09:30 - 11:00
SESSION 4: SETTING NATIONAL BROADBAND POLICIES,
STRATEGIES AND PLANS
Moderator : Dr A. Badawi, Executive President, National
Telecom Regulatory Authority (NTRA), Egypt
GSR discussion paper
on
setting national broadband policies, strategies and plans, by Mr
R. Horton, Senior
Telecommunications Expert
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presentation
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What is
broadband? What are the characteristics of a
broadband plan,
goals and targets
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Financing the plan and cross-sectoral
considerations: defining the roles
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How to
implement the plan? A decision tree
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Best practices and experiences
Interactive panel discussion
Panelists:
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Ms E. Powell, Permanent
Secretary, Ministry of Public Enterprises,
Communications, Civil Aviation & Tourism, Fiji
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Mr Nurul Yakin Setyabudi, Commissioner,
Indonesian Telecommunication Regulatory Authority,
Indonesia
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H.E. Mr
M. Al Taani,
Chairman of the Board and CEO, Telecommunications
Regulatory Commission (TRC), Jordan
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Mr E. Lazarus, Chief of Staff,
Federal Communications Commission (FCC), United
States
11:00 - 11:15
COFFEE BREAK
11:15 - 12:30
SESSION 5: OPEN ACCESS REGULATION
Moderator: Mr G. Miley Rojas, Member of the Board, Superintendencia de Telecomunicaciones (SUTEL),
Costa Rica
Presentation of the International Telecommunication
Regulations (ITRs) by Mr
M. Fall, Head Regulatory and
Market Division (RME), ITU/BDT
GSR discussion paper
on
open access regulation in the
digital economy, by Mr
D. Rogerson, Director, Incyte
Consulting Ltd.
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presentation
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Making sense of the various concepts: How to ensure
open access in the different layers of the broadband
ecosystem? Understanding the challenges of open
access: What regulatory measures to apply?
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Open access to facilities and infrastructure: latest
regulatory trends
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How to handle traffic management over increasingly
congested wired and wireless networks?
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Open access to e-applications and services (over
content
delivery platform), operating systems and digital
content
Interactive panel discussion
Panelists:
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Mr P. Metzger, Vice Director
Telecom Division, Office fédéral de la communication
(OFCOM), Switzerland
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Mr I. Sanchez, Commissioner, Comisión de Regulación de Comunicaciones (CRC), Colombia
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Mr P. Srihirun, Director,
National Broadcasting and Telecommunications
Commission (NBTC),
Thailand
12:30 - 14:30 NETWORKING
LUNCH
14:30 - 16:00 SESSION 6: FINANCING UNIVERSAL ACCESS/SERVICE TO
BROADBAND
Moderator : Mr Á.
García Castillejo, Board Member, Comisión del Mercado de
las Telecomunicaciones (CMT), Spain
GSR discussion
paper
on
Strategies for financing universal broadband access, by Ms
M. Msimang, Managing Director, Pygma
Consulting
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presentation
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Universal access/service
funding mechanisms: what works – what doesn’t work
for broadband?
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Universal Service Funds: lifting the main roadblocks
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Next steps: fostering universal access to digital
content, e-service and applications and digital
literacy
Interactive panel discussion
Panelists:
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Ms A. Garba, Directrice
Générale, Autorité de Régulation Multisectorielle
(ARM), Niger
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Mr
G. Santiago Thornberry Villarán, Chairman of the Board, Organismo
Supervisor de la Inversión Privada en
Telecomunicaciones (OSIPTEL), Peru
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Ms
J. Exarhakos, Executive
Director, Instituto Dominicano de las
Telecomunicaciones (INDOTEL), Dominican Republic
16:15 - 16:30
COFFEE BREAK
16:30 - 17:30
SESSION 7: E-WASTE AND RECYCLING : WHAT REGULATORS CAN
DO
Moderator : Mr. R. Ashok, Board Member, Telecom
Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), India
GSR discussion paper on
e-Waste whose responsibility?,
by Ms M. Wanjau, Principal Legal Officer, Communications
Commission of Kenya
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presentation
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Defining e-waste: what parts can be recycled?
Hand-held devices such as mobile phones, PCs,
network components, others? What elements should be
considered in e-waste policy and regulation? Whom
does it apply to?
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Environmental and social issues associated with
e-waste and recycling, benefits of reuse and
recycling
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Black markets of mobile phones, what we know, what
can regulators do?
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Understanding the economic impact of e-waste at the national
level, and the trade issues at the regional and
international levels
Interactive panel discussion
Panelists:
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Mr P. VanPercy, Director General,
National Communications Authority (NCA), Ghana
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Dr B. Gwandu, Executive
Commissioner, Nigerian Communications Commission
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Ms
M. Castellanos, Executive
Director, ejecutiva programa Computadores para
Educar Ministerio de Tecnologías de la Información y
las Comunicaciones, Colombia
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