Greentech Lead Europe: ITU will conduct its second annual
Green Standards Week (GSW) in Paris from 17-21 September.
The event will focus on accelerating the creation of
international green ICT standards with a view to further expanding the
capabilities of information and communication technologies to boost
environmental efficiency across all industry sectors.
Policy makers, regulators, private sector entities,
research institutes and standards development organizations (SDOs) will attend
the five-day conference. The forum will feature discussion on the
standardization of ICT from an environmental perspective.
Industry leaders and government officials will discuss
the role of global standards in spreading access to green ICT, as well the
development of new standards that reflect the interdependence of industry
sectors.
The main focus of this year’s forum will be the impact of
ICTs on the environment. The ICT supply chain will look at means of minimizing
the life-cycle environmental impact of ICT
products in high level sessions on e-waste challenges and greening.
The forum will host information and training session,
which will detail ITU’s standardized methodologies for the Environmental Impact
Assessment of ICTs (Recommendation ITU-T L.1400 series).
The enabling power of ICTs will be a special focus, with
discussions on how standards might increase other industry sectors’ adoption of
green ICTs. The event will feature special sessions and discussions on Smart
grids and smart cities.
Leading experts from ITU’s new academic membership will
launch several new reports on ICT-enabled environmental sustainability at this
year’s forum.
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