09:00 - 09:30          WELCOMING REMARKS        

  09:30 - 10:30          REPORTING SESSION         

• Report from the Chairman of the GILF, Dr. Saad Al Barrak, CEO, Zain Group [presentation]

• Report from the meeting of Regional Regulators’ Associations, Mr. David Gomez, Director General, Agência Nacional das Comunicações (ANAC), Cape Verde, Chairman, Association of Communications and Telecommunications Regulators of the Portuguese Speaking Countries (ARCTEL-CPLP) [presentation]
   

  10:30 - 10:45          COFFEE BREAK         

  10:45 - 12:15          SESSION 1: EFFECTIVE REGULATION IN A CONVERGED WORLD - NEW CHALLENGES FOR REGULATORS

Moderator: Dr. K. Shehadi, Chairman and CEO, Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA), Lebanon

GSR Discussion Paper on Connectivity, Openness and Vulnerability: Challenges facing Regulators, [presentation]
Mr. Rory Macmillan, Founding Partner, Macmillan Keck

Interactive panel discussion:

• Competition, consumers and content: time for converged regulators or greater cooperation?

• Balancing expectations of various stakeholders

• Understanding market transformation to cope with convergence, addressing new regulatory challenges

Panelists:

• Dr. A. Badawi, President, National Telecom Regulatory Authority of Egypt (NTRA), Egypt

• Mr. N. Curien, Autorité de Régulation des Communications Electroniques et des Postes (ARCEP), France (presentation)

• Mr. H. Osuna, President, Comisión Federal de Telecomunicaciones (COFETEL), Mexico

• Mr. R. Mangtani, Director of Regulation, GSM Association

For information:

Draft Background Paper on Cybersecurity: The Role and Responsibilities of an Effective Regulator
Eric Lie, Rory Macmillan and Richard Keck of Macmillan Keck (Attorneys and Solicitors)

  14:00 - 15:30          SESSION 2: IMPACT OF THE FINANCIAL CRISIS ON REGULATION - LESSONS LEARNED

Moderator: Mr. J. Genachowski, Chairman, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), United States

GSR Discussion Paper on Impact of effective regulation on investment: an investor’s perspective, [presentation]
Ms. Lynne Dorward, CRO, Zain Group

GSR Discussion Paper on Effective regulation: the “stimulus plan” for the ICT sector, [presentation]
Ms. Mandla Msimang, Managing Director, Pygma Consulting

Interactive panel discussion:

• The importance of effective regulation in light of the global economic downturn and the financial crisis

• What regulators can do to attract and secure investment in the sector: hands on or hands off?

• The crisis: a call for government intervention and more public-private partnerships?

• Who will pay for NGN infrastructure now?

Panelists:

• Dr. A. Hiasat, Chairman of the Board and CEO, Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC), Jordan

• Mr. M. Kurth, President, Federal Network Agency, Germany

• Mr. C. Lopez-Blanco, Director of International Office, Telefonica, Spain

Moderator: Mr. C. Cheah, Deputy Chair, Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), Australia

GSR Discussion Paper on Consumer protection: meeting the expectations of the connected, [presentation]
Ms. Rosalind Stevens, Senior Telecom Expert

Interactive panel discussion:

• Educated ICT consumers call for clear information on what they get for their money: are market players playing the game?

• Protecting the rights of the 21st Century consumer: privacy and online protection issues

• Strengthening ICT consumers’ rights and empowering consumers

Panelists:

• Ms. M. Ajam, Board Member and Head of Information and Consumer Affairs Unit, TRA, Lebanon

• Mr. D. Gross, Partner, Wiley Rein LLP

• Mr. Md. Mahbubor Rahman, Commissioner, Bangladesh Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (BTRC), Bangladesh

• Mr. C. Njoroge, Director General, Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK), Kenya