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Presentations from the ITU Regional Workshop on Policy, Legal and Regulatory Environment (Moscow, Russia, 7-8 September 2017)

7 September 2017, Thursday
09:30-10:00 Official opening ceremony
  • Mr. Rashid Ismailov, Vice Minister of Telecom and Mass Communications of the Russian Federation
  • Mr. Michael Yakushev, Executive Vice President and Head of Government Relations, VimpelCom, Russia
  • Mr. Kirill Oparin, Head, Regional Office for CIS, ITU
10:00-11:00​ Session 1: Changing economies and the information society: the impact of digitization in Eurasia

Moderator: Mr. Kirill Oparin, Head, Regional Office for CIS, ITU

Speakers:
  • Mr. Viktor Shkipin, Mobile Financial Services Director, VimpelCom, Russia
  • Mr. Yevgeniy Malishevskiy, Director of the Science and Consulting Centre, National Telecommunications Association of Kazakhstan [Presentation]
  • Ms. Galina Kucheriavaia, Head of Legal and Government Relations, Sky Mobile, Kyrgyz Republic [Presentation]
​11:00-11:30 Coffee break
11:30-13:30 Session 2a: Digital business models and OTTs

Moderator: Mr. Tomas Lamanauskas, Group Director Public Policy, VEON, The Netherlands

Speakers:
  • Mr. Egor Kazantsev, Head of Technologies Development, Finvale, Russi[Presentation]
  • Mr. Sharif Carmo, Chief Operating Officer, GetShopTV, Russia [Presentation]
Session 2b: Challenges and opportunities of disruption – a policy perspective

Speakers:
  • Mr. Rory MacMillan,Partner, Macmillan Keck Attorneys & Solicitors, Switzerland [Presentation]
  • Mr. Sean Kennedy, Director, CEG Europe, United Kingdom [Presentation]
​13:30-14:30 Lunch
​13:30-15:30Session 3a: The information society and Big Data: definition, application and value
networks in the region

Moderator: Mr. Farid Nakhli, Programme Officer, Regional Office for CIS, ITU

Speakers:
  • Mr. Vladislav Shershulsky, Director Prospective Technologies, Microsoft, Russia [Presentation]
  • Mr. Sergei Dobriakov, Head of the Big Data Products, VimpelCom, Russia [Presentation]
15:30-16:00Coffee break
16:00-17:00Session 3b: The information society and Big Data: definition, application and value
networks in the region

Speakers:
  • Ms. Yulia Kossykh, Manager, Frontier Economics, United Kingdom [Presentation]
  • Mr. Denis Low, Associate General Counsel Data & Privacy, VEON, The Netherlands [Presentation]
8 September 2017, Friday
09:30-11:00 Session 4a: The future of the internet: IoT

Moderator: Mr. Michael Yakushev, Executive Vice President and Head of Government Relations, VimpelCom, Russia

Speakers:
  • Mr. Nurlan Esenturov, Chief Specialist, Legal Support Department, State Committee of Information Technology and Communications of the Kyrgyz Republic
  • Mr. Alexey Ivashinko, Engineer, ICT Research and Development Department, Giprosvjaz, Belarus [Presentation]
11:00-11:30​Coffee break
11:30-12:30​ Session 4b: Policy and regulatory considerations

Speakers:
  • Mr. Evgeny Makhortov, Head of Government Relations Eastern Region, Nokia, Russia [Presentation]
  • Mr. Patrik Ekdahl, Manager Platform Security Research, Ericsson, Sweden [Presentation]