The objectives of the Forum is to review the African experience in
WTSA-08 and to consider the activities put in place to implement those
resolutions that are of interest to the region. Experiences will also be
shared among the participants to check where more cooperation is required
and to focus on the various activities, establishing priorities and an
action plan to fully benefit from WTSA-08 Resolutions.
Day 1, 16 June 2009
09:30 – 10:30
OPENING SESSION:
Master of ceremonies: Godwin Avenorgbo (Retired
Director of Radio, Ghana Broadcasting Corporation)
Chairman of the Forum: Honourable Gideon Quarcoo (Deputy Minister of Communications, Ghana)
Welcome address: Malcolm Johnson, (Director,
Telecommunication Standardization Bureau, International Telecommunication Union (ITU/TSB))
[ BIOGRAPHY | WELCOME ADDRESS ]
Statement by: Daniel Waturu, (Chairman, ITU-T SG 12 Regional Group for Africa)
[ BIOGRAPHY |
STATEMENT ]
H.E. John Mahama, (Vice-President of the Republic of Ghana)
[ KEYNOTE ADDRESS ]
10:30 – 11:00
Coffee break
11:00 – 12:30
SESSION 1: WTSA-08 outcomes
Objectives: This session will present an overview of ITU and main WTSA-08
results. It will also review the WTSA-08 outcomes in relation to the
interests of African countries.
Session Chairman: Mohamed Haji, (Manager, New Technologies, Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK))
[ BIOGRAPHY ]
Joshua Peprah, (Director, Regulatory Administration, National Communications Authority, Ghana): An
African view on the outcomes of WTSA-08
[ BIOGRAPHY
| PRESENTATION ]
Jean-Jacques Massima-Landji, (Vice-Chairman of TSAG):
Relationship between contributions submitted as input by the African
region to WTSA-08, the relevant outcomes and their implementation in the
region.
[ BIOGRAPHY
| ABSTRACT
| PRESENTATION ]
SESSION 2: Overview of ITU-T and its activities in the Africa Region
Objectives: This session will provide an overview of ITU-T (the
standardization sector of ITU). It will highlight decisions taken by the
Plenipotentiary Conference 2006 (Resolution 123) and WTSA-08 (Resolution 44)
related to Bridging the Standardization Gap. The main tasks of Study Groups,
Lead study groups and regional groups. Moreover, this session will show some
activities in Africa and data about the participation of African members in
the ITU-T studies.
Session Chairman: Jean-Jacques Massima-Landji, (Vice-Chairman of TSAG)
[ BIOGRAPHY ]
Judit Katona Kiss, (Counsellor, ITU-T SGs 5 & 12, ITU/TSB): ITU-T: ITU standardization sector - Overview
Standardization Sector Overview, Study Groups, Focus Groups, Lead study
groups, GSI and Regional Groups.
[ BIOGRAPHY
| ASTRACT
| PRESENTATION ]
Paolo Rosa, (Head of Workshops and Promotion Division, ITU/TSB):
Participation in ITU-T
Standardization activities
[ BIOGRAPHY
| PRESENTATION ]
Abossé Akue-Kpakpo, (Telecoms Manager, Togo Telecom and Chairman, ITU-T
SG3 RG-AFR): Benefits of ITU-T’s work for African regulators and operators
[ BIOGRAPHY
| ASTRACT
| PRESENTATION ]
SESSION 3: Developing Countries: Ways to reduce the standardization
gap
Objectives: This session will address the difficulties raised by African
countries regarding participation in the ITU-T management, studies and
standardization, approval process and proposals to reduce any difficulties.
It will also address the participation of sector members and academia in the
activities of the standardization sector with reference to WTSA-08
Resolutions.
Paolo Rosa, (Head of Workshops and Promotion Division,
ITU/TSB): ITU-T activities in the region in the light of WTSA-08
Resolutions
[ BIOGRAPHY
| PRESENTATION ]
Isaac Boateng, (Assistant Manager, Regulatory Administration,
National Communications Authority, Ghana): Bridging the digital divide: The
efforts of Ghana
[ BIOGRAPHY
| ABSTRACT
| PRESENTATION ]
Pascal Doua, (Sub-Director, Type-approval and Standardization, Telecommunications Agency of Côte d’Ivoire): Proposals to reduce the standardization gap: The Ivorian approach
[ BIOGRAPHY
| ABSTRACT
| PRESENTATION ]
Georges Sebek, (Counsellor, ITU-T SG 17, ITU/TSB): Initiatives
of TSB to implement WTSA-08 Resolutions of interest to African countries
[ BIOGRAPHY
| PRESENTATION
Mohamed Haji, (Manager, New Technologies, Communications
Commission of Kenya (CCK)): Implementation of WTSA-08 decisions: Kenya (East
Africa) Initiatives
[ BIOGRAPHY
| ABSTRACT
| PRESENTATION
SESSION 6: Hot topics addressed by WTSA-08 : Conformance and
interoperability testing
Objectives: This session will address the concerns of African countries related to conformance of equipment and services to ITU-T standards. Resolution 76 (WTSA-08) is a way to respond to this issue and some aspects will be addressed to the Council-09. This session will provide inputs to the Director’s report to the Council on this issue.
Malcolm
Johnson, (Director, Telecommunication Standardization Bureau, ITU/TSB): Status of TSB Director’s Report to Council-09 on
Resolution 76
[ BIOGRAPHY ]
Joshua Peprah, (Director, Regulatory Administration, National
Communications Authority, Ghana):
Resolution 76: Instructs the TSB Director (items 1 & 2).
[ BIOGRAPHY
| PRESENTATION ]
Paolo Rosa, (Head of Workshops and Promotion Division,
ITU/TSB): WTSA-08 Resolution 76: A way to Conformance and Interoperability
Testing
[ BIOGRAPHY
| PRESENTATION ]
SESSION 7, Part I: Hot topics addressed by WTSA-08: Cybersecurity issues
Objectives: This session is in three parts: Part I addresses
Resolutions concerning IP-based networks, misappropriation of numbering
resources, cybersecurity initiatives and CIRTs. The scope is to share
experiences for a wider implementation of WTSA-08 resolutions and to create
a common understanding on security.
Jean-Paul Apata, (Telecommunication Engineer, Head of Numbering & Foresight, Telecommunications Agency of Côte d’Ivoire): Cybersecurity initiatives under WTSA-08 Resolutions 50 and 58: The case of Côte d'Ivoire
[ BIOGRAPHY
| ABSTRACT
| PRESENTATION ]
Christopher Kemei, Assistant Director/Licensing, Communications Commission of Kenya: Towards Cybersecurity - Kenyan experience
[ BIOGRAPHY
| ABSTRACT
| PRESENTATION ]
Georges Sebek, (Counsellor, ITU-T SG 17, ITU/TSB): Security
standardization and initiatives in ITU-T SG 17
[ BIOGRAPHY
| PRESENTATION ]
SESSION 7, Part II: Hot topics addressed by WTSA-08 : IP challenges in
Africa
Objectives: Part II of this session will address internet in
Africa; Numbers allocations in Africa (IP, ASN); Transition to IPv6: How
Africa is doing; and Africa and the naming space.
Session Chairman: Nii Narku Quaynor, (Operational Software
Committee, Government of Ghana)
[ BIOGRAPHY ]
William Tevie, (GH ccTLD Technical POC, Ghana Network
Information Center, Ghana): Africa and the Naming Space
[ BIOGRAPHY
| ABSTRACT
| PRESENTATION ]
Alain Aina, (Lead Instructor, African Network Operators Group,
Togo (AfNOG)): Internet Numbers allocation in Africa
[ BIOGRAPHY
| PRESENTATION ]
Adiel Akplogan, (CEO, AfriNIC Internet Regional Registry,
Mauritius): IPv6: How is Africa Prepared
[ BIOGRAPHY
| PRESENTATION ]
SESSION 7, Part III: Hot topics addressed by WTSA-08: Climate Change,
Accessibility, Measurement concerns related to human exposure to
electromagnetic fields, Emergency Communications and Powerline
Communications (PLC)
Objectives: Part III of this session addresses those WTSA-08 Resolutions concerning
emergency communications, EMF, climate change issues, accessibility and
other possible services to population. It will present case studies and the
interest for a possible international cooperation.
Session Chairman: Pascal Doua, (Sub-Director, Type-approval and
Standardization, Telecommunications Agency of Côte d’Ivoire)
[ BIOGRAPHY ]
Guy-Michel Kouakou, (Head of Service, Standardization and Access, Telecommunications Agency of Côte d’Ivoire): Measurement concerns
to human exposure to electromagnetic fields
[ BIOGRAPHY
| ABSTRACT
| PRESENTATION ]
SESSION 8: Resolutions implementation: priorities from the region and
ways to go ahead and cooperate, possible action plan and milestones in view
of Council-09.
