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Session 11: Regional Initiatives ASP 5: Partner2Connect Matchmaking Roundtable


Session Information


Session 11: Regional Initiatives ASP 5 : Partner2Connect Matchmaking Roundtable

Date & time​

15 September 2023 at 13:45-15:15 Bangkok time (GMT+7) 90 minutes

Introduction & Background
ASP5: Contributing to a secure and resilient information and communication technology environment 

This session focuses on Regional Initiative 5, “contributing to a secure and resilient information and communication technology environment”. This session will specifically highlight the state of secure and resilient ICT in ​the Asia-Pacific region, including to combat the effects of climate change and e-waste. It will feature a conversation highlighting the potential of a circular economy and the pressing issues of e-waste, cybersecurity and child online protection. Designed in a physical format, this session will feature a dialogue among key stakeholders involved in each of these domains, aiming to foster collaboration and insightful exchanges on enhancing ICT security and resilience.

Provisional Agenda

Time

Agenda​

​13:45-13:50
(GMT+7)

Session Moderator:

Ms. Philomena Gnanapragasam, Secretariat-Director, Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development​

Introductory Remark by moderator

13:50-14:50
(GMT+7)

​Interventions by Speakers/Panellists

Circular Economy and E-waste

  • Speaker 1: Mr. Ronald van Kleunen , APJC Business Development Manager, Cisco
  • Speaker 2: Ms. Wanich Sawayo, Director of Hazardous Waste Subdivision, Pollution Control Department, Thailand​​

Cybersecurity

  • Speaker 3: Ms. Meghan Lefeber, USAID
  • Speaker 4: Mr. Kisso Diall, General Manager APAC, Bitsight​


​Child Online Protection

  • Speaker 5: Mr. Chedup Dorji, GovTech Agency Bhutan​
  • Speaker 6: Ms. Ciput Purwianti, Assistant to the Deputy Minister for Child Protection​
14:50-15:10
Q&A Session
​15:10-15:15
Closing statement by moderator