Interactive Programme System

8
Jun
Tuesday
9
Jun
Wednesday

Closed Session (By Invitation only): Executive Roundtable with Heads of NRAs
10:00 - 12:30 GMT+7
Virtual Room A
Official Opening ITU GSR Regional Regulatory Roundtable and Regional Economic Dialogue (RED) for Asia and the Pacific
13:15 - 13:30 GMT+7
Virtual Room A
GSR Roundtable 1: GSR Best Practices Guidelines (BPG) consultation: Regulatory uplift for financing digital infrastructure, access and use
13:30 - 14:15 GMT+7
Virtual Room A
GSR Roundtable 2: Setting the Scene: Toward Collaborative 5th Generation Regulation
14:15 - 15:00 GMT+7
Virtual Room A

Closed Session (By Invitation only): Executive Roundtable with Heads of NRAs

10:00-10:15 - Opening Remarks
	Ms Atsuko Okuda Regional Director, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific International Telecommunication Union Biography
10:15-11:15 - Emerging Trends and their Regulatory Implications, moderated by:
	Ms Gisa Fuatai Purcell Regulator Office Of The Regulator Samoa (Independent State of) Biography
Presentation
	Mr Raul Katz Director of Business Strategy Research Columbia Institute for Tele-Information Presentation: The Impact of Policies, Regulation, and Institutions on ICT Sector Performance \| Biography
	Mr Baharul Islam ITU-ASP Region on co-deployment International Telecommunication Union Presentation: Co-deployment with Transport and Energy (Electricity and Oil & Gas) Infrastructure \| Biography
11:15 - 12:15 - Regulator’s Roundtable: Emerging Trends and their Regulatory Implications from the Regulator’s Perspectives, moderated by
	Ms Gisa Fuatai Purcell Regulator Office Of The Regulator Samoa (Independent State of) Biography
Panelist
	Dr P D Vaghela Chairman Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRA) India Biography
	Mr Amir Azeem Bajwa Chairman Pakistan Telecommunication Authority Pakistan Biography
	Mr Joao Freitas Chairman Ministry of Public Works, Transport and Communications National Communications Authority Timor-Leste Biography

Official Opening ITU GSR Regional Regulatory Roundtable and Regional Economic Dialogue (RED) for Asia and the Pacific

Moderator
	Ms Atsuko Okuda Regional Director, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific International Telecommunication Union Biography
Speaker
	Ms Doreen Bogdan-Martin BDT Director International Telecommunication Union Biography
	Ms Mercy Wanjau Chair (GSR-21) and Acting Director-General Communications Authority of Kenya Kenya Biography
	Mr Masanori Kondo Secretary-General Asia-Pacific Telecommunity Biography

GSR Roundtable 1: GSR Best Practices Guidelines (BPG) consultation: Regulatory uplift for financing digital infrastructure, access and use
The session aims to share and discuss the regulatory enablers that can generate a multiplier effect on investments and the use of digital infrastructure and services as the digital economy, and digital transformation takes centre stage.
Moderator
	Ms Bolor-Erdene Battsengel Chair Communications and Information Technology Authority (CITA) Mongolia Biography
Keynote presentation
	Mrs Sofie Maddens Head, Regulatory and Market Environment Division, Telecommunication Development Bureau International Telecommunication Union Presentation: GSR-21 Best Practice Guidelines Consultation \| Biography
Panelist
	Ms Nerida O'Loughlin Chair Australian Communications and Media Authority Australia Biography
	Mr Enota Ingintau CEO Communications Commission of Kiribati Kiribati Biography
	Mr Kila Gulo Vui CEO National ICT Authority Papua New Guinea Presentation: PNG Perspective \| Biography

GSR Roundtable 2: Setting the Scene: Toward Collaborative 5th Generation Regulation
The session aims to discuss the approaches to fast-track collaboration among regulators and policy-makers from the information and communication technology (ICT) sector and other sectors to drive digital transformation for all.
Moderator
	Ms Mina Seonmin Jun Policy Adviser Korea Information Society Development Institute (KISDI) Korea (Rep. of) Biography
Keynote Presentation
	Ms Youlia Lozanova Senior Programme Officer, ICT Policy & Regulation, Regulatory and Market Environment Division, Telecommunication Development Bureau International Telecommunication Union Presentation: Collaborative Regulation for Inclusive Connectivity \| Biography
Panelist
	Mr Oshada Senanayake Director General Telecommunications Regulatory Commission Sri Lanka Biography
	Mr Thomas Abell Advisor SDCC and Chief of Digital Technology for Development Asian Development Bank Biography
	Mrs Jeanette Whyte Head of Public Policy APAC, GSMA Biography
	Ms Sonja Lukic Director, Public and Regulatory Affairs, External Relations Asia Telenor Group Biography

Closed Session for the Sector Members and Academia
10:00 - 12:00 GMT+7
Virtual Room A
Break
12:00 - 12:15 GMT+7
Virtual Room A
RED Session 1: Incentives to foster affordable ICT services by promoting investment for meaningful connectivity in the Asia and the Pacific Region
12:15 - 13:15 GMT+7
Virtual Room A
RED Session 2: Economic and financial approaches in the digital ecosystem - Effective partnerships for advancing connectivity and achieving the SDGs
13:15 - 14:15 GMT+7
Virtual Room A
RED Session 3: Policies and Regulations for Critical Technologies of the Future
14:15 - 15:15 GMT+7
Virtual Room A
Closing
15:15 - 15:30 GMT+7
Virtual Room A

Closed Session for the Sector Members and Academia
This session aims to share and discuss challenges and opportunities in the existing policy and regulatory environments in Asia and the Pacific identified by the academia and industry members and partners.
Opening remarks
	Ms Atsuko Okuda Regional Director, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific International Telecommunication Union Biography
Moderator
	Dr Jingbo Huang UNU, Macao China Biography
	Dr Attlee Gamundani UNU, Macao China Biography
Presentation
	Dr R.S. Sharma Presentation: The Mobile Mobile World New Business Models in the Telecom Sector \| Biography
	Mr Rajnesh Singh Regional Vice President for the Asia-Pacific Internet Society Presentation: Community Networks Sustainable solutions for bigger and stronger communities \| Biography
	Mr Scott Minehane ITU Expert Presentation: Pandemic in the Internet Age: From second wave to new normal, recovery, adaptation and resilience” \| Biography
	Mr Daniel McFarlane Senior UN Coordinator Specialist for ITU Asia and the Pacific International Telecommunication Union Presentation: The ITU Asia and the Pacific Academic Network \| Biography
	Mr Calvin Chan Programme Administrator for ITU Asia and the Pacific International Telecommunication Union Presentation: Industry Informal Working Group \| Biography

Break

RED Session 1: Incentives to foster affordable ICT services by promoting investment for meaningful connectivity in the Asia and the Pacific Region
The session aims to share the incentives to foster affordable ICT services by promoting investment for meaningful connectivity in Asia and the Pacific Region.
Moderator
	Ms Memiko Otsuki Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Japan Biography
Panelist
	Mr Hameedullah Sherani Board Member Afghanistan Telecommunications Regulatory Authority Afghanistan Biography
	Mr Notachard Chintakanond Executive Director The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) Thailand Biography
	Mr Brian Winji Regulator Telecommunications Radiocommunications and Broadcasting Regulator Vanuatu Biography
	Ms Anju Mangal, Head of Asia-Pacific Region Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI) Biography

RED Session 2: Economic and financial approaches in the digital ecosystem - Effective partnerships for advancing connectivity and achieving the SDGs
Session organized in coordination with the ITU-D Study Group Question 4/1 This session is aimed to explore and discuss the principles and foundations of Partnerships, their initiation, key stakeholders, success factors and what to avoid in order to evaluate: 1. How to make Partnerships more effective for advancing connectivity and achieving the SDGs? 2. How can Partnerships help us to support those who are further behind and implement sustainable investment models to achieve those goals?
Moderator
	Mr Ilyas Ahmed Chief Executive Communications Authority of Maldives (CAM) Maldives Biography
Presentation
	Mr Arseny Plossky Rapporteur Question 4/1, BDT Study Group 1 Russian Federation Presentation: Economic policies and methods of determining the costs of services related to national telecommunication/ICT networks including NGN \| Biography
Panelist
	Mr Purushottam Khanal Chairman Nepal Telecommunications Authority Nepal (Republic of) Presentation: Economic and Financial Approaches in the Digital Ecosystem - Effective Partnerships for Advancing Connectivity and Achieving the SDGs \| Biography
	Ms Mira Tayyiba Secretary General Ministry of Communications and Informatics Indonesia Biography
	Ms Maria Perdomo Regional Coordinator for Asia UNCDF Biography
	Mr Turhan Muluk Global Government Affairs and Telecom Policy Director Intel Corporation Biography

RED Session 3: Policies and Regulations for Critical Technologies of the Future
The session aims to discuss the policy and regulatory framework for emerging technologies that would drive future digital networks.
Moderator
	Ms Atsuko Okuda Regional Director, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific International Telecommunication Union Biography
Presentation
	Mr Daniel McFarlane Senior UN Coordinator Specialist for ITU Asia and the Pacific Presentation: Standardization in Developing Critical Technology: A Focus on Asia and the Pacific \| Biography
Panelist
	Mr Shamsul Majid (Sam Majid) Chief Technology and Innovation Officer Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) Malaysia Biography
	Ms Nguyen Thi Ngoc Trang Senior Official of Department of Sciences and Technologies Ministry of Information and Communications Viet Nam Biography
	Mr Sameer Pujari Manager BHBM World Health Organization(WHO) Biography
	Dr Jirapon Sunkpho Vice Rector for Information Technology Thammasat University Biography
	Mr Guillaume Mascot Head of Government Relations APJ Nokia Biography
	Dr Stefan Winkler Deputy Director AI Singapore Singapore Biography

Closing

Speaker
	Ms Atsuko Okuda Regional Director, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific International Telecommunication Union Presentation: Closing \| Biography