Thursday 4 October 2012  (Regulator's Day)

  09:00 - 10:30          SESSION 8   Defining markets: A regulatory ladder of intervention in a converged digital environment

Moderator: Ms Kathleen Riviere-Smith, Chief Executive Officer, Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA), Bahamas

Presentation of the ITU Broadband Report on Competition and regulation in a converged broadband world, Dr Christian Koboldt, Co-Founder, DotEcon | presentation |

Interactive panel discussion

• Defining SMP in a converged technology and service neutral environment : A move from regulation to deregulation

• Balancing ex-ante and ex -post regulation, should SMP operators who invested heavily in network deployment or innovate fast be treated differently?

• The role of competition authorities’ vs ICT regulators: avoiding overlap and fostering cooperation

Panelists:

• Mr Md Abdus Samad, Commissioner, Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC), Bangladesh

• Mr Oumar Said Koulibaly, Deputy Director-General, Autorité de Régulation des Postes et Télécommunications (ARPT), Guinea

• Mr Mohamed Bubashait, General Director, Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA), Bahrain
   

  10:30 - 10:45          COFFEE BREAK

  10:45 - 12:00          SESSION 9  Broadband implementation: Country case studies

Moderator: Dr Rahul Khullar, Chairman, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), India

Presentation of the ITU series of country case studies on broadband implementation, Mr Mario Maniewicz, Chief, Department of Infrastructure, Enabling Environment and E-Applications, BDT/ITU

Interactive panel discussion

Broadband implementation success stories, forward looking approaches and lessons learned.
 

Panelists:

• Prof. Milan Jankovic, Director, Republic Agency for Electronic Communications (RATEL), Serbia

• Mr Mohan Jayasekere, Deputy Director, Telecommunication Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka (TRSCL), Sri Lanka

• Ms Magdalena Gaj, President, Office of Electronic Communications (UKE), Poland
   

Regulators’ interactive Exchange on most pressing regulatory issues

Moderator:  Mr Cristhian Lizcano, Senior Telecommunications Expert and Chairman of GSR11

Panelists:

• Mr Alan Horne, Telecommunications Regulator, Telecommunications and Radiocommunications Regulator (TRR), Vanuatu

• Dr Dražen Lučić, Executive Director, Croatian Post and Electronic Communications Agency (HAKOM), Croatia

• Mr Kwong-Cheung Lau, Assistant Director, Office of the Communications Authority (OFCA), Hong Kong, China
   

  16:00 - 17:00          WAY FORWARD AND CLOSING