9 November 2012

• Opening Remarks
  Sameer Sharma, Senior Adviser, ITU Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
   

• Opening Address
  Sushil Kumar Ojha, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Information and Communication
   

• Announcements
  Master of Ceremony thanks the Members at the Dais and walks over to the schedule
   

• Policy initiatives, ground realities and way forward for making telecom services accessible to Persons with Disabilities
  Udaya Raj Regmi, Deputy Director, Quality of Service and Interconnection / International Relations, Nepal Telecommunications Authority (NTA)

• Introduction : ITU's Role in Promoting Telecom Accessibility
  Sameer Sharma, Senior Adviser, ITU Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific

• Introduction: ICT and telecom accessibility, good practices in policy and industry initiatives
  Nirmita Narasimhan, ITU Expert, Accessibility

• Formulating policy and project implementation for persons with disabilities
  Archana Gulati, ITU Expert, Universal Service Policy

• Perspective, initiatives, plans and challenges in making Telecom Services accessible to Persons with Disabilities
  Minu Pradhan, Deputy Manager / Shyam Wagle, Engineer, Nepal Telecom

• Perspective, initiatives, plans and challenges in making Telecom Services accessible to Persons with Disabilities
  Lena K. Kansakar, Ncell

• Improving Access to ICT for Persons with Disabilities in Developing Countries
  Mr. Birendra Raj Pokharel

• Accessibility Guidelines for Making Barrier Free Environment
  Geeta Gurung, Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare

• Panel Discussion
  Telecom Operators, MoIC officials

• Closing Remarks
  MoIC / NTA / ITU

• Media Release
  NTA