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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Noah Luo
Chairman, ITU-T SG16, Senior Director at Huawei Technologies, Switzerland
Noah Luo is a senior director at Huawei Technologies, Co., Ltd, where he oversees standards and industry development for various
major international SDOs including ITU, ISO, IEC and JTC1. Based in Lausanne, Switzerland, he works at Huawei since 1998 and
has been involved in various standardization fields such as Multimedia communication, Digital Services , AI, Cloud/Edge Computing, Network Functionalities Virtualization (NFV), and Digitalization of Industry Verticals. He is the chairman of ITU-T SG16, the technical standardization committee in ITU for multimedia and related digital technologies, since 2016. He had been previously the vice-chairman of ITU-T SG16 from 2008 to 2016. He holds a Ph.D. in Automatic Control Theory and Applications from Xi’an Jiaotong University, where he graduated in 1996. He also worked as a postdoc fellow and project manager at the Chinese Academy of Sciences from 1996 to 1998 in Beijing, China.
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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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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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Stefano Polidori Study Group Counsellor, ITU Stefano is a Counsellor 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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Andy Quested Chair ITU-R WP 6C, Lead EBU QC Group, European Broadcasting Union
Andy Quested started working for the BBC in 1978 becoming a video-tape editor in 1985 where he worked on many comedy, children’s and documentary series. Moving to a new technology department he, worked on introducing non-linear editing, stereo, widescreen, the BBC’s first HD programme Planet Earth I and the first UHD programme, Planet Earth II. Andy has been a Rapporteur for ITU Working Party 6C investigating the use of 3DTV, the Global Broadcasting Platform and image quality. He is a Co-Chair of the joint group on Accessibility and has chaired several Rapporteur Groups including the group that developed the HDR Recommendation until 2015 when he became chair of Working Party 6C itself. As chair, he initiated new areas of study on Advanced Immersive Sensory Media Systems, Artificial Intelligence and Energy Aware Broadcasting as applied to content production and international programme exchange. In WP 6B, Andy led the group formalizing the use of componentized content creation that led to a new Recommendation. Andy left the BBC at the end of 2020 but is still leading standards work in the ITU and EBU. He is also an active member of SMPTE, becoming a Fellow in 2014 for work relating to standards.
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Sarra Rebhi Vice-Chair, ITU-T SG-16 I Head of Technical Department, Tunisian broadcaster office, Tunisia
Sarra currently holds the position of the Technical Department Chief at the Tunisian National Broadcasting Office, where her responsibility includes managing equipment projects, broadcasting network planning and spectrum management. In addition to this role, Sarra has also been appointed as Vice-chair of the ITU-T SG-16 on multimedia since 2019. Sarra educational background includes an electrical engineering degree from ENIM (Tunisia), which she obtained in 2007. She also holds a master’s degree and a Doctorate in Information and Communication Technologies from Sup’Com (Tunisia), which she obtained in 2013 and 2018 respectively.
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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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Walid Sami Senior Project Manager, European Broadcasting Union (EBU)
Dr. Walid Sami is Senior Project Manager at the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), Geneva, with responsibility for co-coordinating studies on frequency planning and spectrum sharing issues. He represents EBU in number of European and International Forums dealing with Spectrum Management. He is Vice Chair of ITU-R Study Group 6 (Broadcasting) and mostly active in Working Parties 6A (Terrestrial broadcasting delivery) and 1A (Spectrum engineering techniques). Prior to joining EBU, Dr. SAMI worked in spectrum management and frequency planning of Digital Broadcasting systems at Télédiffusion de France (TDF) and CSA (Conseil Supérieur de l'Audiovisuel) in France. Notable is his 7 years as head of Television Planning Department at the French Broadcasting Authority, where he was in charge of planning Digital Terrestrial Television in France. Dr. Sami received Electrical Engineering Degree from the Lebanese University in 1986 and a Doctorate in Physics from Supelec / Université de Paris Sud in 1991. |
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