1. International Telecommunication Union TSAG Newbie Session, 12-16 July 2004 TSAG Newbie Session garyfishman@lucent.com TSAG Chairman reinhard.scholl@itu.int Deputy to the TSB Director Telecommunication Standardization Bureau International Telecommunication Union www.itu.int/ITU-T

2. 2 TSAG Newbie Session, 12-16 July 2004 Outline 1. ITU-T:What is it 2. ITU-T:Towards WTSA-04 3. ITU-T:Staying up-to-date

3. 3 TSAG Newbie Session, 12-16 July 2004 What is ITU-T o Unique partnership of industry & government o Truly global o Consensus decisions guarantee wide acceptance o Excellent, transparent, fast procedures o Very flexible to collaborate with fora and standards organizations o Excellent networking opportunities o Brand name o IPR Policy o World-class meeting facilities o Excellent Secretariat staff 1. What is ITU-T

4. 4 TSAG Newbie Session, 12-16 July 2004 ITU-T: How it works o The market forces ITU-T to stay competitive o ITU-T is fast to start work: 1 day / few weeks (from 2-4 yrs) approve work: 2 months (from 4 yrs) Speedy Gonzalez approval procedure for technical standards (=95% of work) publish work: couple of days after approval (from 2-4 yrs) o ITU-T standardizes hot topics o ITU-T is very flexible & unbureaucratic 1. What is ITU-T

5. 5 TSAG Newbie Session, 12-16 July 2004 Venue of WTSA-04 o 5 – 14 Oct 2004: WTSA-04 o 4 Oct 2004: Cybersecurity Symposium o Both events in convention center in Florianópolis, Brazil 2. WTSA

6. 6 TSAG Newbie Session, 12-16 July 2004 Who can participate at WTSA-04? o Member States o Sector Members o Observers: Regional telecom. organizations Intergovernmental organizations operating satellite systems Any other regional or internatl. org. dealing with matters of interest to WTSA-04 United Nations Specialized agencies of UN and Intl Atomic Energy Agency ITU elected officials have advisory capacity 2. WTSA

7. 7 TSAG Newbie Session, 12-16 July 2004 Duties of WTSA-04 o Adopt working methods & procedures o Consider reports by Study Groups & TSAG including Questions proposed for next study period o Approve, modify, reject draft Recs. SGs will not, in general, submit technical draft Recs. for approval 2. WTSA

8. 8 TSAG Newbie Session, 12-16 July 2004 Duties of WTSA-04, contd o Approve work program o Decide to maintain, terminate, or establish Study Groups and allocate to them the Questions to be studied o Appoint Chair and Vice-chairs of Study Groups and TSAG TSB will issue Circular Letter after TSAG-04 to request Members to provide candidates of Chairmen/VC of Study Groups Current Chairmen/VC can be re-elected for a 2 nd term 2. WTSA

9. 9 TSAG Newbie Session, 12-16 July 2004 o How to send them in: Electronically (email, web) Paper (post, fax) o Deadline: None, but the sooner the better o Interpretation in all 6 languages o Translation of documents: E, F, S o Local Internet Access: 2*1 MB o Wireless LAN available on site Submitting Contributions for WTSA-04 2. WTSA

10. 10 TSAG Newbie Session, 12-16 July 2004 Committees of WTSA-04 o Com 1: Steering Committee Ensures smooth execution of WTSA-04 Members include Chairman and Vice-Chairmen of all WTSA-Committees Chairman: Brazil; Vice-chairs from ITU Regions o Com 2: Budget Control Examines expenditures incurred by WTSA-04 Examines the estimate of the financial needs of ITU-T up to WTSA-08 o Com 3: Working Methods of ITU-T 2. WTSA

11. 11 TSAG Newbie Session, 12-16 July 2004 Committees of WTSA-04 o Com 4: Work program & organization ITU-T Study Group restructuring o Com 5: Telecom. Network Infrastructure – Reports by SG 4,5,6,9,11,12,13,15,16,17,SSG o Com 6: Telecom. Services and Tariff Issues – Reports by SG 2 & 3 o Com 7: Editorial Committee Draft work plan WTSA-04: See TSB Circular 221 2. WTSA

12. 12 TSAG Newbie Session, 12-16 July 2004 Resolutions & A-Series Recommendations Res. 1 Res. 2 Rec. A.1 Rec. A.9 Rec. A.8 ITU-T Sector Level: ITU-T SG Level: AAP SSG Operations Structure 2. WTSA

13. 13 TSAG Newbie Session, 12-16 July 2004 Resolutions & A-Series Recommendations, contd Rec. A.6 Rec. A.4 Rec.A.23 Suppl.3 External Relations: IETF JTC1 Fora SDO Rec. A.5 Referencing 2. WTSA

14. 14 TSAG Newbie Session, 12-16 July 2004 Cybersecurity Symposium Goal, Structure, Themes o Educational, not prescriptive o Promote ITU-T as the place to do security standards o 4 Sessions: 1.Cybersecurity threats – what are the issues 2.Experiences with, and responses to, cybersecurity threats 3.Standards, policy, regulatory, and legal aspects 4.Lessons learned and the way forward (panel) 2. WTSA

15. 15 TSAG Newbie Session, 12-16 July 2004 Up-to-date information: ITU-T e-FLASH o Want to know the latest ITU-T news? o Then subscribe to ITU-T e-FLASH send "subscribe" in subject to ITU-T_e-flash@itu.int o Issued monthly; since February 04 o Previous issues: www.itu.int/ITU-T/e-flash 3. News

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