN/CENELEC/ETSI Sector Forum on Smart and Sustainable Cities and Communities. Dr. Bernard is an EU expert in Adaptation to Climate Change, as well as in circular economy, a projects’ evaluator of several EU research and innovation programs and initiative leader in the EIP SCC (European Innovative Partnership on Smart Cities and Communities). Dr. Bernard GINDROZ has been involved in Innovation, policy and competitiveness issues for more than 30 years. He has been working for the French Environment and Energy Management Agency (ADEME) as Regional Director, Head of Industry and innovative technologies Department, Deputy Director Sustainable Cities and Territories and Director Energy, Air and Noise. Dr. Bernard GINDROZ has a master in Mechanical Engineering. He got a second master in applied/industrial mathematics and a PhD in the field of energy. Dr. Bernard GINDROZ has been teaching and leading research programs as Professor in several technology Institutes, engineering schools and at the French Naval Academy.
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Bilel Jamoussi Chief of Study Groups, TSB, ITU
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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 Nasser Saleh Al Marzouqi
Chairman ITU-T Study Group 20: Internet of things (IoT) and smart cities and communities (SC&C)
Mr. Nasser Al Marzouqi is the Chairman of the ITU-T Study Group 20 “Internet of things (IoT) and smart cities and communities (SC&C)” which provides the specialized IoT standardization platform necessary for the convergence to rest on a cohesive set of international standards. The focus of the research conducted by ITU-T Study Group 20 will be on identifying and analyzing emerging applications and global solutions for IoT and smart cities, which will contribute to improving the interoperability of various IoT-based technologies, a key factor in ensuring end-user and market acceptance of IoT solutions. Nasser Al Marzouqi is currently working for the Telecommunication Regulatory Authority in the United Arab Emirates in the International Affairs Division. He also functions as the UAE representative to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and has been closely involved in the major ITU conferences and events. He received his Master’s degree in Telecommunication Engineering from Latrobe University in Australia. The TRA in the UAE has been at the forefront of pioneering developments in the field of ICT and in providing an optimal enabling environment in which the UAE’s ICT sector can flourish. Mr. Al Marzouqi is a firm proponent of converting existing systems to high-efficiency systems, helping to bridge the digital divide and to increase global communication and the transition to smart sustainable cities.
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 Michael Mulquin
Chair, Smart Cities Systems Committee, International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)
Michael has spent 25 years partnering with cities, rural areas, and industry on how technology can help neighbourhoods and cities work better. For the last eight years he has been focusing on the development and implementation of smart and sustainable city standards and has had the opportunity to learn from many experts in different Standards Development Organisations. He is technical author of two British Standards Institution publications: PD8100 Smart cities overview – Guide and PD8101 Smart cities – Guide to the role of the planning and development process. He is Chair of the IEC Smart Cities Systems Committee and is an active member of smart city standards work within ISO and JTC1. He was a member of the ITU-T Smart and Sustainable Cities Focus Group. He is Co-Chair of the IEC-ISO-ITU Joint Smart Cities Task Group. He is Principal Architect of the TM Forum’s Smart City Maturity Model and is continuing to support the TM Forum’s work related to smart cities. He received the TM Forum Outstanding Contributor Award in 2017. He is City Standards Associate with the Connected Places Catapult – the UK Government Innovation Agency for smart transport and smart cities and is a member of the UK Government External Advisory Group on Smart Cities and Connected Communities.
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 Amanda Richardson
Head, External Policy, BSI
Amanda Richardson is Head of External Policy at BSI. The External policy team are responsible for all policy development, strategic planning and management of the input into ISO, IEC, CEN and CENELEC governance bodies. This activity covers a broad range of policy areas, from detailed technical policy through to the strategic direction and governance of the European and International organizations. Amanda is the BSI representative to the ISO Technical Management Board and in this capacity is Chair of the ISO/IEC/ITU-T Standards Programme Coordination Group (SPCG).
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 Anna Caterina Rossi
Technical Programme Manager, ITTF, ISO
Anna is a professional in standardization with more than 20 years’ experience at national, European and International level. Anna joined ISO/CS in 2007 and, since then, she has been managing technical committees, mainly in the construction area. In 2018 she became part of the IT Task Force, managing also some subcommittees under JTC 1. She has regularly been involved in the design of training sessions and in workshops where she presented ISO technical activity and stakeholders engagement. Anna graduated in Civil Engineering at the Politecnico di Milano (IT). After a few years in industry, she joined the Italian national standards body, UNI, where she served as technical officer for national committees in the construction area as well as secretary for CEN technical committees and working groups. As part of responsibilities of a technical officer, she participated to and animated workshops and cooperated with technical magazines to promote standardization activities and the use of standards.
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 Gennaro Ruggiero
Systems Technical Officer, IEC
Dr Ruggiero is the Systems Technical Officer at the IEC, the International Electrotechnical Commission. He joined the IEC in January 2017 and is responsible for the Systems Work. He is the Secretary for the Systems Committee “Smart Cities, Electrotechnical aspects”. Prior to joining IEC, Dr Ruggiero has worked for the space engineering industry, at RAL Space in UK, one of the biggest European facilities for the calibration of space instruments, where he has lead projects on design and development of complex instruments for space programs. During his professional career, he has also worked 15 years at the CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, coordinating international programs and managing the development of large-scale instrumentation systems designed to explore the fundamental structure of the matter at very high energy. Dr Ruggiero graduated in Physics at the University of Naples and has received a PhD in the University of Glasgow with a thesis on complex instrumentation systems for High Energy Physics. Dr Ruggiero has also been certified project management professional through PMI and certified systems engineering professional through INCOSE.
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