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30 May 2012 Committed to Connecting the World Overall figures Over 100 participants Three conversation rounds Duration 3 hrs A total of 246 ideas were generated
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Outcome of the World Café @ ITU Seventh ITU Symposium
on ICTs, the Environment and Climate Change29 May 2012, Montreal, Canada
Saba ImruITU Telecommunication Standardization Bureau
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Goal • Working session of the ITU Seventh Symposium
on ICTs, the Environment and Climate Change
• Ensure active involvement of all participants
• Create the foundations for the “future we want”
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Overall figures
• Over 100 participants• Three conversation rounds• Duration 3 hrs • A total of 246 ideas were
generated
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Question 1How can we best use ICTs to address environmental challenges including
climate change and e-waste?
What resources do we have and what role can our organizations play?
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Outcome of Question 1Total of ideas: 92
Trends:•E-waste, smart recycling•Capacity-building•Mitigation •Applications•Tools to enhance environmental sustainability •Barriers•Methodologies
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Question 2
What are the most important dimensions of greening through ICTs, which of these will have the greatest impact and what are the priorities?
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Outcome of Question 2Total of ideas : 63
Trends:•Advocacy•Political will•Awareness-raising•Behavioral changes•Monitoring•Adaptation •Smart-grids, smart-buildings, smart-traffic
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Townhall: best use of ICTs and prioritization
• Standardization, universal equipment• Harmonization of policies• Political will• Economic and law aspects• Priorities based on what can be afforded• Impact of ICTs on transport• Smart cities• Awareness• Digital divide & environmental
sustainability
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Question 3
What do you propose as essential next steps and actions?
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Outcome of Question 3Total of ideas: 91
Trends:•Access to ICTs•Standards•Policies•E-waste•Funding and incentives•Partnerships and collaboration
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Townhall: Actions• ICTs to monitor the environment• ICTs to reduce energy consumption• Incentives for behavioral change• E-applications• Promote eco-design• Expand research• Use of energy sources• Smart-Grids, Cloud Computing• Gamification• Funding and incentives• Plan of Action, declaration
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Townhall: Actions• Multidisciplinary approach• ITU to become a World café• Standardization and methodologies• Include ICTs and CC in UNFCCC, WTSA, Rio+20
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Townhall: Experiences
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Feedback
• Feedback forms received: 48• Level of satisfaction 5: 28• Level of satisfaction 4: 18• Level of satisfaction 3: 2• Recommend using World Café again: 44
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Visual Summary : Best use of ICTs, Roles, Impact, Priorities
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Visual Summary : Next Steps Towards the Future We Want
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Next steps • A detailed report of the World Café outcome with transcript of all the
input ideas
• A photo collection of the World Café event and doodles
• Outcome shared by participants in their organization
• Outcome transmitted to the next relevant events:
– Rio+ 20– ITU Green Standards Week, September 2012– WTSA-12, November 2012– UNFCC, December 2012– ITU 8th Symposium, 2013– and other International Fora
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Thank you !
