Speakers:​

• ​Ms Atsuko-Okuda, ITU Regional Director Asia and the Pacific [Video Remarks]
  
• Mr Dulguun Damdin-Od, Executive Director, Secretariat, International Think Tank for LLDCs [Remarks]
  
• Mr Tapan Mishra, United Nations Resident Coordinator (UNRC) Mongolia [Remarks]
  
• Ms Battsetseg Bataa, State Secretary Ministry of Digital Development and Communications (MDDC) of Mongolia [Remarks]
• Mr Naranmandakh, Chief Secretary Communication Regulatory Commission (CRC) of Mongolia​​ [Remarks​]
  

Session would provide information on the requirements of IMT 2020 and how administrations in ASP have provide vital access to key access spectrum bands to facilitate the infrastructure deployment of IMT2020

Speaker: Mr Aamir Riaz - ITU [Presentation]

To "realize the transformational potential of digital technologies" by leveraging on emerging technology digital transformation is targeted in all key economic and social sectors, including agriculture, healthcare, financial services, Smart Sustainable Cities, transportation and manufacturing.

Hence a whole-of-government approach toward developing and investing in digital infrastructure should be considered to accelerate digital transformation across various sectors.

As the technology and its use accelerates quickly, government, regulators and industries need to continuously build capacity of these emerging technologies and keep abreast of how it is applied through a whole-of-government's approach in the economic and social sectors.

Speaker:

1. Mr Tengis – MDDC Mongolia [Presentation]
   
2. Mr Tulgaa, Head systems integration department of E-Mongolia Academy [Presentation]
   

The session serves as an opportunity to share country experiences that could assist in cross benchmarking with administrations facing similar Geographical challenges:

Speakers:

1. Mr Ngawang Sherpa, Government Technology Agency, Bhutan  [Presentation]
2. Mr Phoutthavanh Nathavong, Ministry of Technology and Communications, Laos [Presentation]
   
3. Mr Bharat Gautam, Department of Information and Broadcasting, Nepal [Presentation​]
   
4. Mr Chuluunbat Tsendsuren, Communications Regulatory Commission of Mongolia [Presentation​]
   

The session would share key insights on study conducted by the ITT consultant in collaboration with the ESCAP team on Assessing the policy and regulatory frameworks for fostering the markets of intellectual property and copyright patents on digital technology products and services in Mongolia

Speaker: Ms. Ariunaa Lkhagvasuren, Consultant of ITTLLDC [Presentation]

ITU has developed a comprehensive model to assess regulatory evolution, which tracks generations of regulation. Generation 1 (G1) to Generation 4 (G4) present the evolution in telecommunication and ICT regulation, starting from the command-and-control regime typically associated with state-owned monopolies, through privatization and liberalization, the need to encourage investment, and the shift to meeting socio-economic objectives.

The session would provide information on developing Generation 5 (G5) regulations which are complementary to the previous generations' but highlight the increased importance of more flexible and collaborative regulatory frameworks capable of addressing the broad impacts of the digital economy across sectors.

Speaker:

Ms Youlia Lazanova Senior Programme Officer – ITU [Presentation]

Due to geographical challenges, LLDCs face issues on multiple borders on cross border Interreference management. This session would briefly highlight the issue and the possibility of common approaches to mitigate the issue on long-term and institutionalized manner.

Speaker: Mr Aamir Riaz - ITU [Presentation​]

Infrastructure sharing is a key strategy for achieving affordable connectivity, especially in areas with limited resources or challenging geographical conditions. By allowing m​ultiple service providers to utilize the same physical infrastructure, the costs of network deployment, maintenance, and expansion can be shared among stakeholders. This can lead to cost efficiencies and ultimately result in more affordable and accessible communication services for consumers.

Session would provide details on the importance of infrastructure especially in roll out of future IMT networks. E.g 5G.

Speaker: Mr Pavel Mamchenkov – ITU expert [Presentation]​