{"id":977,"date":"2023-05-04T07:01:41","date_gmt":"2023-05-04T07:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/?page_id=977"},"modified":"2025-08-28T09:14:53","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T09:14:53","slug":"a-better-future-for-all-with-international-standards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/meetings\/a-better-future-for-all-with-international-standards\/","title":{"rendered":"A better future for all with international standards"},"content":{"rendered":"    <div class=\"ituContainer grid\">\n        <div data-span=\"12\">\n                            <div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-white-background-color has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-white-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:80%\">    <section>\n        <div class=\"ituContainer grid\">\n                                                <div data-span=\"10\">\n                    <div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"575\" src=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Abetter-future-for-all-with-international-standards-1024x575.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-976\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Abetter-future-for-all-with-international-standards-1024x575.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Abetter-future-for-all-with-international-standards-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Abetter-future-for-all-with-international-standards-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Abetter-future-for-all-with-international-standards.png 1379w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>                    <div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>                    <div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Time:<\/strong>16:30-18:05 hours, Geneva time<\/p>\n<\/div>                    <div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Date<\/strong>: 19 June 2023<\/p>\n<\/div>                    <div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Venue: Room C2<\/strong>, ITU headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland<\/p>\n<\/div>            <\/div>\n                                                <div data-span=\"2\">\n                    <div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Organized by:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>                    <div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"101\" height=\"117\" src=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/itu-logo.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-251\" style=\"width:76px\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"177\" height=\"90\" src=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/digital-law-center.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-978\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"205\" height=\"72\" src=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/geneva-university.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-979\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>                    <div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Related Information:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>                    <div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/\">ITU activities on Smart Sustainable Cities<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>                    <div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/u4ssc.itu.int\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">United for Smart and sustainable cities(U4SSC)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>                    <div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/metaverse\">ITU activities on metaverse<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>                    <div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Contact: <a href=\"mailto:digitaltransformation@itu.int\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cristina Bueti<\/a>\u200b<\/p>\n<\/div>            <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>                            <div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-white-background-color has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color\">Programme<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-000df2e41a00abe7fbf358921c257559 is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6f2546573ee79145c55c0a1cc3d75808 is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>16:30 &#8211; 16:40 Opening R\u200bemarks<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<li><strong>Seizo Onoe<\/strong>\u200b\u200b, Director, Telecommunication Standardization Bureau, ITU<\/li>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<li><strong>Yaniv Benhamou<\/strong>, Professor of Digital Law and Data Protection and Cybersecurity at the University of Geneva, and Executive Director of the Digital Law Summer School&nbsp;[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Benhamou-Metaverse-at-UNIGE-06-19-2023.pdf\">Presentation<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/div><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6ed707e7c89f7998848b6bdbfc07761f is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>16:40 &#8211; 17:00 Presentation on Setting international standards worldwide<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<li><strong>Bilel Jamoussi<\/strong>, Chief of Study Groups Department, ITU [<a href=\"http:\/\/u4ssc.itu.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/2023-06-19-UNIGE-Bilel-Jamoussi-Setting-the-standards.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Presentation<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/div><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Questions &amp; Answers<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-000df2e41a00abe7fbf358921c257559 is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-0fc4e8111d56a128cdd83e38247de3f4 is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>17:00 &#8211; 17:30 <strong>Presentation on People-centred smart cities<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<li><strong>Mythili Menon<\/strong>, Project Officer, ITU [<a href=\"http:\/\/u4ssc.itu.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/2023-06-19-UNIGE-Mythili-Menon.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Presentation<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/div><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Questions &amp; Ans\u200bwers\u200b<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c6c52b4dca0c51e7c28dea46edd00e6f is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>17:30 &#8211; 18:00 <strong><strong>Presentation on metaverse<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<li><strong>Cristina Bueti<\/strong>, Counsellor of ITU-T Focus Group on metaverse (FG-MV), ITU [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Cristina-Bueti-Metaverse-ITU-and-UNIGE-19-June-2023.pdf\">Presentation<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/div><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Questions &amp; Ans\u200bwers\u200b<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-0541ff23efe2acab44cd4b298d474c13 is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>18:00 &#8211; 18:05 Closing R\u200bemarks<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<li><strong>Ammihud Joseph<\/strong>, Research and teaching assistant, University of Geneva<\/li>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<li><strong>Bilel \u200bJamoussi\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b<\/strong>, Chief of Study Groups, TSB, ITU<\/li>\n<\/div><\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>                            <div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-white-background-color has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color\">Biographies<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n    <section>\n        <div class=\"ituContainer grid\">\n                                                <div data-span=\"3\">\n                    <div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"224\" height=\"224\" src=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Yaniv-Benhamou.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Yaniv-Benhamou.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Yaniv-Benhamou-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>            <\/div>\n                                                <div data-span=\"9\">\n                    <div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Yaniv Benhamou<\/strong><br>Professor of Digital Law and Data Protection and Cybersecurity at the University of Geneva, and Executive Director of the Digital Law Summer School&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>                    <div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yaniv Benhamou is Associate Professor in Digital Law at Faculty of Law, Digital Law Center, the University of Geneva. He works on copyright and privacy, focusing on emerging technologies, the cultural sector and data-as-commons (open licensing and data class actions). He regularly acts as an expert for public institutions (World Intellectual Property Organisation WIPO, International Council of Museums ICOM, Swiss IP Office) and is member of the Board of Director of the Digital Law Center, of the Art-Law Center and of the CAS Digital Finance Law.<br>Besides his academic activities, he is the founder of \u201cArtists Rights\u201d, a free legal consultation provider for Swiss artists, and is a practising musician. <br>In 2023, he leads the 2023 \u201cWorld Knowledge Dialogue\u201c on the topic of \u201cFinancing and governance of culture in the digital age\u201d an international congress gathering 50 leading experts from Switzerland and abroad.<\/p>\n<\/div>            <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n\n\n    <section>\n        <div class=\"ituContainer grid\">\n                                                <div data-span=\"3\">\n                    <div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1472\" height=\"1472\" src=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Cristina-Bueti.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1695\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Cristina-Bueti.jpg 1472w, https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Cristina-Bueti-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Cristina-Bueti-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Cristina-Bueti-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Cristina-Bueti-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Cristina-Bueti-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1472px) 100vw, 1472px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>            <\/div>\n                                                <div data-span=\"9\">\n                    <div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><strong>Cristina Bueti\u200b\u200b<\/strong><\/strong><br>U4SSC Focal Point and Counsellor, ITU<\/p>\n<\/div>                    <div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cristina Bueti is the ITU Focal Point on Smart Sustainable Cities. She is also the Counsellor of ITU-T Study Group 20 \u201cInternet of things (IoT) and smart cities and communities (SC&amp;C)\u201d and the Counsellor of the Focus Group on metaverse at the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). She also serves as TSB\/ITU focal point for Latin America. Cristina Bueti graduated from the Faculty of Political Science, Law and International Cooperation and Development of the University of Florence, where she completed postgraduate studies in International Cooperation and Telecommunications Law in Europe. She \u200balso holds a specialization in Environmental Law with a special focus on Telecommunications. In 2003, Ms. Bueti built on her academic credentials by completing a specialized course in peace keeping and international cooperation with special focus on telecommunications at the Faculty of Laws, University of Malta, before joining the International Telecommunication Union in Geneva in January 2004. As part of the International Women\u2019s Day 2016, she was named as one of the twenty Geneva-based inspirational women working to protect the environment. She has authored over 40 reports on telecommunication issues. A native Italian speaker, Cristina is also fluent in English, French and Spanish.\u200b\u200b\u200b<\/p>\n<\/div>            <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n\n\n    <section>\n        <div class=\"ituContainer grid\">\n                                                <div data-span=\"3\">\n                    <div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Bilel_Jamoussi.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-332\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>            <\/div>\n                                                <div data-span=\"9\">\n                    <div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Bilel \u200bJamoussi\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b<\/strong><br>Chief of Study Groups, TSB, ITU<\/p>\n<\/div>                    <div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tunisian born, Dr. Bilel Jamoussi is Chief of the Study Groups Department of ITU Standardization Bureau in Geneva Switzerland. Since 2010, he has been leading the bureau\u2019s standards making activities into a new era characterized by rapid convergence and the need for increased collaboration with vertical sectors and partnership between developed and developing countries. Prior to 2010, Jamoussi worked for a Telecommunication equipment and solutions provider for 15 years in Canada and then in the United States where he held several leadership positions and was granted 22 US patents in diverse areas including packet, optical, wireless, and quality of service. He holds a BSc, MSc and PhD degrees in Computer Engineering from the Pennsylvania State University, USA. He is fluent in Arabic, French, and English and speaks some Spanish and German.\u200b\u200b<\/p>\n<\/div>            <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n\n\n    <section>\n        <div class=\"ituContainer grid\">\n                                                <div data-span=\"3\">\n                    <div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Ammihud-Joseph-.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Ammihud-Joseph-.jpeg 512w, https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Ammihud-Joseph--300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Ammihud-Joseph--150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>            <\/div>\n                                                <div data-span=\"9\">\n                    <div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Ammihud Joseph<br><\/strong>Research and teaching assistant<\/p>\n<\/div>                    <div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ammihud Joseph holds a Bachelor&#8217;s degree in law from the University of Geneva (2019) and a Master&#8217;s degree in economic law (2021), during which he was an exchange student at the University of Zurich. He participated in the Digital Law Summer School organised by the Digital Law Center of the University of Geneva (2020). In parallel to his academic formation, Ammihud Joseph worked as a legal consultant for the NGO International Disability Alliance (IDA), in Geneva. He also presided over the Permanence Juridique des \u00c9tudiants.e.s (PJE). In February 2022, he joined the Digital Law Center where he is a research and teaching assistant to Professor Jacques de Werra and Professor Yaniv Benhamou.&nbsp;His main areas of research are data protection, new technologies, media law, as well as challenges to the respect of constitutional rights in cyberspace.<\/p>\n<\/div>            <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n\n\n    <section>\n        <div class=\"ituContainer grid\">\n                                                <div data-span=\"3\">\n                    <div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"256\" height=\"256\" src=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Mythili_Menon.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Mythili_Menon.jpg 256w, https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Mythili_Menon-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>            <\/div>\n                                                <div data-span=\"9\">\n                    <div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><strong>Mythili Menon<\/strong><\/strong><br>Project Officer, ITU<\/p>\n<\/div>                    <div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mythili Menon works as Project Officer at the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) in the domain of standardization for new and emerging technologies. She serves as the Advisor of the ITU\/WMO\/UNEP Focus Group on Artificial Intelligence for Natural Disaster Management (FG-AI4NDM) and the ITU\/FAO Focus Group on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Internet of Things (IoT) for Digital Agriculture (FG-AI4A). Mythili possesses a strong background in environmental science, standardization, and the policy frameworks underlying sustainable development issues. Between 2015-2017, she worked for the ITU-T Study Group 20 on \u2018Internet of Things and Smart Cities and Communities\u2019 and ITU-T Study Group 5 on \u2018Environment, Climate Change, and Circular Economy\u2019. Previously, she worked as the Standardization Lead at Mandat International for various EU Horizon 2020 projects. Mythili holds a Masters in \u2018Standardization, Social Regulation and Sustainable Development\u2019 from the University of Geneva. She completed her Bachelors in \u2018Environmental Science and Chemistry\u2019 from University College Utrecht in the Netherlands. The areas relating to the sustainable development goals, artificial intelligence, blockchain, intelligent transport systems, disaster management, data management, smart cities, and IoT are of enduring interest to her and she has co-authored several publications on these subjects.<\/p>\n<\/div>            <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n\n\n    <section>\n        <div class=\"ituContainer grid\">\n                                                <div data-span=\"3\">\n                    <div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Seizo-ONOE.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-987\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>            <\/div>\n                                                <div data-span=\"9\">\n                    <div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Seizo Onoe<\/strong><br>Director, Telecommunication Standardization Bureau, ITU<\/p>\n<\/div>                    <div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Seizo Onoe took office as Director of the Telecommunication Standardization Bureau (TSB) at the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) on 1 January 2023. Known in the industry as \u201cthe father of LTE\u201d (Long-Term Evolution mobile broadband), he now aims for global outreach to bridge standardization gaps, deliver the benefits of technology widely and speedily, and ensure meaningful and affordable broadband access for everyone. Before his election as TSB Director by ITU Member States, he completed an over 30-year career with Japanese mobile operator NTT DOCOMO. In 2021, he became Executive Vice President and Chief Standardization Strategy Officer for NTT Corporation and a Fellow of NTT DOCOMO. From 2017, he served as NTT DOCOMO\u2019s Chief Technology Architect and President of its subsidiary DOCOMO Technology. From 2012 to 2017, he served as NTT DOCOMO\u2019s Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President, a Member of the Board of Directors, and Managing Director of R&amp;D Innovation Division. Earlier, he served as Senior Vice President and Managing Director of NTT DOCOMO\u2019s R&amp;D Strategy Department and Managing Director of the company\u2019s Radio Network Development Department. 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