ITU Event - AI for environmental sustainability

The webinar will explore how AI can enhance environmental sustainability. It will provide unique insights into the relationship between emerging technologies and environmental efficiency, AI innovations and applications to achieve a low carbon future, and best practices paving the way for new ITU-T standards.

Speakers from the industry, government, and telecom regulator will demonstrate their solutions for reducing carbon footprint to net zero, and share their perspectives on AI development for energy efficiency, at the regional and international level.

The webinar will open with a Keynote by Neil Sahota, FG-AI4EE Co-Chairman, IBM Watson, on ‘’Sustainable Tech & Assistant: How AI Is Driving Environmental Protection’’

It is no secret that technology is both an instigator of environmental impact and powerful tool for environmental conservation. However, we stand a time of a unique opportunity: using AI to improve green tech and accelerate the solution development in combating climate change. This Keynote will share the “earthshot” moment we have and how to realize it.

Speakers:

• Bilel Jamoussi, TSB Chief of Study Groups Department, ITU 
• Sanjay Kumar Sainani, Sr VP of Global Business Development, CTO for Data Center Solutions, Huawei Technologies
• Franz Josef Pschierer, Retired Minister of State, Member of the Bavarian State Parliament, head of the Union of Medium Sized Enterprises (Mittelstandsunion), Germany
• Luis Neves, CEO, The Global Enabling Sustainability Initiative (GeSI) 
• Tiago Serrenho, European Commission – JRC
• Helen Nakiguli​, Chairman of ITU-T Study Group 5 Regional Group for Africa,  and Senior Officer Environment Management at UCC Uganda
• Paolo Gemma, FG-AI4EE Co-Chairman, Huawei Technologies