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​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ITU-T Industry Engagement Workshop 2026: Making industry successful through standardization

France, Sophia Antipolis, 27 March 2026

Contact: tsbevents@itu.int

09:00 - 09:05​​Opening Remarks
09:05 - 09:50
Keynote Address
09:50 - 11:05Session 1: Transforming ITU-T’s focus to Digital Technologies​
This session will to explore how the ITU-T can support Industry in the migration to standardized digital ecosystems.​

Moderator: Dao Tian, Senior Manager, Standardization and Industry Relationships, ZTE Corporation, China ​​Q&A 
11:05 - 11:15Coffee Break
11:15 - 12:30​​Session​ 2: Industry Use of Standards and Success Stories​​
This session will explore how ITU-T standards are used by the industry.​

Moderator: Hiroshi Yamamoto, Director, Head of Standardization Office, NTT Corporation, JapanFollowed by panel discussion
12​:30 - 14:0​0​​Lunch Break 
14:00 - 15:30​​
Session 3: Interplay between standardization and open-source​​​
This session will explore the relations between open source and standards, but also how open-source methods can be used to support (and speed up) the traditional standardization process.​

Moderator: Julien Maisonneuve, Standardization Manager, Nokia Corporation, Finland
Q&A ​
15:30 - 15:40​​Coffee Break​​
15:40​ - 16:30​​​​​Session 4: Workshop Summary, Outcomes and Next Steps – Moderator’s panel and Q&A​
Moderator will summarize the discussions and provide outcomes of their sessions. Highlights will be reviewed and discussed and suggested next steps will be introduced​

Moderator: Scott Mansfield, ITU-T Rapporteur on Industry Engagement and Strategic and Operational Planning I Principal Researcher Standardization, Ericsson, Canada​
​​16:30
Closing Session​​

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