Virtual Networking

09:45 - 10:00 GMT+2

Opening Ceremony and Keynote Addresses

10:00 - 10:30 GMT+2

Opening Ceremony and Keynote Addresses
Speaker
	Ms Doreen Bogdan-Martin Director, Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT) ITU Biography
	Ms Mercy Wanjau GSR-21 Chair and Acting Director-General Communications Authority Kenya Biography
Keynote
	H.E. Ambassador Thomas Wagner Deputy Permanent Representative EU Delegation in Geneva Biography
	Mr Lacina Koné Director General Smart Africa Biography

Exploring regional perspectives on Regulation4digitaltransformation: Accelerating inclusive connectivity, access and use

10:30 - 11:45 GMT+2

Exploring regional perspectives on Regulation4digitaltransformation: Accelerating inclusive connectivity, access and use
Moderator
	Mrs Sofie Maddens Head of Regulatory and Market Environment Division, Telecommunication Development Bureau ITU Presentation | Biography
Panelist
	Mr John Omo Secretary General African Telecommunications Union (ATU) Biography
	Ms Annemarie Sipkes BEREC Chair for 2022 and Director of the Telecommunications, Transport and Postal Services Department Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) Netherlands (Kingdom of the) Biography
	Mr Alexander Zhyvotovsky EaPeReg Chair 2021, Eastern Partnership and Chairman of the National Commission State Regulation of Communications and Informatization Ukraine Biography
	Mr Ali Alhadji Permanent Secretary Assemblée des régulateurs de télécommunications de l’Afrique Centrale (ARTAC) Central African Rep. Biography
	Dr Ally Yahaya Simba Executive Secretary East African Communications Organisation (EACO)
	Mr João António Cadete de Matos EMERG Chair for 2021 and Chair Autoridade Nacional de Comunicações (ANACOM) Portugal Biography
Statements from the Private Sector
	Ms Lise Fuhr Director-General European Telecommunication Networks Operator’s Association
	Mr Akinwale Goodluck Head of Sub-Saharan Africa GSMA Biography
	Ms Aarti Holla-Maini Secretary General EMEA Satellite Operator’s Association, ESOA Biography

Coffee Break

11:45 - 12:00 GMT+2

Roundtable discussion 1: Unlocking investment in connectivity

12:00 - 13:00 GMT+2

Roundtable discussion 1: Unlocking investment in connectivity
Focus: how infrastructure sharing, co-deployment, and universal service financing mechanisms as well as data driven decision making can unlock investment in connectivity
Moderator
	Mr Andrew Rugege Regional Director for Africa ITU Biography
Panelist
	Mr Isaías Barreto da Rosa Chairman of the Board ARME Cape Verde Biography
	Mr Karol Krzywicki Deputy President Office of Electronic Communications (UKE) Poland Biography
	Mr Louis-Marc Sakala Agence de régulation des postes et des communications électroniques (ARPCE) Congo Biography
	Ms Nataša Vidmar Kraljević Head of Telecommunication Department Agency for Communication Networks and Services (AKOS) Slovenia Biography

Lunch Break

13:00 - 13:30 GMT+2

Roundtable discussion 2: Understanding collaborative regulation for inclusive connectivity

13:30 - 14:45 GMT+2

Roundtable discussion 2: Understanding collaborative regulation for inclusive connectivity
Focus: presentation of the collaborative regulation case studies and discussion on national approaches leading towards fifth generation (G5) regulation
Moderator
	Ms Youlia Lozanova Senior Programme Officer, Regulatory and Market Environment Division, Telecommunication Development Bureau ITU Biography
Setting the context
	Mrs Sofie Maddens Head of Regulatory and Market Environment Division, Telecommunication Development Bureau, ITU Collaborative Regulation for Inclusive Connectivity | Biography
Panelist
	Ms Cristiana Flutur Co-President of CEPT and Chairman of Com-ITU, Head of International Affairs Unit ANCOM Romania Biography
	Dr Emmanuel C. Manasseh Director, Industry Affairs Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA) Tanzania Biography
	Mr Fiacre Mushimire Senior Manager Technology Innovation, Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Authority (RURA) Rwanda (Republic of)
	Mr Dumitru Griciuc Head of the Management, Policy and Strategic Analysis Department (DMPAS) ANRCETI Moldova

Roundtable discussion 3: Fostering interregional collaboration between Europe and Africa in the field of regulation

14:45 - 16:00 GMT+2

Roundtable discussion 3: Fostering interregional collaboration between Europe and Africa in the field of regulation
Focus: strategies, policies and experiences as well as challenges in sharing regulatory best practices between Europe and Africa
Moderator
	Mr Jaroslaw Ponder Head of the Office for Europe ITU Biography
Panelist
	Mr Michel Van Bellinghen BEREC Chair for 2021 and Chairman Belgian Institute for Postal services and Telecommunications (IBPT) Belgium Biography
	Ms Irene Kaggwa Sewankambo Acting Executive Director and Director of Engineering and Communications Infrastructure Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) Uganda Biography
	Ms Souhila Amazouz African Union Commission (AUC), PRIDA Project Manager PRIDA Biography
	Mr Ulf Larsson Programme Manager Stockholm University Sweden Biography
	Ms Eleanor Sarpong Deputy Director and Policy Lead, Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI) World Wide Web Foundation Biography

Towards the Development of GSR Best Practice Guidelines for 2021

16:00 - 16:20 GMT+2

Towards the Development of GSR Best Practice Guidelines for 2021
Speaker
	Mrs Sofie Maddens Head of Regulatory and Market Environment Division, Telecommunication Development Bureau ITU Biography
	Ms Mercy Wanjau GSR-21 Chair and Acting Director-General Communications Authority Kenya Biography

Closing Session

16:20 - 16:30 GMT+2

Closing Session
Speaker
	Mr Andrew Rugege Regional Director for Africa ITU Biography
	Mr Jaroslaw Ponder Head of the ITU Office for Europe ITU Biography