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Day 1, 15 September 2008 |
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0930 — 1000 |
Opening ceremony:
Welcome and Keynote addresses |
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Master of Ceremonies: Tran Thanh Ha (Officer, MIC Viet Nam) |
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Chairman of the Forum: H.E. Mr. Nguyen Thanh Hung (Vice Minister of MIC, Viet Nam) |
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Opening remarks : Sami Al Basheer Al Morshid (Director of BDT) |
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Welcome (Keynote) address: H.E. Mr. Nguyen Thanh Hung (Vice Minister of Information and Communications of Viet Nam) |
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Opening address: Toshiyuki Yamada (Secretary General of APT) |
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1000 — 1030 |
Coffee break |
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1030 — 1230 |
Orientation SESSION: Assessing standardization
needs and Asia-Pacific development issues
Session Chairman: Phan Tam (Deputy Director General of Department of International Cooperation, MIC, Viet Nam)
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Linkage between ICT standardization and development, the case of developing countries: Representative of MIC, Viet Nam |
A Way to bridge NGN standards gaps; Social solution oriented collaboration": Yuji Inoue (TTC, Japan)
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New business models and partnerships for productivity, competitiveness and innovation gains: Sri Sridhar (Director, Service Provider Business Asia-Pacific, Cisco)
In this ever increasing competitive market, the
Service Provider must be able to offer multiple
solutions in order to satisfy the demanding needs of
intelligent customers in a scalable fashion without
the need for forklift network upgrades. In doing so,
the Service Provider must effectively partner with
vendors, standards bodies as well as competition to
ensure standard solutions are in place, and that the
new network platform or NGN is capable of offering
not only legacy services with the means to convert
to next-generation services but newer services
envisioned today and yet newer services emerging in
the foreseeable future. The basis of the new
paradigm will be an amalgamation of several entities
consisting of: Service Provider, Legacy services,
Equipment providers, Innovative Services enabling
new revenue streams with a common theme of
Standardization.
This session intends to look at multiple aspects of
any device to any service to any content, and the
underlying network standards that must drive these
innovations in order for the Service Provider to be
profitable. |
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1230 — 1400 |
Lunch |
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1400 — 1530 |
SESSION 1: Overview of ITU activities: how to
participate in ITU standardization work and address
global connectivity
Session Chairman: Eun-Ju Kim (Head, ITU Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific) |
ITU-T Overview: Gary Fishman (Chairman, TSAG)
This presentation provides a high level view of the major standardization areas within ITU-T. It then reviews characteristics of the standardization gap between developed and developing countries, and what can be done by ITU and developing countries to bridge the standardization gap. |
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Overview and Activities of ITU-D Asia-Pacific Region: Sameer Sharma (ITU Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific) |
ITU-D Study Group Activities: Nataša Gospić (ITU-D Rapporteur)
Presentation deals with the work of the ITU-D SG 1
and SG2 with introduction of questions under study
for Study period 2006-2010. Main procedures for the
work of SGs are discussed in order to encourage
participants from developing countries to take the
active role in study of SGs questions. |
An Overview of the ITU-R Radiocommunication Sector (ITU-R): Kevin Hughes (ITU/BR)
The Radiocommunication Sector (ITU-R) has, as its
principal objective, to ensure rational, equitable,
efficient and economical use of the radio-frequency
spectrum by all radiocommunication services,
including those using satellite orbits, and to carry
out studies and adopt Recommendations on
radiocommunication matters. The Sector fulfils these
responsibilities in two principal ways: firstly, by
coordinating radiocommunications on a global basis
within the framework of international spectrum
management and secondly, by acting as an
international focal point for the standardization of
radio systems, leading to the development of
internationally agreed Recommendations on
radiocommunication services, radio systems and their
operation.
The presentation will provide an overview of these
responsibilities, indicating the close link between
the spectrum management and standardization roles. |
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1530 — 1545 |
Coffee break |
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1545 — 1700 |
SESSION 2 : Emerging ICT regulatory and
standardization issues for Asia-Pacific
Session Chairman:
John Visser (Nortel Canada) |
ICT regulatory issues in ITU-T standardization for Asia-Pacific:
Kishik Park (Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI), Korea)
This presentation will provide an overview of major
regulatory issues in ITU-T standardization. It will
review regulatory Recommendations comprehensively
approved under the TAP in ITU-T during 2005-2008
study period. Also it will give some picture of
future regulatory issues which will be dealt with in
ITU-T for next study period: 2009-2012.
On the other hand, it will briefly explain some of
most controversial regulatory issues such as ITR,
Network Externalities, Numbering, IIC(International
Internet Connectivity) currently being discussed in
ITU-T for the benefit of Asia-pacific country
experts. |
ITU Overview on standards, policies and regulatory issues: Paolo Rosa (ITU/TSB)
This presentation shows rules for standards approval
adopted to ensure transparency and effectiveness of
the ITU-T standardization process, the common Patent
and Copyright policy adopted by ITU, IEC and ISO
needed to guarantee full implementation of the
standards.
Moreover the status of the review of the
International Telecommunication Regulations (ITRs)
and the project to establish an ITU mark for
products and services are shown as well. |
One Laptop Per Child and “Connect the World”: John Visser (Nortel Canada)
Today’s children will become tomorrow’s decision
makers. Educating children is a powerful catalyst
for improving lives. OLPC is an initiative aimed at
overcoming many of the constraints on educating
children in the world’s less developed areas, and
through this providing a strong leverage point for
improving the lives of everyone in the community.
This presentation outlines key aspects of the OLPC’s
design and how it is intended to be used. Nortel’s
role in OLPC is touched upon, but more
fundamentally, OLPC is a proof point of
hyperconnectivity. Several example deployment
scenarios are provided, illustrating how the OLPC
enables local connection to the world wide telecoms
infrastructure to bring the world’s learning and
knowledge resources to the local environment, the
students themselves, and through them their families
and community. |
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WELCOME DINNER |
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Day 2, 16 September 2008 |
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0900 — 1030 |
SESSION 3 : Current ITU-T standardization hot
topics
Session Chairman: Paolo Rosa (ITU/TSB) |
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Bridging the standardization gap and facilitating participation in ITU-T activities:
Paolo Rosa (ITU/TSB) |
How to bridge the Standardization Gap: Jong-Bong Park (TTA)
It’s been a couple of years to discuss
standardization gap within ITU, but it still seems
uncertain on how to bridge the gap. Therefore this
presentation will identify the gap between ITU
Resolutions and current activities undertaken by
ITU-T. Consequently, the presentation proposes to
enrich national standardization capabilities
including legislation, standardization setting body,
R&D policy/scheme, national ITU committee, and human
resource development to bridge the standardization
gap. |
Wireless broadband access and solutions for rural communication: Nataša Gospić (ITU-D Rapporteur)
The presentation deals with comparison of different
technologies for rural areas with emphases on
wireless broadband technologies. Basic elements for
planning rural communications are discussed. |
ITU-T IPTV standards development: John Visser (Chairman, ITU-T SG 19)
This presentation provides a summary of what IPTV is
about and why we should talk about it. It then
reviews the creation of the Focus Group on IPTV,
what was accomplished, and the transition of the
work into the regular Study Groups. Key work areas
are highlighted. Cooperation with other bodies is
described noting there is a common aim to develop
consistent IPTV specifications for global
interoperability. Successful IPTV standards come
from drawing all interested parties together in a
common effort. |
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1030 — 1045 |
Coffee break |
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1045 — 1215 |
SESSION 4 : International Radiocommunication
standards and guidelines
Session Chairman: Akira Hashimoto (ITU-R SG5 Chairman) |
Radiocommunication standardization and ITU-R Study Groups: Kevin Hughes (ITU/BR)
Within its mandate, the Radiocommunication Sector
(ITU-R) is responsible for two principal categories
of output. The first relates to regulatory
instruments which are mandatory in nature, the most
significant of which is the Radio Regulations which
has treaty status. The second category refers to
ITU-R Recommendations - “de facto” voluntary
standards which, although not mandatory, are
nevertheless viewed as world-wide bases upon which
radiocommunication services and systems are
developed and operated.
The presentation reviews both categories of output,
highlighting in particular the standardization role
that the ITU-R Study Groups play in their
development. The scope of each Study Group is
described, together with examples of work topics
currently under study.
ITU-R’s responsibilities in these specific areas of
standardization, coupled with involvement in
cooperative studies with the other two Sectors on
topics of common concern, represent key approaches
through which ITU-R contributes to bridging the
standardization gap. |
Collaboration with External Organizations: Bruce Gracie (Industry Canada)
The identification of mechanisms to enhance
national, regional and international collaboration
and cooperation on key radio standardization issues
is becoming essential, not only in response to the
predominantly global nature of such issues, but also
in the interest of optimizing the use of resources
and avoiding duplication of effort. Interaction
between the ITU-R Study Groups and other
organizations, in accordance with Resolution ITU-R
9-3, falls into 2 key areas: references to documents
of other organizations in ITU-R Recommendations; and
cooperation and coordination with other
organizations, leading to the possible development
of common texts. An excellent example of interaction
between ITU-R and standards development
organizations is through the Global Standards
Collaboration, which provides opportunities for
exchanging information on the progress of standards
development in the different regions and globally,
on such issues as emergency communications, ICTs and
climate change, cybersecurity, intelligent transport
systems and IMT. |
Preparations for WRC-11: Kevin Hughes (ITU/BR)
The World Radiocommunication Conference held in 2007
(WRC-07) prepared the draft agenda for the
forthcoming Conference (WRC-11) to be held in 2011.
Immediately following WRC-07, the first session of
the Conference Preparatory Meeting for WRC-11
(CPM11-1) examined the agenda items for WRC-11 and
assigned them, as appropriate, to the ITU-R Study
Groups and their subordinate groups to undertake the
necessary studies. The results of this work will be
compiled by the second session of the CPM (CPM11-2)
into a report to WRC-11 that will represent the
technical basis for the Conference and will propose
methods to satisfy the various Agenda items.
The presentation provides an overview of some of the
key items to be addressed by WRC-11, showing in
particular the major role played by various
radiocommunication services to provide security of
life and other social benefits. The presentation
will also indicate the timescale by which the
related studies must be completed. Finally,
attention will be drawn to the role that regional
groups play worldwide in the Conference preparatory
process. |
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1215 — 1345 |
Lunch |
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1345 — 1515 |
SESSION 5: Security and Regulatory issues
Session Chairman: TF So (Assistant Director of Telecommunications, Office of the Telecommunications Authority, Hong Kong) |
Improving Internet Security: Australia’s Spam and BotNet
initiatives: Mick Owens ( ACMA, Australia)
With an ever-increasing number of commercial and
government transactions being undertaken online, it
is critical that the security of the internet is
maintained and improved. Unfortunately, as the
economic importance of the internet has increased,
so have the criminal activities on the internet.
Although the internet crime landscape is changing
rapidly, spam is still the main method used by
criminals to obtain information and money from
internet users. This is most commonly through
directing a user to an infected website where
malware is downloaded onto their computer, enabling
fraudsters to steal data from the computer and turn
them into a ‘bot’. (A bot is a computer that is
remotely controlled without the computer owner’s
knowledge, which is used to perpetrate various forms
of internet crime, including sending spam.)
ACMA has developed a tool—the Australian Internet
Security Initiative (AISI)—that advises consumers
that their computer has become a bot, thereby
enabling them to take action to remove the infection
from their computer and alerting them that their
personal information may have been captured by
fraudsters. This presentation outlines the operation
of the AISI, which has arisen from ACMA’s anti-spam
activities. |
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Cybersecurity the Challenge of ITU: Paolo Rosa (ITU/TSB) |
Regulatory and Security Issues arising from the Migration to the Next Generation Network: TF So (Assistant Director OFTA, Hong Kong)
Like many other cities, the telecommunications
infrastructure of Hong Kong is in the midst of
transition from one predominantly based upon
traditional circuit-switched technology to one
predominantly based upon internet protocol (or the
Next Generation Networks). The conventional
regulatory approaches may not be able to address the
new issues that may arise in many areas such as
interconnection, universal service obligations,
quality of service, cybersecurity, etc., in the new
era. The speaker will share his views and experience
in dealing with these issues from the perspective of
a telecommunications regulator. |
ITU-T Study Group 3 Tariffs and Accounting Issues: Kishik Park (Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI), Korea)
This presentation will present the ITU-T Study Group
3 activities including its mandate, working
structure and current management team, brief
statistics, and highlights of its achievements in
this study period: 2005-2008. It will also explain
major future working issues and suggestions
emphasizing on how developing country experts will
follow-up its work more efficiently in the future. |
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1515 — 1530 |
Coffee break |
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1530 — 1700 |
SESSION 6: Development trend of NGN technology as
well as migration scenario and strategies
Session Chairman: Kishik Park (Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI),
Korea) |
NGN Planning and Migration tools: Nataša Gospić (ITU-D Rapporteur)
In this presentation ITU-D Study Group questions
dealing with NGN are introduced with more details
and interim achievements. It refers to important
sources for development on NGN migration strategy.
Examples of planning and migration in developed
countries are discussed. The migration path of the
operator from developing countries is shown. |
NGN: Hyper connectivity and the evolution of structures and services: John Visser (Chairman, ITU-T SG 19)
We’re always working on Next Generation Networks,
but this time we’re changing everything. The
transition of telecommunications, computing and
broadcast to an all-IP based infrastructure not only
makes convergence possible but requires it. The
megatrends of hyperconnectivity, communications
enabled applications and ubiquitous low cost
broadband are providing both tremendous
opportunities and challenges. The synergies in Next
Generation Networks matter because the challenges
are multi-dimensional. |
NGN Migration Strategies and Scenarios: Krishna Ayagari (Vice President, Alcatel Lucent)
In recent years, several service providers announced
high-profile NGN migration programs involving multi
year investments. These programs vary from network
renovation focused to introduce new broadband
services to full blown transformation programs that
introduce new business models. These programs
require migration to an all IP network to leverage
the emergence of new technologies as well as their
convergence.
This presentation will discuss key drivers for
migration to an all IP network and the impact of
this in terms of technologies and the networks.
Strategies for migration with their pro’s and cons
will be examined. Telco networks and their
supporting systems have been built and evolved as
“silos” over time. Accordingly, the current state of
a network, market and competition shape and
influence the approach a service provider may take
towards migration and their investment plans.
The migration to an all IP network embraces the
network with its operating, business as well as IT
systems and process. A holistic approach towards
migration with robust processes makes migration
smooth. In this presentation, such an approach will
be discussed. |
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Day 3, 17 September 2008 |
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0900 — 1015 |
SESSION 7: Preparation for GSS
Session Chairmen: Bob Horton (Chairman of APT WTSA Preparatory Committee)
Objectives: This session will review the major
outcome of WTSA-04 and the preparation status of
WTSA-08, including qualified participants, duties of
WTSA-08, and information on logistic as well as
information on Round table to be organized on 20
October 2008 just before WTSA-08.
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Outline and expected results of WTSA-08: Malcolm Johnson (Director of TSB) |
WTSA’08 Developing countries issues: Gary Fishman (Chairman of TSAG)
Starting with a general view of WTSA, the presentation then examines developing country upstream issues (towards ITU-T) and downstream issues (from ITU-T) that are likely to be discussed further at GSS and WTSA. |
ITU-T Structure: Status of Discussions: Haruo Okamura (Vice-Chairman, TSAG)
This presentation reviews the discussions of ITU-T Study Group restructuring that took place in WP2 of ITU-T TSAG.. The resultant inputs to WTSA-08 are still immature and include provisional agreements and options that have to be wisely settled. For the Asia Pacific region in particular, it is important to establish a SG structure that could well identify the real user needs for applications and services. |
ITU-T Structure: Responding to Industry Directions: John Visser (Chairman, ITU-T SG 19)
This presentation examines industry directions and
how the work of the ITU-T Study Groups may be looked
at in terms of an overall structure, both current
and looking forward. It looks at current major
trends (“megatrends”) as and notes the need to move
beyond the current “quantum level” (essentially each
WTSA) restructuring approach toward more of an
ongoing consideration of Study Group structure to
keep pace with the fast moving telecoms/ICT
industry. |
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1015 — 1030 |
Coffee break |
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1030 — 1100 |
PANEL SESSION: Preparation for GSS |
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Malcolm Johnson (Director of TSB) |
Akira Hashimoto (ITU-R SG5 Chairman)
In the development of international standards for wireless systems contributing
to rapid deployment of telecommunication infrastructure, it is particularly
important to achieve global cooperation between many countries. Among expansion
of new wireless applications ITU-R Study Groups are now challenging two
subjects, i.e. to establish the technical standards as well as to consider the
necessary regulatory framework. Such work could efficiently be carried out
through close collaboration with standardization development organizations (SDO).
A typical example is seen in the development of IMT-Advanced standards
commencing this year. During the process of the standardization activity, ITU-R
and SDOs are expected to play each role, closely exchanging their views towards
early consensus, and well taking into account the different situations between
countries with respect to their telecommunication networks as well as the
available frequency resources. |
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Ron Box (ACMA, Australia) |
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Gary Fishman (Chairman of TSAG) |
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1100 — 1245 |
WRAP-UP SESSION: Future initiatives, next steps
and conclusions
Session Chairman: Phan Tam (Deputy Director General of Department of International Cooperation, MIC, Viet Nam)
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Wrap-up and conclusion: John Visser (Chairman, ITU-T Study Group 19)
This presentation, prepared in real time during the
seminar to reflect the key points in the
presentations, aims to provide a summary of the key
points of this seminar, and to provide an aid to
more in depth review of the material contributed by
the speakers. It aims to extract key overall
messages for the event and to provide a means for
rapidly identifying the individual presentations
given during the event to enable exploring a
particular topic in more depth. |
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Closing remarks: Malcolm Johnson (Director of TSB) |
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