Moderator : Dr A. Badawi, Executive President, National Telecom Regulatory Authority (NTRA), Egypt

GSR discussion paper on setting national broadband policies, strategies and plans, by Mr R. Horton, Senior Telecommunications Expert | presentation |

• What is broadband? What are the characteristics of a broadband plan, goals and targets

• Financing the plan and cross-sectoral considerations: defining the roles

• How to implement the plan? A decision tree

• Best practices and experiences

Interactive panel discussion

Panelists:

• Ms E. Powell, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Public Enterprises, Communications, Civil Aviation & Tourism, Fiji

• Mr Nurul Yakin Setyabudi, Commissioner, Indonesian Telecommunication Regulatory Authority, Indonesia

• H.E. Mr M. Al Taani, Chairman of the Board and CEO, Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC), Jordan

• Mr E. Lazarus, Chief of Staff, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), United States

  11:00 - 11:15          COFFEE BREAK

  11:15 - 12:30          SESSION 5: OPEN ACCESS REGULATION

Moderator: Mr G. Miley Rojas, Member of the Board, Superintendencia de Telecomunicaciones (SUTEL), Costa Rica

Presentation of the International Telecommunication Regulations (ITRs) by Mr M. Fall, Head Regulatory and Market Division (RME), ITU/BDT

GSR discussion paper on open access regulation in the digital economy, by Mr D. Rogerson, Director, Incyte Consulting Ltd.
| presentation |

• Making sense of the various concepts: How to ensure open access in the different layers of the broadband ecosystem? Understanding the challenges of open access: What regulatory measures to apply?

• Open access to facilities and infrastructure: latest regulatory trends

• How to handle traffic management over increasingly congested wired and wireless networks?

• Open access to e-applications and services (over content delivery platform), operating systems and digital content

Interactive panel discussion

Panelists:

• Mr P. Metzger, Vice Director Telecom Division, Office fédéral de la communication (OFCOM), Switzerland

• Mr I. Sanchez, Commissioner, Comisión de Regulación de Comunicaciones (CRC), Colombia

• Mr P. Srihirun, Director, National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC), Thailand

Moderator : Mr Á. García Castillejo, Board Member, Comisión del Mercado de las Telecomunicaciones (CMT), Spain

GSR discussion paper on Strategies for financing universal broadband access, by Ms M. Msimang, Managing Director, Pygma Consulting  | presentation |

• Universal access/service funding mechanisms: what works – what doesn’t work for broadband?

• Universal Service Funds: lifting the main roadblocks

• Next steps: fostering universal access to digital content, e-service and applications and digital literacy

Interactive panel discussion

Panelists:

• Ms A. Garba, Directrice Générale, Autorité de Régulation Multisectorielle (ARM), Niger

• Mr G. Santiago Thornberry Villarán, Chairman of the Board, Organismo Supervisor de la Inversión Privada en Telecomunicaciones (OSIPTEL), Peru

• Ms J. Exarhakos, Executive Director, Instituto Dominicano de las Telecomunicaciones (INDOTEL), Dominican Republic

  16:30 - 17:30          SESSION 7: E-WASTE AND RECYCLING : WHAT REGULATORS CAN DO

Moderator : Mr. R. Ashok, Board Member, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), India

GSR discussion paper on e-Waste whose responsibility?, by Ms M. Wanjau, Principal Legal Officer, Communications Commission of Kenya  | presentation |

• Defining e-waste: what parts can be recycled?  Hand-held devices such as mobile phones, PCs, network components, others? What elements should be considered in e-waste policy and regulation? Whom does it apply to?

• Environmental and social issues associated with e-waste and recycling, benefits of reuse and recycling

• Black markets of mobile phones, what we know, what can regulators do?

• Understanding the economic impact of e-waste at the national level, and the trade issues at the regional and international levels

Interactive panel discussion

Panelists:

• Mr P. VanPercy, Director General, National Communications Authority (NCA), Ghana

• Dr B. Gwandu, Executive Commissioner, Nigerian Communications Commission

• Ms M. Castellanos, Executive Director, ejecutiva programa Computadores para Educar Ministerio de Tecnologías de la Información y las Comunicaciones, Colombia