09:00-09:20
Welcome remarks by AVM. Thanaphat Raicharoen, Deputy Secretary General, Office of National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC)
[Speech]
Welcome remarks by Dr. Pansak Siriruchatapong, Executive Director, Digital Economy Preparatory Commission Secretariat
[Speech]
Session 1: Digital Societies and the Power of Mobile
09:20-09:50 'Digital Socities' Study [Presentation]
Mr. Chris Zull, Interim Director of Asia, GSMA
09:50-10:20 'National Broadband Policies for Smartly Digital Asia-Pacific
2020' [Presentation]
Mr. Sameer Sharma, Senior Advisor, ITU Regional Office for Asia
and the Pacific
10:20-10:40 Coffee Break
Session 2: Greasing the Wheels of the Internet Economy
10:40-11:10 Greasing the Wheels of the Internet Economy [Presentation]
Mr. Jia-Rong Low, Strategies and Initiatives Director, Asia
Pacific, ICANN
Session 3: Unleashing the Potential of the Internet for ASEAN Economies
11:10-11:40 Unleashing the Potential of the Internet for ASEAN
Economies [Presentation]
Ms. Duangthip Chomprang, Regional Affairs Manager, ISOC
APAC Regional Bureau
Session 4: Panel Discussion and Q&A
11:40-12:10 Session Wrap-up, Panel Discussion, and Q&A
Moderator: Mr. Austin Menyasz, Policy Advisor, GSMA
Panelists:
- Mr. Sameer Sharma, Senior Advisor, ITU Regional Office for
Asia and the Pacific
- Mr. Chris Zull, Interim Director of Asia, GSMA
- Mr. Jia-Rong Low, Strategies and Initiatives Director, Asia
Pacific, ICANN
- Ms. Duangthip Chomprang, Regional Affairs Manager, ISOC
APAC Regional Bureau
12:10-13:30 Lunch
Session 5: Spectrum Management Trends
13:30-14:30 - Spectrum Management Trends Towards 2020 [Presentation]
Mr. Istvan Bozsoki, Head, Spectrum Management and
Broadcasting Division, ITU/BDT
- To Manage, or To Enable? [Presentation]
Mr. Joe Guan, Spectrum Policy
Manager, Asia Pacific, GSMA
14:30-14:50 Coffee Break
Session 6: IMT Spectrum Licensing and Spectrum Auctions
14:50-15:20 Pakistan Case Study - IMT Spectrum Auctions [Presentation]
Dr. Syed Ismail Shah, Chairman, Pakistan Telecommunications
Authority (PTA)
15:20-15:50 IMT Spectrum Auctions [Presentation]
Mr. Scott Minehane, Principal, Windsor Place Consulting
15:50-16:20 Principles of Spectrum Valuation and Reserve Price
[Presentation]
Mr. Tony Lavender, CEO, Plum Consulting London [TBC]
Session 7: Panel Discussion, Q&A, and Closing
16:20-16:50 Panel Discussion and Q&A
Moderator: Mr. Wisit Atipayakoon, Programme Officer, ITU
Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
Panelists:
- Dr. Syed Ismail Shah, Chairman, Pakistan
Telecommunications Authority (PTA)
- Mr. Scott Minehane, Principal, Windsor Place Consulting
- Mr. Tony Lavender, CEO, Plum Consulting London [TBC]
- Mr. Istvan Bozsoki, Head, Spectrum Management and
Broadcasting Division, ITU/BDT
- Mr. Herman Schepers, Senior Director, GSMA
16:50-17:00 Closing Remarks
- Mr. Sameer Sharma, Senior Advisor, ITU Regional Office for
Asia and the Pacific
- Mr. Chris Zull, Interim Director of Asia, GSMA
From 17:30 Networking Cocktail Reception