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Programme

ITU-D Regional Development Forum for the Europe and CIS Region:
"NGN and Broadband"

Chisinau (Moldova)
4-6 May 2010

 

Day 1 - Day 2 - Day 3

Day 1 (4 May 2010)

09:30 – 10:00 hours

Opening Ceremony

Opening remarks:

  • Host country
  • Chairman of the Forum
  • Representative of ITU

Coffee break: 10:00 – 10:30 hours

Hosted by:

 

10:30 – 12:00 hours

Orientation Session: New Telecommunication Technologies bridging the Digital Divide for Developing Countries

Session Chairman: Representative of the Moldova Administration

Objectives: This session will focus on NGN and Broadband new technologies as tool for bridging the Digital Divide for Developing Countries.  

  • New Telecommunication Technologies bridging the Digital Divide: John Visser (Consultant)
    [ BIOGRAPHY | ABSTRACT | PRESENTATION ]
  • Radiocommunications and Digital Divide:  Alexandre Vassiliev (ITU/BR)
    [ BIOGRAPHY | ABSTRACT | PRESENTATION ]
  • Trends in ICTs development: Anatoliy A. Kopylov (Training Institute of the Moscow Technical University for Communications and Informatics)
    [ BIOGRAPHY | ABSTRACT | PRESENTATION ]
Lunch break: 12:00 - 13:30 hours

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13:30 - 15:00 hours

Session 1: EUR and CIS Regional Developmental issues and Regional Initiatives on NGN and Broadband

Session Chairman: Orozobek Kaiykov (Head, ITU Area Office for CIS)

Objectives: This session will focus on ITU-D activities on NGN and Broadband with special reference to Regional Initiatives. The activities of the ITU-D Regional Office and experiences in the Region will be highlighted.

  • The ITU-D Sector Regional Initiatives and Activities for EUR and CIS : Orozobek Kaiykov (ITU/BDT) and Svein Tenningas (ITU/BDT, Coordination EUR)
    [ BIOGRAPHY | ABSTRACT | PRESENTATION ]

  • ITU-D Activities on Broadband and NGN: Riccardo Passerini (ITU/BDT)
    [ BIOGRAPHY | ABSTRACT | PRESENTATION ]
  • Perspectives of the Russian market of broadband access: Svetlana Yarlikova (ZNIIS, Russian Federation)
    [ BIOGRAPHY | ABSTRACT | PRESENTATION ]
  • Development of Broadband in the Republic of Moldova: Pavel Sincariuc and Denis Dotenco (Ministry of Information Technologies and Communication)
    [ BIOGRAPHY 1 | BIOGRAPHY 2 | ABSTRACT | PRESENTATION ]
Coffee break : 15:00 – 15:30 hours

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15:30 - 17:30 hours

Session 2: ITU Standardization Activities on NGN and Broadband

Session Chairman: Albert Nalbandian (CPM-11 Chairman, Advisor to Minister of Transport and Communication of the Republic of Armenia)

Objectives: This session will present an overview of current standardization topics from ITU Sectors.

  • ITU-T Standardization Activities and External organizations: John Visser (Consultant)
    [ BIOGRAPHY | ABSTRACT | PRESENTATION ]
  • ITU-R Standards on Broadband Wireless Access:  Alexandre Vassiliev (ITU/BR)
    [ BIOGRAPHY | ABSTRACT | PRESENTATION ]
  • WRC as means to facilitate further development of the Broadband Wireless: Albert Nalbandian (CPM-11 Chairman, Advisor to Minister of Transport and Communication of the Republic of Armenia)
    [ BIOGRAPHY | ABSTRACT | PRESENTATION ]
  • ITU-T Standards and activities for bridging the Digital Divide: Boguslaw Georges Sebek (ITU/TSB)
    [ BIOGRAPHY | ABSTRACT | PRESENTATION ]
Dinner: 18:30 hours

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Day 1 - Day 2 - Day 3

Day 2 (5 May 2010)

8:30 – 11:00 hours

Session 3: Broadband Wireless Access Technologies and Solutions

Session Chairman: Alexandre Vassiliev (ITU/BR))

Objectives: This session will discuss the status of BWA deployment in the Region. The role of technology, policy and enabling regulatory environment for encouraging widescale deployment of broadband in the Region will be also discussed.

  • Broadband deployments and products: Christoph Legutko (Intel)
    [ BIOGRAPHY | ABSTRACT | PRESENTATION ]
  • Broadband Access Network Planning: Case Studies from the Region: Ignat Stanev (Assoc. Professor, HCTP, Bulgaria, ITC Member)
    [ BIOGRAPHY | ABSTRACT | PRESENTATION ]
  • Overview of Broadband Wireless Technologies: Albert Nalbandian (CPM-11 Chairman, Advisor to Minister of Transport and Communication of the Republic of Armenia)
    [ BIOGRAPHY | ABSTRACT | PRESENTATION ]
  • Broadband systems' features, Statistics and Customer Expectations: Christoph Legutko (Intel)
    [ BIOGRAPHY | ABSTRACT Part 1 Part 2 | PRESENTATION: Part 1 - Part 2 ]
  • Wireless access system evolution: Anatoliy A. Kopylov (Training Institute of the Moscow Technical University for Communications and Informatics)
    [ BIOGRAPHY | ABSTRACT | PRESENTATION ]
  • Architecture of broadband access network - modern vision: Svetlana Yarlikova (ZNIIS, Russian Federation)
    [ BIOGRAPHY | ABSTRACT | PRESENTATION ]
Coffee break: 11:00 – 11:30 hours

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11:30 – 14:00 hours

Session 4: Trends of NGN Technology and Migration Aspects

Session Chairman: Nikolay Sokolov (St. Petersburg Telecommunication University)

Objectives: This session will present the evolution of NGN and future perspectives in the relevant access technologies, service and network architecture with special focus on convergence. The evolution of the network architecture towards NGN (IMS based or otherwise), cases studies and scenarios taking into consideration the relevant business models and opportunities will be highlighted.

  • Benefit of using appropriate planning tools for Broadband and NGN: Ignat Stanev (Assoc. Professor, HCTP, Bulgaria, ITC Member)
    [ BIOGRAPHY | ABSTRACT | PRESENTATION ]
  • Overview and Progress in implementing next generation networks: John Visser (Consultant)
    [ BIOGRAPHY | ABSTRACT | PRESENTATION ]
  • NGN Planning and Migration Paths for Developing Countries: Natasa Gospic (University of Belgrade)
    [ BIOGRAPHY | ABSTRACT | PRESENTATION ]
  • The evolution of core transport networks and access technologies: Nickolay Biryukov (Ukrainian Research Institute of Communications)
    [ BIOGRAPHY | ABSTRACT | PRESENTATION ]
  • Next generation network planning, Part 1: Methodological aspects, Part 2: Computer-oriented methods: Nikolay Sokolov (St. Petersburg Telecommunication University)
    [ BIOGRAPHY | ABSTRACT | PRESENTATION: Part 1 - Part 2 ]
Lunch break: 14:00 - 15:00 hours

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15:00 – 16:30 hours

Session 5: NGN and Broadband: Policy and Regulatory Aspects

Session Chairman: Anatoliy Kopylov (Training Institute of the Moscow Technical University for Communications and Informatics)

Objectives: This session will focus on the challenges that the policy makers and regulators face while considering introduction of NGN and Broadband technologies. Current regulatory frameworks based on technologies and/or service specific licenses have limitations. In order to ensure investment in NGN and Broadband, regulators need to encourage conditions, which lowers entry barriers, promotes competition and encourage investment in infrastructure.

Coffee break: 16:30 – 17:00 hours

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17:00 – 18:00 hours

Session 6: Interconnection, Interoperability and Security Aspects in NGN

Session Chairman: Svein Tenningas (ITU/BDT, Coordination EUR)

Objectives: This session will present the common requirements needed to allow for vendor product interoperability, conformance testing Recommendations and network interconnection.  Moreover, Number Portability and Network Address, Translation and Protocol Translation issues will be considered as well as Interconnection of NGN and legacy networks. This session will also provide an overview of security standards and current security standardization work. Security topics will include technologies and convergence.

  • NGN migration in developing countries - Interconnection challenges, role of CBC and IX: Satya N. Gupta (BT Global Services)
    [ BIOGRAPHY | ABSTRACT | PRESENTATION ]
  • WTSA-08 Resolution 76: Conformance and Interoperability:  Boguslaw Georges Sebek (ITU/TSB)
    [ BIOGRAPHY | ABSTRACT | PRESENTATION ]
Dinner: 18:30 hours

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Day 1 - Day 2 - Day 3

Day 3 (6 May 2010)

8:30 – 10:30 hours

Session 7: NGN and Broadband, new services and applications

Session Chairman: Nickolay Biryukov (Ukrainian Research Institute of Communications)

Objectives: This session will address applications and new services offered by NGN and broadband due to convergence. These applications and services provide opportunities to the service providers for offering new revenue generating services as well as for offering new competitive service for consumers.

Coffee break: 10:30 – 10:45 hours

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10:45 – 13:15 hours

Session 8: NGN and Broadband, Opportunities and Challenges

Session Chairman: Boguslaw Georges Sebek (ITU/TSB)

Objectives: NGN provides a number of opportunities for variety of businesses. Those include service providers, application providers, transport providers in the access and the backbone. NGN also provides mechanisms to offer services to residential and business users as well as to re-sellers. Challenges arise from a number of sources like competition,   implementation costs, changing marketplaces, complex migration scenarios and regulatory uncertainties. This session aims to provide a state-of-the-art overview on global trends with a focus on Region from different perspectives. This session will present some of the challenges and problems related to the implementation of Broadband Wireless Networks. Security and aspects related to Infrastructure sharing will be analysed.

  • Economic Impact of Broadband Implementation: Service bandwidth upgrade and Broadband access technology: Ignat Stanev (Assoc. Professor, HCTP, Bulgaria, ITC Member)
    [ BIOGRAPHY | ABSTRACT | PRESENTATION ]
  • Infrastructure sharing for Broadband Deployment: Satya N. Gupta (BT Global Services)
    [
    BIOGRAPHY | ABSTRACT | PRESENTATION ]
  • Broadband as an enabler for new services and economic growth for all: Divna Vuckovic (Ericsson)
    [ BIOGRAPHY | ABSTRACT | PRESENTATION ]
  • Use NGN networks to provide information and financial services to individual customers: Alexei Chamaiko (Intervale, Russian Federation)
    [
    BIOGRAPHY | ABSTRACT | PRESENTATION ]
  • Situational Network resource management and data transmission: Stepanenko Oleksandr Volodimirovich (Odessa National Academy of Telecommunications)
    [ BIOGRAPHY | ABSTRACT | PRESENTATION ]
  • Mobile HD Voice: Liudmila climoc (Orange Moldova)
    [ BIOGRAPHY | ABSTRACT | PRESENTATION ]
Lunch break: 13:15 - 14:15 hours

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14:15 – 15:45 hours

Session 8 (cont.): NGN and Broadband, Opportunities and Challenges

Coffee break: 15:45 – 16:15 hours

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16:15 – 18:00 hours

Session 9: Panel Discussion

Ways Forward: How to foster the development of NGN and Broadband in the Region?

Session Chairman: Representative of the Moldova Administration

Moderator: John Visser

Objectives: This discussion aims to examine experience and lessons learned in the Region, and how the points raised in this Forum may be applied to address specific problems encountered or anticipated. The Forum will close with a brief summation by the Chairman of the Forum

Panelists:
- Divna Vuckovic (Ericsson):
Experience in supporting operators in fostering broadband and NGN development and related services. The importance of convergence
- Peter Zidar (UMTS Forum): Operators experience and path for introducing new technology for the development of Broadband in the Region
- Denis Dotenco: (Republic of Moldova) Challenges and Actions for facilitating the development of Broadband in the Region
- Alexandre Vassiliev, Boguslaw Georges Sebek, Riccardo Passerini  (ITU
): ITU assisting the developing countries for the development of NGN and Broadband in the Region; Unified Standards, Spectrum allocation, Wireless Broadband development and operation
- Ignat Stanev (ITC, Bulgaria):
Use of Network Planning Tools  to  facilitate the development of NGN and Broadband  in the Region
- Satya Gupta (BT Global Services, India
): How Policy makers and Regulatory bodies can facilitate the development of NGN and Broadband in the Region
- Natasa Gospic (University of Belgrade):  Universal Service, Opportunity for development Broadband in the Region  
- John Visser (ITU Consultant): From PSTN/ISDN to NGN Migration, how to select the right strategy 
- Svetlana Yarlikova (Russian Federation): Perspective of the market for Broadband access in the Region
- Jerome Poulnin (Orange Moldova): Moldova experience on HD Voice and Mobile Broadband

18:00 – 18:30 hours

Closing Ceremony

  • Closing Remarks: ITU/BDT
  • Closing Remarks: Host Country
19:00 hours: Official Reception Offered by the Ministry of Information Technology and Communications on the occasion of the ITU-D Regional Development Forums 2010 on NGN and Broadband

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