Having completed a Ph.D. in 1976, Bruce Gracie has worked in a variety of
capacities in the Canadian federal government responsible for
telecommunications and information technology matters. He also participated
in an exchange programme with the Australian Department of Communications
over a period of 2 years. His current duties include chairmanships of
various government/industry committees focused on the preparations for ITU
conferences and assemblies (such as the 2010 Plenipotentiary Conference, the
2010 World Telecommunication Development Conference, WRC-2011, and the 2008
World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly). Among his recent
responsibilities at ITU were the following: Chairman of the Finance and
Administration Committee at the 2002 Plenipotentiary Conference, Chairman of
the 2006 Council, Chairman of the Radiocommunication Advisory Group from
2000 to 2007, and Chairman of the 2007 Radiocommunication Assembly.
His current responsibilities include serving as ITU Councilor for Canada,
as well as Chairman of the Commonwealth ITU Group, Chairman of the Council
Group on the Financial Regulations and Chairman of the Council Tripartite
Group on Human Resources Management. He was appointed as Chairman of the
Telecommunication Standardization Advisory Group in February 2010.
PaoloRosa, Head of Workshops and Promotion Division, (ITU/TSB)
Mr Rosa received his degree in physics in 1974 in Rome, Italy, and joined
the R&D branch of the Italian Ministry of Communication working on optical
fibers transmission networks, in national and international standards and
leading quality control inspection teams for international telecommunication
projects.
He was head of national delegations for standardization and research studies
performed in IEC, ITU, ETSI, CECC, COST and represented the Italian Ministry
of Communications in various international institutions including the
European Commission task force for the G7 pilot projects on the Information
Society.
Paolo was appointed as expert and senior advisor by the Italian Foreign
Office, the UNDP and ITU for telecommunication projects in various
developing countries worldwide.
In 1997 he joined the ITU-T secretariat in Geneva as Counselor responsible
for Study Groups 6 (Outside plant), and SG 15 (Optical and other transport
networks) and representing ITU in various events. Since November 2004 he is
the Head of the Workshops and Promotion Division of the ITU Standardization
Sector, organizing events and promoting new ITU-T activities for resolutions
concerning developing countries, conformance and interoperability,
universities.
He is author of several papers published in international technical
magazines and speaker and lecturer in universities, international
conferences, seminars and workshops.
Bruce A.
Paolo