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Ms Cristina Bueti

Counselor of ITU-T Study Group 20 “Internet of things (IoT) and smart cities and communities (SC&C)
ITU - International Telecommunication Union
Participates in 2 items

Cristina Bueti is the ITU Focal Point on Environment and Smart Sustainable Cities. She is also the Counsellor of ITU-T Study Group 20 “Internet of things (IoT) and smart cities and communities (SC&C)” at the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). She also serves as TSB/ITU focal point for Latin America.

Cristina Bueti graduated from the Faculty of Political Science, Law and International Cooperation and Development of the University of Florence, where she completed postgraduate studies in International Cooperation and Telecommunications Law in Europe. She also holds a specialization in Environmental Law with a special focus on Telecommunications.

In 2003, Ms. Bueti built on her academic credentials by completing a specialized course in peace keeping and international cooperation with special focus on telecommunications at the Faculty of Laws, University of Malta, before joining the International Telecommunication Union in Geneva in January 2004.

As part of the International Women's Day 2016, she was named as one of the twenty Geneva-based inspirational women working to protect the environment.


She has authored over 40 reports on telecommunication issues. A native Italian speaker, Cristina is also fluent in English, French and Spanish.

Sessions in which Ms Cristina Bueti participates

Wednesday 1 September, 2021

Time Zone: (GMT+01:00) Brussels
3:15 PM
3:15 PM

Georgios Karagiannis, Huawei Technologies Duesseldorf GmbH (Moderator)

Dušan Chrenek, European Commission (Speaker)

Miguel Angel Gómez Zotano, AIOTI (Speaker)

Dale Seed, InterDigital (Speaker)

Constant Kohler, CEN-CENELEC (Speaker)

Mr. François Coallier, ISO - International Organization for Standarization (Speaker)

Vimal Mahendru, IEC - International Electrotechnical Commission (Speaker)

Ms Cristina Bueti, ITU - International Telecommunication Union (Speaker)

The future technological developments will set several strategic choices related to new value networks and ecosystems, how value is created with...
4:30 PM
4:30 PM
IoT 4 SDGs
1 hour, 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Anna Brékine, Mandat International (Speaker)

Cristina Martínez, European Commission (Speaker)

Ms Cristina Bueti, ITU - International Telecommunication Union (Speaker)

Ms. Renáta Radócz, IoTLab (Moderator)

Mr David Jensen, UNEP (Speaker)

The IoT has the potential to address some of the most acute human, economic and environmental needs. It can also directly contribute to achieving t...