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DEVELOPMENT SYMPOSIUM
FOR REGULATORS
20 - 22 November 2000
Geneva, Switzerland
PROGRAMME
Programme of:
MONDAY - TUESDAY -
WEDNESDAY
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MONDAY
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09h00 - 10h30 |
OPENING CEREMONY
Keynote
speakers:
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Yoshio UTSUMI, Secretary-General, ITU
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Hamadoun TOURE, Director, Telecommunication Development Bureau
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William KENNARD, Chairman, US Federal Communications Commission
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Maya Shanker VERMA, Chairman of TRAI, India
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Cuthbert LEKAUKAU, Executive Chairman, Botswana Telecommunications
Authority
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Pierre GAGNE, Executive Secretary of the Symposium
Appointment
of the Chairperson & Vice Chairperson |
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10h30 - 10h50 |
COFFEE BREAK |
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10h50 - 12h00 |
INFORMATION
SESSION
RISE OF NATIONAL REGULATORY AUTHORITIES
Keynote
Presentation:
Presentations by National Regulators
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Mr. G. Frischmann,
President, Hungary
Communication Authority
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Mr. Keng Thai Leong, Director General, IDA, Singapore
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Mr. L.T. Cerasoli, Counsellor of the Governing Board of
ANATEL, Brazil
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Mr. F. Yurdal, Chairman, Telecommunications Authority, Turkey
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Mr. N. R. Buitrago, Executive Director, CRT, Colombia
Moderator: Chairperson
Secretary: Honoré Vignon, Head, Sector Reform Unit, BDT
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12h00 - 14h00 |
LUNCH |
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14h00
- 15h15 |
INFORMATION
SESSION
RISE OF NATIONAL REGULATORY AUTHORITIES
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION
(cont'd)
Panelists:
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Mr. G.
Frischmann, Mr. Keng Thai
Leong, Mr. L.T. Cerasoli, Mr. F. Yurdal,
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Mr. N. R. Buitrago, Mr.
J-M. Hubert
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William Kennard, Chairman, US Federal Communications Commission
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Mr. P. Fischer, Deputy Director General, OFCOM, Switzerland
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Mr. Chun Koo Han, Commissioner, Korea Communications Commission, Korea
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Mr. C. M. Lekaukau, Executive Chairman, Botswana Telecom. Authority,
Botswana
Moderator:
Chairperson
Secretary: Honoré Vignon, Head, Sector Reform Unit, BDT
Question
and Answer Period
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15h15 - 15h35 |
COFFEE
BREAK |
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15h35
- 17h00 |
INFORMATION
SESSION
REGIONAL/INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
Presentations
by Heads of Regional Regulatory Organizations:
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TRASA: E.J. Namanja, Director General, Malawi Communications
Regulatory Authority
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NARUC: Robert Rowe, President, NARUC, USA
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ECTEL: Donnie DeFreitas, Project Manager, OECS Project, St. Lucia
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IRG: Nils Gunnar Billinger, Director General, National Post &
Telecom Agency, Sweden
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ATRC : Hod Parman, Director, Malaysian Communications and
Multimedia Commission
Moderator:
Chairperson
Secretary: Dr. E-J. Kim, Senior Advisor, ITU Regional Officer,
Bangkok, Thailand
Question
& Answer period
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TUESDAY |
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09h00 - 10h15 |
INTERCONNECTION SESSION
TRENDS IN TELECOMMUNICATION REFORM (TTR)
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION
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Opening
Remarks
– S. Schorr, Sector Reform Unit, BDT
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Global Trends in Market Reform
– B. Petrazzini, Strategic Planning Unit, ITU
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Introduction of Authors & Panelists
– S. Schorr, Sector Reform Unit, BDT
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The Importance of Interconnection, Regulatory & Technical Issues
– H. Intven, McCarthy Tetrault, Canada
Panel
of Regulators:
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Peter Fischer, OFCOM,
Switzerland
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Mohamed El Kadiri,
Technical Director, ANRT, Morocco
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Edmundo Matarazzo, ANATEL,
Brazil
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Ravi Kant, TRAI, India
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Guillermo Klein, CNC,
Argentina
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Keng Thai Leong, IDA, Singapore
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Patrick Masambu, Executive
Director, Uganda Communications Commission
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Ari Fitgerald, Deputy
Bureau Chief, US FCC International Bureau
Moderator:
Vice Chairperson
Secretaries:
D. Bogdan-Martin &
N. Sundberg
Sector Reform Unit, BDT
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10h15 - 10h35 |
COFFEE BREAK |
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10h35 - 12h00 |
INTERCONNECTION SESSION
TRENDS IN TELECOMMUNICATION REFORM (TTR)
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION
(cont'd)
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Economic Issues in Interconnection –
D.
Townsend, President, DNTA, USA
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Network Unbundling
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J.
Alden, Freedom Technologies, Inc., USA
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Interconnection/Mobile Networks
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L.
Srivastava, Project Administrator, Strategic Planning Unit, ITU
Moderator:
Vice Chairperson
Secretaries: D. Bogdan-Martin &
N. Sundberg,
Sector Reform Unit, BDT |
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12h00 - 14h00 |
LUNCH |
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14h00
- 15h30 |
INTERCONNECTION SESSION
TRENDS IN TELECOMMUNICATION
REFORM (TTR)
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION
(cont’d)
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Interconnection/Mobile Networks
(cont'd)
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L.
Srivastava, Project Administrator, Strategic Planning Unit, ITU
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Internet
Interconnection – A. Brooks, Reality Engineer, Future Foundation, South Africa
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International Interconnection
– T. Kelly, Coordinator, Strategic Planning Unit, ITU & S. Tanaka,
Telecommunication Standardization Bureau, ITU
Moderator:
Vice Chairperson
Secretaries:
D. Bogdan-Martin
& N. Sundberg, Sector Reform Unit, BDT
Question
and Answer Period
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15h30 16h00 |
COFFEE
BREAK |
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16h00
- 17h00 |
OVERVIEW
OF GENDER PERSPECTIVES
(16h00 – 16h30)
S.
Jorge, Vice President,
DNTA, USA
Moderator: Vice Chairperson
Secretary: Pat Faccin, Head, Fellowships Service, BDT
INTERNET
SESSION
(16h30 – 17h00)
REGULATORY STRATEGIES TO INCREASE INTERNET CONNECTIVITY
Presentations by:
G. Girardet, CTO, UK
J. Vicente Rodríguez,
Ingeniero, Conatel, Venezuela
Moderator: Vice Chairperson
Secretaries: A. Ntoko, Project Manager, EC-DC, BDT |
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WEDNESDAY |
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09h00 - 10h30 |
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Workshop
A
Salle C1 |
Workshop
B
Salle C2 |
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The
Impact of Convergence on Regulators
(Target: all countries)
Keng
Thai Leong, IDA,
Singapore
Willie Currie,
Councillor and Acting CEO, ICASA, South Africa
Luiz Fernando Ferreira Silva,
ANATEL, Brazil
Alison Birkett, Head of Sector, International Regulatory
Aspects, European Commission
Moderator:
Vice Chairperson
Secretary: B. Petrazzini, SPU, ITU |
Institutional
framework, legislative reforms and establishing an independent
regulator
(Target: countries with
no Regulatory Authority)
David
Souter,
Executive Director, CTO, UK
Fred Bigham, Program Director, Industry Canada
Stefan Bernhardt, Telekom-Control, Austria
Vilmar R. Freitas,
ANATEL, Brazil
Moderator:
Chairperson
Secretary:
M. Maniewicz, Head, HRD, BDT |
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10h30 - 12h00 |
SALLE B
WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?
Should the BDT establish a Regulator’s Hotline?
Moderator:
Hamadoun I. Touré,
Director, BDT
Secretary: Susan Schorr, Sector Reform Unit, BDT
CLOSING STATEMENTS |
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GENDER PERSPECTIVE WORKSHOP
14h30 - 17h00
Ensuring
Affordable Access: Gender Perspectives in Telecommunications Policy
Sonia Jorge,
Vice President, DNTA, USA |
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