Tuesday, 14 September 2021 (9:00 - 12:00 GMT-4 / 15:00 - 18:00 CET)
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| 09:00 – 09:05 | Introduction - Ms. Maritza Delgado, Programme Officer, Telecommunications Development Bureau, ITU (Biography)
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| 09:05 – 09:15 | Opening Remarks - Mr. Bruno Ramos, Regional Director for the Americas Regional Office, ITU (Biography)
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09:15 – 10:00 | Session 1 - Role of ICTs in Disaster Risk Reduction and Disaster Management This session addressed the significant role of ICTs in disaster prevention, mitigation response and recovery. It presented discussions on the need for the timely, predictable, and effective information which is much needed by government agencies and other humanitarian actors involved in rescue operations and decision-making processes. During this session the Output Report on ITU-D Q5/2 on Utilizing telecommunications/ICTs for disaster risk reduction and management was presented. This presentation highlighted the importance of enhancing the use of ICTs for disaster management and risk reduction. Moderator: Mr. Sylvester Cadette, Programme Officer, Area Office in Bridgetown, ITU (Biography) - Ms. Kelly O'keefe, Co-Rapporteur for ITU-D SG2 Q5/2 (Biography)
- Mr. Sanjeev Banzal, Co-Rapporteur for ITU-D SG2 Q5/2 (Biography)
Panelists: - Mr. Gregory Domond, Consultant, Conseil National des Télécommunications (CONATEL), Haiti(Biography, Presentation)
- Ms. Lizania Perez, Executive Secretary, Comisión Técnica Regional de Telecomunicaciones (COMTELCA) (Biography, Presentation)
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10:00 – 11:00 | Session 2 - The importance of Developing a National Emergency Telecommunication Plans (NETP) including Policy and Regulatory Frameworks on use of Telecom/ICTs in Emergency and Disaster Management in the Americas Region.
This session addressed Disaster Management in the context of the four phases (mitigation, preparedness, response, recovery) of National Emergency Telecommunication Plans; the ITU Guidelines for National Emergency Telecommunication Plans; ITU Online Emergency Telecommunications Tool Kit and the modality for developing a National Emergency Telecommunications Plan and stakeholder coordination. It also addressed opportunities and challenges in the adoption and implementation of NETP at the national level.
Moderator: Mr. Juan Roldan, ITU expert (Biography) Panelists: - Mr. Lawrence Nervais, Director, Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL) (Biography)
- Mr. Bennette Thomas, Director of Telecommunications and Primary Technical Advisor to the Minister and the Cabinet of the Commonwealth of Dominica (Biography, Presentation)
- Ms. Patricia Falconi Castillo, Undersecretary, Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Society (MINTEL), Ecuador (Biography, Presentation)
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11:00 – 11:50 | Session 3 - Tampere Convention
This session discussed opportunities and benefits of the Tampere Convention and its ratification process. It highlighted the importance of regional and national coordination, the challenges of importing ICT equipment and the importance of the Tampere Convention. Keynote: Ms. Maritza Delgado, Programme Officer, Telecommunications Development Bureau, ITU (Biography)
Panelists: - Mr. Clifford Bostic, Chief Telecommunications Officer (Ag) at Telecommunications Unit, Ministry of Innovation Science and Smart Technology, Barbados (Biography, Presentation)
- Ms. Virginie Bohl, Coordinator, IMPACCT Working Group (Biography, Presentation)
- Mr. Alan Kuresevic, Managing Director, SES Techcom (Biography, Presentation)
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11:50 – 12:00 | Wrap up of the Day’s sessions and close by Moderator |
Wednesday, 15 September 2021 (9:00 - 12:00 GMT-4 / 15:00 - 18:00 CET) |
09:00 – 10:30 | Session 4 - The importance of early warning systems and the Common Alerting Protocol (CAP)
The session addressed the significance of CAP in exchanging all-hazard emergency alerts and public warnings over all kinds of ICT networks; the importance of consistent warning messages and its dissemination simultaneously over many different warning systems and increasing warning effectiveness. The session further highlighted the benefits of CAP and shared best practices and lessons learned on how to create an enabling environment for leveraging CAP.
Moderator: Mr. Rodrigo Robles, Programme Officer, Americas Regional Office, ITU (Biography) Panelists: - Mr. Horacio Villalobos Tlatempa, General Director of Technical RegulationFederal Telecommunications Institute (IFT), (Biography, Presentation)
- Ms. May Wu, Senior Systems Engineer, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)(Biography, Presentation)
- Dr. David Farrell, Principal , Caribbean Institute for Meteorology & Hydrology, (CIMH) (Biography)
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10:30 -11:50 | Session 5 - The Priority and Importance of Drills and Exercises to National Emergency Telecommunications Planning The objective of this session was to highlight the priority of conducting drills and exercises and their importance to implementing and updating a national emergency telecommunications plan, which is scalable. It was also to increase awareness about the need for inter-agency coordination in disaster preparedness and response, to highlight the need for clear coordination structures and engagement with telecommunication service providers, media agencies, telecommunications bodies, meteorological and seismology service, and disaster management authorities. Moderator: Mr. Joseph Burton, Counselor for Technology and Security Policy, U.S. Department of State, Office of International Communications and Information Policy Federal Communications Commission (Biography) Panelists: - Ms. Ria Sen, Lead Preparedness Officer, Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC), World Food Programme (Biography, Presentation)
- Mr. Julian Alberto Garcia Roman, Deputy Technical Director and Communications Manager, Emergency Operations Centre, Dominican Republic (Biography, Presentation)
- Mr. Christopher Anderson, Principal Advisor for National Security and Emergency Preparedness, Lumen (Biography, Presentation)
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11:50 – 12:00 | Wrap up of the session and close by Moderator |
Thursday, 16 September 2021 (9:00 - 12:00 GMT-4 / 15:00 - 18:00 CET)
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09:00 – 10:00 | Session 6 - New Technologies for Disaster Risk Reduction This session identified innovative IT and ICT solutions to provide connectivity, as well as emergency services when disasters strike. Moderator: Mr. Rodrigo Robles, Programme Officer, Regional Director for the Americas Regional Office, ITU (Biography)
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10:00 – 11:00 | Session 7 - Importance of Partnerships for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)
This session addressed the rationale for multi-stakeholder partnerships in DRR. It presented discussions on commitment to collaborative action for Disaster Risk Reduction and highlighted the multi-sectoral and inter-organizational approach to cross-sectoral issues in DRR. Moderator: Mr. Sylvester Cadette, Programme Officer, Area Office in Bridgetown , ITU (Biography)
Panelists: - Ms. Patricia Facultad, Partnerships Officer, Technology Division and Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC), World Food Programme (WFP) (Biography, Presentation, Video)
- Ms. Elizabeth Riley, Executive Director - CDEMA (Biography, Presentation)
- Mr. Daniel Diaz, Electronic Engineer, National University of Engineering, Peru (Biography, Presentation, Video)
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11:00 – 11:50 | Session 8 - The importance of Gender Equality in the use of ICTs for disaster management
This session addressed the significance of Gender equality and inclusion in Disaster Management and how to continue enabling more women to have inclusive access to and use of ICTs for saving lives. It also addressed how governments, international and national humanitarian organizations, and ICT private sector entities can incorporate a larger focus on gender and women in policy frameworks and the allocation of resources in the context of ICTs for disaster management Panelists: - Ms. Isabelle Carboni, Insights Director, Digital Inclusion, Mobile for Development, GSMA (Biography, Presentation)
- Ms. Aarti Holla, Secretary General, EMEA Satellite Operator's Association (ESOA) (Biography, Presentation)
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11:50 – 12:00 | Wrap up of the session and close of 3-day Forum by Moderator |
