Jean Manuel Canet
Senior Manager, Climate Change, Circular Economy, Orange
Jean Manuel is a Senior Manager, in charge of Climate and Biodiversity in the CSR Department of Orange Group. He has developed an expertise in the assessment of the environmental impact of ICT goods, services and organizations. He earlier led numerous projects to assess and reduce GHG emissions related to IT, for customers such as the European Parliament, France Télévisions or Zurich Financial Services. He serves as Vice-Chairman of ITU-T SG5 and Co-Rapporteur of the “Climate change and assessment of digital technologies in the framework of the SDGs and the Paris Agreement” question. He served as a member of the Advisory Panel of the UNFCCC “Momentum for Change” initiative. He also led projects developing public and private MOOCs (Massive Online Open Courses). Jean-Manuel graduated from Télécom ParisTech and the MBA Programme of the “Collège des Ingénieurs”. He holds a certificate in carbon accountancy from the French National Agency for Energy and Environment and a certificate in carbon finance from Carbone 4 Academy.
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Leandro Navarro
Professor, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Professor at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC.EDU). PhD in telecommunications. Coordinator of the distributed systems group at UPC. Co-rapporteur of ITU-T Q7/SG5: E-waste, circular economy and sustainable supply chain management. Research topics on distributed systems and digitalisation, considering networking and computing infrastructures, interested in sustainability, development, economics, decentralization, transparency, accountability, governance, and digital inclusion. |
Paolo Gemma
WP2/5 Chairman, ITU
Paolo Gemma is a senior Specialist and representative of Huawei on issues related to energy saving and environmental sustainability. Prior to joining Huawei, Dr. Gemma was working with Nokia Siemens Networks, where he was responsible for EMC (electromagnetic compatibility) and electrical safety areas. He also worked in the Siemens Communications Division. Dr. Paolo Gemma also plays an active role in international standardization activities. Since 1993, he has been engaged in ETSI (European Telecommunication Standard Institute) activities and he also participates in the development of EMC standards. In 1997, Dr. Gemma joined ITU-T Study Group 5 on Environment, Climate Change and Circular Economy as a Rapporteur and he is now the Chairman of Working Party 2 “Environment, Energy Efficiency and the Circular Economy". He also acts as Vice-chairmen of the United for Smart Sustainable Cities (U4SSC) initiative and Co-Chairman of the Focus Group on Environmental Efficiency for AI and other emerging technologies (FG-AI4EE). In 2002, Paolo Gemma was appointed as the Secretary of the Committee ETSI TC EE and as of 2009 he holds the position of Chairman of the EEPS EE (eco Environmental product standard) working group. Paolo Gemma is a graduate in electrical engineering from the University of Genoa.
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 Robin Zuercher
Programme Officer, ITU
Robin is a Programme Officer at the International Telecommunication Union, where she orchestrates private-public partnerships, galvanizing the digital tech community to drive intensified climate action. Previously, she coordinated the organization’s environmental sustainability journey. Prior to joining ITU, Robin’s role as a project manager at a business network for Corporate Social Responsibility, as well as her engagement with emerging social tech entrepreneurs, ignited her passion for innovative business models and multi-stakeholder collaboration to drive positive change. She holds a master's degree in international business from the University of St Andrews.
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Reyna Ubeda
Engineer, ITU
Reyna Úbeda studied Industrial Engineering and she completed a Master on International Management from the University for Economics and Environment Nürtingen- Geislingen in 2014. She joined the ITU’s Standardization Bureau in 2015. She is the Advisor of ITU-T Study Group 5 on Environment, Climate Change and Circular Economy. Reyna speaks English, Spanish and German.
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