ITU Regional Workshop on Bridging the Standardization Gap for CIS States

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ITU Regional Workshop on Bridging the Standardization Gap for the Arab and Africa regions and Interactive Training Session
Algiers, Algeria, 26-28 September 2011	Contact: tsbworkshops@itu.int

Programme

The workshop is designed to provide concrete advice and best practices on participation by developing countries in global standards development and building nation standards readiness. It will also examine standards work on key new technologies.

26 September 2011
09:30 - 10:00	Opening Ceremony Welcome and Opening Remarks Zohra Derdouri, President, ARPT, Algeria Malcolm Johnson, Director TSB, ITU [ BIOGRAPHY \| SPEECH ] Addresses H.E Moussa Benhamadi, Ministre de la Poste et des Nouvelles Technologies de L’information et de la Communication H.E Mohamed Benmeradi, Minister of industry Khédija Hamouda Ghariani, Secretary General, Organisation Arabe des Technologies de l’Information et de la Communication
10:00 - 10:30	Coffee Break
10:30 - 12:15	Session 1: ICT Standardization Challenges in the region Objectives: This session will address the challenges of ICT standardization in the region and present the standardization capability of countries in the region on the National Standards Capability Scale. The session will also consider strategies that promote standards in the region. Moderator: Mahgoun Salah, Board Member, ARPT Speakers: Standardization challenges on the countries of the region: Slimane Djematene, Director, ARPT [ BIOGRAPHY \| PRESENTATION ] Current ITU-T Standardization Topics: Bilel Jamoussi, Chief – Study Groups Department, TSB, ITU [ BIOGRAPHY \| PRESENTATION ] Raising Standardization Culture in Developing Countries: El Ebiary Tarek Mohamed, Director Type Approval, National Telecommunication Regulatory Authority, Egypt [ BIOGRAPHY \| PRESENTATION] Le role d’un organe à activité normative , le cas du CETA(Algérie): Mohamed Chaieb Aissaoui, Directeur Général, IANOR [ PRESENTATION] QoS Standard Implementation in Sudan: Hassan Mukhtar and Samir Hassan, Engineers, Telecommunications Corporation (NTC), Sudan [ PRESENTATION]
12:15 - 13:30	Lunch
13:30 - 14:45	Session 2: Overview of ITU Activities in the Region Objectives: This session will present the activities of ITU in the region including the work which is being carried out at the level of the Regional Groups. Moderator: Bessai M’hamed Toufik, Board Member, ARPT Speakers: ITU Activities for the Arab Region: Miloud Ameziane, Head ITU Regional Office, Arab Region [ PRESENTATION] Survey of Standardization Capability of Developing Countries: Vijay Mauree, Programme Co-ordinator, TSB [ BIOGRAPHY \| ABSTRACT \| PRESENTATION ] Activities of ITU Regional Groups in African Region: Abossé Akue-Kpapko, UMEOA [ BIOGRAPHY \| ABSTRACT \| PRESENTATION ]
14:45 - 16:15	Session 3: Hot Standardization Topics for the Region Moderator: Brahimi Zahra, Directrice Etudes, Prospectives et Normalisation, MPTIC Speakers: Adoption of ITU-T standards in the development of networks and services of Tunisie Telecom – advantages and limitations: Slaheddine Maaref, Central Director for Business Strategy, Tunisie Telecom [ BIOGRAPHY \| PRESENTATION ] Cloudy, with a chance for development: Johan Eksteen, Regional Standards Officer, Microsoft [ BIOGRAPHY \| ABSTRACT \| PRESENTATION ] Frequency bands, standards and future trends for mobile applications: Ilham Ghazi, Radiocommunication Engineer, BR, ITU [ ABSTRACT \| PRESENTATION ] Conformity Control Activities - Tunisia Case Study: Sami Trimech, Director of International Cooperation and Marketing, CERT Tunisia [ BIOGRAPHY \| PRESENTATION ]
16:15 - 16:30	Coffee Break
16:30 - 17:45	Session 4: Preventing Counterfeiting and Addressing Conformity and Interoperability Challenges Objectives: The session will provide information on the WTSA-08 Res. 76, WTDC-10 Res. 47 and the Resolution on conformity and interoperability approved at PP-10. It will present the Conformity and Interoperability programme of the standardization sector. The session will also discuss the problem of counterfeit ICT equipment and best practices that can be adopted to curb this issue. Moderator: Slimane Djematene, Director, ARPT [ BIOGRAPHY ] Speakers: ITU Conformity and Interoperability Programme: William McCrum, ITU Consultant [ BIOGRAPHY \| PRESENTATION ] The role of market surveillance and audit in addressing non compliance: William McCrum, ITU Consultant [ BIOGRAPHY \| PRESENTATION ] Conformity assessment and standards: Mohamed Chemani, Head of Standardization Department, ARPT [ BIOGRAPHY \| ABSTRACT \| PRESENTATION ] La contrefaçon dans le droit de la propriété industrielle: Mohamed-Amine Hadjouti, Directeur, INAPI [ PRESENTATION] An appraisal of the Telecom Standard development process in Nigeria: Bashir Gwandu, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Nigeria [ BIOGRAPHY \| ABSTRACT ]
17:45 - 18:00	Session 5: Workshop Closing Session

Interactive Training Session: Standardization Tutorial The session will provide an overview of international standardization (organizations, preparation, participation, management, etc), how to prepare good input contributions and output reports and training in concrete measures for developing countries to participate effectively in ITU-T. The session will introduce the interactive training session and begin the simulated international meeting. Trainer: Gary Fishman, Former ITU-T TSAG Chairman [ BIOGRAPHY ] Download documents for the Interactive Training Session: [ Contributions \| TDs \| Template for Contributions \| Template for TDs ]
18:00 - 18:45	Introduction to Standardization Tutorial Objectives: The session is a preparatory session for the simulation study group meeting which will take place on Day 2. It will provide participants with an overview of international standards meeting and information on how the simulated study group meeting will be carried out. Presentations: Introduction to the Interactive Training Session: Preparation for a Simulated International Standards Meeting [ ABSTRACT \| PRESENTATION ] Decision-Making in ITU-T Meetings [ ABSTRACT \| PRESENTATION ] Gary Fishman, Former ITU-T TSAG Chairman [ BIOGRAPHY ]

27 September 2011
09:00 - 10:00	Effective Participation in International Standards Meetings Gary Fishman, Former ITU-T TSAG Chairman [ BIOGRAPHY \| ABSTRACT \| PRESENTATION ]
10:00 - 10:30	Opening Plenary The simulated study group meeting will begin with an Opening Plenary, including establishment of the agenda and work plan for the remainder of the Interactive Training Session
10:30 - 10:45	Coffee Break
10:45 - 12:30	Standardization Tutorial: Working Parties
12:30 - 13:30	Lunch
13:30 - 15:00	Standardization Tutorial : Working Parties
15:00 - 15:15	Coffee Break
15:15 - 17:30	Closing Plenary

28 September 2011
09:30 - 10:00	Opening Remarks Zohra Derdouri, President, ARPT Bilel Jamoussi, Chief – Study Groups Department, TSB, ITU [ BIOGRAPHY ] Sifeddine Labed, Directeur de la Valorisation, de l’Innovation et du Transfert Technologique Mohamed Djemai, Board Member, ARPT M’hamed Toufik Bessaï, Board Member, ARPT
10:00 - 10:20	Overview of ITU: Bilel Jamoussi, Chief – Study Groups Department, TSB, ITU [ BIOGRAPHY \| PRESENTATION ]
10:20 - 10:40	Overview of ITU-R and ITU-D: Bilel Jamoussi, Chief – Study Groups Department, TSB, ITU [ BIOGRAPHY ]
10:40 - 11:00	Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:45	Overview of ITU-T Bilel Jamoussi, Chief – Study Groups Department, TSB, ITU [ BIOGRAPHY ]
11:45 - 12:00	Technology Watch: Vijay Mauree, Programme Co-ordinator, TSB, ITU [ BIOGRAPHY \| ABSTRACT \| PRESENTATION ]
12:00 - 12:30	Academia participation in ITU-T: Sabrina Camp, Membership and Outreach, TSB, ITU [ BIOGRAPHY \| PRESENTATION ]
12:30 - 12:45	Example of potential collaboration between ITU and Academia on Security Imad H. Elhajj, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, American University of Beirut (AUB) [ BIOGRAPHY \| PRESENTATION ]
12:45 - 13:15	Discussion Panel Moderator: M’hamed Toufik Bessaï, Board Member, ARPT
13:15 - 13: 30	Closing Ceremony: Mohamed Djemai, Board Member, ARPT Bilel Jamoussi, Chief – Study Groups Department, TSB, ITU [ BIOGRAPHY ] Sifeddine Labed, Directeur de la Valorisation, de l’Innovation et du Transfert Technologique M’hamed Toufik Bessaï, Board Member, ARPT
13:30	Lunch