0800 - 0900 | Registration of participants and provision of Forum and information materials |
| 0900 - 0930 | Opening Session Welcome Remarks: ● Hon. Louis Napoleon C. Casambre, Undersecretary, Department of Science and Technology, Information and Communication Technology Office, Philippines ● Mr. Brahima Sanou, Director, Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT), ITU
Keynote Address:
● Hon. Mr. Mario G. Montejo, Secretary, Department of Science and Technology, Republic of the Philippines |
0930 - 1000 | Group Photo and Coffee Break |
1000 - 1100 | Session 1: WTDC14 Asia-Pacific Regional Initiatives : Setting the Regional Context
Chair: Hon. Louis Napoleon C. Casambre , Undersecretary, Department of Science and Technology, Information and Communication Technology Office, Republic of the Philippines
The Session will present and discuss the strategic outcomes achieved so far from the implementation of the activities, projects and partnerships under the ITU WTDC-14 Asia-Pacific Regional Initiatives. ● Implementing the Asia-Pacific Regional Initiatives 2015-2018 Speaker: Mr. Ioane Koroivuki, Regional Director, ITU Regional Office for Asia and the
● Regional Initiatives Beyond 2017, World Telecommunication Development Conference and the linkage to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) ● Strategic Dialogue on “Meeting ITU Asia-Pacific Regional Initiative Expectations ”
Panelists: ● Ms. Natasha Beschorner, The World Bank [ Short Bio] ● Mr. Guillaume Mascot, Head of Government Relations APJ & India, NOKIA ● Mr. Masanori Kondo, Deputy Secretary General, Asia-Pacific Telecommunity ● Speaker: Ms. Atsuko Okuda, Chief, ICT and Development Section, ICT and Disaster Risk Reduction Division UNESCAP [Short Bio] [Presentation]
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1100 - 1230 | Session 2: Innovative Approaches on Partnerships and Resource Mobilization to Meet the Objectives of the Asia-Pacific Regional Initiatives Chair: Mr. Jackson Miake | Acting CIO, Office of the Government Chief Information Officer, Prime Minister's Office, Vanuatu [Short Bio] This Session will focus on the overall requirements, including innovative partnerships and resource mobilization to achieve the WTDC14 objectives of the Asia-Pacific Regional Initiatives. ● Recalling the Objectives of the Asia-Pacific Regional Initiatives Speaker: Mr. Ioane Koroivuki, Regional Director, ITU Regional Office for Asia and the ● Innovative Partnerships for ICT Development in the Asia-Pacific Region Speaker: Mr. Masanori Kondo, Deputy Secretary General, Asia-Pacific Telecommunity ● Marrying Knowledge and Financing for Productive Partnerships Speaker: Mr. Bart W. Édes, Director, Social Development, Governance, and Gender Division Technical Advisor, Social Development Thematic Group, Asian Development Bank ● Country Case on Innovative Partnership: The Philippine Tech4ED Initiative (WSIS 2016 Prize Winner) Speaker: Ms. Bettina G. Quimson, eSociety, Information and Communications Technology Office – Department of Science and Technology, Philippines |
1230 - 1400 | Lunch |
1400 - 1530 | Session 3: ASP RI 1: Special Consideration For LDCs, SIDSs, Including Pacific Island Countries, And Landlocked Developing Countries Chair: Ms. Aurora A. Rubio, Head, ITU Area Office for South East Asia [Short Bio] [Presentation] Session 3 will report on the details of the implementation and plans of the Asia-Pacific Regional Initiative on Special Consideration For LDCs, SIDSs, Including Pacific Island Countries, And Landlocked Developing Countries with focus on the outcomes, challenges and gaps and provide opportunity for the Membership to recommend critical inputs, particularly on potential projects, partners, funding and improving processes. RI 1: Special Consideration For LDCs, SIDSs, Including Pacific Island Countries, And Landlocked Developing Countries ● Pacific Satellite Connectivity Project. Speaker: Mr. Ioane Koroivuki, Regional Director, ITU Regional Office for Asia and the ● Pacific ICT Benchmarking and Development Strategies Speaker: Mr. Sione Veikoso, President of Pacific Islands Telecommunications ● E-Government for Small Islands Developing States. Speaker: Mr. Keping Yao, Governance and Public Administration Expert, UNPOG [Short Bio] [Presentation] ● ICT for Pacific - ADB's approach Speaker: Mr. Sibesh Bhattacharya, Senior Infrastructure Specialist- ICT, Pacific
Panel Discussion: Proposals for Activities, Projects, Partners and Funding for RI 1
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1530 - 1545 | Coffee break |
1545 - 1715 | Session 4: ASP RI 2: Emergency Telecommunications Chair: Mr. Nicolas D. Ojeda Jr., Assistant Secretary, Department of Science and Technology - Information and Communication Technology Office [Short bio] Session 4 will report on the details of the implementation and plans of the Asia-Pacific Regional Initiative on Emergency Telecommunications with focus on the outcomes, challenges and gaps and provide opportunity for the Membership to recommend critical inputs, particularly on potential projects, partners, funding and improving processes. RI 2: Emergency Telecommunications ● Role of ICTs in Disaster Management and Risk Reduction. Speaker: Mr. Ioane Koroivuki, Regional Director, ITU Regional Office for Asia and the ● Video Presentation addressed by Hon. Mr. Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, Attorney-General & Minister for Communications, Republic of Fiji [video]● e-Resilience Speaker: Ms. Atsuko Okuda, Chief, ICT and Development Section, ICT and Disaster Risk ● Cooperation in the small Island countries for Disaster and Emergency communication
Speaker: Mr. Sione Veikoso, President of Pacific Islands Telecommunications Association (PITA) [Short Bio] [Presentation] ● MIC's international cooperation in the field of ICT for Disaster Management Speaker: Mr. Kazuhiro WADA, International Cooperation Division, Global ICT strategy Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications(MIC), Japan [Short Bio] Panel Discussion: Proposals for Activities, Projects, Partners and Funding for RI 2 |
