Connecting the world and beyond

Provisional Agenda Session 2

Program Agenda : Session 2

10:00 – 10:10	Session Moderator: Ms Atsuko Okuda, Regional Director, ITU Regional Office for Asia-Pacific Welcoming Remarks Mr Stephen Bereaux, Deputy to the Director BDT, ITU Mr Christopher Fabian, Giga Lead, UNICEF
10:10 – 10:50	Introduction on the Foundational Pillars Giga Introduction to Giga E-learning approaches Financing Instruments for development Presenters: Mr Alex Wong, BDT Senior Strategy Advisor, Giga Lead, ITU and Mr Christopher Fabian, Giga Lead, UNICEF, (Presentation) Ms Auken Tungatarova, Programme Officer, UNESCO Bangkok, (Presentation) Mr Thomas E. Abell, Advisor SDCC and Chief of Digital Technology for Development, ADB (Presentation) Mr Vincent Wierda, Lead – Energy, Regional Coordinator for Asia, UNCDF, (Presentation)
10:50 - 11:30	Aspiration on Future Education: Country presentation State of school connectivity Availability or level of adoption of smart learning solutions and digital learning content in connected schools Availability of financing instrument to support digital connectivity Presenters: Mr. Dawa Phunsum Lodey, Department of IT & Telecom, Ministry of Information & Communications, Bhutan Mr. Adnan Ashraf Qazi, Ministry of Information Technology & Telecommunication, Pakistan
11:30 - 11:50	Q&A Session and open discussion on Giga Moderator : Mr Sean Doral, Program Officer, ITU Panelist: Mr. Alex Wong, BDT Senior Strategy Advisor, ITU
11:50 - 11:55	Presentation on ASP RO Proposal for Giga ASP: The step forward Ms Atsuko Okuda, Regional Director, ITU Regional Office for Asia-Pacific (Presentation)
11:55 - 12:00	Concluding Remarks Ms Atsuko Okuda, Regional Director, ITU Regional Office for Asia-Pacific Representative from UNICEF