Advance Programme
Co-Organized by the ITU and Korea Communications Commission (KCC)
Hosted by KCC and supported by Telecommunications Technology Association (TTA)
This is a bold experiment to conduct an entirely virtual Symposium and demonstrate the power of ICTs to combat climate change. Speakers will be participating virtually from locations around the world to a global audience. The main broadcast will take place from the Imperial Palace Hotel in Seoul, Korea.
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Korea time |
Geneva time
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15:00 - 15:10 |
08:00 - 08:10 |
Opening Ceremony
- Mr. See Joong Choi, Chairman, Korea Communications Commission (KCC)
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BIOGRAPHY ]
- Dr. Hyung-Kook Kim, Chairman, Presidential Committee on Green Growth, Korea
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BIOGRAPHY ]
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15:10 - 15:40 |
08:10 - 08:40 |
Keynote Speeches – Saving the Planet
- Dr. Hamadoun I. Toure, Secretary-General of ITU
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BIOGRAPHY ]
- H. E. Mr. Nguyen Thanh Hung, Vice-Minister, Ministry of Information and Communications, Viet Nam
[ BIOGRAPHY ]
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15:40 - 16:00 |
08:40 - 09:00 |
Break |
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16:00 - 17:15 |
09:00 - 10:15 |
Session 1 –Green ICT to tackle
Climate Change This session will examine the role ICTs can play in
reducing the carbon footprint of the sector and in helping countries,
especially developing countries, adapt to the effects of climate change.
Moderator: Mr. Houlin Zhao, Deputy Secretary-General, ITU
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Speakers:
- Ms. Ying Shea, Manager, Government Affairs - Asia Pacific, Cisco, China: Green ICT innovation and networked sustainability
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PRESENTATION ]
- Ms. Sangeeta GUPTA, Director, IT and Services Division, The Energy Resource Institute (TERI), India: Rural Communities adapting to Climate Change
[ BIOGRAPHY |
PRESENTATION ]
- Mr. Alexandre VASSILIEV, Counsellor, ITU-BR: ICTs in Climate Monitoring and Prediction and Disaster Mitigation
[ BIOGRAPHY |
PRESENTATION ]
- Mr. Sang Jin Kim, Manager, New Media Research Team, SBS, Korea: Green technology in broadcasting
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PRESENTATION ]
- Panel discussion(15mins)
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17:15 - 17:35 |
10:15 - 10:35 |
Break |
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17:35 - 18:35 |
10:35 - 11:35 |
Session 2 – Clean Technologies, Smart
Applications This Session will examine how the ICT industry can
develop new green technologies to reduce emissions in other sectors.
Moderator: Mr. Ulf Wahlberg, Vice President, Industry and Research Relations at Group Function Technolgy & Portfolio Management, Ericsson
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PRESENTATION ]
Speakers:
- Mr. Sam Soo PYO, CTO, Korea Telecom (KT), Korea: ICT Role on Green Growth
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PRESENTATION ]
- Mr. Myung Sung Lee, Executive Vice President, SKT, Korea: SK Telecom’s Green ICT Business
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PRESENTATION ]
- Dr. Yasuyuki SUGIYAMA, Project Manager, Environmental Management & Provisioning Project, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT), Japan: Environmental Protection Activities in NTT Group: Environmental impact reduction in other non-ICT sectors using ICT
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PRESENTATION ]
- Panel discussion (15 mins)
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18:35 - 18:55 |
11:35 - 11:55 |
Break |
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18:55 - 20:10 |
11:55 - 13:10 |
Session 3 – Reducing Environmental
Impacts of ICTs
This session will examine ways to promote sustainable use of ICT products
and services throughout their lifecycle and the impact of policies on the
use of ICTs to tackle climate change.
Moderator: Prof. Seungdo Kim, Director, Research Center for Climate Change [ BIOGRAPHY ]
Speakers:
- Dr. Kwangsu Kim, Director, Korea Communications Comission (KCC), Korea: Green ICT in Korea
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PRESENTATION ]
- Ms. Catalina McGregor, UK Government Deputy Champion, UK
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- Mr. Koichi FUJINUMA, Deputy Director, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC), Japan: Japan’s ICT & Climate Change Policies and Actions
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BIOGRAPHY |
PRESENTATION ]
- Mr. Cosmas ZAVAZAVA, Head of Division, ITU-BDT: ICT AND CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION
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BIOGRAPHY |
PRESENTATION ]
- Panel discussion (15 mins)
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20:10 - 20:30 |
13:10 - 13:30 |
Break |
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20:30 - 21:30 |
13:30 - 14:30 |
Session 4 – Building a Green Future
This session will examine work underway in the ITU 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.
Moderator: Mr. Chaesub Lee, ITU-T SG13 Chairman, Korea [
BIOGRAPHY ]
Speakers:
- Mr. Arthur Levin, Head, Policy Division, ITU-TSB: ICTs, ITU-T and Climate Change
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BIOGRAPHY |
PRESENTATION ]
- Dr. Keith Dickerson, ITU-T SG5 WP3 Chairman, UK: Measuring the ICT impact on Climate Change
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BIOGRAPHY |
PRESENTATION ]
- Mr. Ivan Huang Rantong, Senior Marketing Manager, Huawei, China: ICT & Climate Change in China
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PRESENTATION ]
- Panel discussion (15 mins)
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21:30 - 21:45 |
14:30 - 14:45 |
Closing Ceremony
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