Welcome to the ITU TELECOM ASIA 2002 Forum !

CALL FOR SPEAKERS

"FROM RECOVERY TO PROSPERITY: BUILDING ON CHANGE"

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) is pleased to announce its sixth Regional Telecommunications Exhibition and Forum for the Asia-Pacific region, ITU TELECOM ASIA 2002, hosted by the Government of the People's Republic of China which will be held in the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC) from 2 to 7 December 2002. The Forum at ITU TELECOM Asia 2002 will examine Policy, Regulatory, Economic and Development Issues, as well as Technology and Applications Aspects, in parallel sessions over five days and will also include a Telecom Development Symposium (TDS) and a Youth Forum. The Forum will be conducted in English and Chinese.

The Youth Forum is a new programme which has been launched at ITU TELECOM AFRICA 2001. It will be aimed at university-aged youth throughout the Asian continent, who will receive scholarships to attend Asia 2002.

In a period characterized by recovery and change, the Forum at ITU TELECOM ASIA 2002 will focus on the following themes:

Independently of the current state of a country's economy, the key to future success is access: broadband access for the deployment of multimedia and other information-intensive applications, wireless access for faster deployment of services to the entire population, mobile access to better serve the needs of the largest number, access that is practically unlimited at the high end and also affordable for mass use. Despite the current problems in the telecommunications industry, the Asia-Pacific Region holds the greatest promises for rapid improvements, leading beyond business success to the progress of the goals and principles long espoused by the ITU, particularly those of Universal Access, the Right to Communicate and the Bridging of the Digital and Economic Divide.

Telecommunications in the Asia-Pacific Region, with a few exceptions (e.g. Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, Republic of Korea), are characterized by a relatively low level of (mostly narrowband) teledensity. The region is ripe for rapid growth in teledensity and for the development of fresh broadband platforms - both wireline and wireless - and offers enormous potential for the development of new business models based upon these access platforms. But the disparities across the Region are very high and development models need to be adapted to each individual country. The Forum will explore different sets of priorities and appropriate regulatory and business models, as well as appropriate and innovative technologies.

The Call for Speakers invited the submission of abstracts and the proposal of high-level speakers for the suggested following topics. While it is now too late to submit any abstract or high level speakers for potential inclusion in the Asia 2002 Forum programme, you might be interested in knowing how to be selected or how your abstract is evaluated for our future events. You will find relevant information regarding the Forum topics on the Call for Speakers.

Please note that this is neither a comprehensive nor an exhaustive list and that all contributions focusing on the Asia-Pacific telecommunication/ICT convergence market will be considered).

New businesses, new services

Billing (Development of Micro-Payment)

Broadband, 3G and Beyond

Business- to- Employee: New Information Sharing Models

Communication Service Providers (CSPs)

Customer Relations Management (CRM)

Customer-Centric Value-Added Services (Chat-Rooms, SMS, Gaming)

Industry Transformation and Survivability

Location-based services and local content

Mobile services

Network diversity

Pervasive computing (including value-added services)

Voice and the New Services

New investments, new profits

Cross-subsidy, Penetration and Pricing: Who Will Invest in the Local Infrastructure?

Finance and the New Business Models

Investment and Financing Strategies

New generation partnerships and alliances (entertainment, carrier, service provider)

Partnerships to expand legacy networks in developing countries (sharing risks, sharing rewards)

Survival and prosperity of the telecommunication enterprises

Value Chain as Business Model

Regulating in an era of convergence

Cyber Laws and Policies

Data Protection (Including Privacy and Security)

Deregulation or Re-Nationalization

Digital Rights, Intellectual Property Rights, Language

Interconnectivity

Licensing

Regulating the content

New regulators and regulatory strategies and issues for Asian markets

Regulatory and Policy Trends in Asia-Pacific and World-Wide

Spectrum Management

Telecommunications Crisis: Redefining the Role for Governments and Private Sector

Creating the Infrastructure for Universal Access

Intra-Regional Network and Service Development

Mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs)

Mobility beyond wireless

Multi-access platforms

Network and service survivability (including emergency and disaster planning)

New Paradigms: Ubiquity of Access Through Different Platforms

Satellite Industry

Security - (Cyber, network)

Submarine cable

From legacy to IP-based networks

Evolution of New Generation Networks

IP-Based or Legacy-Based Networks

IP-Networks and Services and the Policy and Regulatory Landscape

Technology demands in the transition from old to new networks

Transition (including network transition, service transition, policy and strategy transition, and commercial transition)

Development For All: a Kaleidoscope of Issues

Accounting Rates and Cost-to-Consumer in Developing Countries

Asia and the world: WTO, trade issues

Capacity building in the new environment

Packaging Content for the New Customer

Telecommunications for Human Development

Diversity, language culture, levels of development

E-government

Emergency communications

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and Social Change

Fostering Internet Use for Development

Leadership - Human Resource issues

Rural and Universal Access (including language, infrastructure, government policies, and business models for developing economies)

Telecommunication as the infrastructure for banking, airlines and government

This Call for Speakers invites:

A - the Submission of Abstracts (deadline expired 22 March); and
B - the Proposal of High-Level Speakers (Ministers, Presidents/CEOs of Companies or
Organizations)(deadline expired 15 May).

A - Submission of Abstracts

HOW YOUR ABSTRACT IS EVALUATED

All abstracts received are submitted for evaluation to a team of experts - the ITU TELECOM Asia 2002 Forum Programme Committee,-appointed by the ITU. The following criteria are used in the evaluation:

CONTENT: Does it reflect excellence of vision, research, approach etc.?
SCOPE: How well does the content address the specific needs of the region
ORIGINALITY: Does it provide a novel approach?
TIMELINESS: Does it treat current "hot" issues?
CLARITY: Is the abstract structured in a way that will assure a clear on-site presentation?

B - Nomination of High-Level Speakers
(deadline expired 15 May)

This Call for Speakers also invites the proposal of high-level participants such as Ministers or President/CEO of a company or organization.

SELECTION OF SPEAKERS

Following the individual reviews by the Forum Programme Committee, the Paper Selection meeting will be held in Geneva on 12 and 13 June 2002.
During this meeting, the Forum Programme Committee will :
- establish the Preliminary Forum Programme, e.g. define, for all the topics of interests, the Session themes and the sequence of Sessions;
- define the structure of the various Sessions (e.g. Paper presentation, panel, workshop, roundtable);
- submit speakers names to be invited to contribute to the various Forum Sessions, according to the Session themes, to the ratings of the abstracts; the High-Level Speakers and
- define the roles attributed to the various participants.

NOTIFICATION OF AUTHORS

All authors/ High-level speakers will be notified if they have been selected or not by the end of August 2002.
you may be invited to participate in one of the following roles:

Keynote Speaker, Speaker, Panellist, Roundtable/Workshop Participant, Chairman or Moderator
Selected Authors may be invited to:
- present their paper in a Paper presentation Session;
- present their paper as a background contribution to a Panel or a Roundtable Session;
- debate on a Panel, a Roundtable Session or a Workshop Session;
- publish a full manuscript in the Forum proceedings.

Please note that only an invitation to act as a keynote speaker or speaker will permit a standard presentation of a full paper.

MANUSCRIPTS

However all Forum selected participants will be invited to submit a full manuscript to be published in the Forum proceedings on paper, CD-Rom and on the Form Web-site open to all Forum delegates, Forum participants and the Press.
This manuscript (5000-6000 words) should be submitted in electronic format.
Guidelines for selected Authors regarding the submission of Final Manuscripts will be available on this web site as of September 2002.
Deadline for receipt of Final Manuscripts for inclusion in Forum proceedings: 20 November 2002.

Sales/product promotion papers will not be accepted
Your paper must be original and previously unpublished

IMPORTANT MILESTONES

Evaluation of abstracts: 2 April � 21 May 2002
Paper Selection Meeting: 12 � 13 June 2002
Notification of authors: 31 August 2002
Publication of Forum Preliminary Programme: from the end of August 2002, constantly updated on the Web
Deadline for receipt of Final Manuscripts: 20 November 2002
Publication of Final Forum Programme: 1 November 2002
TELECOM ASIA 2002: 2 - 7 December 2002