Creating Intelligent Networks –Energy Efficiency in Action
Sponsored by GreenTouch™
26 June 2013
Greentouch hosted a workshop on how networks are being re-designed to be energy efficient, how ICT technologies enable smarter growth and how these developments will help the European Union reach its 2020 energy efficiency target.
Traffic in communication networks is growing exponentially, driven primarily by the dramatic rise in mobile video, new applications and services for consumers and businesses. Smarter and more sustainable communities are also increasingly relying on networks and information technologies to build and to enable energy efficiencies in adjacent industries.
Creating intelligent and energy efficient networks is a key driver for economic growth; yet this opportunity comes with significant challenges. Increased traffic is placing huge burdens on all networks, service providers and operators. There is only one way forward: We must make our networks more energy-efficient, enabling them to support this traffic growth in a sustainable and economically viable way. A number of global initiatives are underway to address these challenges. Among them, the GreenTouch Consortium, founded in 2010, was formed with the explicit mission to develop radical technology breakthroughs that will enable us to redesign networks to be dramatically more energy-efficient.
This event will examine the necessity of developing greener networks and highlight the underlying challenges and opportunities for creating the intelligent networks with perspectives from the entire ecosystem.
A series of presentations and an interactive panel discussions provided attendees the opportunity to hear and engage industry thought-leaders as they articulated their vision for the design, development, deployment and management of networks, as well as their operation and specific applications and use cases. Conversations went beyond the near-future to project the long-term opportunities for technological breakthroughs. The GreenTouch Consortium also shared its current accomplishments, laid out its roadmap for achieving its goal of increasing network efficiency by a factor of 1,000 within 5 years, and discussed how these developments impact the EU 2020 targets.
Workshop
Welcome Remarks
Thierry Van Landegem, Chairman, GreenTouch
Opening Speech and Introduction of the Keynote Speaker
Marc Vancoppenolle, VP, EU Affairs, Alcatel-Lucent
Keynote Speech
Edit Herczog, Member of the European Parliament (Presentation not available)
Presentations
Magnus Olsson, Senior Researcher, Radio Access Technologies at Ericsson Research, Ericsson
"Energy Efficient Networks - Today and in the Future"
Philippe Richard, Director, Green & Energy Efficiency, Corporate Technology Office, Alcatel-Lucent
"Alcatel-Lucent: Consume Less Energy? ICT, We Need More of it"
Azeddine Gati, Program Leader on Green Innovation and Sustainability, Orange
"Green Perspectives for a Responsible Telco"
Ray Pinto, Senior Government Affairs Manager, Europe, Middle East, Africa, Microsoft
"The Enabling Technologies of a Low-Carbon Economy: A Focus on Cloud Computing"
Melanie Bockemuehl, Partner and Managing Director, Boston Consulting Group
“GeSI SMARTer 2020: The Role of ICT in Driving a Sustainable Future”
Thierry Klein, Chairman of the Technical Committee, GreenTouch
"Where is GreenTouch Now: Overview of the Roadmap and the Green Meter Research Study"
Panel Discussion
"What are the Remaining Challenges to Put Energy Efficiency in Action? How do we Overcome Them?"
Moderator: Thierry Klein, Chairman of the Technical Committee, GreenTouch; Head of Green Research, Bell Labs, Alcatel-Lucent
Panelists: All of the speakers above
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