Wednesday 10 November 2010

  09:00 - 10:00          OPENING CEREMONY        

  10.15 - 10:45          REPORTING SESSION         

• Report from the Chairman of the GILF10

• Report from the meeting of Regulatory Associations

  10:45 - 11:00          COFFEE BREAK           

Moderator: Mr Ndongo Diao, Director General, ARTP, Senegal

GSR Discussion Paper on Understanding the impact of broadband on national and global economies, Dr. Raúl L. Katz, Adjunct Professor, Division of Finance and Economics, and Director, Business Strategy Research, Columbia Institute of Tele-information [presentation]

• Assessing the role broadband plays in strengthening national and global economies

• Broadband as a tool to increase digital inclusion and socio-economic development

• What regulators need to know and how they can stimulate broadband deployment through effective regulatory tools

Interactive panel discussion

Panelists:

• Ms Mignon Clyburn, Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), United States

• Mr Rajesh K. Arnold, Secretary, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), India

• Mr Alagi B. Gaye, Director General, Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA), Gambia, and Vice Chairman of the West Africa Telecommunications Regulators Assembly (WATRA)

• Mr Mahfoudh Ould Brahim, Deputy Director General, Expresso Senegal, Senegal

  14:30 - 16:00          SESSION 2: 21ST CENTURY REGULATION

Moderator: H. E. Mr  José Rizek, Minister and Telecommunications Advisor to the President of the Dominican Republic

GSR Discussion Paper on ICT Regulation for the digital economy, presented by Janet Hernandez, President, TMG [presentation]

• What role for the regulator in a digital world?

• How are the changes in the sector impacting competition?

• Is there a need to develop regulatory measures for applications and services?

• Next generation regulation: a new ladder of regulation

• Cross-sector goals: redefining universal access and service to extend it beyond network deployment to foster a knowledge-based society

• Mr Nicolas Curien, Commissioner, Autorité de Régulation des Communications électroniques et des Postes (ARCEP), France

• Mr Gustavo Peña-Quiñones, Secretary General, Latin American Forum of Telecom Regulators (REGULATEL)

• Mr Pavel Dvorak, Chairman, Czech Telecommunication Office, Czech Republic

• Mr Tom Phillips, Chief Government and Regulatory Affairs Officer, GSM Association

  16:15 - 17:30          SESSION 3: SPECTRUM IN TRANSITION:  THE DIGITAL DIVIDEND

Moderator:  Dr Drazen Lucic, Executive Director, Croatian Post and Electronic Communications Agency (HAKOM), Croatia

GSR Discussion Paper on Digital switchover and the digital dividend, Adrian Foster, Founding Partner, McLean Foster & Co. [presentation]

• Understanding the analogue to digital broadcasting migration

• Who will benefit from the digital dividend?

• Fighting for the spectrum: understanding the challenges for telecom/ICT operators and broadcasters

• Spectrum refarming and trading

• What role for telecom/ICT regulators and broadcasting authorities? Cooperation or competition?

• Mr Pape Cire Cisse, Director Radiocommunications, Networks and services, ARTP, Senegal

• Dr Muhammad Budi Setiawan, Director General Posts and Telecommunications, Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, Indonesia [information document]

• Mr Peter Pitsch, Executive Director, Communications and Associate General Counsel Intel Corporation, Intel, United States