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Provisional Agenda Session 2

​​Program Agenda : Session 2

10:00 – 10:10

​Session Moderator: Ms Atsuko Okuda, Regional Director, ITU Regional Office for Asia-Pacific

 

Welcoming Remarks 
  • Mr Stephen Bereaux, Deputy to the Director BDT, ITU
  • Mr Christopher Fabian, Giga Lead, UNICEF

 




10:10 – 10:50
Introduction on the Foundational Pillars Giga
  • Introduction to Giga
  • E-learning approaches
  • Financing Instruments for development

Presenters:

  • ​Mr Alex Wong, BDT Senior Strategy Advisor, Giga Lead, ITU and Mr Christopher Fabian, Giga Lead, UNICEF, (Presentation)
  • Ms Auken Tungatarova, Programme Officer, UNESCO Bangkok, (Presentation)
  • Mr Thomas E. Abell, Advisor SDCC and Chief of Digital Technology for Development, ADB​ (Presentation)
  • Mr Vincent Wierda, Lead – Energy, Regional Coordinator for Asia, UNCDF, (Presentation)​
10:50 - 11:30Aspiration on Future Education: Country presentation
  • State of school connectivity
  • Availability or level of adoption of smart learning solutions  and digital  learning content in connected schools
  • Availability of financing instrument to support digital connectivity

Presenters:

  • Mr. Dawa Phunsum Lodey, Department of IT & Telecom, Ministry of Information & Communications, Bhutan
  • Mr. Adnan Ashraf Qazi, Ministry of Information Technology & Telecommunication, Pakistan
11:30 - 11:50
Q&A Session and open discussion on Giga

Moderator : Mr Sean Doral, Program Officer, ITU

Panelist:

  • Mr. Alex Wong, BDT Senior Strategy Advisor, ITU​
11:50 - 11:55Presentation on ASP RO Proposal for Giga ASP: The step forward
  • ​Ms Atsuko Okuda, Regional Director, ITU Regional Office for Asia-Pacific​ (Presentation)
11:55 - 12:00Concluding Remarks
  • Ms Atsuko Okuda, Regional Director, ITU Regional Office for Asia-Pacific
  • Representative from UNICEF