Joint ITU - AICTO Workshop on "Interoperability of IPTV in the Arab region"

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Joint ITU - AICTO Workshop on "Interoperability of IPTV in the Arab region" hosted by Du
Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 20-21(AM) September 2011	Contact: tsbworkshops@itu.int

Programme

Day 1, Tuesday, 20 September 2011
08:30 - 09:30	Registration
09:30 - 10:00	Opening Welcome Address Mr. Osman Sultan, CEO, du EITC , Dubai, UAE H.E. Mr. Mohamed Ali Al Wahaibi, Under-Secretary for Communications, Ministry of Transport & Communication, Oman, and President of AICTO Council Mr. Houlin Zhao, Deputy Secretary-General, ITU [ BIOGRAPHY ] Mrs. Khédija Ghariani, Secretary-General, AICTO
10:00 - 11:00	Keynotes Mr. Masahito Kawamori, ITU-T IPTV-GSI TSR Coordinator, NTT, Japan [ PRESENTATION ] Mr. Karim Taga, Managing Director Arthur D. Little’s German, Austrian & CEE operations – Austria
11:00 - 11:15	Coffee break
11:15 - 12:45	Session 1: Regulatory Issues & Business Models "IPTV over Bitstream", Mr. Rashid Al-Ahmedi, Director Fixed Access Network – Planning, du EITC, UAE [ BIOGRAPHY \| PRESENTATION ] "How IPTV and Broadcast networks need to cooperate, Connected TV as an example", Mr. Bernard Pauchon, Chairman of Broadcast Networks Europe [ PRESENTATION ] "IPTV development as a vehicle for Broadband adoption: Role of Governments", Mr. Slim Saidi, International Telecommunications expert, Dubai, UAE [ BIOGRAPHY \| PRESENTATION ] "IPTV Challenges Egypt perspective", Mr. Mohannad El-Megharbel, NTRA, Egypt [ BIOGRAPHY \| PRESENTATION ]
12:45 - 13:45	Lunch break
13:45 - 15:15	Session 2: Standardization Chair/Moderator: Mr. Bilel Jamoussi, Chief SGD, TSB-ITU "ITU-T Study Group 16 – General Overview", Mr. Yushi Naito, Chairman of the ITU-T Study Group 16, Mitsubishi Electric, Japan” [ BIOGRAPHY \| PRESENTATION ] "General overview of ITU IPTV standardization", Mr. Masahito Kawamori, ITU-T IPTV-GSI TSR Coordinator, NTT, Japan "ITU-T MAFR Series (H.760) and Ginga-NCL (H.761)", Mr. Marcelo Moreno, Federal University of Juiz de For a, Brazil [ PRESENTATION ] "ITU-T H.762 (LIME) IPTV Multimedia Application Interoperability", Mr. Fernando Masami Matsubara, Mitsubishi Electric, Japan [ PRESENTATION ] "IPTV audience measurement standardization for future IPTV", Mr. Hideki Yamamoto, OKI Electric, Japan [ BIOGRAPHY \| PRESENTATION ] "IPTV Standards in China", Mr. Miao Chuanyang, ZTE, China [ BIOGRAPHY \| ABSTRACT \| PRESENTATION ]
15:15 - 15:30	Coffee break
15:30 - 17:00	Session 3: Technology Moderator: Mr. Saleem Al-Balooshi, Senior Vice President, Customer Operations, du EITC, UAE [ BIOGRAPHY ] "Evolution of TV Viewing", Mr. Mike Armstrong, Sales Manager EMEA, Microsoft [ PRESENTATION ] "IPTV, the Way forward", Mr. Ali Dernaika, Senior Manager Video Core Planning, du EITC, UAE [ PRESENTATION ] Mr. Mondher Makni, Telnet group, Tunisia "Putting The User At The Centre Of The Television Experience" Mr. Mohamed El Ebiary, ALCATEL [ PRESENTATION ] "Ericsson TV Vision and Trends" Mr. Souhail Khouaja, Head of Commercial Engagment TV and Media, ERICSSON [ PRESENTATION ] "IPTV : Technical aspects and case", Mr. Mohesen Ghommam, Senior engineer, ONT, Tunisia "Hybrid IPTV and infrastructure challenges in the Arab region", Mr. Ossama Suleiman, Head of Content at TE Data-Hybrid
17:00	IPTV Showcasing visits at Majlis Al Mina
20:00 - 22:30	Gala Dinner

Day 2, Wednesday, 21 September 2011 (AM)
09:00 - 11:00	Session 4: e-Content “Developing digital Arabic content and applications” Chair/Moderator: Mrs. Salha Amara [ BIOGRAPHY ] "Content Proliferation and the Regional IPTV Scene", Mr. Thomas Wilson, CEO & Executive Managing Director, SAMENA Telecommunications Council, Dubai, UAE "Insights into Arab consumers online consumption habits", Mr. Jawad J. Abbassi, Founder and General Manager of Arab Advisors Group, Jordan [ BIOGRAPHY \| PRESENTATION ] "Children’s Publishing Goes Digital: New Markets, Players and Platforms", Mrs. Sana Ghenima, CEO Sanabilmed, Tunisia [ BIOGRAPHY \| PRESENTATION] "E-contents industry in Arab Universities habits", Mr. Adel Rizk, CEO GAMA LEARN, Abu Dhabi, UAE [ PRESENTATION] Mr. Janis Karklins, Assistant Director-General for Communication and Information, UNESCO (Remote participation)
11:00 - 11:15	Coffee break
11:15 - 12:45	Session 5: e-Accessibility aspects Chair/Moderator: Mr. Hiroshi Kawamura, President of the DAISY Consortium "IPTV for All: Opportunities and Challenges" Mr. Hiroshi Kawamura, President of the DAISY Consortium [ BIOGRAPHY \| PRESENTATION ] "E-accessibility, basic concepts and current situation in the Arab region", Mr. Mohamed Jemni, Head of ICT laboratory research, University of Tunis, Tunisia [ BIOGRAPHY \| PRESENTATION ] "Making IPTV Accessible", Mr. Peter Looms, Chairman of the ITU-T Focus Group on Audiovisual Media Accessibility [ BIOGRAPHY \| ABSTRACT \| PRESENTATION ] "ITU-T IPTV for Accessibility -- IPTV as an Inclusive Technology--" Mr. Masahito Kawamori, ITU-T IPTV- GSI TSR Coordinator, NTT, Japan [ PRESENTATION]
12:45 - 13:00	Closing session Wrap up and conclusions
13:00	Lunch break
	IPTV Showcasing visits at Majlis Al Mina