Cybersecurity and sustainability for Asia-Pacific satellite broadcasters
About
Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development (AIBD) has been leading Sustainability for the Broadcast and Media sector in the Asia-Pacific region (APAC) and beyond. Sustainability in broadcast and connected digital media is not an easy concept to explain briefly as it is a complex subject.
Simply it considers the life cycle – origin to consumption, from extracting raw materials to designing and manufacturing products and services that have value. It includes using components/products that do not pollute or damage the environment either in use or at the end of use, and it considers the energy, materials and water used to make the products, as well as waste management.
In addition, human factors cannot be ignored, such as whether child labour was used in production and whether any landfill waste has contaminated water supplies that may in turn affect humans and our food chain. This presentation will outline the drivers of sustainability. The presentation will highlight sustainability actions are not cost centres as most of the time it is portrayed.
Planning and working to achieve sustainability is an essential and inevitable strategic focus that all broadcast and media intuitions should have including the general public who consume broadcast and media content. Learn how you can learn and what role you can play as a global citizen to reduce carbon footprint and climate impact by being a stakeholder of the broadcast and media ecosystem.
30 Aug 2024
7:00pm - 9:00pm
Organiser
- Malaysia Local Network
Registration information
If you have any enquiries, please contact Fauzan Baharudin at fauzan.baharudin@ietvolunteer.org or Ir. Victor Nagesparan at nagesparan.ainarappan@ietvolunteer.org
Speakers
Dr Amal Punchihewa
ITU Expert, ICT, Broadcast & Media Researcher, Advisor, Trainer, Educator, Consultant
Dr Amal Punchihewa is a researcher, educator, advisor and consultant in ICT, Media, and Broadcasting with close to four decades of experience in the industry, academia, and research. Amal graduated from the University of Moratuwa specialising in Electronics and Telecommunications, Master of Electronics Engineering from the Technical University of Eindhoven, the Netherlands and PhD from Massey University in New Zealand. He was a Chartered Engineer and Fellow of the Institution of Engineering Sri Lanka. He was a member of the Computer Society of Sri Lanka. Currently, he is a life member of the Sri Lanka Association for Advancement of Science, a Chartered Professional Engineer and Fellow of IET (UK), a Fellow of Engineering New Zealand and a senior member of IEEE (USA). He is also a distinguished lecturer of the IEEE-Broadcast Technology Society.
Amal has served academia, research and the industry. During his four-year secondment to Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation, he spearheaded the introduction of NICAM stereo and multi-lingual sound broadcasting and the second programme channel. He was a recipient of the IESL Wimalsurendra Award for on-the-job Research. He has published over 100 peer-reviewed papers in reputed journals and conference proceedings in addition to three books, five book chapters and many books edited.
Amal facilitates and advocates technical guidelines and standards, and provides expertise related to the convergence of media, and evolving technology needs. He advises professional communities and explains the trends that shape the media, to empower media & ICT stakeholders to continue to make good strategic decisions. Currently, he volunteers as the Chair of the Engineering New Zealand Manawatu Branch, STEM Ambassador and a Mentor of emerging engineers and the Deputy Chair of IET Wellington and South Island. He is also the Technical Advisor of the AIBD.