• To provide senior management and decision makers of ICT entities including governments, regulators and service providers with insight on the changing telecommunication/ICT landscape worldwide and its relevance in the Pacific context;
• To build skills for development of an appropriate telecommunication strategy for the Pacific keeping in view the growth potential and critical role of ICTs  as well as the unique context of the Pacific.
• To share experiences amongst senior management and discuss the study being undertaken by the ITU and PITA on Telecom Strategy for the Pacific-The Next Five Years.   

Day 1: Setting the Scene-Global Trends and the Pacific context

OPENING CEREMONY
Mr. Ivan Fong, President, PITA
Mr. Shivnesh Roynendra Prasad, Director, Ministry of Communications, Fiji
Mr. Brahima Sanou, Director, Telecommunication Development Bureau, ITU

Group Photo

SESSION DETAILS

• ICT Trends for Smart Society and the Pacific Context- Mr. Ashish Narayan, Programme Coordinator, ITU Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
• Connected Intelligence Mr. Chetan Sharma, ITU Expert
• The telecom / ICT opportunities and challenges in the Pacific, Mr. Ivan Fong, President, PITA
• Regulating the ICT-Ecosystem Some lessons learned , Mr. Donnie DeFreitas, Director, PiRRC

Presentations from the Pacific Islands Countries Regulators and Service Providers

• Tonga, Tonga Communications Corporation, Mr. Sione Veikoso, Manger Engineering
• Fiji, FINTEL, Mr. George Samisoni, CEO
• Fiji, Telecommunications Authority of Fiji,  Mr. Tevita Tikoduadua
• Kiribati, Communications Commission of Kiribati, Communications Commission of Kiribati, Mr. Itaaka Tebaka
• Vanuatu, Telecommunications and Radiocommunications Regulator, Mr. Brad Partridge

Workshop discussions: These presentations will be followed by discussions, experience sharing, building ground truths, potential opportunities, forthcoming challenges; Focused discussions on challenges before the Pacific telecom ICT providers, policy makers, regulators e.g. financial, human resources, market opportunities

​Day 3:  What are the priorities? And how do we implement them?  Building roadmaps

• Summary from Day 2
• How to build a roadmap? (ITU)
• Key priorities and challenges for the Pacific telecommunication / ICT governments, regulators and industry (ITU)
• Panel Discussion

Jean-Philippe DIVO, SES [Information]
Jacques-Samuel Prolon, KACIFIC
Joseph Chidiac, TELSTRA

• Emerging situation (ITU)

Workshop discussions: Identifying the top 5 goals for next five years, create action plans, alternate paths, stakeholders engagement, funding and support strategies, policy and regulatory environment that will become the basis for a blueprint for strategy.