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Advance Programme
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09:30 – 10:00 |
Opening ceremony: Welcome and Opening addresses Master of Ceremonies: Representative of host country
- Opening remarks: Malcolm Johnson, (Director,
Telecommunication Standardization Bureau (TSB))
- Opening Address: Dr. Ekwow Spio Garbrah, CEO, Commonwealth Telecommunications Organization
- Welcome address: Honourable Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, Minister of Industry, Trade, Tourism & Communications, Fiji
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10:00 – 11:15 |
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 interest of developing countries with special
reference to the Asia-Pacific region.
Moderator: Arthur Levin (Head, Standardization Policy Division, ITU/TSB)
- Malcolm Johnson, (Director, Telecommunication
Standardization Bureau (TSB)): Overview and implementation of the WTSA-08
Decisions overall results
- Paolo Rosa, (Head of Workshops and Promotion Division,
ITU/TSB): WTSA-08 Resolutions for Developing Countries and Asia-Pacific
Region
- Ronald Box, (Manager, International, Australian
Communications & Media Authority): Regional perspective of WTSA-08 outcomes
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11:15 – 11:30 |
Coffee break |
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11:30 – 12:30 |
Session 2: Hot Topics in Standardization, conformance assessment and
interoperability Issues
Objectives: This session will address the results of the Global Standardization Symposium (Johannesburg, October 2008) where high level officials from the highest standards bodies participated as well as the concerns of countries in Asia-Pacific 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 Council-09. This session will also provide inputs to the Director for his report to ITU Council-09 on this issue.
Moderator: Stuart Davies, (Telecommunication Expert (APT))
- Patrick Masambu, (Chairman, Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation):
Results from the Global Standardization Symposium (Johannesburg, October
2008)
[ BIOGRAPHY | PRESENTATION ]
- Paolo Rosa, (Head of Workshops and Promotion
Division, ITU/TSB): WTSA-08 Resolution 76 –Conformance and
Interoperability Testing
- Saneh Saiwong, (Acting Director, Telecommunication
Standard Division, Office of the National Telecommunications Commission,
Thailand): Standards and their applicability for developing countries
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12:30 – 14:00 |
Lunch |
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14:00 – 15:30 |
Session 3: Measuring and Reducing the Standardization Gap
Objectives: This session will provide expert, concrete advice to developing
countries on how to improve their standards readiness, participate more effectively
in standards work at ITU and make the best use of standards.
Moderator: Dr. Byoung Moon Chin, (Vice-President, Telecom Technology Association (TTA))
- Arthur Levin, (Head, Standardization Policy Division,
ITU/TSB): ITU Activities on BSG
- Dr. Shin-Won Kang, (Professor, Sunchon National University): Measuring
Standardization Capability of developing countries
- Dr. Laura DeNardis, (Executive Director, Yale Information
Society Project, Lecturer in Law, Yale Law School): Measuring and Reducing the Standardization Gap
- Ms Fuatai Purcell, (Project Coordinator for the
Pacific, ITU-EC Project – Harmonized Policies for the ICT in ACP
Countries): ITU- EC Project on harmonization of ICT policies and BDT
related activities
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15:30 – 16:00 |
Coffee break |
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16:00 – 17:30 |
Session 4: Hotter Topics Objectives: This session will examine some of
the key standards issues being dealt with in ITU-T under relevant WTSA-08 Resolutions and
provide updates on latest developments, with a focus on issues of interest to Asia-Pacific.
Moderator: Jongbong Park, (Director, Standards
Coordination Team, Telecom Technology Association (TTA))
- Prof. John Nkoma, (Director-General, TCRA, Tanzania): Case studies: needs on conformity assessment and interoperability issues
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- Joseph Kim, (Director, Engineering Standards
PANGTEL (PNG)): ICT for good governance in the face of Globalization and Climate Change: The Pacific Island view
- Siva Ramamoorthy, (Head of Marketing, Tejas
Networks): Standards and Innovation – Carrying NGN Traffic
- Stuart Davies, (Telecommunication Expert (APT)):
Number high-jacking
- Arthur Levin (Head, Standardization Policy
Division, ITU/TSB): ICTs and Climate Change
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09:15 - 09:30 |
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09:30 – 12:00 |
Session 5: Bridging the Standardization Gap
Objectives: The workshop on BSG will identify the standards needs of developing
countries and present research conducted and case studies on improving the national standards
readiness of developing countries.
Moderator: Ronald Box, (Manager, International, Australian
Communications & Media Authority)
- Joseph Kim, (Director, Engineering Standards
PANGTEL (PNG)): Bridging the Standardization Gap - View from Pacific Island States
- Saneh Saiwong, (Acting Director, National Telecommunications Commission, Thailand):
Bridging the standardization gap - The case of Thailand
- Jongbong Park, (Director, Standards Coordination Team,
Telecom Technology Association (TTA)): Experiences and Considerations
for BSG
- Dr. Laura DeNardis, (Executive Director, Yale Information
Society Project, Lecturer in Law, Yale Law School): Why Developing
Countries can gain from Standards
- Dr. Van Dung Dinh, (Deputy Director, Research
Institute of Post and Telecommunications, Vietnam): An implementation approach to action plans on Bridging the Standardization Gap
- Stuart Davies, (Telecommunication Expert (APT)) : Regional Approaches
[ BIOGRAPHY ]
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12:00 – 12:30 |
Coffee break |
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12:30 – 13:00 |
Session 6: Panel discussion and Summaries by Session Moderators
Moderator: Malcolm Johnson, (Director, Telecommunication Standardization
Bureau (TSB))
- Arthur Levin, (Head, Standardization Policy Division, ITU/TSB)
- Jongbong Park, (Director, Standards Coordination Team, Telecom Technology
Association (TTA))
- Stuart Davies, (Telecommunication Expert (APT))
- Ronald Box, (Manager, International, Australian
Communications & Media Authority)
- Dr. Byoung Moon Chin, (Vice-President, Telecom Technology Association (TTA))
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13:00 – 13:15 |
Closing Remarks
- Malcolm Johnson, (Director,
Telecommunication Standardization Bureau (TSB))
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