Mr. Art LEVIN,
Head, Corporate Governance and
Membership Division (ITU)
Session 1 Chair:
Mr. Arthur Levin was the lead ITU staff
member in the organization of the two
phases of the World Summit on the
Information Society and has served as a
senior policy adviser and legal
counselor with the Union. He organized
and was Executive Secretary of the ITU
Plenipotentiary Conferences in 2002 and
2006.
He also holds an appointment as an
adjunct professor of law at the Franklin
Pierce Law Center in the United States,
where he teaches a course on
International Telecommunications Law and
the Internet.
He previously served as Legal Adviser of
the OECD in Paris and as a senior
attorney with regulatory agencies in the
United States and with private law firms
in Washington, D.C. He has published
numerous articles and books on
regulatory topics.
He has a J.D. with honors from George
Washington Law Center and a B.S. with
honors from Cornell University.
Dr. Luis NEVES,
GeSI chairperson and Head of Sustainable Development and Environment, Deutsche Telekom (Germany)
Mr. Luis Neves, Senior Manager, Deutsche
Telekom, was born in Portugal in 1953.
He finished his University degree in
History at Lisbon University. Later on
he studied law for 2 years at
”Universidade Moderna“. Luis worked for
more than 25 years for Marconi as Head
of Department and lately at the
Corporate Office. He started an
international career at European and
International levels which lasted 14
years. In 2004 he joined Deutsche
Telekom and he is Head of Sustainable
Development and Environment at DT
Corporate Responsibility Department.
Since March 2006 he is the President of
GeSI (Global E-Sustainable Initiative).
Mr. Tetsuo YAMAKAWA,
Director-General, International Affairs
Department, Telecommunications Bureau,
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
Mr. Tetsuo Yamakawa is Director-General, International Affairs Department,
Telecommunications Bureau, Ministry of
Internal Affairs and Communications
(MIC) Government of Japan. He has worked
vigorously to formulate and bring to
fruition ICT policies, including ICT and
environment, since entering the
Ministry. He planned and promoted such
international polices as the Asia
Broadband Program, as well as the
completion of Japan’s nationwide
broadband network. Subsequently, he has
overseen the realization of significant
policy decisions made by MIC as
Counsellor and Director-General for
Policy Coordination.
Mr. Jeff HURMUSES,
President, China and Japan, Tandberg
(Norway)
Mr. Jeff Hurmuses is President, China and Japan, responsible for leading
TANDBERG’s business expansion in two of
the fastest-growing visual
communications market in the world. Jeff
has more than 25 years of experience in
corporate business and IT management and
joined TANDBERG from WatchGuard, where
he was responsible for overall strategy
and management of the company’s regional
business. Prior to WatchGuard, Jeff
co-founded Intandem Asia, which provides
sales, marketing, and distribution
services for foreign companies entering
or expanding in Asia Pacific. He
established business operations in Hong
Kong, Tokyo, Bangkok, and the United
States.
Between 1994 and 2002, he was Managing
Director Asia Pacific for Polycom, Inc.,
during which time he managed the
company’s Asia Pacific business with 8
offices and 60 staff. During this
period, he grew the company’s annual
regional revenue from less than US$ 1
million to more than US$ 65 million.
Prior to Polycom, Mr. Hurmuses was
Managing Director, Circulation, Asia and
Europe for Business Week International.
During this time, he implemented
marketing programs that more than
trebled the magazine’s subscriber base.
Between 1982 and 1986, he worked with
Xerox Canada in Vancouver and Rank Xerox
Limited in Hong Kong in a variety of
sales support, training, and product
specialist roles.
Prof. Jun FUJIMOTO,
Research Centre for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Tokyo
Dr. Jun Fujimoto has been a Professor in
Research Center for Advanced Science &
Technology, the University of Tokyo (UT)
since 2002. Dr. Fujimoto's research
interest includes ecodesign of low
carbon ICT society, and social system
innovation process considering
environmental consciousness. Recently,
he published the book entitled ‘Low
Carbon Lifestyle in 2050-EcoDesign for
ICT Society-‘. Currently, he divides his
time between conducting research in
EcoDesign at UT, and at NEC where he is
the executive researcher in the
department of New Solution Development.
Dr. Tim KELLY,Head,
Standardization Policy Division, ITU-T
Dr. Tim Kelly is Head of the Standardization Policy Division of the
International Telecommunication Union
(ITU), where he has worked since 1993.
Before joining ITU he spent five years
as a Communications Policy Analyst with
the Organisation for Economic
Co-operation and Development (OECD) and
three years with Logica Consultancy Ltd.
He has an MA (Hons) degree in Geography
and a Ph.D in industrial economics from
Cambridge University. Over the last
twenty years, Dr Kelly has specialised
in the economics of the
telecommunications industry. He has
written or co-authored more than 30
books on the subject including the ITU's
“Internet Reports” and “World
Information Society Reports”. He was in
charge of the “content team” for the
World Summit on the Information Society
(WSIS), which concluded in November
2005. He is a visiting scholar at the
business school of Hong Kong University
of Science and Technology.
12:40 – 14:20
Lunch
14:20 – 16:00
Session
2: Corporate responsibility: Towards a
climate-neutral ICT Sector
Mr. Kenn CUKIER,Journalist, The Economist
Kenneth Neil Cukier is a business
correspondent at The Economist in Tokyo.
He formerly covered international IT and
telecoms issues, particularly
intellectual property and Internet
governance. Previously he was the
technology editor of the Asian Wall
Street Journal in Hong Kong, European
editor of Red Herring in London and
worked at the International Herald
Tribune in Paris. From 2002 to 2004 he
was a research fellow at Harvard’s
Kennedy School of Government. He has
been a frequent commentator for the BBC,
CNN and others. Additionally Mr. Cukier
is a term-member of the Council on
Foreign Relations and serves on the
board of advisors to the Daniel Pearl
Foundation.
Mr. Mitsuo KOBAYASHI,
Manager, Corporate Environment Affairs,
Asia-Pacific, IBM, Japan
Mitsuo Kobayashi is a manager of
IBM Corporate Environmental Affairs,
responsible for Asia and Pacific region.
He is a steering committee member of the
World Recycling Committee, and a lot of
Japanese Environmental committee
members, like Keidanren, GPN, JEITA.
Especially he was a Steering committee
member of Energy Management for
establishing Kyoto protocol in Ministry
of Post & Telecommunications ( now MIC )
in 1997. He has been working at IBM for
37 years. He had developed IBM Personal
Computers like Think Pad over 20 years,
and works for IBM Environment Management
System and Energy & Climate Change
protection in Japan and AP countries
until now.
Mr. David
FAULKNER,ITU-T Study Group 15 Q2/15 rapporteur, BT, UK
David Faulkner of “British
Telecommunications plc” has been a
researcher in the field of access
networks with specialisation in PON
systems since 1983 when he gained his
PhD in Electrical Engineering. Since
year 2000 he has been Rapporteur for
ITU-T/SG15/Q2 on “Fibre Systems for
Access Networks”. He chairs the
conference on Networks and Optical
Communications. He is studying climate
change issues with interest in ICTs and
aviation and has adopted a more
environmentally friendly lifestyle. He
is keen to promote low energy networks
in ITU-T and has adopted audio and web
conferencing to minimise travel to
meetings.
Mr. Tetsuo TAKEMURA,Corporate Officer,
Global Business, Information &
Telecommunication Systems, Hitachi, Ltd., Japan
Tetsuo Takemura joined Hitachi,
Ltd. in 1975, and started working as an
engineer in the Totsuka Works. Since
1997, he was engaged in the management
of telecommunication business in North
America. In June 1999, he was assigned
as a President of Hitachi Telecom (USA)
Inc. In April 2002, he returned Japan
and was assigned as a General Manager of
the International IT Business Operation
in the Information & Telecommunication
Systems. He was assigned as a General
Manager of the Network Systems Solutions
Division in 2003, a Chief Operation
Officer of Information &
Telecommunication Systems in 2006. Now
he is a Corporate Officer of Hitachi,
Ltd. and responsible for Global Business
in Information & Telecommunication
Systems.
Mr. Atsuhisa TAKAHASHI,
President, Corporate Environmental
Affairs Unit, Fujitsu Ltd., Japan
Mr. Atsuhisa Takahashi has been
President of Corporate Environmental
Affairs Unit since September 2007. He is
responsible for the environmental
strategy of Fujitsu Limited. He received
his B.E. degree in Telecommunication
Engineering from Waseda University in
1974. After joining Fujitsu Limited in
1974, he has been engaged in development
of Central Office Switching System for
markets other than Japan from cross-bar
system era to ATM based broadband
switching system era. Since 2000, he has
been engaged in development of carrier
class IP router system followed by in
management of alliance business and
co-development with Cisco Systems, U.S.
He is a member of IEICE (Institute of
Electronics, Information and
Communication Engineers).
Ms. Joanna GORDON,World Economic Forum (Switzerland)
Joanna Gordon graduated with a Masters
Degree in Business Administration from
Insead, France in 2004. She joined the
World Economic Forum's IT Industries
Team in 2007 and is managing the World
Economic Forum’s project on Green
Technology and Energy Productivity. This
project brings together experts from
leading global technology companies,
NGOs, governments and academia in order
to synthesize their insights into an
economically sound business rationale
for greater adoption of technology as a
key enabler for a low carbon economy.
16:00 – 16:30
Coffee break
16:30 – 18:00
Session 3: ICTs for monitoring
climate change
Dr. Hiroshi KUMAGAI,National Institute
of Information and Communication
Technologies (NICT, Japan)
Hiroshi Kumagai received the B. E.,
M. E., and D. E. degrees all in
electrical engineering from Kyoto
University, Kyoto, Japan in 1975, 1978,
and 1988, respectively. He has been
working with the National Institute of
Information and Communications
Technology (NICT: Formerly,
Communications Research Laboratory (CRL)),
Japan since 1978. He is now the Director
of Applied Electromagnetic Research
Center of NICT. He was a visiting
researcher at Goddard Space Flight
Center, NASA from 1989 to 1991 to
conduct the collaboration research on
rain measurement from space between CRL
and NASA. He is currently involved in
the earth observation satellite mission
of EarthCARE jointly conducted by ESA
and Japan to contribute to understand
cloud in the climate change. His
research interest exists in the
radiowave and optical remote sensing of
cloud and aerosol.
Mr. Hiroyuki ICHIJO,Chairperson of the WMO Expert Team on the WMO Information System (WIS) and Global Telecommunication System (GTS) Communication Techniques and Structure
Hiroyuki Ichijo is the Head, Office
of Information Networks Management in
Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). He is
currently the Co-chair of the World
Meteorological Organization (WMO) Expert
Team on the WMO Information System (WIS)
and Global Telecommunication System (GTS)
Communication Techniques and Structure,
and the Coordinator of the Subgroup on
Regional Aspects of the GTS and Data
Management in Regional Association II
(Asia).
He received his B.E. and M.S. degree in
Telecommunication Engineering from the
University of Electro-Communications,
Japan in 1979 and 1981, respectively.
Since 1981 he has been engaged in
development and improvement of
meteorological systems and networks in
JMA and has worked as a WMO expert for
over 15 years.
Dr. Hiroshi KUMAGAI,National Institute
of Information and Communication
Technologies (NICT, Japan)
Hiroshi Kumagai received the B. E.,
M. E., and D. E. degrees all in
electrical engineering from Kyoto
University, Kyoto, Japan in 1975, 1978,
and 1988, respectively. He has been
working with the National Institute of
Information and Communications
Technology (NICT: Formerly,
Communications Research Laboratory (CRL)),
Japan since 1978. He is now the Director
of Applied Electromagnetic Research
Center of NICT. He was a visiting
researcher at Goddard Space Flight
Center, NASA from 1989 to 1991 to
conduct the collaboration research on
rain measurement from space between CRL
and NASA. He is currently involved in
the earth observation satellite mission
of EarthCARE jointly conducted by ESA
and Japan to contribute to understand
cloud in the climate change. His
research interest exists in the
radiowave and optical remote sensing of
cloud and aerosol.
Mr. Muhammad HELMI ABDULLAH,Director, Corporate
Communications Division, Malaysian
Meteorological service
Muhammad Helmi Abdullah joined the
Malaysian Meteorological Department
(then known as Malaysian
Meteorological Service) in 1988. He
has 20 years of experience in
aviation and marine forecasting, and
public weather forecasting. He has
appeared on television programmes
presenting the weather report.
Currently, as Director of Corporate
Communication he communicates with
the media and handles public
relations matters.
Mr. Alexandre VASSILIEV,
Study Group Counsellor, ITU-R
Alexandre VASSILIEV has worked in the ITU since 1989 in Radiocommunication services and
in the Study Group departments He was involved in development of Regional and Wold-wide Plans for terrestrial and space services and
participated in many World and Regional Radiocommunication Conferences. He represented ITU at meetings of UN Agencies, Regional Groups
and other international organizations. Mr. Vassiliev organized and actively participated in many ITU seminars/workshops on spectrum
management and other radiocommunication issues.
Prior to joining ITU, Mr VASSILIEV worked as the Deputy Director of the Leningrad’s regional radio research and development
institute (LONIIR). He was responsible for departments carrying out the studies in spectrum management and development of equipment for
satellite and radio relay systems.
Mr. Yoichi MAEDA,
Chair, ITU-T Study Group 15 (Optical and
other transport network infrastructure)
Yoichi Maeda received B.E. and M.E.
degrees in electronic engineering from
Shizuoka University, Japan, in 1976 and
1978, respectively. Since joining NTT in
1980, he has been engaged in research
and development on access network
transport systems for broadband
communications including SDH, ATM, and
IP for 26 years. From 1988 to 1989 he
worked for British Telecom Research
Laboratories, United Kingdom, as an
exchange research engineer. He currently
leads the international standards and
business promotion in NTT Advanced
Technology Corporation and is NTT’s
Senior Adviser on Standardization. Since
1989 he has been an active participant
in ITU-T SGs 13 and 15. He has been
serving as vice-chair of ITU-T SG13 and
chair of OAN (Optical Access Network)-WG
of FSAN (Full Service Access Network)
from 2001 to 2004. He has had an
appointment of chair of ITU-T SG15 for
the 2005-2008 study period in October
2004 at WTSA-04. He is a fellow of the
IEICE of Japan.
Mr. Yoshiki KAWAKAMI,Director of Enterprise Operations, CISCO Japan
Mr. Hiromichi
SHINOHARA,Associate Senior Vice
President Executive Director,
Information Sharing Laboratory Group,
NTT Japan
Mr. Hiromichi Shinohara has been a
Associate Senior Vice President of NTT,
Executive Director of NTT Information
Sharing Laboratory Group since June
2007.
He joined NTT Laboratories in 1978. He
has consistently been spending his
carrier to realize FTTH. In addition, he
has recently been engaged in strategic
planning and promoting of research and
development for NGN architecture and
platform technologies.
Mr. Robert SHAW,Head, ICT Applications
and Cybersecurity division, ITU-D
Robert Shaw is Head of the ICT Applications and Cybersecurity Division (CYB)
in the Policies and Strategies
Department of the ITU Telecommunication
Development Bureau. The CYB Division is
the ITU Development Sector’s focal point
for assisting developing countries in
bridging the digital divide by advancing
the use of ICT-based networks, services
and applications, and promoting
cybersecurity. Activities include, inter
alia, developing guidelines on the
technology and policy aspects of ICT
applications, including e-Environment.
Related information is available at
http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/cyb/app/e-env.html.
The ITU is an intergovernmental treaty
organization with 191 Member States
based in Geneva, Switzerland,
responsible for the global development
of telecommunication networks and
services worldwide.
Mr. Shaw began his career at the ITU
over 25 years ago. During this period he
has represented ITU in numerous
national, regional and global
conferences and activities. He has
authored and presented papers at
numerous conferences. He has a Masters
Degree in Telecommunications from the
Technical University of Delft, The
Netherlands.
Dr. Yutaka YASUDA,Vice
President, General Manager of Core
Technology Sector, KDDI (Japan)
Dr. Yutaka Yasuda received B.S., M.S.
and Dr. Eng. degrees in electrical
engineering & communications from Kyoto
University in 1973, 1975 and 1984,
respectively.
He joined KDD in 1975, then worked for
R&D Labs. for 15 years, mainly in the
field of digital mobile satellite
communications and FEC (forward error
correction) technologies. Since 1984 to
1990, he was engaged in the work for
development and standardization of
digital maritime and aeronautical
satellite communication systems at
Inmarsat HQ in London . In 2003, he was
nominated as Vice President and General
Manager of Technology Division in
Business Sector, KDDI and in 2005, Vice
President and General Manager of
Corporate Technology Sector. He is
General Manager of Core Technology
Sector since April 2007. In January
2008, he received IEEE Fellow grade in
his key contributions to mobile digital
satellite systems.
10:30 – 10:50
Coffee break
10:50 – 12:20
Session 5: Towards a high-bandwidth,
low carbon future
Mr. Charles DESPINS,President PROMPT Next Generation Internet Initiative (Canada)
Charles Despins’ career has spanned both the academic and
industry segments of the information and communications technologies (ICT) sector. In addition to his
work as a faculty member of INRS-Telecommunications (Université du Québec) in Montreal, Canada, he has
held senior posts in the private sector, namely at Microcell Telecom inc. (Canadian GSM operator) and at
Bell Nordiq Group (a network operator in rural and northern areas of Canada) as vice-president and chief
technology officer. He has also worked as a consultant for various wireless network deployments in India
and China. Since January 2003, he has been president and CEO of Prompt inc., an ICT university-industry
research and development consortium. He also remains active in university research as an adjunct professor
at Université du Québec with research interests in wireless communications and networks. He holds a
bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from McGill University in Montreal, Canada as well as M.Sc.
and Ph.D. degrees, also in electrical engineering, from Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. Dr. Despins
is a Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada and received in 2006, the Outstanding Engineer award from IEEE Canada.
Mr. Gareth JOHNSTON, Director of Corporate and Government Risk, Climate Risk Pty Ltd (Australia)
Gareth Johnston is director of
Corporate and Government Risk at
Climate Risk Pty Ltd, Climate Risk
Europe Limited and Climate Risk
Investments P/L. Post graduate
qualified in sustainability, with a
background in land management and
infrastructure development, Gareth
focuses on emergent opportunities
for Climate Risk clients. As
founding CEO of a CSIRO energy
technology company and executive
director of an Australian management
consulting company, Gareth has
consulted to the largest Australian,
European and Japanese utilities
including Hutchison Whampoa, BT, AGL,
Japanese sōgō shōsha and TEPCO
(Tōkyō Denryoku Kabushiki-kaisha)
His development work has given him
exposure to local, state and federal
governments across Europe and
Australasia.
Mr. Hans-Otto
SCHECK,Senior Specialist, Nokia
Siemens Networks (Finland)
TBC, Microsoft
Dr. Yuji INOUE,
President and CEO, Telecommunication
Technology Committee of Japan
Since Dr. Inoue joined NTT Laboratories
in 1973, he has played key roles in R&D
and standardization in the area of
telecommunications and the Internet for
more than three decades. Dr. Inoue's
continuous contribution has helped
advance today's multi-technologies
network infrastructures.
Dr. Inoue engaged in the development of
digital network equipment and
transmission systems in his early days
at NTT Laboratories. For over a decade
from the early 1980s to the early 1990s,
he was significantly involved in
standardization activities at ITU-T
(formerly CCITT). Dr. Inoue first
focused on the standardization of
narrowband integrated services digital
network (ISDN). Dr. Inoue then extended
his standardization activities to
broadband ISDN, synchronous digital
hierarchy (SDH) and Asynchronous
Transfer Mode (ATM) transport network
architecture. Dr. Inoue has also
fostered a great number of researchers
and engineers, from Japan and abroad,
including a few who have later become
ITU-T Study Group Chairpersons.
In response to changing market
environment and technological trends,
Dr. Inoue actively participated not only
in ITU-T but also in private entities
where a number of key standards were
developed. In TINA-C (Telecommunication
Information Networking Architecture
Consortium), he served as the Technical
Committee Chair for the standardization
of the open software environment
embedded in novel network architectures.
Dr. Inoue's achievements in terms of
standardization together with his
academic contributions brought about
innovations in the field of
telecommunications and the Internet. In
recognition of his achievements, Dr.
Inoue was conferred Fellow by both the
Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers (IEEE) and the Institute of
Electronics, Information and
Communication Engineers (IEICE) of Japan
in 2002. Dr. Inoue is honorary professor
and visiting professor at several
universities in Japan and abroad.
With highly successful career in
standardization, Dr. Inoue concentrated
on the management and strategic planning
of standardization at NTT. Since 2002,
he has been supervising NTT Laboratories
with more than 2,500 research engineers
and staff, where he oversees R&D
strategy, standardization, and
intellectual property rights policy. Dr.
Inoue's successful R&D promotion had
resulted in Japan's highest penetration
of broadband access using optical fibers
in the world as well as a number of key
technologies, such as SDH, commonly used
in today's network infrastructures of
the Internet.
Dr. Inoue has been involved in several
activities toward the development of
Japan's national ICT policy. Currently,
Dr. Inoue participates in a project team
under the Council for Science and
Technology Policy, advisory council of
Prime Minister of Japan, and is also a
member of Information and Communications
Council of the Ministry of Internal
Affairs and Communication.
Mr. Nigel HICKSON,Deputy-Director, EU ICT Policy, Dept for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (UK)
Nigel Hickson was educated in
Hertfordshire in England before going to
the City University to study Electronic
and Electrical Engineering. He joined
the Department of Trade and Industry in
1982 and has worked in a number of
sections including export controls,
financial services regulation and
information security policy. He was
seconded to the Confederation of British
Business (CBI) in June 2000 to head up
their newly formed E-business Group. In
July 2001 he joined the Government of
Bermuda as the E Business Adviser to the
Minister of Telecommunications and E
Commerce. After three years in Bermuda
he has retuned to the DTI (now the
Department for Business, Enterprise and
Regulatory Reform - BERR) as Deputy
Director in the Europe and International
Team. Here he is working primarily on EU
ICT policy issues such as the Review on
the Telecommunications Framework and on
Spectrum policy. Nigel is a keen walker,
cyclist and scouter.
12:20 – 13:30
Lunch
13:30 – 15:00
Session 6: Adapting to climate change
Dr. Tim KELLY,Head,
Standardization Policy Division, ITU-T
Dr. Tim Kelly is Head of the Standardization Policy Division of the
International Telecommunication Union
(ITU), where he has worked since 1993.
Before joining ITU he spent five years
as a Communications Policy Analyst with
the Organisation for Economic
Co-operation and Development (OECD) and
three years with Logica Consultancy Ltd.
He has an MA (Hons) degree in Geography
and a Ph.D in industrial economics from
Cambridge University. Over the last
twenty years, Dr Kelly has specialised
in the economics of the
telecommunications industry. He has
written or co-authored more than 30
books on the subject including the ITU's
“Internet Reports” and “World
Information Society Reports”. He was in
charge of the “content team” for the
World Summit on the Information Society
(WSIS), which concluded in November
2005. He is a visiting scholar at the
business school of Hong Kong University
of Science and Technology.
Ms. Sangeeta
GUPTA,Director, IT and Services
Division, TERI – The Energy Resource
Institute (India)
Ms. Sangeeta Gupta is Director of
Information Technology Division of The
Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)
where she has worked since 1990. She has
Master's degree in Computer Applications
from the Indian Institute of Technology,
New Delhi. She has over fifteen years of
experience in using ICT tools for
research, dissemination and
communication in the field of
sustainable development. She specializes
in designing web-based knowledge
management and information systems. She
is heading TERI’s activities in the use
of ICT and its applications for rural
development.
Mr.
Mahabir PUN(Nepal), winner of
the 2007 Ramon Magsaysay award for
community leadership
After working as a teacher for
several years, I went to the US and
completed master's degree in education
from the University of Nebraska at
Kearney. I came back to Nepal and am
working in education, nature
conservation, community development and
wireless networking fields. I first
dreamed of connecting my village of
Nangi to the internet in 1997. I am
working ever since to bring the internet
to rural Nepal using wireless
technology. So far I have constructed
computer labs at several schools in
Nepal and am planning out the entire
Nepal Wireless network. I am working on
expanding the wireless network to
different parts of Nepal and use it for
educational, health, communication,
local e-commerce, weather monitoring and
scientific research purposes. I was
awarded Ramon Magsaysay award because of
the use of wireless technology for the
benefit of rural people in Nepal.
Mr. Makoto KAJII,
Associate Executive Director, the
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
Mr. Makoto Kajii was appointed as
Associate Executive Director and also
Director of the Space Cooperation Office
for Asia Pacific Region of the Japan
Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) as
of 1st October 2007. Mr. Kajii joined in
April 1976 the National Space
Development Agency of Japan (NASDA),
which has been merged with other
space-related agencies into JAXA since
2003. In 1983, he was a visiting
researcher at DFVLR, present DLR of
Germany, for one year and participated
in a study group on a deep-space explore
vehicle. From January 1984 to 1996, he
was involved mostly in the field of
satellite development, which includes
mission sensor development for the ADEOS
project, and the planning of the
Japanese data relay satellite project
and ETS-VIII project. He was the Manager
of the Budget Division from 1996 until
1999 and the Director of the NASDA
Washington Office from 1999 until April
2002. From April 2002 until March 2005,
Mr. Kajii was responsible for the
Quasi-Zenith Satellite program, a
government-private sector collaboration
program, as Deputy Director of the
Satellite Applications Center. In this
capacity he worked on the planning of
Japanese satellite positioning system
development. He served as Director of
the International Relations Department
from April 2005 until he was appointed
as Associate Executive Director for
international relations in October 2007.
Mr.
Akira ARUTAKI,Associate Senior
Vice President, NEC Communication
Systems, Ltd. Japan
Akira Arutaki graduated from
Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku
University in Sendai, in 1980. Joining
NEC Corporation in 1980, he was engaged
in development of PCM, ISDN and ATM
systems. From 1987 to 1990, he stayed at
Washington University in St. Louis, MO,
as a scholarship recipient, and was
transferred to NEC America, Inc. in
1990. After coming back to Japan in
1994, he managed R&D teams of IP based
communication systems such as routers,
mobile/Ethernet switches and VoIP/QoS
servers. From 2003 to 2006, he was the
General Manager of System Platforms
Research Laboratories covering R&D
activities in computer and communication
platform arenas. He is currently the
Associate Senior Vice President of NEC
Communication Systems, Ltd. and the
Visiting Professor of Kyushu Institute
of Technology. He received Network
Systems Research Award of the Institute
of Electronics, Information and
Communication Engineers (IEICE) in 1999.
He is a co-author of “Multimedia
ATM-LAN” published from Triceps in 1994
and “Wide Area Ethernet Technology
Overview" published from the IEICE in
2005. He holds a B.E. degree in
electrical engineering, M.E. in
electronics and communications
engineering, and Ph.D. in computer
science and systems engineering. Dr.
Arutaki is a member of the IEICE of
Japan.
Prof. D. M. TOTEV,University
of Botswana
In 1969 Mr. Totev graduated as an
electrical engineer (Control Systems)
from the Higher Institute of Electrical
and Mechanical Engineering, Sofia. In
1976 he obtained his second master
degree in Mathematics, Computer
Mathematics from Sofia University. Mr.
Totev specialized for a short time at
Toshiba Co., Fuchu Works, Tokyo in 1983,
Control System engineering. His
experience is mainly oriented to Energy
Management and e-Governance/Education.
The major research areas of Mr. Totev
are:
Parallel Linear Programming routines
for e-Planning
Design of data acquisition systems
for energetics.
Prime Numbers and data security
e-Taxation (Zimbabwe)
Gravitation and Electro-magnetic
phenomena
e-Education
Alternative energy sources and new
locomotion methods
Most of his research is shared with
others from various educational and
research organisations. At present Mr.
Totev works as a lecturer at University
of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana.
Mr. Art LEVIN,
Head, Corporate Governance and
Membership Division (ITU)
Mr. Arthur Levin was the lead ITU staff
member in the organization of the two
phases of the World Summit on the
Information Society and has served as a
senior policy adviser and legal
counselor with the Union. He organized
and was Executive Secretary of the ITU
Plenipotentiary Conferences in 2002 and
2006.
He also holds an appointment as an
adjunct professor of law at the Franklin
Pierce Law Center in the United States,
where he teaches a course on
International Telecommunications Law and
the Internet.
He previously served as Legal Adviser of
the OECD in Paris and as a senior
attorney with regulatory agencies in the
United States and with private law firms
in Washington, D.C. He has published
numerous articles and books on
regulatory topics.
He has a J.D. with honors from George
Washington Law Center and a B.S. with
honors from Cornell University.
Session 2 Moderator:
Mr. Kenn CUKIER,Journalist, The Economist
Kenneth Neil Cukier is a business
correspondent at The Economist in Tokyo.
He formerly covered international IT and
telecoms issues, particularly
intellectual property and Internet
governance. Previously he was the
technology editor of the Asian Wall
Street Journal in Hong Kong, European
editor of Red Herring in London and
worked at the International Herald
Tribune in Paris. From 2002 to 2004 he
was a research fellow at Harvard’s
Kennedy School of Government. He has
been a frequent commentator for the BBC,
CNN and others. Additionally Mr. Cukier
is a term-member of the Council on
Foreign Relations and serves on the
board of advisors to the Daniel Pearl
Foundation.
Session 3 Moderator: Dr. Hiroshi KUMAGAI,National Institute
of Information and Communication
Technologies (NICT, Japan)
Hiroshi Kumagai received the B. E.,
M. E., and D. E. degrees all in
electrical engineering from Kyoto
University, Kyoto, Japan in 1975, 1978,
and 1988, respectively. He has been
working with the National Institute of
Information and Communications
Technology (NICT: Formerly,
Communications Research Laboratory (CRL)),
Japan since 1978. He is now the Director
of Applied Electromagnetic Research
Center of NICT. He was a visiting
researcher at Goddard Space Flight
Center, NASA from 1989 to 1991 to
conduct the collaboration research on
rain measurement from space between CRL
and NASA. He is currently involved in
the earth observation satellite mission
of EarthCARE jointly conducted by ESA
and Japan to contribute to understand
cloud in the climate change. His
research interest exists in the
radiowave and optical remote sensing of
cloud and aerosol.
Session 4 Moderator:
Mr. Yoichi MAEDA,
Chair, ITU-T Study Group 15 (Optical and
other transport network infrastructure)
Yoichi Maeda received B.E. and M.E.
degrees in electronic engineering from
Shizuoka University, Japan, in 1976 and
1978, respectively. Since joining NTT in
1980, he has been engaged in research
and development on access network
transport systems for broadband
communications including SDH, ATM, and
IP for 26 years. From 1988 to 1989 he
worked for British Telecom Research
Laboratories, United Kingdom, as an
exchange research engineer. He currently
leads the international standards and
business promotion in NTT Advanced
Technology Corporation and is NTT’s
Senior Adviser on Standardization. Since
1989 he has been an active participant
in ITU-T SGs 13 and 15. He has been
serving as vice-chair of ITU-T SG13 and
chair of OAN (Optical Access Network)-WG
of FSAN (Full Service Access Network)
from 2001 to 2004. He has had an
appointment of chair of ITU-T SG15 for
the 2005-2008 study period in October
2004 at WTSA-04. He is a fellow of the
IEICE of Japan.
Session 5 Moderator:
Mr. Charles DESPINS,President PROMPT Next Generation Internet Initiative (Canada)
Charles Despins’ career has spanned both the academic and
industry segments of the information and communications technologies (ICT) sector. In addition to his
work as a faculty member of INRS-Telecommunications (Université du Québec) in Montreal, Canada, he has
held senior posts in the private sector, namely at Microcell Telecom inc. (Canadian GSM operator) and at
Bell Nordiq Group (a network operator in rural and northern areas of Canada) as vice-president and chief
technology officer. He has also worked as a consultant for various wireless network deployments in India
and China. Since January 2003, he has been president and CEO of Prompt inc., an ICT university-industry
research and development consortium. He also remains active in university research as an adjunct professor
at Université du Québec with research interests in wireless communications and networks. He holds a
bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from McGill University in Montreal, Canada as well as M.Sc.
and Ph.D. degrees, also in electrical engineering, from Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. Dr. Despins
is a Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada and received in 2006, the Outstanding Engineer award from IEEE Canada.
Session 6 Moderator:
Dr. Tim KELLY,Head,
Standardization Policy Division, ITU-T
Dr. Tim Kelly is Head of the Standardization Policy Division of the
International Telecommunication Union
(ITU), where he has worked since 1993.
Before joining ITU he spent five years
as a Communications Policy Analyst with
the Organisation for Economic
Co-operation and Development (OECD) and
three years with Logica Consultancy Ltd.
He has an MA (Hons) degree in Geography
and a Ph.D in industrial economics from
Cambridge University. Over the last
twenty years, Dr Kelly has specialised
in the economics of the
telecommunications industry. He has
written or co-authored more than 30
books on the subject including the ITU's
“Internet Reports” and “World
Information Society Reports”. He was in
charge of the “content team” for the
World Summit on the Information Society
(WSIS), which concluded in November
2005. He is a visiting scholar at the
business school of Hong Kong University
of Science and Technology.
Mr. Art LEVIN,
Dr. Luis NEVES,
Mr. Tetsuo YAMAKAWA,
Mr. Jeff HURMUSES,
Prof. Jun FUJIMOTO,
Dr. Tim KELLY,
Mr. Kenn CUKIER,
Mr. Mitsuo KOBAYASHI,
Mr. David
FAULKNER,
Mr. Tetsuo TAKEMURA,
Mr. Atsuhisa TAKAHASHI,
Ms. Joanna GORDON,
Dr. Hiroshi KUMAGAI,
Mr. Hiroyuki ICHIJO,
Mr. Alexandre VASSILIEV,
Mr. Yoichi MAEDA,
Mr. Hiromichi
SHINOHARA,
Mr. Robert SHAW,
Dr. Yutaka YASUDA,
Mr. Charles DESPINS,
Dr. Yuji INOUE,
Mr. Nigel HICKSON,
Mr.
Mahabir PUN
Mr. Makoto KAJII,
Mr.
Akira ARUTAKI,
Prof. D. M. TOTEV,