Business Talks

The 2009 exhibition of the secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will focus on how information and communication technologies (ICTs) are helping to increase awareness and to support concrete action on climate change in both developing and developed countries.

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) is contributing a special programme of daily "business talks" by leaders in the ICT sector from both developing and developed countries.

Date	Speakers on site / Presentation	Speakers using Tele-presence (TP)/ Presentation	Moderator
7 December- 13H00	Bill Becker Executive Director of the Presidential Climate Action Project (on behalf of GCI)	Gee Rittenhouse Vice President of Bell Labs Research Alcatel-Lucent (TP from Paris) Presentation	Arthur Levin, Telecommunication Standardization Bureau, ITU
8 December -13H00	Laina Greene CEO, GETIT, Inc Presentation Stefan Henningsson Director Climate Change WWF	Catalina Mc Gregor Deputy Champion Green ICT, UK Government (TP from London) Presentation	Arthur Levin, Telecommunication Standardization Bureau, ITU
9 December -13H00	Ben Verwaayen CEO of Alcatel (video message) Leonard Donnelly Executive Chairman LocationBridge (LBe) Smart Digital Economy Networks Presentation	Silvia Guzmán Araña Corporate Director for Environment and Sustainability of Telefonica (TP from Madrid)	Kevin Grose Coordinator, Information Services Climate Change Secretariat UNFCCC
10 December -13H00	Olivier Arino, Senior Advisor and Head of Projects Section in the ESA Earth Observation Directorate, ESA Presentation Rob Bernard Chief Environmental Strategist Microsoft Presentation	Tom Phillips, Chief Government and Regulatory Affairs Officer of GSM Association (TP from London)	Arthur Levin, Telecommunication Standardization Bureau, ITU
11 December -13H00	Badri Younes Deputy-Director, NASA Salah Eddine Maaoui Director General Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU) - video message	Hugh Bradlow Chief Technology Officer Telstra Corporation Ltd (TP from Seattle)	Arthur Levin, Telecommunication Standardization Bureau, ITU
12 December -13H00	Hugh Bradlow Chief Technology Officer Telstra Corporation Ltd (TP from Seattle)	Chris Tuppen Chief Sustainability Officer BT (TP from London)	Malcolm Johnson, Director, ITU Telecommunication Standardization Bureau
14 December -13H00	David Hsieh Cisco VP for Emerging Technologies and executive sponsor of our TP sponsorship at COP 15 Presentation Luis Neves Chairman, GeS	Dr. John Halamka CIO of Harvard Medical School and Caregroup (TP from Boston)	Malcolm Johnson, Director, ITU Telecommunication Standardization Bureau
15 December -13H00	Ignacio Campino Vice President Representative of the Board of Management for Sustainability and Climate Change Deutsche Telekom Presentation	Paolo Bertoldi Action Leader for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Action European Commission DG JRC Presentation	Alexander Vassiliev, Radiocommunication Bureau, ITU
16 December -13H00	Hans Vestberg President and CEO of Ericsson Ban Ki-moon Secretary-General United Nations Bjorn Stigson President of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development Lasse Gustavsson CEO of World Wild Fund (WWF) Sweden	Jean Reveillon Secretary-General European Broadcasting Union (EBU) (TP from Geneva)	Hamadoun I. Tour Secretary-General ITU
17 December -13H00	Michel Jarraud Secretary General World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Paul Dickinson, Chief Executive, Carbon Disclosure Project	Stephan Scholz CTO and Head of Research & Technology Platforms Nokia (TP from Helsinki)	Hamadoun I. Touré Secretary-General, ITU
18 December -13H00	Simon Jones Vice Chairman, Analysys Mason Ltd Presentation	Marc Fossier Vice-President and Chief Corporate Social Responsibility Officer for the France Telecom-Orange Group (TP from Paris) Eric Jan Bakker Sales Director Government & NGO Vizada	Kevin Grose Coordinator, Information Services Climate Change Secretariat UNFCCC