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Agenda Regional Economic and Financial Forum for Asia and Pacific

Agenda​ ​

Monday 1 September​ ​

08.30 – 09.00

Delegates registration

09.00 – 09.30

Opening Ceremony

    • Mr Byoung Nam LEE, Chairman SG3RG-AO
    • Ms Carmen Prado-Wagner, ITU Representative
    • Mr Khin Maung Thet, Director General of Post and Telecommunications Department 
      of The Republic of the Union of Myanmar 

Chairman of the Forum:  Mr Than Htun Aung, Director International Relations,  Posts and Telecommunications
                                           Department of The Republic of the Union of Myanmar

Coffee Break and Group Picture
​ 10.00 – 11.15

Session 1Evolution of Internet market offers, convergence and service bundling in
                    Asia and Pacific

                         Presentation by Mr Oscar Gonzalez Soto, ITU Expert, Spain

​11.15 – 12.30

Session 2Regulatory analysis of International Mobile Roaming (IMR) services - A ‘How to’
                    guidance for Governments and Regulators

                         Presentation of the ITU-D Paper by Mr Robert Clarke, ITU Expert,
                         Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment of New Zealand

Lunch
14.00 – 15.00

Session 3National Broadband Plans – developing a Monitoring Framework and Checklist

                         Presentation by Mr Colin Oliver, ITU Expert, Australia

​15.00 – 15.45

​Session 4:   Strategic Costing for broadband services

                          Presentation by Mr Jim Holmes, ITU Expert, Australia

Coffee Break
​ 16.00 – 17.00

Session 5Costing, tariff policies and regulation in the region
                    Experiences from countries

                         Presentation on Trends on costing and tariff policies in the region by Ms Carmen Prado-Wagner, ITU/BDT

      Presentation on the Work of ITU-T Study Group 3 on cost modeling by Mr Byoung Nam Lee, ETRI, Korea
        and Chairman SG3RG-AO

-       Presentation on Review of Price Regulation in Thailand: Towards Price Cap by Ms Onwaree Jarernporn, Director,
        Telecom Tariff Bureau, NBTC Thailand

-       Presentation on Access pricing – Malaysian experience by Ms Karen Woo, Director, Competition and Access
        Department, Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission

Tuesday 2 September ​

​ 09.00 – 10.15

Session 6:   Licensing Regimes in a converged digital environment in Asia and Pacific

                          Presentation by Mr Jim Holmes, ITU Expert, Australia
Panelist:
-      Presentation on the Case of Myanmar by Ms Seint Seint Aye, Assistant Director from
       Posts and Telecommunications Department of Myanmar

Coffee Break
​10.30 – 11.15

Session 7:   The impact of Internet development and OTT in the voice service

                          Presentation by Mr Oscar Gonzalez Soto, ITU Expert, Spain

Panelist:

-        Presentation on the impact of OTT in the voice service of Vietnam by Ms Nguyen Minh Ngoc,
         Tariff and Promotion Division, Viet Nam Telecommunications Authority

​ 11.15 -12.15

Session 8:    Monitoring Broadband deployment, Competition, Access and Adoption

                          Presentation by Mr Colin Oliver, ITU Expert, Australia

Panelist:
-         Presentation on Broadband Availability and Adoption, a Solomon Islands Perspective by Mr Arumae Haggai Haji,
          Telecommunications Commission of Solomon Islands

​ 12.15 – 12.30
Final conclusions and closing of the Forum
Lunch
​from 14.30 and 3             Meeting of ITU-T Study Group 3 Regional Group for Asia and Oceania (SG3RG-AO)
​September 2014
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