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ITUInternationalSymposiumontheDigitalSwitchover17 June 2015 – "A milestone for Digital Terrestrial Television"

ITU Headquarters, Geneva, 17 June 2015

Bios of Speakers

Session 1 Objectives of the transition to digital TV– technical and regulatory frameworks

Phil Laven, Chairman DVB Steering BoardPhilip Laven has been Chairman of DVB since 2008. Between 1997 and 2007, he was Technical Director of the European Broadcasting Union based in Geneva. Before joining the EBU, he worked for the BBC in various senior posts including Chief Engineer R&D and Controller of Engineering Policy, thus playing a leading role in the development of the BBC's policy on many technical developments, such as the introduction of digital audio broadcasting and digital television.

No photo Ilham Ghazi, ITU Ms Ghazi is with the BR-ITU in charge of the GE06 Agreement, and all relating issues to Terrestrial Broadcasting, including the Transition to the Digital broadcasting and Digital Dividends issues. She is charged by the ITU to lead and organize the regional coordination meetings on the GE06 to enable frequency coordination meetings to enable administrations to have additional frequencies in in the Band 470-694 MHz and facilitate the release of the DD1 and/or DD2: Africa: achieved in July 2013 and Arab countries: ASMG: achieved on April 2015. Istvan Bozsoki, ITU Mr Istvan Bozsoki joined the ITU in 1997 to work at the Space Department of the Radiocommunication Bureau and he was dealing with coordination and notification of satellite systems. In 2007 he moved to the Telecommunication Development Bureau and is responsible for spectrum management and broadcasting issues. Since April 2013 he is Head of Spectrum Management and Broadcasting Division. After obtaining his degree in telecommunication engineering at the Technical University Budapest in 1980 he spent 17 years at the Hungarian Communication Authority and he was dealing with technical and regulatory aspects of the spectrum management. Among others, he was responsible for the development of a computerized spectrum management system. Later, he was appointed as director of international affairs. He has a master degree in radiocommunications and broadcasting.

Session 2 The analogue to digital switchover – stocktaking worldwide

Mr. Roger Bunch, Free TV Australia

Roger Bunch is Director of Engineering at Free TV Australia. Free TV is an industry body which represents all of Australia's commercial free-to-air television licensees. Roger has been Chair of the Standards Australia committee responsible for the Australian terrestrial television transmission standard, AS4599, since 2003. As a member of delegations from Australia Roger has been involved in ITU-R activities since 1999 with the Australian submission of revised parameters for Recommendation ITU-R BT.709 Parameter values for the HDTV standards for production and international programme exchange. Roger has participated in several ITU-R Study Groups on spectrum related matters since 2002.As a member of delegations from Australia Roger has been a participant in the Asia pacific Telecommunity Preparatory processes for WRC’s since 2002.Since WRC-03 Roger has been involved in studies associated with WRC Agenda Items most notably as Rapporteur for WRC-07 Agenda Item 1.11 “protection of terrestrial services and, in particular, the terrestrial television broadcasting service in the 620-790 MHz band from GSO and non-GSO BSS networks” and WRC-12 Agenda Item 1.5 “worldwide/regional harmonization of spectrum for electronic news gathering (ENG)”. Roger is a Vice Chair of ITU-R Study Group 6 and ITU-R Working Party 6A. Roger is a Fellow of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers.

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Prof. Jian Song, Tsinghua University (Vice-chair WP 6A) Professor Jian Song received his PhD degrees from Electronic Engineering Department, Tsinghua University, China in 1995. He then conducted Postdoctoral research work in The Chinese University of Hong Kong and University of Waterloo, Canada in 1996 and 1997, respectively. Dr. Song has been working with Hughes Network Systems in USA for seven years before joining the faculty team in Tsinghua as a full professor in 2005 . He is now the Director of DTV Technology R&D Center which is one of the major technical contributors to the Chinese DTMB standard. Prof. Song is very active with ITU and is the vice-chair of WP6A.

No photo Mr. Nisar Ahmed Khan, Doordarshan

Ms. Reiko KONDO, Ph.D., Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Japan Reiko KONDO, Director for Digital Broadcasting Technology, Broadcasting Technology Division, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. Dr. Kondo graduated from the Graduate School of the University of Tokyo and got Master’s degree in Computer Science. She also got MBA at Stanford Graduate School of Business and Ph.D. at Tokyo Institute of Technology. Since Dr. Kondo joined the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, she has contributed to the policy development in information and communications technology and held such positions as Deputy Director of the Broadcasting Technology Division, in charge of developing the overall channel plan for digital TV broadcasting in Japan and also drafting the strategy for next-generation broadcasting technology, and Deputy Director of the Policy Planning Division of the Minister’s Secretariat. She also held a position in National Institute of Information and Communications Technology as Director of Policy Planning Office of the Network Security Research Institute and in National Information Security Center of the Cabinet Secretariat as Counsellor for International Strategy from 2011 to 2014.

No photo Mr. Bassil Zoubi, ASBU

Mr. Leo Boruett, Communications Authority of Kenya Eng. Leo K. Boruett is currently working with Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) as a Director responsible for Multimedia Services that includes broadcasting. Eng. Boruett is also one of the Vice Chairmen of ITU-R Study Group 1. Eng. Boruett has been working in the communications sector in Kenya for the last twenty four years. During his career, he has contributed to the development of technical and regulatory aspects in Kenya in the areas of telecommunications, broadcasting and frequency spectrum management. His latest major contribution was the coordination of regulatory and operational aspects with respect to the digital migration process in Kenya. Eng. Boruett has a Bachelors degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, MPhil degree in Information Engineering (Computer Speech and Language Processing), and a Masters Degree in Business Administration (Executive). He is also a Registered Professional Engineer in Kenya.

No photo Abayomi Olaiya Bolarinwa, CEO, Yomi Broadcast Services Limited In 1994, Mr. Bolarinwa joined the National Broadcasting Commission, as an Assistant Director and rose to become the Director of technology in 2005. In 2007 he was appointed acting Director General of the Commission and later substantive Director General. A foundation member of the Nigerian Frequency Management council, 2006 to 2013, Bolarinwa led the Nigerian delegation to the Radio Regional Conference 2006 (RRC06). He has been a vice chairman of the ITU study group 6 since 2007. Bolarinwa retired from Government service in May 2013 and is currently CEO of Yomi Broadcast Services Limited.

No photo Mr. Amadou Top (Mahmoud BAAL), CONTAN

Mr. Bernard Pauchon, TDF, Chair of DigiTAG Spectrum&Networks Group Bernard Pauchon was the founder and first Chairman of Broadcast Networks Europe (BNE), the European terrestrial broadcast networks operators association, where he used to represent TDF. He is now directly working for BNE in the position of Special Advisor, whilst keeping working for TDF, in particular for the representation at the Steering Boards of the DVB consortium and of DigiTAG, the association promoting DTT which embraces all stakeholders of the DTT value chain where he chairs the Spectrum and Networks Working Group. Bernard Pauchon is also a member of the IBC International Council.

No photo Mr. Thiago Aguiar SOAREZ, ANATEL Mr. Soares holds a degree in electrical engineering from University of Brasilia (UnB) and works as coordinator on broadcasting planning and technical regulation in the National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel), Brazil.

No photo Mr. Guno Cooman, CBU / ATV-Telesur, Suriname Guno Cooman, born 29-04 57 in Paramaribo ,Suriname. He has been working as a journalist and TV and radio producer since 1976. He also holds a bachelor in Economics (BEc). Currently he serves as Manager of ATV/Telesur and member (director) of the board of the Caribbean Broadcasting union.

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No photo Mr. Larry Olson, FCC

Session 3: Advanced technologies for television

Paul Gardiner, Sony Paul Gardiner is Standards Manager at Sony Broadcast & Professional Research Labs within Sony Europe Ltd, based in Basingstoke, UK. He studied Electronic Engineering at the University of Southampton before joining the Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA) in 1974. His career has included television technical regulation and R&D project management with responsibility for various international collaborative research projects. Since joining Sony in 2007, he has been an active participant in the SMPTE standards community and has continued to serve as a UK delegate to the ITU R where he has been closely involved in the activities of Working Party 6C, particularly those related to video. Paul is Co-Chair of SMPTE Technology Committee 10E (Essence) and is a SMPTE Fellow.

Christophe Chabanne, Dolby

Yukihiro Nishida, NHK (Chair WP 6B)Yukihiro Nishida is Chairman of Working Party 6B and Vice-Chairman of Study Group 6. ITU-R Recommendations and a Report on Integrated Broadcast-Broadband (IBB) systems have been developed under his chairmanship. He is one of the principal contributors to the development and standardization of ultra high definition television (UHDTV). He is the Head of Standardization at NHK, Japan.

Session 4: Building a sustainable ecosystem for digital TV

Simon Fell Simon Fell is Director of Technology & Innovation for the EBU, a position he took up in September 2013. He has more than 35 years’ experience in senior broadcasting technology roles, including at British broadcaster ITV, where he was Director of Future Technologies (2008-2009) and Controller of Emerging Technologies (2004-2006). From 1991 to 2004 Mr Fell worked for Carlton Television, the ITV franchise holder for the London region, where he held several executive roles linked to operations and emerging technologies. Mr Fell, prior to joining the EBU, was Chairman of the Technical Council at the Digital Television Group, the industry association for digital television in the UK. He also represented UK broadcasters on the EBU Technical Committee between 2006 and 2009.

No photo Peter Mac Avock, EBU Mark S. Richer, President ATSC

Mark S. Richer is the President of the Advanced Television Systems Committee, Inc. (ATSC). The ATSC is an international, non-profit organization developing voluntary standards for digital television.

Mr. Richer first joined the ATSC after 16 years with the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) where, as Vice President of Engineering & Computer Services, he was responsible for development of new technologies for PBS and its member stations and management of information technology operations.

Before assuming his current role as President of the ATSC, Mr. Richer served as Vice President & General Manager, CDS, a division of Thomcast Communications. He was also responsible for marketing, communications, strategic planning and business development for Thomcast Communications, including its Comark and Comwave subsidiaries.

Mr. Richer served as Chairman of the System Subcommittee Working Party on Test and Evaluation for the FCC Advisory Committee on Advanced Television Service.

Mr. Richer was the 2010 recipient of the National Association of Broadcasters Engineering Achievement Award for Television and a recipient of Broadcast & Cable’s Technology Leadership Award in 2007. He is a Fellow of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and serves on the FCC Technology Advisory Council. He holds two patents and has a Bachelor of Science degree from the Rochester Institute of Technology.

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Vincent Grivet, TDF, Chairman DVB-T Commercial Module

Vincent Grivet is Head of Broadcast Development at TDF, the leading operator of terrestrial broadcast in France.

He started his career in the Orange Group , where he held various positions in product management, M&A and International Business Development ; he was CEO of Orange’s internet operations in Belgium ( Wanadoo at that time). He was co-founder and MD of Maxtel, an entrepreneurial Wireless Broadband start-up in 2006, and joined TDF Group in 2007.

Vincent is a graduate from Paris’ Ecole Polytechnique and Telecom schools. He is representing TDF at the DVB’s Steering Board and Commercial Module and is chairing the CM-T group which deals with the evolution of Terrestrial Broadcast at DVB.

No photo David Barrett, Chairman Rapporteur Group “Broadcasting Spectrum Requirements” David Barrett: an independent consultant since 2005 in the fields of broadcasting and spectrum management. Previously a Senior Advisor on spectrum and international policy within the UK’s Radiocommunications Agency (RA) and then Ofcom, representing the UK in both CEPT and the ITU. In the ITU, this has included representing the UK at the WRC, Radio Assembly, RRC-04 and RRC-06. Participation in ITU activities has continued since RRC-06, in particular through involvement in a number of broadcast studies. At present Chairman of the ITU-R Study Group 6 Rapporteur Group on future spectrum requirements for broadcasting.

Jochen Mezger, IRT, General Manager Programme Distribution, Chair EBU Project Group CTN-Mobile

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