9^th GSR: Hands-on or Hands-off? Stimulating growth through effective ICT regulation

Connectivity, Openness and Vulnerability: Challenges Facing Regulators [presentation]
Rory Macmillan, Founding Partner, Macmillan Keck

Impact of effective regulation on investment: an investor’s perspective [presentation]
Lynne Dorward, CRO, Zain Group

Effective regulation: the “stimulus plan” for the ICT sector [presentation]
Mandla Msimang, Managing Director, Pygma Consulting

Consumer protection: meeting the expectations of the connected [presentation]
Rosalind Stevens, Senior Telecom Expert

Coexistence of traditional and IP interconnection [presentation]
Natalija Gelvanovska, Head, Network and Access Division, Communications Regulatory Authority, Lithuania and
John Alden, Senior Telecom Expert and Editor

Mobile termination: to regulate or not? [presentation]
Vaiva Lazauskaite, Economic Analyst, ITU/RME

Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP): Enemy or Ally [presentation]
Phillipa Biggs, Economist, ITU/SPM

The Future of VoIP Interconnection [presentation]
Rudolf Van der Berg, Management Consultant, Logica Management Consulting

Your comments on the draft discussion papers are welcome until 20 November 2009:  GSR09@itu.int.

Draft Background Paper on Cybersecurity: The Role and Responsibilities of an Effective Regulator
Eric Lie, Rory Macmillan and Richard Keck of Macmillan Keck (Attorneys and Solicitors)

Bringing broadband to rural areas: a step-by-step approach, the experience of the Dominican Republic [presentation]
Edwin San Roman, Senior Telecom Expert, Peru

Trends in Universal Access and Service Policies,
Sofie Maddens, Senior International Expert for the ITU-EC Project to Provide Support for the Establishment of Harmonized Policies for the ICT Market in the ACP (HIPCAR)

Report from ITU-D Study Group 1, Question 10-2/1 Regulation for licensing and authorization of converging services, [presentation]
Mindel De La Torre, ITU-D Study Group 1 Rapporteur, Question 10-2/1

Policy paper “Lebanon at Horizon 2013, General rules for the Regulation of Telecommunications Services in Lebanon Including a Change-Reform-Repair Plan of Action”,
H. E. Eng. Gebran Bassil, Minister of Telecommunications, Republic of Lebanon (ENG) (AR)