Joint ITU-GISFI-DS-CTIF Standards Education Workshop (Aalborg, Denmark, 8-9 October 2012)

Standardization Skills and Training Yoichi MAEDA, CEO & S.V.P of TTC, Japan ITU-T SG15 Chairman [email protected]

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Contents  Standardization activities in TTC  Process of standards development  Key elements in standards activities  Technical expertise  IPR  International Collaboration, etc.  Curricula for standards skill-up  Requirements for the skills  Skills for the standards experts  Case study on skill-up training in TTC  ITU-T Tutorial on “High-Level Seminar

& Workshop on International Meetings and Negotiation”

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Standardization activities in TTC (For information)

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What is TTC?  TTC is : a private and non-profit organization accredited by the Japanese Administration as an SDO (standards development organization) in Japan since 1985.  Mission : to develop and disseminate the TTC standards and their applications/ solutions on ICTs (information & communication technologies) applicable both in Japan and in other areas, in particular in the Asia-Pacific region. Aalborg, Denmark, 8-9 October 2012

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Driving-forces of TTC Standards de-facto & de-jure standards

new technologies /services

Contributions

Downstream Academia /R&D

Upstream

TTC members Contributions

Promotion of Standards through solutions

Seeds/needs/ know-how

Market

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Sales

TTC Standards

Production

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Standardization, IPR and Business

Standardization

IPR

Business Big success

IPR: Intellectual Property Right

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Hot technical topics in TTC 2012 

IoT (Internet of Things)

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M2M (Machine to Machine)

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Smart Grid

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ITS (Intelligent Transport Systems)/ Smart Car

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E-Health

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Cloud Computing

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ICT and Climate Change

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Disaster relief, network resilience and recovery

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Future networks

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Inter operability and conformance testing, etc.

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How to develop TTC Standards ITU-T Upstream activities

MiC

Downstream activities

ICT Council ITU Sectional Meeting

participation/proposals

TTC

ITU-T Recs

TTC Working Groups

TTC Stds

participation/proposals Network operators, venders, user groups, etc. Aalborg, Denmark, 8-9 October 2012

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Inter/intra-regional collaboration activities in TTC ITU-T ETSI (Europe)

ICU (Russia)

TTA ARIB (Korea)(Japan)

3GPPs CCSA oneM2M (China) GISFI (India) APT

Forms of collaboration

TTC (Japan)

ISACC (Canada)

IEEE ATIS (USA) TIA (USA) (USA)

MSTFB (Malaysia)

Examples

Membership

APT/ASTAP, CJK, GSC, 3GPPs, oneM2M

MoU / LoI

ITU, ETSI, IEEE, MSTFB, ICU, GISFI, etc

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Curricula for standards skill-up

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Requirements for Standards Skills Directors SG/WP Chairmen Rapporteurs Editors

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High-level leadership Negotiation Strategic planning Decision making • Leadership • Meeting management • Reporting • Editing Standards

Contributors Participants Management skill Pyramid Aalborg, Denmark, 8-9 October 2012

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Expertise English ability Presentation Communication 11

Skills for standardization experts Technical expertise English(listening, reading, writing, e-mail) Communication & negotiation Presentation Meeting rules and methods Self-management & calmness Trust & honesty Sociability & cooperation Curiosity & positiveness Healthiness & physical strength Adaptability to foreign living Jet lag tolerance Aalborg, Denmark, 8-9 October 2012

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Curricula for standards skill-up Tutorial and training seminars Writing contributions & reports E-mail communication Rules of meeting procedure Meeting management and Chairing Negotiation Presentation On-the-Job Training; Practice Overseas training Use of Ex-members in standardization Standards curricula should be developed based on the target skill levels Aalborg, Denmark, 8-9 October 2012

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Case study on skill-up training in TTC

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Numbers of Rapporteurs and Editors per country (As of Dec 2011, in ITU-T) 250

Rapporteurs 200

Editors 150 100 50 0

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ITU-T Tutorial hosted by ITU-AJ/TTC “High-Level Seminar & Workshop on International Meetings and Negotiation” • • • • • •

Date: 28-29 August 2012 Venue: TTC, Tokyo Japan Teacher: Gary Fishman (ex-TSAG Chairman) Target skill level: Rapporteurs and Editors Participants: 50 Overall rating: Very useful + Useful= 100%

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Contents of ITU-T Tutorial by ITU-AJ/TTC Role, authority and responsibility of Rapporteurs and Editors Rights and Obligations of Member States, Sector Members, Associates, Academia participants, invited experts Rules of procedure for Rapporteurs IPR: Patents, Software Copyrights, Marks Decision-making and Approval Procedures Crafting Consensus Overview of relevant WTSA Resolutions and A-Series Recs. Meeting Inputs: Contributions, TDs, Liaisons Organizing meetings Role of the Secretariat Outputs: Reports, Recommendations, Handbooks, Liaisons Writing Reports Drafting Recommendations Editing and revising draft documents Interactive Discussion Session 17

Conclusions and Recommendations Standards education should be developed based on the practical standards activities in SDOs. Identification of the required standards skills is the key of the curricula designing. Standards curricula should be developed based on the target skill levels. Producing standards-minded students will contribute to the future global standardization. Aalborg, Denmark, 8-9 October 2012

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Thank you very much for your attention ! If you have any comments or questions, please contact [email protected]

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