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Agenda Regional Seminar on Costs and Tariffs for Asia and Pacific, Tokyo, Japan, 8-10 April 2013

Agenda

Monday
08.30 – 09.00	*Delegates registration*
09.00– 09.30	Opening Ceremony Mr Byoung Nam LEE, Chairman SG3RG-AO Mr Seiichi TSUGAWA, Chairman Study Group 3, KDDI, Japan Mr Wisit ATIPAYAKOON, ITU Asia and Pacific Regional Office Mr Soichiro SEKI, Director-General for International Affairs, MIC Japan Chairman of the Seminar: Mr Seiichi TSUGAWA, Chairman Study Group 3, KDDI, Japan
09.30 – 10.15	Session 1: Strategies for the deployment of NGN and NGA in a broadband environment – Regulatory and economic aspects - Presentation of the ITU/BDT paper by Mr Roger STEELE, ITU Expert
*Coffee break*
10.30 – 11.45	Session 2: Competition and regulation in a converged broadband world – the Significant Market Power (SMP) definition - Presentation of the ITU/BDT paper by Mr David BERNAL, ITU Expert How Competition and Regulation Drive Broadband in Sri Lanka - Presentation by Mr Nishantha PALIHAWADANA, Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka SMP and Competition Regulation in Thailand - Presentation by Ms Onwaree JARERNPORN, NBTC Thailand Market Power and Competition Policy in the Telecommunications Market - Presentation by Mr Atsushi UMINO, Director for Policy Planning,Tariff and Telecommunications Access Policy Division, MIC, Japan
11.45 – 12:30	Session 3: Results from the World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT-12) related to costs and tariffs issues - Presentation by Ms Carmen PRADO-WAGNER, ITU/BDT
*Lunch*
14.00 – 16:00	Session 4: Cost modeling and tariff policies discussion session Comparative review on methodological aspects of BU-LRIC models, by Mr Yongsun CHOI, INJE University, Korea Telecommunications Price Regulation in Thailand, Ms Onwaree JARERNPORN, NBTC Thailand Tariff Policy in Mongolia, by Ms Erdenechuluun URANZAYA, Information Technology, Post and Telecommunications Authority of Mongolia
*Coffee break*
16.00 – 17.00	Session 5: Initiatives to stimulate demand for broadband services and development of local content: online administration, e-learning, e-government - Presentation of the ITU/BDT paper by Mr Roger STEELE, ITU Expert Future School Promotion Project - Presentation by Ms Yuka KOBAYASHI, ICT Accessibility and Human Resources Development Division, MIC, Japan
Tuesday
09.00 – 10.00	Session 6: International roaming services: a review of best practices - Presentation of the ITU/BDT paper by Mr Dimitri YPSILANTI, ITU Expert ITU-T Study Group 3 activities on International Mobile Roaming (IMR) and Recommendation D-98 - Presentation by Ms Eriko HONDO, KDDI, Japan
10.00 – 10.45	Session 7: Taxation of telecommunication services - Presentation of the ITU/BDT paper by Ms Carmen PRADO-WAGNER
*Coffee break*
10.45 – 11.30	Session 8: Providing broadband services through PPP (Public Private Partnership) models - Presentation by Mr David BERNAL, ITU Expert
11.30 – 12.15	Session 9: With possible erosion by OTT, is International Telephone Service on the brink of abyss - Presentation by Mr MATSUDA, Vice-Chairman of the SG3RG-AO
12.15 – 12.30	Final conclusions and closing of the seminar
Lunch
14.00 – 17.00 and 10 April	Regional meeting of the Study Group 3 Regional Group for Asia and Oceania (SG3RG-AO)