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Programme

​​Regional Standardization Forum for Bridging the Standardization Gap (BSG)
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, 6 March 2017

Contact: tsbworkshops@itu.int
For additional information please visit the Bridging the Standardization Gap webpage here​

​08:00 - 09:0​0Registration​

​​​​​​​Opening Ceremony​​
09:00 - 10:00
Dr. John Prince, C E O, Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago
Dr. Lara Srivastava- Head, Bridging the Standardization Gap, TSB/ITU
Gilbert Peterson S.C. Chairman, Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago
Honourable Dr. Keith Rowley – Prime Minister of  the Republic Trinidad and Tobago​
10:00 - 10:30Coffee break
​​ ​Session 1: Bridging the Standardization Gap (BSG)​
​10:30 - 10:50Standards capability in Central America and lessons learned from training programs
Sungnam Choi (CEABAD, Nicaragua) [Biography] [Presentation]
10:50 - 11:20
Introduction to ITU-T's activities in Bridging the Standardization Gap (BSG) 
Amine Mcharek (Bridging the Standardization Gap, TSB/ITU) [Biography] [Presentation]
​11:20 - 11:40Outcome of WTSA-16
Danilo Caixeta Carvalho (ANATEL, Brazil) [Biography] [Presentation]
11:40 - 12:00​Standardization activities in the Americas
Sylvester Cadette (ITU Field Office, Bridgetown) [Biography] [Presentation]
12:00 - 12:20Discussion
12:20-13:40
​Lunch

​ ​Session 2: Regulatory and policy aspects of ICT/Telecommunications
13:40 - 14:10
Infrastructure Sharing -Towers & Poles Co-location  Access Charge
Trevonne Clarke-Ferguson (TATT, Trinidad & Tobago) [Biography] [Presentation]
14:10 - 14:30Significant Market Power in The Bahamas
Kandice Davis (URCA, Bahamas) [Biography] [Presentation]
14:30 - 14:40​Economic Impact of OTTs in Honduras
Joel Ecosto Ortega (CONATEL, Honduras) [Biography] [Presentation]
14:40 - 15:00Coffee break
Session 3: Operational and management aspects of ICT/Telecommunications​​
15:00 - 15:20Operational aspects of ICT
Fernando Hernandez (URSEC, Uruguay) [Biography] [Presentation]
15:20 - 15:40Network Resilience
Dexter Boswell-Inniss (TATT, Trinidad & Tobago) [Biography] [Presentation​]​
16:00​Close
​16:00 - 17:30 ​Meeting of ITU-T Study Group 3 for Latin America and the Caribbean (SG3RG-LAC​)​​​​