Objectives: This session will focus on the policy enablers, including spectrum management, for the successful and impactful future television services. Emerging trends, government policies, industry challenges and opportunities will be discussed with government institutions and regulators from Asia & Pacific region. The session will also present current and future regional and international standardization roadmaps pursued by ITU dedicated groups. It will include studies to address emerging security challenges in cable, satellite and over the air television in support of a sustainable development of TV-related systems and technologies. Also, the role of television as a reliable source of information and means to provide entertainment will be discussed, including how the television can help solving societal challenges introduced by the lockdown, during the pandemic (COVID-19).

ITU Officer: Istvan Bozsoki​, Head, Telecommunications Network and Spectrum Management Division, ITU/BDT

Moderator: Amal Punchihewa​, Researcher in Broadcast, media & ICT, ITU Expert and Distinguished Lecturer of IEEE-BTS

• Leilei Li​, Professor-level Senior Engineer, Academy of Broadcasting Planning, NRTA​ 
  
• Arvind Kumar​, Advisor (Broadcasting), TRAI, India
  
• Nam-Doo Kim, Research Fellow, Korea Information Society Development Institute (KISDI), Korea
  
• Chie Fukushima​​, Director for Digital Broadcasting Technology, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Japan
  
• Supatrasit Suansook​, Director, Television Engineering Division, NBTC, Thailand
  
• Brian Winji​, Regulator, Telecommunications Radiocommunications and Broadcasting Regulator (TRBR), Republic of Vanuatu​
  
  

ITU SG Leadership Representatives: 

• Jinane Karam, ITU-D Q2/1, TRA, Lebanon​
• Noah Luo​, Chair ITU-T SG16, Huawei, China 
• Satoshi Miyaji​, Chair ITU-T SG9, KDDI, Japan
• Yukihiro Nishida, Chair ITU-R SG6, NHK, Japan