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GSR16 Agenda Day 1

Thursday 12 May 2016


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Global Regulators - Industry Dialogue (GRID) sessions (Summit Room)
08.00 – 09.00	Delegate registration
09.00 – 10.00	Opening Ceremony - H.E. Yasser ElKady, Minister of Communications and Information Technology, and Chairman of the Board, National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (NTRA), Egypt - Mr Houlin Zhao, Secretary-General, International Telecommunication Union - Mr Brahima Sanou, Director, Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT), ITU - Eng. Mustafa Abdul Wahed, Acting Executive President, National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (NTRA), Egypt
Coffee break
10.15 – 12.00	Leadership debate: Beyond 2020 - Challenges, opportunities, scenarios Keynote: Mr Kemal Huseinovic, Chief, Department of Infrastructure, Enabling Environment and E-Applications, ITU/BDT (presentation) Moderator: Mr Brahima Sanou, BDT Director, ITU Panelists: - H.E. Yasser ElKady, Minister of Communications and Information Technology, and Chairman of the Board, NTRA, Egypt - Ms Kathleen Riviere-Smith, Chief Executive Officer, Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority, Bahamas - Dr Ibrahim Sarhan, Chairman & Managing Director, e-finance, Egypt - Mr Serge Essongue, Executive Secretary, Autorité de Régulation des Communications électroniques et des Postes, Gabon - Eng. Tamer Gadalla, Chief Executive Officer, Telecom Egypt - Mr Kalpak Gude, Vice-President Legal and Regulatory, Oneweb This leadership debate will examine: Artificial Intelligence, smart sensors, smart networks – where do we go from here? As things get smarter, will smart machines take over? What are the kind of policy and regulatory frameworks needed to ensure disruptive technologies bring new opportunities for all in a sustainable manner? How to maintain trust in ICTs in an era of big data, Internet of everything, machine learning and smart digital environments? How can consumers get smarter? Will it be business as usual?
*Lunch break*
14.00 – 15.30	TRACK 1 BE SMART: BUILDING BLOCKS FOR A SMART SOCIETY IN A CONNECTED WORLD Session 1 - A changing regulatory landscape: Collaborative regulation – how to pave the road towards adoption of IoT, M2M? Moderator: Dr Amr Badawi, Board Member, NTRA, Egypt Panelists: - Ms Sofie Maddens, Head Regulatory and Market Environment Division, ITU/BDT, author of the GSR Discussion Paper on a regulatory perspective on fifth generation collaborative regulation (presentation) - Mr Harinderpal Singh Grewal, Cluster Director (Resource & Interconnection Management), InfoComm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) - Mr René Dönni Kuoni, Vice-Director, Office Fédéral de la Communication (OFCOM), Switzerland - Fady Fawzy, Senior ICT Advisor, Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd - Mr Giacomo Mazzone, Head of Institutional Relations, European Broadcasting Union (EBU) This session will explore: Setting the context - impact (efficiency, QoS, resilience of infrastructure and sustainability) Redefining collaboration along the value chain from infrastructure to services to institutions: smart infrastructure, smart transport, smart grid, smart delivery of services, smart health, smart financial services, smart education, smart businesses How does ICT link with and contribute to other sectors and what is needed in terms of regulation – case study on smart energy/grids Challenges – the case of energy efficiency for ICT development
Coffee Break
15.45 – 17.00	Session 2 - Digital financial inclusion – how to include the unbanked and unconnected in today’s smart society? Moderator: Mr Jean-Louis Beh Mengue, Director-General, Autorité de Régulation des Télécommunications, Cameroon Panelists: - H.E. Mr Al-Ansari Almashakbeh, Vice-Chairman and Board Member, Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC), Jordan - Mr Hemant Baijal, Vice-President, Mastercard - Dr Safa Nassereldin, Chairperson, FTTH Council MENA - Mr Thierry Millet, Senior Vice President, Mobile Financial Services and NFC, Orange Mobile Money - Mr Ahmed A. Faragallah, Head of Payment Systems Department, Central Bank of Egypt - Mr Jawad Abbassi, Head of MENA, GSMA This session will be an interactive panel session on: How to include the unbanked and unconnected in today’s smart society? Collaborative regulation to foster an enabling environment for digital financial services
17.00 - 17.45	DISCUSSION PANEL: EGYPT’S NEW CAPITAL MEGA PROJECT (Organized by the host)