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ITU-TAcademia and the future

Malcolm JohnsonMalcolm JohnsonDirector of the Telecommunication Director of the Telecommunication

Standardization Bureau, ITUStandardization Bureau, ITURANS Moscow Conference, RANS Moscow Conference,

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Academic participation so far Study Groups

Individuals from academia have held key roles in ITU-T (Chairman, Editors, Rapporteurs, Chairs of technical committees)

Participation in Focus Groups and Technology Watch

Participation in ITU-T workshops

Some important regional activities (e.g. ITU Centres of Excellence)

ITU membership for universities under discussion Reduced fee ~2,000 USD

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Why Involve Academia?

Increase academic participation in ITUStudents of today shape the ICTs of tomorrow

Capture new work Universities and R&D institutions are an

important pool of innovation

Foster in academia a greater understanding of the importance of standards

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NewTopics for SGs

ITU-TITU-TRelevanceRelevance

IncreasedParticipation

Industry

Other SDOs

Regulators

•NewsNews•WorkshopsWorkshops•Tech-watchTech-watch•PromotionPromotion

NewMembership

R&D

AcadeAcademia New

Ideas

Academia and ICT standardization

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What’s in it for academia? Networking opportunities:

With the world’s major ICT companies Global exposure:

Become part of an international team creating leading standards shaping tomorrow’s ICTs

Access: ITU resources and events

Prestige: Possibility to have work adopted as international ITU standards

Education:Profit from understanding of the open and transparent, consensus-driven environment of the UN’s specialised agency for ICTs

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Kaleidoscope Events Linking academia, research and ITU-T for discussion

on technological innovation and its socio-economic implications

Series of academic conferences International Organizing Committee (10-20 experts) Call for Papers International Programme Committee

(more than 100 experts) Paper review process double-blind IEEE Com Soc (technical co-sponsor) Proceedings distributed by IEEE Xplore Three best papers awarded ($10,000) Event sponsors

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Kaleidoscope 2008 Innovations in NGN

Paper proposals: 141

Accepted papers: 32 lecture, 22 poster sessions

223 attendees, 48 countries

Practical outcomes Focus Group Future Networks (FG-FN) inspired by a paper from the conference (Aoyama)

Sponsors: Cisco Systems, Intel; ICF (Japan); Sun Microsystems

Best paper awards $10000

Printed proceedings and online via IEEE Xplore

Programme, presentations:itu-kaleidoscope.org/

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Kaleidoscope 2009 Innovations for Digital Inclusion

Mar del Plata, Argentina, 31 Aug Paper proposals: 83 Accepted papers: 20 lecture,

12 poster sessions 120 attendees, 24 countries New Local University Exhibition (6 Latin American

Universities exhibited their activities/projects) Sponsors: Cisco Systems, Nokia Best paper awards $10,000 Proceedings available online in IEEE Xplore Programme, presentations, etc: itu-kaleidoscope.org

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Kaleidoscope 2010Beyond the Internet? Innovations for

future networks and services

Pune, India, 13-15 December 2010 Kind invitation: Indian government

Hosted by:

Supported by:

Partnership with: Technically co-sponsored by:

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Kaleidoscope 2010

Call for papers Deadline: 30 April 2010 Exhibition by local universities Best paper awards $10,000 Proceedings IEEE Xplore

online library New this year:

Standards Corner (tutorial) Jules Verne’s Corner

(SciFi writers and dreamers) Additional info:

http://itu-kaleidoscope.org/2010

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malcolm.johnson@itu.int