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INTERNATIONAL
TELECOMMUNICATION UNION
Regulatory
implications of Broadband Workshop
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Document: Broadband/01
27 April 2001
Original: English
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geneva — ITU New Initiatives Programme
— 2-4 May 2001
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Room
H, Montbrillant Building, Place des Nations, Geneva
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Day One – Wednesday 2nd May 2001
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9.00 – 9.30
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Registration.
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9.30 – 9.40
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Welcome
address, Yoshio Utsumi, Secretary-General, ITU.
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9.40 – 9.50
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Chairman’s opening remarks, Deborah Hurley, Harvard University.
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9.50 – 10.40
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Briefing paper
presented by Lucy Firth, ITU. Followed by discussion.
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10.40 – 11.00
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Coffee
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11.00 – 12.30
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Keynote address, Mohamed Sharil Tarmizi, Malaysian Communication and Multimedia Commission. Followed by
discussion.
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12.30 – 14.00
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Lunch
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14.00 – 15.00
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Broadband
service operational issues –landscape and policy framework, presented by Nae
Chan Lee, KISDI, Korea. Followed by discussion.
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15.00 – 15.20
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The role of case studies in the ITU’s work, presented by Vanessa Gray, ITU
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15.20 – 15.40
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Australian case study presented by
John Houghton, Centre for strategic
economic studies, Melbourne.
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15.40 – 16.00
16.00 – 16.20
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Italian case study
presented by Luigi Prosperetti, University of Milan.
South African case
study, presented by Alison Gillwald, Witswatersrand University.
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16.20 – 16.40
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Coffee
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16.40 – 17.20
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Panel discussion of case studies, led by Lara Srivastava, ITU.
Panelists: Vanessa Gray, John Houghton, Luigi Prosperetti, Alison Gillwald.
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17.20 – 17.30
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Summary of
first day by chairman.
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Day Two – Thursday 3rd May 2001
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9.30 – 9.35
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Welcome to the second day by chairman.
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9.35 – 10.40
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Government
strategies to encourage broadband roll-out, presented by Tim
Kelly, ITU. Followed by discussion.
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10.40 – 11.00
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Coffee
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11.00 – 12.30
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Regulatory
issues of infrastructure development and management, presented by Damien
Geradin, University of Liege, Belgium. Followed by discussion.
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12.30 – 14.00
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Lunch
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14.00 – 15.30
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Market
implications of technologically neutral regulation, presented by Mark Naftel,
Norton Rose. Followed by discussion
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15.30 – 15.50
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Coffee
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15.50 – 17.15
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Discussion of issues.
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17.15 – 17.30
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Summary and
close of second day by Deborah Hurley.
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Day Three – Friday 4th May 2001
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9.30 – 9.35
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Welcome to the
third day by chairman.
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9.35 – 10.30
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Possible role
of the ITU in relation to broadband. Roundtable discussion led by Don
MacLean, Canada.
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10.30 – 10.50
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Coffee
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10.50 – 12.20
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Discussion of
chairman’s report.
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12.20 – 12.30
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Closing remarks
by chairman.
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