WTIS20 : World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Symposium

Tuesday, 1 December 2020

13:00 - 13:30Opening ceremony and virtual group picture

Moderator
Eun-Ju Kim
Chief of Digital Knowledge Hub Department
International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT)
Biography

Speakers
Houlin Zhao
Secretary-General
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Biography
Anshu Prakash
WTIS Chair
Secretary
Department of Telecommunications
Ministry of Communications
India
Presentation : Opening speech
Biography
Ms Doreen Bogdan-Martin
BDT Director
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Biography

13:30 - 14:30Policy session: How to build a truly inclusive digital society

Digital inclusion involves ensuring that all people have an equal opportunity to become empowered through ICTs and be part of a digital society. ICTs can be accelerators and amplifiers of change, facilitating people’s inclusive access to information, simplifying the delivery of services, and enabling social and economic participation. However, ICTs are not always equally accessible to everyone, and some people have specific needs to access digital information, products, and services.

This session will bring together policy makers to discuss the policies needed to reach an inclusive digital society, in particular how to support marginalized groups, and the role of data in setting and monitoring these policies.

Moderator
Mr David Kirkpatrick
Founder and Editor-in-Chief
Techonomy
Biography

Panel
Fabrizio Hochschild
Under-Secretary-General and Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on the Preparations for the Commemoration of the UN 75th Anniversary
United Nations Secretariat
New York
Biography
Edwin Estrada Hernández
Development Director for Central America
Nae
Biography
Sonia Jorge
Executive Director
Alliance for Affordable Internet
Biography
Amela Odobasic
Director of Broadcasting
Communications Regulatory Agency
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Biography
Svetlana Andries
Programme Specialist
UN Women Moldova Country Office
Biography

14:40 - 15:00Launch of “Measuring digital development: Facts and figures 2020”

Speaker
Martin Schaaper
Senior ICT Analyst, ICT Data and Analytics Division
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Presentation : Measuring digital development: Facts and figures 2020
Biography

15:00 - 16:00Measuring digital inclusion To fulfil the objective of empowerment, it is essential that all people – regardless their gender, age, ability, or location – can take advantage of the use of ICTs. This session will provide results on what we know about the patterns of access and use of ICTs by different groups in different countries, and provoke discussion about areas of the measurement of digital inclusion which could be improved.

Moderator
Nagwa ElShenawy
Undersecretary for Information and Decision Support
Ministry of Communication and Information Technology (MCIT)
Egypt
Biography

Speakers
Alison Gillwald
Executive Director of Research ICT Africa
Research ICT Africa
Presentation : Measuring Digital Inclusion
Biography
Simon Kemp
CEO, Kepios
Kepios
Presentation : Social Insights - Making Sense of Broader ICT Trends from Social Media Audience Data
Biography
Suguru Mizunoya
Senior Advisor on Statistics and Monitoring (Education)
UNICEF
Presentation : How Many Children and Young People Have Internet Access at Home?
Biography
Garen Avanesian
Data Analyst (Education)
UNICEF
Presentation : How Many Children and Young People Have Internet Access at Home?
Biography

Wednesday, 2 December 2020

12:00 - 12:50Informal brainstorming session: Visualising ICT data for policy making (English only)This informal session will showcase the Secretariat’s efforts in disseminating ICT data in a visually attractive way, while seeking the views of participants what they perceive as the most useful way of presenting data. Of note is that this session will be conducted outside the formal WTIS framework, without interpretation.

Speaker
Thierry Geiger
Senior Economist and Head of the Data and Analytics Division, ITU
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Presentation : Shared - accessed - used - Rethinking data dissemination at ITU
Biography

13:00 - 14:00Report of the Expert Group on Telecommunication/ICT Indicators (EGTI)It is a continuous challenge for ICT statistics to remain up to date as digital technologies and services and their use evolve relentlessly. ITU’s Expert Group on Telecommunication/ICT Indicators (EGTI) reviews existing and develops new indicators incorporating experiences from around the world. These feed into the Handbook on Telecommunication/ICT Indicators, which is central reference on the topic. This session will report on the 11th meeting of EGTI that was held on 15 and 16 September 2020, which focused on indicators of 5G, ICT prices, quality of service and international roaming.

Moderator
Bernard Banda
Manager for Policy and Research
Zambia Information and Communications Technology Authority (ZICTA)
Biography

Speakers
João Noronha
EGTI Chair
Head of Statistics and Market Research
Autoridade Nacional de Comunicações
Portugal
Presentation : Summary and Conclusions of the 11th Meeting of the Expert Group on Telecom/ICT Indicators
Biography
Maipelo Mahalelo
Senior Business Development Officer
Botswana Communications Regulatory Authority (BOCRA)
Presentation : Mobile Money Data Collection in Botswana
Biography

14:00 - 14:25Country experience Countries around the world are in the process of preparation or deployment of IMT 2020 5G networks to exploit new levels of connectivity. This session will highlight recent efforts by Korea to develop indicators to measure the deployment of 5G networks and provides the opportunity for countries to share experience.

Moderator
João Noronha
Head of Statistics and Market Research
Autoridade Nacional de Comunicações
Portugal
Biography

Speaker
Yeong Ro Lee
Vice President Department of ICT Infrastructure and Platform
National Information Society Agency (NIA)
Korea (Rep. of)
Presentation : Country experience on measuring the deployment of 5G networks
Biography

14:35 - 16:00Measurement approaches using big dataThe UN Statistics Commission has reaffirmed that the use of big data and other new data sources is essential for the modernization of national statistical systems. The ITU, as an active member of the UN Global Working Group on Big Data (GWG), is leading one of the GWG task teams on the use of mobile phone big data for official statistics. Big data provides opportunities to countries that do not conduct regular household surveys to produce some of the ICT indicators identified in the SDG monitoring framework. This session will highlight the work being carried out at the international level on the use of mobile phone big data for official statistics, particularly the ITU project on the use of mobile phone data for ICT SDG indicators and will present country experiences highlighting success stories and challenges faced. The session will also feature the guiding principles on the use of mobile phone data for mobility indicators for COVID-19 policy purposes.

Moderator
Esperanza Magpantay
Senior Statistician, ICT Data and Analytics Division, ITU
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Biography

Speakers
Sriganesh Lokanathan
Data Innovation and Policy Lead
UN Global Pulse Lab Jakarta
Indonesia
Presentation : Leveraging Mobile Phone Data (MPD) in development: experiential learnings
Biography
Ronald Jansen
Assistant Director
United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)
Presentation : Guiding principles to maintain public trust in the use of mobile operator data for policy purposes
Biography
Erki Saluveer
CEO
Positium
Presentation : Information Society Statistics Handbook on using mobile positioning data for SDGs
Biography
Titi Kanti Lestari
Director of Finance, Information Technology and Tourism Statistics
BPS-Statistics Indonesia
Presentation : Big Data for ICT Statistics - Mobile Data for SDG Indicators
Biography
Maria do Carmo Dias Bueno
Coordinator of Special Projects
Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE)
Brazil
Presentation : Use Case Brazil
Biography

Thursday, 3 December 2020

13:00 - 13:30Partnership on Measuring ICT for Development session: A thematic list of ICT indicators for the SDGThis session will introduce the thematic list of ICT indicators for the SDGs developed by the Partnership on Measuring ICT for Development. It is imperative that all areas where ICTs will play a role are measured and monitored. To better reflect the role of ICT in achieving the SDGs, the thematic list of ICT indicators that can be used to measure ICT availability and use in sectors relevant to the SDGs that are not covered in the global SDG indicators framework. The proposed indicators, which have been discussed and agreed upon through a consultation process involving governments and international organizations, and endorsed by the UN Statistical Commission, cover the following areas: ICT infrastructure and access; access and use of ICT by households and individuals; use of ICT by businesses; the ICT sector; trade in ICT goods; ICT in education; e-waste and e-government. During the WTIS2020, the Partnership will particularly highlight how data availability could be improved.

Moderator
Alexandre Barbosa
Head
CETIC.br
Brazil
Biography

Speakers
Deniz Susar
Governance and Public Administration Officer
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA)
Presentation : ICT indicators for the SDGs - status and way forward
Biography
Scarlett Fondeur Gil
Economic Affairs Officer, ICT Analysis Section
UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
Biography
Alejandro Patino
ICT specialist
United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (UNECLAC)
Presentation : A thematic list of ICT Indicators for the SDG
Biography

13:30 - 14:15ICT Statistics in the time of COVID-19The COVID-19 pandemic also has an impact on ICT data are being collected. This session will provide examples on how statistical entities are adjusting to this changed reality.

Moderator
Alexandre Barbosa
Head
CETIC.br
Brazil
Biography

Speakers
Winston Oyadomari
Senior Survey Analyst
CETIC.br
Brazil
Presentation : Producing ICT statistics during the pandemic
Biography
Silvio De Nicola
Officer
Communication Authority (AGCOM)
Italy
Presentation : CoViD and ICT: the Italian perspective
Biography

14:25 - 15:25Report of the Expert Group on Household Indicators (EGH)The ITU Expert Group on ICT Household Indicators (EGH) reviews the statistical indicators for measuring ICT access and use by households and individuals, incorporating experiences from around the world. These feed into the ITU Manual for Measuring ICT Access and Use by Households and Individuals, which is the central reference for countries conducting ICT household surveys. This session will report on the 8th meeting of EGH that was held on 17 and 18 September 2020, which focused on the measurement of ICT skills, and how to measure the number of Internet users accurately. Furthermore, the revised ITU Manual for Measuring ICT Access and Use by Households and Individuals was presented and areas for future work were identified.

Moderator
Mark Uhrbach
Chief of Digital Economy Metrics
Statistics Canada
Biography

Speakers
Juan Daniel Oviedo
EGH Chair
Chief Director Statistician of Colombia
Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística (DANE)
Colombia
Presentation : Report of the Work of the Expert Group on ICT Household Indicators (EGH)
Biography
Jadwiga Tudek
Statistical Officer
Eurostat
Presentation : Measuring electronic waste - Green ICT
Biography
Vanessa Forti
Programme Associate UNUVie - SCYCLE
United Nations University (UNU)
Presentation : Measurement of Global E-waste and the role of households surveys
Biography

15:25 - 15:45Country experience This session will highlight recent measurement efforts by a selected country and provides the opportunity to share their experience with other countries.

Moderator
Mark Uhrbach
Chief of Digital Economy Metrics
Statistics Canada
Biography

Speaker
Carla Valverde
Economic Analysis and Telecommunications Markets Manager
Ministry of Science, Technology and Telecommunications
Costa Rica
Presentation : Access and use of mobile devices and Internet by boys girls and young people - 2018-2019
Biography

15:45 - 16:00Closing session

Moderator
Eun-Ju Kim
Chief of Digital Knowledge Hub Department
Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT)
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Biography

Speakers
Ms Doreen Bogdan-Martin
BDT Director
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Biography
Anshu Prakash
WTIS Chair
Secretary
Department of Telecommunications
Ministry of Communications
India
Presentation : Closing speech
Biography