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3rd Meeting
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16 September 2010 from 16.30 to 18.30 hours,
Vilnius, Lithuania
- Download the report of the meeting
[PDF]
- Click here to access the webcast for the meeting (provided by IGF, original
language only)
- Agenda:
- Chairman's Opening remarks
- Mr. Dave Faulkner, Climate Associates Ltd. and Chairman of
the ITU’s Joint Coordination Activity on ICT and Climate Change
[PPT]
- Tour de Table
- Presentation of key activities on
Climate Change by participants
- Ms. Cristina Bueti, Programme Coordinator, Telecommunication
Standardisation Bureau (TSB), International
Telecommunication Union (ITU)
[PPT]
- Mr. Danilo Riva, Global e-Sustainability Initiative (GeSI)
[PDF]
- Ms. Helen Asiamah, Deputy Director Environmental Protection
Agency, Ghana
[PPT]
- Mr. Tom Lindstrom, Director Government & Industry Relations,
Ericsson
[PPT]
- Mr. AHM. Bazlur Rahman, Chief Executive Officer, Bangladesh
NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC)
and
Dr. Faheem
Hussain, Ph.D, Assistant Professor, Asian University for Women,
Bangladesh [PPT]
[DOC]
- Ms. Heather Creech, Director, Global Connectivity,
International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
- Mr. Arthur Mickoleit, Policy Analyst, Information Economy,
ICTs and Environment, OECD
- Next steps and future activities of
the DCICC
- AOB
Additional information on IGF can be found at:
http://www.igf2010.lt/index.php/en/welcome/index
Contributions received:
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Mr. Sechwayo J. Nzima, Assistant Secretary (Communications),
Ministry of Communications and Transport, Republic of Zambia
[PPT]
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SPEAKER'S BIOS (Alphabetically by surname)
Ms. Helen Asiamah |
Deputy Director,
Environmental Protection Agency
Ghana |
Ms.
Cristina Bueti |
Programme Coordinator,
Telecommunication
standardization Bureau (TSB),
ITU
Cristina Bueti graduated from
the Faculty of Political Science
and International Cooperation
and Development of the
University of Florence, where
she completed postgraduate
studies in International
Cooperation. In 2003, Ms Bueti
completed a project for the
Faculty of Laws, University of
Malta, before joining the
International Telecommunication
Union in Geneva in January 2004.
As a Programme Coordinator, she
is actively involved in ITU-T's
activities related to
sustainability, e-waste and
climate change. |
Ms. Heather Creech |
Director, Global
Connectivity, International
Institute for Sustainable
Development (IISD)
Heather Creech is the Director
of Global Connectivity at IISD,
responsible for the delivery of
IISD's program of work on how
technology, in particular
communications technology, is
supporting and changing how we
organize our governing systems,
our economies and our cultures
in unprecedented ways. This new
program builds on IISD’s earlier
Knowledge Communications
program. Creech and her team
focus on three broad areas of
work: Networked governance
principles and practice,
including the management of
networks, partnerships and
alliances Internet sector
engagement and policy support
Building capacity for leadership
for the networked age. |
Mr. Dave Faulkner |
Climate Associates Ltd.
and Chairman of the ITU’s Joint
Coordination Activity on ICT and
Climate Change
David Faulkner gained his PhD in
Electrical Engineering from the
University of Essex in 1983 in
the area of Optical Fibre
Communications Systems. He led
research in the field of access
networks with specialization in
passive optical networks for
British Telecom between 1983 and
2007, filing 18 patents as
inventor. Between 1995 and 1999
he was visiting lecturer at
Essex University. From 2000-2008
he was Rapporteur for
ITU-T/SG15/Q2 on “Fibre Systems
for Access Networks”. He has
chaired the conference on
Networks and Optical
Communications since its
inception in 1995. He chaired
the ITU-T Focus Group on ICT and
Climate Change in 2008-2009 and
is now Co-chairman of the Joint
Coordination Activity on ICT and
CC. He is studying climate
change issues with interest in
ICT and aviation and has adopted
a more environmentally friendly
lifestyle. He is keen to promote
low energy networks and has
adopted audio and web
conferencing to minimize travel
to meetings. In November 2009 he
co-founded Climate Associates
Ltd. to promote energy saving in
networks and to research and
advise on unforeseen ways in
which the proliferation of
engineering products on a global
scale can drive climate change.
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Mr. Faheem Hussain |
Ph.D, Assistant
Professor Asian University for
Women, Bangladesh
Dr. Faheem Hussain is an
Assistant Professor of Computer
Science and Information &
Communication Technology (ICT)
undergraduate program of Asian
University for Women (AUW) in
Chittagong, Bangladesh. Dr.
Hussain completed his Ph.D. from
Carnegie Mellon University (CMU)
in the Department of Engineering
& Public Policy, with a focus on
technology and development in
the South Asian region: in ICT
for Development (ICTD),
Telecommunication Policy and
Management, Science and
Technology Policy, and Community
Media. He served as a faculty
member for Carnegie Mellon's
Qatar Campus. His present work
interests include: green ICT;
comparative effectiveness
analysis of different
Information Service options in
rural South Asia; and emerging
telecommunication industry and
regulations. |
| Mr. Tom
Lindstrom |
Director Government &
Industry Relations, Ericsson
Mr. Lindström is Director at
Ericsson’s Group Headquarters in
Sweden. During more than 15
years of extensive engagement in
global regulatory and policy
affairs he has developed and led
Ericsson’s global network of
government and industry
relations resources.
[full bio] |
Mr. Arthur Mickoleit |
Policy Analyst, Information Economy, ICTs and Environment, OECD Since
joining the OECD in 2007, Arthur has analysed ICT sector trends and related
policy developments. He contributed various chapters to the OECD Information
Technology Outlook series. Arthur’s main responsibility is the analysis of the
relationship between ICTs, the environment and climate change – part of the OECD
Green Growth strategy. Prior to joining the OECD, Arthur worked at SAP AG, a
major global software producer, and at FIAN, a UN-accredited NGO dealing with
food security matters. Arthur holds an M.A. (Distinction) from the University of
Manchester, UK.
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Mr. Bazlur Rahman |
Chief Executive Officer,
Bangladesh NGOs Network for
Radio and Communication (BNNRC)
AHM Bazlur Rahman-S21BR is Chief
Executive Officer of Bangladesh
NGOs Network for Radio and
Communication (BNNRC). BNNRC is
in Special Consultative Status
with the Economic and Social
Council (UN ECOSOC) of the
United Nations. BNNRC is a
national networking body on
alternative mass media working
for building a democratic
society based on the principles
of free flow of information,
equitable & affordable access to
Information, Communication
Technology (ICT) for remote &
marginalized population
[full bio] |
Mr. Danilo Riva
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Global e-Sustainability
Initiative (GeSI)
Danilo Riva holds a degree in applied physics from the University of
Torino, Italy. In 1978 he joined Telecom Italia, where he currently coordinates
EH&S activities. He is chairman of the Sustainability Working Group of the
European Telecommunications Network Operators’ Association since 1997, and one
of the founders of the Global e-Sustainability Initiative, where he has been
member of the Board since 2001 and Treasurer from 2008 until recently.
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