Scope
The N​etwork of Women (NoW4WTDC) encourages gender balance in the activities leading up to the World Telecommunication Development Conference, WTDC. In order to encourage the active participation of women in ITU-D events and promote their equal participation in ITU, six global fireside discussions are being held, hosted by each of the regions, where women delegates will have the chance to get inspiration from ITU’s work, learn more about the processes to effectively participate at WTDC and beyond and learn from each other as role models. From October 2021, the five fireside discussions were hosted by Europe region, Arab region, Africa region, Americas region, and CIS region successfully.

This is the sixth and global final fireside discussion organized by the Network of Women (NoW4WTDC) for Asia and the Pacific, which aims to share ITU’s work on specific areas of ICTs in the regions as well as the support for ITU Membership, thus inspire more women delegates to engage in dynamics ITU works and processes on the topic of “Being a delegate in ITU: what does it imply?”


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Draft Agenda

13:00 –
1​3:05 CEST​
​​Welcome Remarks:

Ms. Atsuko Okuda, Regional Director, ITU Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific ​​

13:05 – 13:10 CEST

Special address:

Ms. Nur Sulyna Abdullah, Chief, Digital Knowledge Hub, Telecommunication Development Bureau, ITU​

13:1013:11 CEST
​Vir​tual group photo
13:1113:55 CEST
Being a delegate in ITU: what does it imply? 

Moderated by:

  • Ms. Lisa Gittos, First Secretary, Cyber and Digital Affairs, Australian Permanent Mission to the UN in Geneva, Advisory Board Member for NoW4WTD
  • Ms. Ke Wang, Deputy Chief Engineer of Planning and Industry Research Institute, CAICT, People's Republic of China and Advisory Board Member for NoW4WTDC

Speakers:

  • Ms. Airisha Strasser, Assistant Director, ITU-T / ITU Council, Department of Infrastructure,
    Transport, Regional Development, and Communications (DITRDC), Australian Government
  • Prof. Pirongrong Ramasoota, Ph.D, Commissioner of the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) 
  • Ms. Caroline Greenway, Independent Expert, Board of the National Information and
    Communications Technology Authority (NICTA), Papua New Guinea
  • Ms. Aisha Humera Moriani, Additional Secretary, Ministry of  Information, Technology and Telecommunication Pakistan
  • Q&A 
13:5514:00 CEST
Closing with key takeaways and next steps 

  • Ms. Lisa Gittos, First Secretary, Cyber and Digital Affairs, Australian Permanent Mission to the UN in Geneva, Advisory Board Member for NoW4WTDC
  • Ms. Ke Wang, Deputy Chief Engineer of Planning and Industry Research Institute, China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT), People's Republic of China, Advisory Board for NoW4WTDC

Word cloud question

  • The moderators invites participants to share one key takeaway word from NoW4WTDC Fireside Discussion on “What can you do to make the network more impactful in the region?“  using words cloud. 
  • The moderator reads out the words for cloud. 

Participation

​Registration

Please complete the online registration here to attend the event: https://www.itu.int/net/CRM/js/sr/C-00011405.

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Event page
For more information, visit the event page at:
https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Conferences/WTDC/WTDC21/NoW/Pages/default.aspx 

Network of Women for WTDC website at:
https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Conferences/WTDC/WTDC21/NoW/Pages/default.aspx

Meeting recording at ITU Webcast at:
https://www.itu.int/webcast/archive2/d2022now

Target audiences

ITU-D Women delegates and members of Network of Women for WTDC

Event Coordinator

Contact Ms. Rury Demsey, Junior Project Officer, ITU Regional Office for Asia-Pacific (rury.demsey@itu.int)

We look forward to you joining us for this online meeting.

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Welcome to the Asia and the Pacific Network of Women for WTDC

NoW4WTDC Fireside Discussion: Being a delegate in ITU: What does it imply?

 Powered by the Network of W​omen​ for WTDC (NoW4WTDC)​ for Asia and the Pacific

 24 May 2022
 13:00 -​ 14:00 CEST