Ageing is one of the greatest social and economic challenges of the 21st century for European societies. It will affect all EU countries and most policy areas. By 2025 more than 20% of Europeans will be 65 or over, with a particularly rapid increase in the number of persons over 80. The ageing of Europe, also known as the greying of Europe, has become a demographic phenomenon on our continent characterized by a decrease in fertility, a decrease in mortality rate, and a higher life expectancy among European populations. The fact that people are living longer is a testament to advances in health care and nutrition, and advocates emphasize that the elderly should be seen not as a burden but as a resource. Active and healthy ageing is a challenge shared by all European countries and it offers Europe an opportunity to establish itself as a global leader capable of providing innovative responses to this challenge. By addressing this market, European Standardization could take important steps to address those businesses looking into older people’s needs. Creating customized services and technologies for the use of the ageing society will soon be necessary. This is an opportunity not to be missed by the European industry. This new economic and industrial sector will greatly promote growth and jobs in the coming years. Standardization in support of the ‘silver economy’ will foster the development of new technologies to accommodate the ageing community, strengthen the international collaboration and identify key business opportunities in fields covering the needs of elderly person. The theme ‘How standardization can support the silver economy’ covers various items, which are high on the political agenda and some of which will be discussed in parallel sessions.

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The 2nd Small Cell LTE Plugfest will be held from 23 June to 02 July 2014 and is organised by the Small Cell Forum, in partnership with ETSI, and will be hosted by the ORANGE Labs in Paris.

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ETSI M2M community and DG Connect are organizing a workshop on 27-28 May 2014 in Brussels. For a sustainable, secure and smart society, smart appliances for energy efficient buildings and smart homes become essential. However, all projects show a cost barrier at connecting sensors, appliances and actuators.

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LTE Conference 2014 was organized by Bharat Exhibitions on 8th May 2014. It was the 6th edition of the LTE Conference in India supported by 3GPP. Mr. Adrian Scrase ETSI CTO along with SESEI were distinguished speakers at the conference inaugural session. The LTE India conference is being organised since 2010 to propagate the LTE Technologies and standardization efforts being carried out by ETSI in India.

Very relevant topic were identified for discussion at the conference focusing on the end user, which all services will capitalize and drive the future of mobile internet also known as Wireless Broadband and how Government can further exhilarate and support in providing infrastructure in creating LTE device ecosystem.

Mr. Scrase stated that, in terms of the standards, LTE-Advanced is already mature, with 3GPP Release 12 adding significant improvements for densely populated areas, for improved performance and for the addition of features for use cases in other fields, including specific work items on critical communications and machine-to-machine communications. In North America, we have seen spectacular LTE developments, and in Asia, some countries – notably Korea – have been equally bold. In China and India, we are seeing the start of LTE availability, and with these two massive markets joining in, the GSMA has predicted that Asia will have one half of all global LTE connections by 2017.

SESEI in his address in the inaugural ceremony applauded the International conference as it provides an excellent and remarkable interactive platform to the Telecom industry professionals in the form of conference since last one decade. SESEI as an enthusiastic of standards development, its global harmonization strongly advocated for a dialogue between India and European standards bodies. SESEI re-emphasized the strong need for India to participate and contribute towards development of standards especially for technologies shaping our world.

SESEI also utilized this opportunity and presence of Mr. Adrian Scrase to organize meetings with senior officials from Department of Telecom, Bureau of Indian Standards and discussed updates around Indian standardization activities, telecom standardization body TSDSI progress, TSDSI joining 3GPP as an Observer, standards adoption and ensured close cooperation required to take the relation to next level. Meetings with existing ETSI Members in India were also organized to strengthen the existing membership, providing them updates on ETSIs’ latest standardization activities, and exchange of fruitful dialogue around topic of mutual interest and relevance in Indian Context etc.

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The rise of telemedicine services depends on the ubiquitous digitalisation of all sectors of society. Telemedicine is now harvesting the results of the digital revolution, but according to the World Health Organisation, only 8% of patients today enjoy access to telemedicine (telecare, telemonitoring).

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StandarDays give a clear and structured overview of the European Standardization System, of the CEN and CENELEC products and processes, as well as the benefits of involvement to potential stakeholders..

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Directive 2012/27/EU on energy efficiency was adopted in October 2012. The Directive establishes a common framework of measures in order to ensure the achievement of the EU’s 2020 energy efficiency target of 20% and paves the way for further energy efficiency improvements beyond that date.

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SESEI was invited to give a guest lecture on M2M at Amity Institute of Telecom Engg. & Management, Amity University. Audiences were being comprised of Professors, B.Tech and MBA students from Telecom and IT.
SESEI took this opportunity to present a) What are standards & why are they important? b)M2M background c) ETSI M2M => Smart M2M and d) oneM2M Partnership Project. Presentation was followed by an interactive Q&A from the audiences.

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With the aim to bring forward the critical issues and challenges being faced by the industry and apprise all about the future technologies on the anvil, the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), along with its Seconded European Standards Expert in India (SESEI), Industry, Association and Administration is organizing a Conference on “Indo-European Dialogue on ICT Standards & Emerging Technologies”, on 13 March 2014 at Le Meridien, New Delhi and a focused half-day Workshop on “Security and Energy Efficiency” on 14th March 2014.

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SESEI was invited to be a keynote speaker at the PTCIF organized event themed ‘Challenges in Telecom’ held on 21 February 2014, New Delhi. SESEI addressed the gathering on the growing need of securing ICT systems. The key points of his address are;

– In a world where mobile connectivity and digital communication have become part of our everyday life, privacy, data protection and cybersecurity issues becomes extremely essential.

– ETSI has developed a unique expertise in standardizing secure communication technologies, building in encryption techniques and fraud prevention mechanisms.

– ETSI’s standardization activities cover a broad spectrum of security issues, from lawful interception (LI) to algorithms, from electronic signatures to smart cards, and they relate to every aspect of ICT. In addition, ETSI is working towards the establishment of effective telecommunications systems to protect citizens in an emergency and on security issues in Next Generation Networks, Machine to Machine, Intelligent Transport Systems and Quantum Cryptography among others.