Study group leadership appointed

Plenary at WTSA-12 today appointed the leadership of all ten ITU-T study groups and the Telecommunication Standardization Advisory Group (TSAG).

• Study Group 2 (Operational aspects)
  • Chairman: Mr Sherif Guinena (Egypt)
  • Vice-chairmen: ​Mr Kun-Young Ahn (Korea (Rep. of)); Mr Abdullah Al-Mubadal (Saudi Arabia); ​Mr Saif Bin Ghelaita (United Arab Emirates); ​Mr Nazim Jafarov (Azerbaijan); Mr James Kilaba (Tanzania); Mr Bruno Ramos (Brazil); Mr Phil Rushton (United Kingdom); Ms Jie Zhang (China)

• Study Group 3 (Economic and policy issues)
  • Chairman: Mr Seiichi Tsugawa (Japan)
  • Vice-chairmen: Ms Biendjui Joséphine Adou (Côte d’Ivoire); Mr Facundo Fernández Begni (Argentina); ​​Mr Byoung Nam Lee (Korea (Rep. of)); Mr Leslie Martinkovics (United States of America); ​Mr Raynold Mfungahema (Tanzania); ​Mr Ahmed Said (Egypt); Mr Dominique Wurges (France); Mr Alexandr Yakovenko (Russian Federation)

• Study Group 5 (Environment and climate change)
  • Chairman: Mr Ahmed Zeddam (France)
  • Vice-chairmen: ​Mr Tariq Alamri (Saudi Arabia); ​Mr Nasser Almarzouqi (United Arab Emirates); Mr Héctor Carril (Argentina); Mr Sam Young Chung (​Korea (Rep. of)); Mr Flavio Cucchietti (Italy); Mr Keith​ Dickerson (United Kingdom); Ms Fatoumata S. Dicko (Mali); Mr Guy-Michel Kouakou (Côte d’Ivoire); Mr Josef Opitz (Germany); Mr Li Xiao (China)

• Study Group 9 (Broadband cable and TV)
  • Chairman: ​Mr Arthur Webster (United States of America)
  • Vice-chairmen: Mr Antoine Michel Boustani (Lebanon); Mr Ayanzhan Shulembaevich Buldybayev (Kazakhstan); Mr Satoshi Miyaji (Japan); Mr Habib Tall (Guinea); Mr Dong Wang (China)

• Study Group 11 (Protocols and test specifications)
  • Chairman: Mr Wei Feng (China)
  • Vice-chairmen: Mr Isaac Boateng (Ghana); Mr Martin Brand (Austria); Mr Shin-Gak Kang (Korea (Rep. of)); Mr Kaoru Kenyoshi (Japan); Mr Dmitry Tarasov (Russian Federation); Mr Horacio Villalobos Tlatempa (Mexico)

• Study Group 12 (Performance, QoS and QoE)
  • Chairman: ​Mr Kwame Baah-Acheamfuor (Ghana)
  • Vice-chairmen: Mr Paul Barrett (United Kingdom); Mr Vincent Barriac (France); Mr Gamal Amin Elsayed (Sudan); Mr Hyung-soo Kim (​Korea (Rep. of)); Mr Al Morton (United States of America); Mr Feng Qi (China); Mr José Guadalupe Rojas Ramírez (Mexico); Mr Akira Takahashi (Japan); Mr Hassan Talib (Morocco)

• Study Group 13 (Future networks)
  • Chairman: Mr Chae-Sub Lee (​Korea (Rep. of))
  • Vice-chairmen: ​Mr Mohamed Al Ramsi (United Arab Emirates); Mr Simon Bugaba (Uganda); ​​​Mr Jamil Chawki (France); Mr Ahmed El Raghy (Egypt); Mr Yoshinori Goto (Japan); Mr Leo Lehmann (Switzerland); Ms Huilan Lu (United States of America); Mr Slaheddine Maaref (Tunisia); Mr Konstantin Trofimov (Russian Federation); Mr Heyuan Xu (China)

• Study Group 15 (Transport and access​)
  • Chairman: Mr Steve Trowbridge (United States of America)
  • Vice-chairmen: Mr Ghani Abbas (United Kingdom); Mr Noriyuki Araki (Japan); Mr Fahad Alfallaj (Saudi Arabia); Mr Viktor Katok (Ukraine); Mr Dan Li (China); Mr Francesco Montalti (Italy); Mr Atilio Eduardo Reggiani (Brazil); Mr Jeong-Dong Ryoo (Korea (Rep. of)); Mr Helmut Schink (Germany)

• Study Group 16 (Multimedia)
  • Chairman: Mr Yushi Naito (Japan)
  • Vice-chairmen: Mr Gaby Daniel (Lebanon); Mr Mohannad El-Megharbel (Egypt); Mr Khusan Isaev (Uzbekistan); Mr Seong-Hoo Jeong (Korea (Rep. of)); Mr Paul Jones (United States of America); Mr Harald Kullmann (Germany); Mr Zhong Luo (China); Mr Ntsibane Ntlaplapa (South Africa)

• Study Group 17 (Security)
  • Chairman: Mr Arkadiy Kremer (Russian Federation)
  • Vice-chairmen: Mr Khalid Belhoul (United Arab Emirates); Mr Antonio Guimaraes (Brazil); Mr Mohamed Mohamed Khair Almobark Elhaj (Sudan); Mr Zhaoji Lin (China); ​Mr Patrick Mwesigwa (Uganda); Mr Koji Nakao (Japan); Mr Mario Germán Fromow Rangel (Mexico); Mr Kemal Sacid Sarikaya (Turkey); Mr Heung-Youl Youm (Korea (Rep. of))

• Telecommunication Standardization Advisory Group (TSAG)
  • Chairman: Mr Bruce Gracie (Canada)
  • Vice-chairmen: Mr Fabio Bigi (Italy); Mr Mohammad Gheyath (United Arab Emirates); Mr Vladimir Minkin (Russian Federation); Mr Matano Ndaro (Kenya); ​Ms Monique Morrow (United States of America); Ms Weiling Xu (China)