Organized by the
Telecommunication Standardization Sector of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU-T)
and hosted by the
Department of Communications (DoC) South Africa
20 October 2008
0930 – 1010
Session 1: Welcome and Opening Addresses
Objectives:
The Global Standards Symposium (GSS) was adopted by the ITU
Plenipotentiary (by Resolution 122, Antalya 2006) as a one-day round
table and coordination meeting, to serve as a forum for high-level
policy discussion and to provide its conclusions to the WTSA.
Welcome: H.E. Dr Ivy MATSEPE-CASABURRI, Minister of Communications,
South Africa
[ SPEECH ] Dr Hamadoun I. TOURE, Secretary-General, ITU
[ BIOGRAPHY
| SPEECH ]
Opening remarks by Symposium Chair: H.E. Mr Nguyen THANH
HUNG, Vice-Minister, Ministry of Information and
Communications, Viet Nam
[ BIOGRAPHY
| SPEECH ]
1010 – 1030
Coffee break
1030 – 1215
Session 2: Bridging the standardization gap
Session Moderator: H.E. Ambassador Ronaldo SARDENBERG,
President of ANATEL, Brazil [ BIOGRAPHY ]
Objectives:
The standardization development gap relates to disparities in the
ability of developing countries, relative to developed ones, to
access, implement, contribute to and influence international ICT
standards, specifically ITU Recommendations. The standardization
development gap is itself both a cause and a manifestation of the
wider digital divide between information haves and have nots. This
session, the culmination of five regional development forums held
during 2008 in Accra, Brasilia, Damascus, Hanoi and Tashkent, will
examine creative solutions to bridging the gap. It will include a
report on the OECD Ministerial on the Future of the Internet
Economy, which committed to promoting ubiquitous Internet access.
Mr Asadjon KHODJAEV, Deputy Director-General of Communications and Information Agency of Uzbekistan
[ BIOGRAPHY ]
H.E. Ambassador David GROSS, Coordinator for
International Communications and Information Policy, USA,
Presentation of results of the OECD Ministerial Conference on
the Future of the Internet Economy (Seoul, 17-18 June) [ BIOGRAPHY
| PRESENTATION ]
Presentation of case studies of countries succeeding in
bridging the standardization gap
Dr Mun-Kee CHOI, President, ETRI, Republic of Korea
[ PRESENTATION ]
Mr Boaxin Zhou, Secretary General, China Communications Standards Association
[ PRESENTATION ]
Dr Sebiletso MOKONE MATABANE, CEO, Sentech (South Africa)
[ BIOGRAPHY
| PRESENTATION ]
1215 – 1345
Lunch
1345 – 1520
Session 3: Global Standards Challenges
Moderator: H.E Dr Benjamin AGGREY NTIM, Minister of
Communications, Ghana [ BIOGRAPHY ]
Objectives:
This session looks at future challenges for the standards-making
community and the role of ITU-T in the global standardization
landscape. The presentations could also deal with issues such as
climate change and digital inclusion through accessibility. Speakers
in this session include chief technology officers (CTOs)
Short presentations from the speakers will be followed by a panel
discussion.
1520 – 1540
Coffee break
1540 – 1720
Session 4: Global Standards Collaboration Roundtable
Moderator:
Mr Gary FISHMAN, Chairman, ITU-T Telecommunication
Standardization Advisory Group (TSAG), Alcatel-Lucent [ BIOGRAPHY
| PRESENTATION ]
Objectives:
The business of standards-making is become increasingly complex and
costly, and ITU-T must form partnerships and work in collaboration
with many other standards development organisations, as well as its
own membership. In this session, which takes the form of a
roundtable discussion, senior figures from the standards-making
community will debate the issues of the day and demonstrate how
their organisation is contributing to bridging the standardization
gap.
Panellists
Mr Alan BRYDEN, Secretary-General, International
Organisation for Standardization (ISO) [ BIOGRAPHY
| PRESENTATION ]
Symposium chairman: H.E. Mr Nguyen THANH HUNG, Vice-Minister,
Ministry of Information and Communications Viet Nam
[ BIOGRAPHY ]
Objectives:
The objective of the final session is to approve the conclusions of
the GSS. The report on conclusions, which will be prepared by the GSS steering committee, will be presented to WTSA-08 for appropriate
action.
1830 – 2030
RECEPTION hosted by Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Japan,
Theatre of Marcellus, Emperors Palace
