| UNESCAP/ITU Regional Training Workshop - Agenda |
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SEMINAR
ON UNIVERSAL SERVICE AND CONSUMER RIGHTS PROTECTION
ITU and Ministry of Information Industry (MII)
Guiyang, China - 24-25 August 2005 |
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DAY
1
WEDNESDAY, 24 AUGUST 2005 |
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9:00
9:30 |
Meeting
of Mr. Jiang Yaoping, Vice Minister of MII and Mr. Zhang Qunshan, Vice Governor
of Guizhou Province with invited experts from abroad |
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SESSION
1
OPENING CEREMONY
Moderator: Mr.
Chen Yin, Deputy Director-general, Department of Foreign Affairs of MII,
China |
| 9:30
9:45 |
Welcome
Address from MII
Mr. Jiang Yaoping, Vice-Minister, Ministry of Information Industry (MII),
China |
| 9:45
10:00 |
Welcome
Address from the government of Guizhou Province
Mr. Zhang Qunshan, Vice Governor of Guizhou province, China |
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10:00
10:15 |
Opening
Remarks from ITU
Dr. Eun-Ju Kim, Acting Head, ITU Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific,
International Telecommunication Union |
| 10:15
10:35 |
Tea/Coffee
Break |
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SESSION
2
TRENDS AND ISSUES IN UNIVERSAL SERVICE AND CONSUMER RIGHTS PROTECTION
Moderator: Mr. Christian Nicolai Orellana, Undersecretary of Telecommunications,
Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications, Chile |
| 10:35
- 11:15 |
Telecommunication
Universal Service & Consumer Rights Protection in China
Mr. Su Jinsheng, Director-general, Telecommunication Administration Bureau,
MII, China |
| 11:15
11:55 |
Trends
in Universal Service and Consumer Protection
Mr. Eric Lie, Regulatory Analyst, ITU Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific,
ITU |
| 12:00
14:00 |
Lunch
Break |
| SESSION
3
UNIVERSAL SERVICE and SESSION 4: BEST PRACTICES IN UNIVERSAL SERVICE
Moderator:
Mr. Yi Xueqing, Director-general, Department of Policy of MII, China |
| 14:00
14:45 |
Managing Transition
in the Universal Service Regime in View of forthcoming Challenges
Prof. Patrick Xavier, Faculty of Business & Enterprise, Swinburne University
of Technology, Australia |
| 14:45
15:30 |
Telecommunications
Development Fund in Chile
Mr. Christian Nicolai, Undersecretary of Telecommunications, Ministry of
Transport and Telecommunications, Chile |
| 15:30
15:40 |
Tea/Coffee
Break |
| 15:40
16:20 |
Information
Equality & Universal Service: Achieving Historic Leap in Telecommunication
Universal Service in Guizhou (Western China)
Mr. Li Deming, Director-general, Telecommunication Administration Bureau
Guizhou province, MII, China |
| 16:20
17:00 |
Funding of Universal
Service and the Management of the Fund: the case of India
Ms. Sadhana Dikshit, Joint Administrator, USO Fund, Ministry of Communications
and IT, India |
| 17:00
17:40 |
Universal
Services in Norway
Mr. Anders Lillehagen, Advisor, Regulatory Affairs, Telenor, Norway |
| 18:30 |
Welcome
Banquet hosted by MII and Guizhou Province |
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| DAY
2
THURSDAY, 25 AUGUST 2005 |
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| SESSION
5
CONSUMER RIGHTS PROTECTION
Moderator: Mr. Wen Ku, Director-general, Department of Science & Technology,
MII, China |
| 09:00 09:40 |
Consumer
Protection Policy and Regulation
Ms. Gracie Foo, Deputy-Director General, OFTA, Hong-Kong, China |
| 09:40 10:20 |
Universal
service & consumer rights
Mr. Ewan Sutherland, Executive-Director, International Telecommunications
Users Group (INTUG) |
| 10:20
10:30 |
Tea/Coffee
Break |
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6
BEST PRACTICES IN CONSUMER RIGHTS PROTECTION
Moderator: Mr. Wen Ku, Director-general, Department of Science & Technology,
MII, China |
| 10:30 11:00 |
Telecommunications
consumer protection in Australia
Ms. Kathleen Silleri, Manager, Consumer Interests, Australian Communications
and Media Authority,
Australia |
| 11:00 11:30 |
Characteristics
and Countermeasures of Consumer Issues in Korea
Dr. Chang-Beom Yi, Director, Personal Information Protection, Cyber Security
Agency, Rep. of Korea |
| 11:30 12:00 |
Protection
of Consumer Rights and Convergence: The Experience of Malaysia
Ms. Sharizan Abdul Aziz, Head, Consumer Protection Department, Communications
and Multimedia Commission, Malaysia |
| 12:00
14:00 |
Lunch
Break |
| SESSION
7
DISCUSSION
Moderator: Dr. Eun-Ju Kim, Acting Head, ITU Regional Office for Asia and
the Pacific, ITU |
| 14:00 15:30 |
Universal
Service: How to apply best practices to the situation in China?
Consumer Rights Protection: How to apply best practices to the situation
in China? |
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8
CLOSING CEREMONY
Moderator: Dr. Eun-Ju Kim, Acting Head, ITU Regional Office for Asia and
the Pacific, ITU
Moderator: Mr. Chen Yin, Deputy Director-general, Department of Foreign
Affairs of MII, China |
| 15:30 15:45 |
Closing
Remarks
Dr. Eun-Ju Kim, Acting Head, ITU Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific,
ITU |
| 15:45 16:00 |
Closing Remarks
Mr. Chen Yin, Deputy Director-general, Department of Foreign Affairs of
MII, China MII, China |
| 19:00 |
Dinner
and culture event hosted by Guizhou Telecommunication Administration Bureau |
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