Connect2Recover Building Back Better with Broadband - Webinar Agenda

09:50​-10:05
(NYC -5 GMT)​

​​
15:50 – 16:05
(CEST​)

Welcome Remarks​

• Ms Doreen Bogdan-Martin, Director of the Telecommunication Development Bureau, ITU
• Mr Yamaguchi​ Norifumi, Director, Technical Cooperation, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC), Japan
• H.E Dr. Ali H. Alghamdi, ​Health C​​​​onsultant, King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSRelief), Saudi Arabia

​10:05-10:20
(NYC -5 GMT)

16:05 – 16:20
(CEST)

Connect2Recover Initiative : Mr. Sameer Sharma, Senior Advisor, ITU

Building resilience for future pandemics: Mr. Paul Garnett, CEO, The Vernonburg Group

10:20-11:10
(NYC -5 GMT)

16:20 – 17:10
(CEST)

Building resilience for future pandemics

Moderator : Mr. Sameer Sharma, Senior Advisor, ITU

• Overview of Connectivity status of LDCs: Ms. Ida Jallow, Senior Liaison Officer, ITU Liaison Office to the United Nations
  
• Reg4Covid: Ms Sofie Maddens, Regulatory and Market Environment Division, (RME), ITU
• ITU-D guidelines to develop ICT contingency plans for pandemicsEmergency telecommunications, disaster management & resilience​: Ms Vanessa Gray, Environment and Emergency Telecommunications Division, ITU
• Country representatives from LDCs:
  • Mr. Gregory Domond, Regulatory Representative, CONATEL, Haiti
  • Mr. Angelos Munezero, Public Sector Digitalization Analyst, Ministry of ICT and Innovation Rwanda

​​11:10-11:20
(NYC -5 GMT)

17:10 – 17:20
(CEST)

Concluding Remarks : Mr. Alex Wong, Chief, Special Initiatives, Office of the Director, BDT, ITU​