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Draft Programme

​​ITU Regional Standardization Forum for Bridging the Standardization Gap (BSG) - Asia and Oceania Region   
New Delhi, India, 20 September 2016

Contact: tsbbsg@itu.int

8:30 - 09:30Registration
 Opening Ceremony                                                                                                                        
09:30 - 10:00

C.P.S Bakshi (Advisor, TRAI)
Anil Kaushal (Member, TRAI)
Byoung Nam Lee (Chairman, ITU-T SG3RG-AO)
Lara Srivastava (Head, Bridging the Standardization Gap, ITU) 
R.S. Sharma (Chairman, TRAI)

10:00 - 10:30Coffee Break
 Session 1: Economic and Policy issues                                                                                      Session Chair: S.K. Mishra (TRAI, India)
10:30 – 12:00

Mobile Financial Services
Vinod Kotwal  (TRAI, India) [ Biography​ | Presentation​ ]
Mobile Financial Inclusion: Case study of Myanmar and Korea
Young-jun Choi (Kyung Hee University, Korea) [ Biography​ | Presentation​ ]
Mobile Wallet
C Varaprasad (Bharti Airtel, India) [ Biography​ | Presentation​ ]
LIVE DEMO: Digital identity platform in India

12:00 – 12:40

OTT services in India
U.K. Srivastava (TRAI, India) [ Biography​ | Presentation​ ]
OTT Services in Korea
Hye Jin Park (MSIP, Korea) [ Biography​ | Presentation​ ]

12:40 - 13:00

Policy and ethical issues related to artificial intelligence
Shailendra Hajela (ITU-APT Foundation of India) [ Biography​ | Presentation​ ]

13:00 - 14:00Lunch
 Session 2: Bridging the Standardization Gap                                                                                  Session Chair: S.K. Mishra (TRAI, India)
14:00 – 14:15

Introduction to ITU-T's activities in Bridging the Standardization Gap
Lara Srivastava (Head, Bridging the Standardization Gap, TSB/ITU) [ Biography​ | Presentation​ ]

14:15 - 14:40

Role of standardization in a developing economy
Bhupendra Singh Chauhan (TSDSI, India) [ Biography​ | Presentation​ ]

14:40 – 15:00 Coffee Break
 Session 3: Cost and Tariff issues                                                                                                   Session Chair: S.K. Mishra (TRAI, India)
15:00 – 15:20 International Mobile Roaming
Charles Kerua (Papua New Guinea) [ Biography​ | Presentation​ ]
15:20 – 16:00

International Internet Connectivity
Sultana Sharmin (Bangladesh) [ Biography​ | Presentation​ ]
Palihawadana Chaminda Nishantha (Sri Lanka) [ Biography​ | Presentation​ ]

16:00 Close
16:30 – 17:30 Meeting of ITU-T Study Group 3 for Asia Oceania Region (SG3RG-AO)