User Workshop Report to Closing Plenary

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User WorkshopReport to Closing Plenary
SOURCE User Workshop Vice Chair
TITLE User Workshop Report to Closing Plenary
AGENDA ITEM Closing Plenary 6
CONTACT Jorgen Friis
gsc12_UserWS_16

• Kenzo Itoh, Chair
• Jørgen Friis, Vice Chair

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Participants

• 44 participants
• 13 Speakers
• Kenzo Itoh, CIAJ
• Kazuma Yokota, MIC Japan
• Karine Iffour, ETSI, GSC User WG Chair
• Mitsuji Matsumoto, Waseda University
• Hiroshi Kawamura, RINRC
• Yoshinobu Nakamura, NTT DoCoMo
• Yasuaki Takamoto, Fujitzu
• Russ Schields, TIA
• Reinhard Scholl, ITU
• Kirit Lathia, ETSI
• Kishik Park, TTA
• Isao Nakajima, ARIB
• Tim Jeffries, ATIS

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Workshop content

• Theme
• Users Accessibility of Telecommunication
• Setting the Scene of Accessibility
• Accessibility in Telecommunication
• ICT in Transport
• ICT in Healthcare

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Setting the Scene

• The new IT strategy in Japan includes a
  provisioning of an IT society that adopts
  universal design which is to ensure an
  environment in which everyone can use ICT
• National standards are already developed to
  support this strategy and have contributed to the
  ITU international standards agreed in 2007
• CIAJ has worked on practical implementation of
  strategy including testing of numerous phone
  equipments
• GSC User group work lead to increased active
  participation and global communication on user
  needs
• GSC User WG resolutions updated and now includes
  that GSC user guide on user needs should be
  widely promoted
• The PSO reporting shows extensive work ongoing
  across their organizations

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Accessibility in Telecom

• Strong engagement from Japan in accessibility
  activities
• Contribution to ITU-T SG16 and development of
  rec. F.790 on Telecommunication accessibility
  guideline
• Several National standards exist today (JIS) to
  ensure access to information/communication for
  all user groups
• Research in Japan on disaster use cases and
  conference on tsunami disaster preparedness in
  Phuket in 2007 as emergency issues.
• Operator and manufacturer support for universal
  design in phone product line
• This is oriented towards multiple disabilities

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ICT in Transport

• Challenge to organise cooperation between
  industries working under different business
  models. Issues lay at the development, producing
  and usage stages.
• Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) help
• to improve safety (emergency and prevention of
  crises),
• to better manage environment challenges and
• to make the car, a place as any other place where
  nomadic devices can be used and all services are
  available.
• BUT should not disrupt the user.
• In the future, cars become docking stations for
  users equipment.
• Need for cross-technology cooperation between
  standard developers at international level.

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ICT in Healthcare

• It covers a wide range of issues, like eHealth,
  telemedicine and accessibility.
• ICT in Healthcare can be a mean to fulfil the
  socio-cultural and development gaps.
• Need for coordination needs between public
  authorities and industry.
• Ageing society is a lead factor for the
  Telecommunication market.
• ICT in Healthcare is a mean to save lives with
  cutting in health expenditures and increasing the
  quality level of health services.
• High quality of ICT services in Health may lead
  to a global increase of quality level.
• Telecommunication devices must take into
  consideration people with special needs.
• Although many standards are developed or under
  development, a great need for new standards
  remains.
• Privacy is a key issue in ICT health care for
  patients. Trust is a key element to success of
  ICT in health sector.

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Conclusions

• Global coordination is required more than ever
• The outcome of standards should be linked to the
  product cost
• User involvement is a critical factor in
  providing products and services and therefore
  also in the standardization process
• Affordability and human-centered approach in the
  standardization process