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Day 1
09:30 - 12:00 | Thematic Event : Regulatory Associations (RA) Meeting (by invitation only) The meeting will provide RAs with the opportunity to learn for each other's actions, opportunities, challenges and discuss areas of potential collaboration. The RA meeting will be chaired by Ms Areewan Haorangsi, Secretary General, Asia-Pacific Telecommunity (APT). |
09:30 - 12:00 | Thematic Event : Private Sector Chief Regulatory Officers Meeting (by invitation only) The 10th Private Sector Chief Regulatory Officers’ (CRO) meeting will address the critical business, regulatory and technical challenges to create an enabling ecosystem for connectivity as well as propose ways forward from the industry’s perspective. |
14:00 - 17:00 | Thematic Event : Heads of Regulators Executive Roundtable (by invitation only) The Heads of Regulators Executive Roundtable provides an opportunity for heads and senior management of regulators to exchange on regulatory challenges and opportunities to achieve full national connectivity and to move towards more open, collaborative regulation for digital transformation.
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14:30 - 17:00 | Side Event: ITU Academy - GSMA Capacity Building Taster Session on Competition Policy in the Digital Age (for non executive policy-makers and regulators) Within the framework of the ITU Academy, GSMA will offer a ‘taster’ training session for policy makers and regulators on Competition policy in the ICT/mobile sector. The taster training session will take place on 9 July 2019, in Vanuatu, from 14h30 to 17h00. The session will be an introduction to the topic, based on content from the UK Telecoms Academy-accredited two-day course, Competition Policy in the Digital Age, which will be offered as an online course to policy makers and regulators through the ITU Academy later in 2019. |
Day 2
09:00 - 10:00 | Opening Ceremony Speaker
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10:15 - 12:00 | Leadership debate: Getting the next 3.7 billion online!The Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development/ Leadership debate will set the scene and examine:
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12:00 - 14:00 | Lunch / Press Conference | |||||
14:00 - 15:30 | Session 1: Digital Infrastructure policies and regulation: A Multidimensional Collaborative Approach Connecting the remaining half of the population that is still offline will require inclusive digital strategies and policies strengthening collaboration and taking into consideration:
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15:30 - 15:45 | Coffee break | |||||
15:45 - 17:00 | Session 2: Investment, Funding and New Business Models for Connectivity in a Post 50-50 Digital World The session will address how to secure investment and funding to bring the remaining 3.7 billion people online, focusing on:
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Day 3
08:00 - 09:00 | Information Session: From first Mile to Last Mile - thinking out of the box This session discusses the challenges facing communication regulators in terms of rapidly changing technologies and the need to develop regulations to allow emerging technologies and innovative regulatory approaches to connect the other half.
The first part of the session will address innovation in first mile connectivity solutions, looking at:
The second part, will address last mile connectivity solutions and how community based approaches in sparsely populated, economically poor regions can help bridge the gap. It introduces regulators to innovations in sustainable rural service delivery from around the world.
The third and last part, will examine how to measure we were stand and what are the gaps in getting the next 3.7 billion people online.
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09:00 - 10:30 | Session 3: Connectivity for all: Do the basics still apply?The discussion would broadly focus on:
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10:30 - 10:45 | Coffee break | |||||||
10:45 - 12:00 | Session 4: Simulation exercise on inclusive disaster risk reduction in time of emergenciesThe number of people affected by disasters is on the rise in the world. In this context, timely, predictable and effective ICT services are a critical necessity for saving lives and achieving resilience. This allows for better response and coordination among response organisations, as well as improved decision-making through timely access to critical information.
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14:00 - 15:30 | Session 5: Building confidence in a data driven digital economyICT infrastructure, digital platforms and data constitutes the bedrock of the digital economy. In this environment:
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15:45 - 17:00 | Session 6: The need for spectrumUnder the umbrella of spectrum for digital transformation and connected societies, the discussion will focus on:
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Day 4
09:00 - 09:30 | REGULATORS - GSR Best Practice Guidelines (for regulators only) Adoption of GSR-19 Best Practice Guidelines
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09:30 - 10:30 | Session 7: Putting people at the Center: consumer protection and the changing consumer role Consumers are instrumental players in the digital ecosystem as they are key data users and producers/prosumers enabling smart societies to strive. Ensuring consumer protection and user security in the smart data driven economy, and building trust is however the mandate of all.
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10:45 - 12:00 | Session 8: Preparing for 5G This session will provide regulators with the opportunity to engage into more in-depth discussion on:
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12:15 - 13:00 | Way forward and Closing Speaker
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