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 ITU-EC Workshop “Methodologies for Assessing the Environmental Impact of ICT”
 Rome, Italy, 5 September 2011

Methodologies for Assessing the Environmental Impact of ICT

This workshop will examine work underway in standardization organizations and industry efforts to measure the impact of ICTs on climate change and ways to assist developing countries to obtain and make best use of ICTs to address climate change, and how to standardize the way to calculate the reduction of GHG that ICTs have.

Programme

Monday, 5 September 2011 
08:30 - 09:30 Registration
09:30 - 09:45 Opening ceremony

Welcome:
  • Mr. Malcolm Johnson, Director, Telecommunication Standardization Bureau, ITU
    [ BIOGRAPHY | SPEECH ]
Keynote Speaker:
  • Ms. Colette Maloney, Head of Unit ICT for Sustainable Growth, European Commission
    [ BIOGRAPHY | PRESENTATION ]
09:45 – 11:00 High Level Segment: Developing a Global Framework: Understanding and Measuring Green ICT

This High Level Segment will provide senior representatives from the ICT industry and standardization organizations with an opportunity to exchange views on how to develop a global framework for measuring green ICT.
Moderator:
  • Ms. Colette Maloney, Head of Unit ICT for Sustainable Growth, European Commission
    [ BIOGRAPHY ]
Speakers:
  • Ms. Alice Valvodova, Executive Director, Global e-Sustainability Initiative (GeSI)
    [ BIOGRAPHY | PRESENTATION ]
  • Mr. Ahmed Zeddam, Chairman of ITU-T Study Group 5
    [ BIOGRAPHY ]
  • Dr. Yoshiaki Ichikawa, Chairman, IEC TC 111, International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)
    [ BIOGRAPHY ]
  • Mr. Dong Hi Sim, Technical Officer of TC-EE, European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI)
    [ BIOGRAPHY | PRESENTATION ]
  • Ms. Andrea Brown, Energy and Climate, World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)
    [ BIOGRAPHY ]
Questions & Answers
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 – 13:00 Session 1: Ongoing Initiatives for Assessing the Environmental Impact of ICT

This session will provide an overview of the main existing industry-led initiatives and activities carried out in the standardization bodies for assessing the environmental impact of ICT.

Moderator:
  • Dr. Dave Faulkner, Climate Associates
    [ BIOGRAPHY ]
Speakers:
  • Mr. Jean Manuel Canet and Mr. Gilbert Buty, ITU-T Methodologies
    [ BIOGRAPHY: Canet | PRESENTATION | Buty | PRESENTATION ]
  • Dr. Yoshiaki Ichikawa, Chairman, IEC TC 111, International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)
    [ BIOGRAPHY | PRESENTATION ]
  • Dr. Anders S.G. Andrae, Rapporteur ETSI TS 103 199 (LCA standard for ICT Equipment, Networks, and Services)
    [ BIOGRAPHY | PRESENTATION ]
13:00 – 14:30 Lunch Break
14:30 – 16:30 Session 1: cont’d Speakers:
  • Mr. André Rouyer, Chair of the EMEA Liaison Committee of the Green Grid Initiative
    [ BIOGRAPHY | PRESENTATION ]
  • Mr. Gabriel Solomon, Global Systems for Mobile Communications Association (GSMA)
    [ BIOGRAPHY | PRESENTATION ]
  • Ms. Gabrielle Ginér and Mr. Tom Okrasinski, Co-Chairs TNS Group, GHG Protocol Product Standard, ICT Sector Supplement
    [ BIOGRAPHY: Ginér | Okrasinski | PRESENTATION ]
Questions & Answers
16:30 – 17:30 Open Discussion: Towards a Climate Neutral ICT Sector: What are the Next Steps?

The aim of this session is to forge consensus among stakeholders on the adoption of a common methodological framework for capturing the energy intensity and carbon emissions of ICT.

Moderator:
  • Mr. Simon Forge, Expert Group of the European Commission and Mr. Kevin Houston, Expert Group of the European Commission
    [ BIOGRAPHY: Forge | Houston ]
17:30 - 18:00 Coffee break
18:00 – 18:30 Wrap up & Conclusion of the Workshop
  • Mr. Malcolm Johnson, Director, Telecommunication Standardization Bureau, ITU
    [ BIOGRAPHY ]
  • Mr. Pierre Chastanet, Policy Officer, Unit ICT for Sustainable Growth, European Commission
    [ BIOGRAPHY ]

 

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