Bilel Jamoussi
A distinguished engineer, leader, and diplomat; multilingual standardization expert and holder of 22 patents, Tunisian born Dr. Bilel Jamoussi has been Chief of the Study Groups Department of ITU Standardization Bureau (TSB) in Geneva Switzerland since 2010.
He has led the coordination of the bureau’s standards moving activities into a new era characterized by digital transformation that needs an increased collaboration with vertical sectors such as healthcare, transportation, utility, and banking.
His innovative approach has served as a catalyst to launch new standards initiatives related to emerging technologies such as IoT, Blockchain, AI and Quantum, attracting a new wave of memberships from non-traditional players.
He has also been credited with bringing the telco and financial sectors together to develop digital payments guidelines and standards with the aim of advancing financial inclusion globally.
Bilel is recognized as a key figure in the ICT industry.
Key achievements under his tenure have been important new standards while effectively managing staff by recruiting new talent, improving gender balance, delivering new work methods, and staying within budget.
Prior to2010, he worked in the private sector for 15 years and held senior executive positions such as Director of Standards for Nortel. In this role he participated in over 90 standards making bodies worldwide. In the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), he authored a number of Internet standards.
As an IEEE Senior Member, he was elected to the IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA) Board of Governors and the IEEE-SA Corporate Advisory Group.
He holds a BSc, MSc and PhD degrees in Computer Engineering from the Pennsylvania State University, USA.
Bilel has lived in Tunisia, Canada, USA, and Switzerland, giving him a unique global viewpoint.He is fluent in Arabic, French, and English and speaks some Spanish and German.
Sessions in which Bilel Jamoussi participates
International Conference Centre of Geneva (CICG) - Room 2
Panel
Bilel Jamoussi, International Telecommunication Union (ITU) (Moderator)
Dave Raggett, W3C (Participant)
Patrick Guillemin, AIOTI - ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute) (Participant)
Samita Chakrabarti, IETF - 6Lo (Potential)
Athinas Trakas, Open Geospatial (Potential)
Omar Elloumi, Nokia (Participant)
Gabriel Montenegro, Microsoft (Potential)
Patrick Wetterwald, Cisco (Participant)
Nelson Malaguti, International Telecommunication Union (ITU) (Participant)
International Conference Centre of Geneva (CICG) - Room 2
Keynote
Sébastien Ziegler, Mandat International (Moderator)
Achime Malick NDIAYE, SG20 (Potential)
Guy-Michel KOUAKOU, SG20 (Potential)
Gabriel Antonio Marao, Brazilian IoT Forum (Potential)
Marimuthu Swami Palaniswami, University of Melbourne (Potential)
Chaesub Lee, COLLCOMM (Participant)
Antonio Hodgers, Canton of Geneva (Participant)
Bilel Jamoussi, International Telecommunication Union (ITU) (Moderator)
Nasser Saleh Al Marzouqi, ITU-T Study Group 20 Internet of Things (IoT) and Smart Cities and Communities (SC&C) (Participant)
Ricardo Rivera, BNDES (Participant)
Marimuthu Swami Palaniswami, University of Melbourne (Participant)
Aliaksei Andruschevich, iHomeLab, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts / SwissIQ GmbH (Participant)
Alexandre Martin, Siemens (Participant)
Ziqin Sang, ITU-T Study Group on IoT and Smart Cities and Communities (SG20), Wuhan Research Institute of Posts and Telecommunications (Participant)
Shirin Enshaeifar, University of Surrey (Participant)
Ms Cristina Bueti, ITU - International Telecommunication Union (Participant)
Martin Brynskov, Aarhus University (Participant)
International Conference Centre of Geneva (CICG) - Room 2
Keynote
Bilel Jamoussi, International Telecommunication Union (ITU) (Participant)
Sébastien Ziegler, Mandat International (Moderator)
Mikel Larrañaga Negro, IK4-TEKNIKER (Participant)
Kees van der Klauw, Alliance for Internet of Things Innovation (AIOTI) (Participant)
Nabil Abdennadher, HES-SO (University of Applied Sciences of Western Switzerland) (Participant)
Antonio Skarmeta, Universidad de Murcia (Participant)