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Greening the Future: Bridging the Standardization Gap on Environmental Sustainability
Colombo, Sri Lanka 3-4 October 2013

Contact: tsbworkshops@itu.int

Day 1 - Thursday, 3 October 2013

08:30 – 09:30	Registration
09:30 - 10:00	Opening Ceremony Welcome Addresses Lalith Weerathunga, Secretary to the H .E the President & Chairman of the TRCSL [ Biography ] Opening Remarks Sameer Sharma, Senior Advisor, ITU [ Biography \| Speech ]
10:00 - 10:30	Keynote Speech Sameer Sharma, Senior Advisor, ITU: Overview of ITU activities on ICTs, the Environment and Climate Change [ Biography \| Presentation ]
10:30 - 11:00	Tea Break
11:00 - 12:30	Session 1: Green ICT Opportunity This session will examine the contributions made by the ICT sector to the creation of a sustainable low carbon economy. It will also explore the socio, economic and environmental opportunities to promote the use of ICTs. Paolo Gemma, Chairman of Working Party 3 of ITU-T Study Group 5: Overview of ITU-T Study Group 5 “Environment and Climate Change” [ Biography \| Presentation ] Takafumi Hashitani, Senior Director, Corporate Environmental Strategy Unit, Fujitsu: Green ICT Opportunity [ Biography \| Presentation ] Shuguang Qi, Associate rapporteur of Q17 WP3/SG5: Green ICT Opportunity [ Biography \| Presentation ]
12:30 - 14:00	Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:30	Session 2: ICT Infrastructures for Green Solutions This session will provide an overview of low carbon solutions (e.g. cloud computing, broadband applications, green data centers, smart grids and smart metering infrastructures) which aim at enhancing environmental sustainability and minimizing overall environmental impacts of energy consumption. Rakesh Kumar Bhatnagar, Advisor, Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Communications and IT, India: ICT Infrastructures - Indian Green Solution Prospective [ Biography \| Presentation ] Sekhar Kondepudi, National University of Singapore: Green Data Center Guidelines [ Biography \| Abstract \| Presentation ] Shamil Appathurai, Senior Manager, Transmission Master Planning for Mobitel Pvt. Ltd. Sri Lanka: Industrial Interdependency for Sustainable Growth [ Biography \| Abstract \| Presentation ] Tariq Marikar, Senior General Manager, Internet Data Center for Dialog Axiata Private Limited Company, Sri Lanka: Reducing the Energy Footprint and Cost of Computing... the Next Steps [ Biography \| Presentation ]
15:30 - 16:00	Tea Break
16:00 - 17:30	Session 3: Greening through ICT: Enabling Effects – Smart Sustainable Cities This session will give an overview of how the strategic application of ICT networks and services can help cities to become smart and sustainable. It will demonstrate that the use of ICTs will enable cities to provide social services to citizens efficiently, and to manage their infrastructures in a way that will stimulate a sustainable economic growth. This session will also present ITU-T methodologies for assessing the environmental impact of ICTs in cities. Shuguang Qi, Vice Chair of WG2, TC4/CCSA, China Academy of Telecommunication Research of MIIT: Application of Renewable Energy in Telecommunications [ Biography \| Presentation ] Sekhar Kondepudi, National University of Singapore: The Multi-Faceted Role of ICT in Smart Sustainable Cities [ Biography \| Abstract \| Presentation ] Janaka Abeysinghe, General Manger, Enterprise Sales, Sri Lanka Telecom Private Limited Company: Telco Engagement in Building Smart Cities [ Biography \| Presentation ]

*To be confirmed

Day 2 - FRIDAY, 4 October 2013

09:00 – 10:30	Session 4: Bridging the Standardization Gap (BGS) - Environmental Sustainability This session will provide an overview of the benefits of implementing Green ICT Standards (ITU-T Recommendations) at the national level. Paolo Gemma, Chairman of Working Party 3 of ITU-T Study Group 5: Bridging the Standardization Gap (BSG)- Environment Sustainability [ Biography \| Presentation ]
10:30 - 11:00	Tea Break
11:00 - 12:30	Session 5 Part 1: Technical tutorial on ITU-T Recommendations related to ICTs, Environment and Climate Change The purpose of this tutorial is to provide an overview of: ITU-T Recommendation L.1300: Best practices for green data centres; ITU-T Recommendation L.1310: Energy efficiency metrics and measurement methods for telecommunication equipment. Paolo Gemma, Chairman of Working Party 3 of ITU-T Study Group 5: Energy Efficiency and Green Data Centers [ Biography \| Presentation ]
12:30 - 14:00	Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:00	Session 5 Part 2: Technical tutorial on ITU-T Recommendations related to ICTs, Environment and Climate Change The purpose of this tutorial is to provide an overview of: ITU-T L.1000: Universal power adapter and charger solution for mobile terminals and other hand-held ICT devices; ITU-T L.1001: External universal power adapter solutions for stationary information and communication technology devices; Paolo Gemma, Chairman of Working Party 3 of ITU-T Study Group 5: Waste Management with Green ICT Standards [ Biography \| Presentation ] ITU-T L.1410 Methodology for the assessment of the environmental impact of information and communication technology goods, networks and services; Takafumi Hashitani, Associate Rapporteur of Q18 WP3/SG5 [ Biography \| Presentation ] ITU-T L.1200 Direct current power feeding interface up to 400 V at the input to telecommunication and ICT equipment Shuguang Qi, Associate Rapporteur of Q19 WP3/SG5 [ Biography \| Presentation ] EMF Radiation and Indian Case Study Rakesh Kumar Bhatnagar, Advisor, Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Communications and IT, India [ Biography \| Presentation ]
15:00 - 15:30	Tea Break
15:30 - 16:00	Session 6: Follow-up Actions at the National Level Sameer Sharma, Senior Advisor, ITU: Review of Priority Areas and Next Steps [ Biography \| Presentation ]
16:00 - 16:30	Wrap-up and Closing Remarks Mohan Jayasekera, Director, Policy, International Relations & License Administration, TRCSL [ Biography ] Sameer Sharma, Senior Advisor, ITU [ Biography ]

*To be confirmed