Wednesday, 14 April 2021

Virtual Networking
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

Moderator
Mrs Sofie Maddens
Head of Regulatory and Market Environment Division, Telecommunication Development Bureau
ITU

Presentation : 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
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
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

Presentation : 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

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

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
Mr Andrew Rugege
Regional Director for Africa
ITU

Biography
Mr Jaroslaw Ponder
Head of the ITU Office for Europe
ITU

Biography

Monday, 10 May 2021

Welcome Session

Introduction
Mrs Sofie Maddens
Head of Regulatory and Market Environment Division, Telecommunication Development Bureau
International Telecommunication Union

Biography

Speaker
Mr Stephen Bereaux
Deputy Director of the Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT)
International Telecommunication Union

Biography
H.E Josué Edmundo Lemus Cifuentes
Ministro
Ministerio de Comunicaciones, Infraestructura y vivienda
Guatemala
Mr Rodolfo José Letona Montoya
Viceministro de Comunicaciones
Ministerio de Comunicaciones, Infraestructura y vivienda
Guatemala

Biography
Mr Marco Antonio Baten
Superintendente de Telecomunicaciones
Superintendencia de Telecomunicaciones (SIT)
Guatemala

Biography
Ms Mercy Wanjau
GSR Chair and Acting Director
General Communications Authority of Kenya (CA Kenya)
Kenya

Biography

Best Practices Guidelines (BPG) consultation: Regulatory uplift for financing digital infrastructure, access and use

Keynote presentation: GSR-21 Best Practices Guidelines (BPG) consultation

Presentation
Ms Carmen Prado-Wagner
Senior Officer, Regulatory and Market Environment Division, Telecommunication Development Bureau
International Telecommunication Union

Presentation : GSR-21 Best Practice Guidelines Consultation
Biography

Panelist
Mr Rodrigo Robles
Program Officer, Regional Office Brasilia
International Telecommunication Union

Presentation : GSR-21 Best Practice Guidelines Consultation
Biography

GSR Roundtable 1: Setting the Scene: Toward Collaborative 5th Generation Regulation

Keynote presentation: Collaborative Regulation in the Americas – presentation of G5 Benchmark and case studies

Moderator
Ms Youlia Lozanova
Senior Programme Officer, Regulatory and Market Environment Division, Telecommunication Development Bureau
International Telecommunication Union

Biography

Presentation
Mrs Sofie Maddens
Head, Regulatory and Market Environment Division, Telecommunication Development Bureau
International Telecommunication Union

Presentation : Collaborative Regulation for Inclusive Connectivity
Biography

Panelist
Mr Carlos A. Bello Hernández
ITU Expert

Presentation : Toward Collaborative 5th Generation Regulation
Biography
Mr Ramiro Camacho Castillo
Comisionado
Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones (IFT)
Mexico

Biography
Mr Carlos Lugo
Comisionado de la Sesión de Comisión de Comunicaciones
Comisión de Regulación de Comunicaciones (CRC)
Colombia

Biography
Mr Fabio Casotti
Head of Wholesale Relations Division, Competition Superintendence
National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel)
Brazil

Biography

GSR Roundtable 2: Regulatory and Economic policies and strategies for ICT development in the Americas Region – COVID-19 implications

Keynote Presentation: Pandemic in the Internet Age: From second wave to new normal, recovery, adaptation, and resilience

Moderator
Mr Rodrigo Robles
Program Officer, Regional Office Brasilia
International Telecommunication Union

Biography

Panelist
Mr Scott Minehane
ITU Expert
Windsor Place Consulting (WPC)

Presentation : Pandemic in the Internet Age: From second wave to new normal, recovery, adaptation and resilience
Biography
Mr Raul Katz
Director of Business Strategy Research
Columbia Institute for Tele-Information

Presentation : La industria de las telecomunicaciones en el post-COVID 19
Biography
Mr Riaz Boodram
Generation Connect – Americas Youth Group
Trinidad and Tobago

Biography
Mr Marco Vílchez
Subgerente de Regulación de la Dirección de Política Regulatoria y Competencia
Organismo Supervisor de Inversión Privada en Telecomunicaciones (OSIPTEL)
Peru

Presentation : Perspectivas y regulación de las TIC frente al COVID-19 en el Perú
Biography
Mr Selby Wilson
Telecommunications Strategist and Regulatory Expert
Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU)

Presentation : Caribbean Telecommunications Union
Ms Jane Coffin
ISOC

Biography
Mr Lester Benito García
Facebook

Biography

Tuesday, 11 May 2021

RED Session 1: Incentives to foster affordable ICT services by promoting investment for meaningful connectivity

RED Session 2: Economic and financial aspects in the digital ecosystem - Effective partnerships for advancing connectivity and achieving the SDGs

Session organized in coordination with the ITU-D Study Group 1 Question 4/1 on Economic policies and methods of determining the costs of services related to national telecommunication/ICT networks, including Next Generation Networks (NGN)

Moderator
Ms Carmen Prado-Wagner
Senior Officer, Regulatory and Market Environment Division, Telecommunication Development Bureau
International Telecommunication Union

Biography

Panelist
Mr Arseny Plossky
Rapporteur Question 4/1, BDT Study Group 1
Russian Federation

Presentation : Economic policies and methods of determining the costs of services related to national telecommunication/ICT networks including NGN
Biography
Mr Jorge Martínez
Axon Partners Group

Presentation : El trabajo de la UIT-D Q4/1 sobre costeo de servicios digitales y la importancia de las colaboraciones (Presentation in Spanish and English together)
Biography
Professor Emanuele Giovannetti
Professor of Economics
Anglia Ruskin University (Cambridge)

Presentation : The role of economic regulation in facilitating SGDs – infrastructure sharing, examples of cooperative agreements, modalities of IXP governance
Biography

Closing

Summary of discussion and way forward

Mr Bruno Ramos
Director Regional, Oficina Regional de la UIT para las Américas
International Telecommunication Union

Biography
Mr Marco Antonio Baten
Superintendente de Telecomunicaciones
Superintendencia de Telecomunicaciones (SIT)
Guatemala

Biography

Wednesday, 2 June 2021

Welcome Session 

Introduction
Mr Adel Mohamed Darwish
Regional Director, Regional Office for Arab States
International Telecommunication Union

Biography

Speaker
Mr Stephen Bereaux
Deputy Director of the Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT)
International Telecommunication Union

Biography
H.E. Ambassador Dr. Kamal Hassan Ali
Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Affairs
League of Arab States

Biography
H.E. Dr Zineddine Belattar
President of the Arab Network for Telecommunications Regulatory Authorities (AREGNET) and Chairman of Council of Post and Electronic Communications Regulatory Authority (ARPCE)
Algeria

Biography
Ms Mercy Wanjau
Chair (GSR-21) and Acting Director-General
General Communications Authority of Kenya (CA Kenya)
Kenya

Biography

GSR-21 Best Practices Guidelines (BPG) consultation: Regulatory uplift for financing digital infrastructure, access and use
Ms Carmen Prado-Wagner
Senior Officer, Regulatory and Market Environment Division, Telecommunication Development Bureau
International Telecommunication Union

Presentation : GSR-21 Best Practice Guidelines Consultation
Biography
Mr Mustafa Al MAHDI
Program Officer, Arab Regional Office
International Telecommunication Union

Presentation : GSR-21 Best Practice Guidelines Consultation
Biography
GSR-21 Regional Regulatory Roundtable 1: Understanding collaborative regulation for inclusive connectivity

Moderator
Ms Youlia Lozanova
Senior Officer, Regulatory and Market Environment Division, Telecommunication Development Bureau
International Telecommunication Union

Biography

Keynote presentation
Mrs Sofie Maddens
Head, Regulatory and Market Environment Division, Telecommunication Development Bureau
International Telecommunication Union

Presentation : Collaborative Regulation for Inclusive Connectivity
Biography

Panelist
Mr Ahmed Said
Executive Director, International Policies Department
National Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (NTRA)
Egypt

Biography
Mr Abdelaziz Tib
Director, Head of Regulation Mission
Agence Nationale de Réglementation des Télécommunications (ANRT)
Morocco

Biography
Mr Muath AlRumayh
Director, International Cooperation and Negotiation Department
Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC)
Saudi Arabia

Biography

GSR-21 Regional Regulatory Roundtable 2: ICT Competition Policy and Regulation in a Digital Apps environment in the Arab Region

Moderator
Mr Karim Abdelghani
Programme Coordinator
ITU Arab Regional Office

Biography

Keynote presentation
Mr Simon Molloy
ITU Expert

Presentation : Digital Competition Policy and Regulation in the Africa and Arab regions
Biography

Panelist
Mr Habib Abdessalem
Permanent member of the Board
Instance Nationale des Télécommunications (INTT)
Tunisia

Biography
Dr Reham A. Elmayet
Telecommunication Expert
League of Arab States

Biography
Mr Eng. Abdulrahman Al-Marzouki
representative
Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)

Biography
Mr Bocar Ba
CEO and Board Member
SAMENA Telecommunications Council

Biography
Ms Gaia Penteriani
Director of Policy and Regulation
GSMA

Biography
Dr Chafic Chaya
Regional Communications Manager, Middle East Region
RIPE NCC

Biography
Mr Johan Keetelaar
Director Public Policy, Head of Connectivity and Access EMEA
Facebook

Biography

Thursday, 3 June 2021

GSR-21 Regional Economic Dialogue Session 1: Advances in regulatory, economic and financing strategies in the Digital era – practices in the Arab States

Session organized in coordination with ITU-D Study Group 1 Question 4/1

Moderator
Ms Carmen Prado-Wagner
Senior Officer, Regulatory and Market Environment Division, Telecommunication Development Bureau
International Telecommunication Union

Biography

Keynote presentation
Mr Jorge Martínez
Axon Partners Group

Presentation : Advances in regulatory costing and pricing strategies in the digital era
Biography

Panelist
Mr Youssouf Soule
Head, Development and Communication Projects Department
Autorité Nationale de Régulation des Technologies de l'Information et de la Communication (ANRTIC)
Comoros (Union of the)

Presentation : Modélisation des coûts des réseaux de communications électroniques : le cas des Comores
Biography
Ms Karima Mahmoudi
Central Director of Electronic Communications Markets Observatory
Instance Nationale des Télécommunications (INTT)
Tunisia

Biography
Mr Arseny Plossky
Rapporteur Question 4/1, BDT Study Group 1
Russian Federation

Presentation : Economic policies and methods of determining the costs of services related to national telecommunication/ICT networks including NGN
Biography
Mr Raul Katz
Director of Business Strategy Research
Columbia Institute for Tele-Information

Presentation : The Telecommunications Industry in the post-Covid 19 World
Biography
Mr Pedro Seixas
ITU Expert

Biography

GSR-21 Regional Economic Dialogue Session 2: Policies regulations, and economic approaches for Digital Transformation in the Arab States

Moderator
Ms Sulyna Abdullah
Chief, Digital Knowledge Hub Department, BDT
International Telecommunication Union

Biography

Keynote presentation
Mr David Rogerson
ITU Expert

Presentation : Policies, regulations and economic approaches for Digital Transformation in the Arab States
Biography

Panelist
Mr Abdullahi Abdiaziz Mohamed
General Manager
National Communications Authority (NCA)
Somalia

Presentation : Policies, regulations, and economic approaches for Digital Transformation in the Arab States
Biography
Mr Ammar M. Hamadien
Director General
National Information Center
Sudan

Biography
Mr Dany Wazen
Digital Transformation and ICT Specialist
UNDP RBAS Regional Hub

Biography
Dr Badr N. Alsuwaidan
VP & Chief Technical Officer
ARABSAT

Presentation : Satellite industry Economy, Trending and policy
Biography
Ms Kholoud Aldorgham
Director General
Fiber Connect Council MENA

Biography

Closing of RRR & RED-ARB 2021

Speaker
Mr Adel Mohamed Darwish
Regional Director, Regional Office for Arab States
International Telecommunication Union

Biography

Tuesday, 8 June 2021

Closed Session (By Invitation only): Executive Roundtable with Heads of NRAs

10:00-10:15 - Opening Remarks
Ms Atsuko Okuda
Regional Director, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
International Telecommunication Union

Biography

10:15-11:15 - Emerging Trends and their Regulatory Implications, moderated by:
Ms Gisa Fuatai Purcell
Regulator
Office Of The Regulator
Samoa (Independent State of)

Biography

Presentation
Mr Raul Katz
Director of Business Strategy Research
Columbia Institute for Tele-Information

Presentation : Presentation: The Impact of Policies, Regulation, and Institutions on ICT Sector Performance
Biography
Mr Baharul Islam
ITU-ASP Region on co-deployment
International Telecommunication Union

Presentation : Presentation: Co-deployment with Transport and Energy (Electricity and Oil & Gas) Infrastructure
Biography

11:15 - 12:15 - Regulator’s Roundtable: Emerging Trends and their Regulatory Implications from the Regulator’s Perspectives, moderated by
Ms Gisa Fuatai Purcell
Regulator
Office Of The Regulator
Samoa (Independent State of)

Biography

Panelist
Dr P D Vaghela
Chairman
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRA)
India

Biography
Mr Amir Azeem Bajwa
Chairman
Pakistan Telecommunication Authority
Pakistan

Biography
Mr Joao Freitas
Chairman
Ministry of Public Works, Transport and Communications National Communications Authority
Timor-Leste

Biography

Official Opening ITU GSR Regional Regulatory Roundtable and Regional Economic Dialogue (RED) for Asia and the Pacific

Moderator
Ms Atsuko Okuda
Regional Director, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
International Telecommunication Union

Biography

Speaker
Ms Doreen Bogdan-Martin
BDT Director
International Telecommunication Union

Biography
Ms Mercy Wanjau
Chair (GSR-21) and Acting Director-General
Communications Authority of Kenya
Kenya

Biography
Mr Masanori Kondo
Secretary-General
Asia-Pacific Telecommunity

Biography

GSR Roundtable 1: GSR Best Practices Guidelines (BPG) consultation: Regulatory uplift for financing digital infrastructure, access and use

The session aims to share and discuss the regulatory enablers that can generate a multiplier effect on investments and the use of digital infrastructure and services as the digital economy, and digital transformation takes centre stage.

Moderator
Ms Bolor-Erdene Battsengel
Chair
Communications and Information Technology Authority (CITA)
Mongolia

Biography

Keynote presentation
Mrs Sofie Maddens
Head, Regulatory and Market Environment Division, Telecommunication Development Bureau
International Telecommunication Union

Presentation : Presentation: GSR-21 Best Practice Guidelines Consultation
Biography

Panelist
Ms Nerida O'Loughlin
Chair
Australian Communications and Media Authority
Australia

Biography
Mr Enota Ingintau
CEO
Communications Commission of Kiribati
Kiribati

Biography
Mr Kila Gulo Vui
CEO
National ICT Authority
Papua New Guinea

Presentation : Presentation: PNG Perspective
Biography

GSR Roundtable 2: Setting the Scene: Toward Collaborative 5th Generation Regulation

The session aims to discuss the approaches to fast-track collaboration among regulators and policy-makers from the information and communication technology (ICT) sector and other sectors to drive digital transformation for all.

Moderator
Ms Mina Seonmin Jun
Policy Adviser
Korea Information Society Development Institute (KISDI)
Korea (Rep. of)

Biography

Keynote Presentation
Ms Youlia Lozanova
Senior Programme Officer, ICT Policy & Regulation, Regulatory and Market Environment Division, Telecommunication Development Bureau
International Telecommunication Union

Presentation : Presentation: Collaborative Regulation for Inclusive Connectivity
Biography

Panelist
Mr Oshada Senanayake
Director General
Telecommunications Regulatory Commission
Sri Lanka

Biography
Mr Thomas Abell
Advisor SDCC and Chief of Digital Technology for Development
Asian Development Bank

Biography
Mrs Jeanette Whyte
Head of Public Policy
APAC, GSMA

Biography
Ms Sonja Lukic
Director, Public and Regulatory Affairs, External Relations Asia
Telenor Group

Biography

Wednesday, 9 June 2021

Closed Session for the Sector Members and Academia

This session aims to share and discuss challenges and opportunities in the existing policy and regulatory environments in Asia and the Pacific identified by the academia and industry members and partners.

Opening remarks
Ms Atsuko Okuda
Regional Director, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
International Telecommunication Union

Biography

Moderator
Dr Jingbo Huang
UNU, Macao
China

Biography
Dr Attlee Gamundani
UNU, Macao
China

Biography

Presentation
Dr R.S. Sharma
Presentation : Presentation: The Mobile Mobile World New Business Models in the Telecom Sector
Biography
Mr Rajnesh Singh
Regional Vice President for the Asia-Pacific
Internet Society

Presentation : Presentation: Community Networks Sustainable solutions for bigger and  stronger communities
Biography
Mr Scott Minehane
ITU Expert

Presentation : Presentation: Pandemic in the Internet Age: From second wave to new normal, recovery, adaptation and resilience”
Biography
Mr Daniel McFarlane
Senior UN Coordinator Specialist for ITU Asia and the Pacific
International Telecommunication Union

Presentation : Presentation: The ITU Asia and the Pacific Academic Network
Biography
Mr Calvin Chan
Programme Administrator for ITU Asia and the Pacific
International Telecommunication Union

Presentation : Presentation: Industry Informal Working Group
Biography

Break
RED Session 1: Incentives to foster affordable ICT services by promoting investment for meaningful connectivity in the Asia and the Pacific Region

The session aims to share the incentives to foster affordable ICT services by promoting investment for meaningful connectivity in Asia and the Pacific Region.

Moderator
Ms Memiko Otsuki
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
Japan

Biography

Panelist
Mr Hameedullah Sherani
Board Member
Afghanistan Telecommunications Regulatory Authority
Afghanistan

Biography
Mr Notachard Chintakanond
Executive Director
The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC)
Thailand

Biography
Mr Brian Winji
Regulator
Telecommunications Radiocommunications and Broadcasting Regulator
Vanuatu

Biography
Ms Anju Mangal,
Head of Asia-Pacific Region
Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI)

Biography

RED Session 2: Economic and financial approaches in the digital ecosystem - Effective partnerships for advancing connectivity and achieving the SDGs

Session organized in coordination with the ITU-D Study Group Question 4/1

This session is aimed to explore and discuss the principles and foundations of Partnerships, their initiation, key stakeholders, success factors and what to avoid in order to evaluate:

RED Session 3: Policies and Regulations for Critical Technologies of the Future

The session aims to discuss the policy and regulatory framework for emerging technologies that would drive future digital networks.

Moderator
Ms Atsuko Okuda
Regional Director, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
International Telecommunication Union

Biography

Presentation
Mr Daniel McFarlane
Senior UN Coordinator Specialist for ITU Asia and the Pacific

Presentation : Presentation: Standardization in Developing Critical Technology: A Focus on Asia and the Pacific
Biography

Panelist
Mr Shamsul Majid (Sam Majid)
Chief Technology and Innovation Officer
Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC)
Malaysia

Biography
Ms Nguyen Thi Ngoc Trang
Senior Official of Department of Sciences and Technologies
Ministry of Information and Communications
Viet Nam

Biography
Mr Sameer Pujari
Manager BHBM
World Health Organization(WHO)

Biography
Dr Jirapon Sunkpho
Vice Rector for Information Technology
Thammasat University

Biography
Mr Guillaume Mascot
Head of Government Relations APJ
Nokia

Biography
Dr Stefan Winkler
Deputy Director
AI Singapore
Singapore

Biography

Closing

Speaker
Ms Atsuko Okuda
Regional Director, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
International Telecommunication Union

Presentation : Presentation: Closing
Biography

Tuesday, 15 June 2021

Opening ceremony
Ms Doreen Bogdan-Martin
BDT Director
International Telecommunication Union

Biography
Mrs Natalia Mochu
Regional Director, Regional Office for CIS
International Telecommunication Union

Biography
Introduction to GSR-21 Best Practice Guideline Consultation
Ms Mercy Wanjau
Chair (GSR-21) and Acting Director-General
General Communications Authority of Kenya (CA Kenya)
Kenya

Biography
Mrs Sofie Maddens
Head, Regulatory and Market Environment Division, Telecommunication Development Bureau
International Telecommunication Union

Presentation : GSR-21 Best Practice Guidelines Consultation
Biography
GSR-21 Regional Regulatory Roundtable 1: Towards 5th Generation of ICT Regulation: ICT Economic and Regulatory Metrics and Analysis

Moderator
Mr Farid Nakhli
Programme Coordinator, Regional Office for CIS Region
International Telecommunication Union

Panelist
Ms Youlia Lozanova
Senior Analyst, Regulatory and Market Environment Division, Telecommunication Development Bureau
International Telecommunication Union

Presentation : Fifth Generation Collaborative Regulation, regulatory data and metrics for the digital transformation
Biography
Mr Pavel Tkach
First Deputy Minister
Ministery of Communication and Informatization
Belarus

Biography
Ms Zaruhi Stepanyan
Chief Specialist of Resource Management and Technological Development Division, Telecommunication Department
Public Services Regulatory Commission
Armenia

Presentation : Broadband Development in the Republic of Armenia
Biography
Mr Anatoly Nevmerzhitski
Expert

Presentation : Spotlight on Collaborative regulation in the CIS region
Biography

GSR-21 Regional Regulatory Roundtable 2: An overview of digital regulation tools

Moderator
Mrs Natalia Mochu
Regional Director, Regional Office for CIS
International Telecommunication Union

Biography

Panelist
Ms Nancy Sundberg
Senior Programme Officer, Regulatory and Market Environment Division, Telecommunication Development Bureau
International Telecommunication Union

Presentation : Spotlight on the ITU-World Bank Digital regulation handbook and platform
Biography
Mr Talant Kalykov
Director
State Communication Agency under the Ministry of Digital Development
Kyrgyzstan

Presentation : National Approaches to Regulation of ICT Services Quality
Biography
Mr Rahid Alekberli
Advisor
Minister of Transport, Communications and High Technologies of Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan

Presentation : On The Eve of New Reforms - ICT and Telecom regulation initiatives
Biography
Mr Ihar Shchetko
Regional Office for CIS
International Telecommunication Union

Presentation : CT Infrastructure business planning toolkit
Biography

Wednesday, 16 June 2021

Opening and Introduction GSR-21 Regional Economic Dialogue for CIS Region

Speaker
Mrs Natalia Mochu
Regional Director, Regional Office for CIS
International Telecommunication Union

Biography
Mr Arseny Plossky
Rapporteur Question 4/1, BDT Study Group 1
Russian Federation

Biography

GSR-21 Regional Economic Dialogue Session 1: Economic policies and methods of determining the costs of services related to national telecommunication/ICT networks

Moderator
Mr Arseny Plossky
Rapporteur Question 4/1, BDT Study Group 1
Russian Federation

Presentation : Report on Question 4/1 Economic policies and methods of determining the costs of services related to national telecommunication/ICT networks
Biography

Panelist
Ms Rosheen Awotar-Mauree
Study Group Advisor, Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT)
International Telecommunication Union

Presentation : ITU-D Study Groups an insight for working together
Biography
Ms Carmen Prado-Wagner
Senior Programme Officer, ICT Policy & Regulation, Regulatory and Market Environment Division, Telecommunication Development Bureau
International Telecommunication Union

Presentation : Work of ITU-D Study Groups on economic and tariff policies
Biography
Mr Jorge Martínez
Axon Partners Group

Presentation : Advances in regulatory costing and pricing strategies in the digital era
Biography

GSR-21 Regional Economic Dialogue Session 2: Documents of BDT on economics and finance

Moderator
Ms Carmen Prado-Wagner
Senior Programme Officer, ICT Policy & Regulation, Regulatory and Market Environment Division, Telecommunication Development Bureau
International Telecommunication Union

Biography

Panelist
Mr Arseny Plossky
Rapporteur Question 4/1, BDT Study Group 1
Russian Federation

Presentation : Analysis of BDT documents on economic and finance
Biography
Mr Raul Katz
Director of Business Strategy Research
Columbia Institute for Tele-Information

Presentation : Economic Contribution of Broadband and Digitization: Econometric Modelling for the ITU Commonwealth of Independent States
Biography

Outcomes of the Regional Regulatory Roundtable and Regional Economic Dialogue for CIS Region. Closing ceremony

Speaker
Mrs Natalia Mochu
Regional Director, Regional Office for CIS
International Telecommunication Union

Biography
Ms Carmen Prado-Wagner
Senior Programme Officer, ICT Policy & Regulation, Regulatory and Market Environment Division, Telecommunication Development Bureau
International Telecommunication Union

Biography
Mr Arseny Plossky
Rapporteur Question 4/1
Russian Federation

Biography

Monday, 21 June 2021

Heads of Regulators Executive Roundtable

Adoption of the GSR best practice guidelines

Panel discussion: Collaborative regulation for digital transformation

  • A whole of governance approach - the voice and role of sectoral regulators (energy, competition, broadcasting, digital content, data protection, financing)
  • Empowering stakeholders - from consultation to co-regulation – every voice counts!
  • Moving the regulatory cursor to adapt to a changing ecosystem
  • Impact of regulatory tools - evidence based regulation

      Ms Doreen Bogdan-Martin
      Director, Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT)
      International Telecommunication Union

      Biography
      Ms Mercy Wanjau
      Chair (21) and Acting Director General
      Communications Authority of Kenya (CA)
      Kenya

      Biography

      Intervener
      Ms Gisa Fuatai Purcell
      Regulator
      Office of the Regulator
      Samoa (Independent State of)

      Biography
      Mr Michel Van Bellinghen
      Chairman of the Council
      Belgian Institute for Postal services and Telecommunications (BIPT) and BEREC Chair 2021
      Belgium

      Biography
      Dr Mohammed Al Tamimi
      Governor
      Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC)
      Saudi Arabia

      Biography
      Dr P D Vaghela
      Chairman
      Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)
      India

      Biography
      Mr Amir Azeem Bajwa
      Chairman
      Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA)
      Pakistan

      Biography
      Mr Serge Abiteboul
      Board Member
      Autorité de Régulation des Communications électroniques et des Postes (ARCEP)
      France

      Biography
      Ms Jessica Rosenworcel
      Acting Chair
      Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
      United States

      Biography
      Mr Ramiro Camacho Castillo
      Commissioner
      Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones (IFT)
      Mexico

      Biography
      Professor Konstantinos Masselos
      President
      Hellenic Telecommunications & Post Commission (EETT)
      Greece

      Biography
      Mr Belal Hafnawi
      Commissioner
      Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC)
      Jordan

      Biography
      Mr Rafael Eduardo Muente Schwarz
      Presidente del Consejo Directivo
      Organismo Supervisor de Inversión Privada en Telecomunicaciones (OSIPTEL)
      Peru

      Biography
      Mr Carlos Lugo
      Commissioner
      Comisión de Regulación de Comunicaciones (CRC)
      Colombia

      Biography
      Mrs Hana Tovarkova
      Council Chair
      Czech Telecommunication Office (CTU)
      Czech Rep.

      Biography
      H.E Chenda Thong
      Chairman
      Telecommunication Regulator of Cambodia (TRC)
      Cambodia

      Biography
      Professor Américo Muchanga
      Chairman of the Board
      Autoridade Reguladora das Comunicações de Moçambique (ARECOM)
      Mozambique

      Biography

ITU-USTTI Emerging Technologies Accelerating the Digital Transformation Process

This joint ITU-USTTI event provided regulatory officials with information and insights on how emerging technologies can accelerate the digital transformation process, and how such smart technologies and innovation have strengthened digital resilience. This training session saw subject matter experts further discuss how these emerging technologies interact with key policy and regulatory trends.

This webinar came at a time when COVID-19 has highlighted the strategic importance of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) networks and services for society and economies around the globe.

Moderator
Mr Jim O’Connor
Chairman & CEO
USTTI

Speaker
Ms Doreen Bogdan-Martin
BDT Director
International Telecommunication Union

Biography

Intervener
Ms Aminata Amadou Garba
Senior Coordinator, DNS, BDT
International Telecommunication Union

Statement | Biography

Panelist
Ms Ruth Pritchard Kelly
Vice President Regulatory Affairs
OneWeb

Presentation : Presentation
Mr Michael Fitzpatrick
Head of Global Regulatory Affairs
Google
Dr Robert Pepper
Head of Global Connectivity Policy and Planning
Facebook

Presentation : Presentation
Mr Ron Repasi
Acting Chief of the Office of Engineering and Technology
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Presentation : Presentation

Tuesday, 22 June 2021

The Road2Addis series - Lead2Connect event

This session of the Road to Addis series focused on Leadership as a driving force to achieve digital transformation and universal connectivity.

The session was part of the Global Symposium of Regulators (GSR) 2021 core sessions programme. It featured leaders from different disciplines who can share valuable lessons about their own experience accomplishing the unimaginable, providing insight and inspiration to Symposium delegates around the world.

The session aimed to answer the following questions:

  • What constitutes a great leader today and what skills will be required for the leaders of the future?
  • What kind of leadership is needed to enable the digital transformation of an entire planet?
  • What leadership lessons can be applied to solving the universal and inclusive connectivity challenge by 2030?
  • What does it take to help people accomplish the unimaginable?

Session Objectives:

  • Identify the leadership principles that are required to achieve universal and inclusive connectivity and the accomplishment of the SDGs.
  • Inspire attendees of the GSR and the global online community with real life examples of global leaders from different spheres that have accomplished the unimaginable.
  • Share leadership lessons from different sectors and assess how they can be applied to connectivity for sustainable development.



Learn more about the event agenda and speakers Here

Regulatory Associations’ (RA) Meeting

The Regional Regulatory Association Meeting (RA) focused on the role of regional and international organizations in promoting Broadband mapping tools to foster investment and competition for inclusive and sustainable connectivity.

The Regional Regulatory Associations Meeting provides a unique platform for Regulatory Associations to share experiences and knowledge, to discuss how they can collaborate, and to identify means to bring affordable, safe, secure and trusted connectivity and online access and use to people in their respective regions.


RA Website and Final Report

Opening Remarks
Ms Doreen Bogdan-Martin
Director, Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT)
International Telecommunication Union

Biography
Ms Bridget Mphatso Linzie
Chair RA and Executive Secretary
Communications Regulators’ Association of Southern Africa (CRASA)

Biography

Interactive Discussion: Broadband Mapping tools to foster investment and Competition for Inclusive and Sustainable Connectivity
Mr Vladimir Daigele
Telecommunication Network & spectrum Management Division, BDT
International Telecommunication Union

Presentation : Presentation on the ITU Broadband Maps
Biography
Mr Francisco Chate
Executive Secretary
Association of Communications and Telecommunications Regulators of the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (ARCTEL-CPLP)

Biography
Mr Mohamed Chemani
Permanent Secretariat
Arab Regulators Network of telecommunications and information technologies (AREGNET)

Biography
Ms Bernice Otye Edande
Secrétaire Permanent
Assemblée des Régulateurs des Télécommunications de l'Afrique Centrale (ARTAC)

Presentation : Le projet de la dorsale à fibre optique d’Afrique Centrale/Projet CAB
Biography
Mr John Omo
Secretary General
African Telecommunication Union (ATU)

Biography
Ms Annemarie Sipkes
Incoming BEREC Chair 2022
Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC)

Biography
Mr Oscar Leon
Executive Secretary
Inter-American Telecommunication Commission (CITEL)

Biography
Mr Selby Wilson
Caribbean Telecommunication Union (CTU)

Presentation : Presentation on the CTU’s Handbook and Workshop on the Implementation of Digital ID Systems
Ms Nataliia Lado
Representative
Eastern Partnership Electronic Communications Regulators Network (EaPeReg)

Biography
Mr Abdoul Ly
Chair 2021
Réseau Francophone de la Régulation des Télécommunications (FRATEL)

Biography
Mr Almazbek Apandievich Kadyrkulov
Deputy Director General
Executive Committee, Regional Commonwealth in the Field of Communications (RCC)

Biography
Ms Paola Andrea Bonilla Castaño
Representative
Foro Latinoamericano de Entes Reguladores de Telecomunicaciones (REGULATEL)

Presentation : Regulación y Conectividad Innovadora
Biography
Mr Jigme Wangdi
Chairman
South Asian Telecommunication Regulators' Council (SATRC)

Closing, Recommendations and Ways Forward
Ms Bridget Mphatso Linzie
Chair RA and Executive Secretary
Communications Regulators’ Association of Southern Africa (CRASA)

Biography

Industry Advisory Group on Development Issues and Private Sector Chief Regulatory Officers (IAGDI-CRO) meeting

The pandemic has showed how important it is for governments to proactively and timely shape the development and deployment of ICT policies and regulatory approaches in times of crisis. COVID-19 has inevitably affected individuals, families, and organizations across industries, geographies, and demographics. As we prepare for the post- pandemic era, it will require enormous investments and efforts and a shared vision amongst stakeholders to forge the right kind of partnerships that may lead to resilient sustainable development.

Within this perspective, the voice of industry and private sector in sharing challenges and lessons learned brings an important perspective to policy and regulatory debate. IAGDI-CRO met, debated and shared views and lessons learned from the prevailing COVID-19 situation and how this has impacted business. Thought leaders used this opportunity to propose policy and regulatory adjustments that could help business to recover and thrive under new collaborative and partnership approaches.

Opening Remarks
Ms Doreen Bogdan-Martin
Director, Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT)
International Telecommunication Union

Biography

Chairman
Mr Bocar Ba
CEO
Samena Telecommunications Council and Broadband Commission Commissioner

Biography

Speaker
Mr Gil Santaliz
Founder and CEO
New Jersey Fiber Exchange (NJFX)

Biography
Mr David Kirkpatrick
Founder and Editor-in-Chief
Techonomy

Biography
Mr John Giusti
Chief Regulatory Officer
GSMA

Biography
Ms Kui Kinyanjui
Head of Regulatory and Public Policy
Safaricom

Biography
Ms Maria Alexandra Velez
Senior Director of Government and Regulatory Affairs
SBA Communications

Biography
Ms Aarti Holla-Maini
Secretary-General
ESOA

Biography
Mr Maxim Naidoo
Executive Head of Technical Regulation
Vodacom

Biography
Mr Rahul Vatts
Chief Regulatory Officer
Bharti Airtel

Biography
Mr Khaled Hegazy
Chief Corporate Affairs Officer
Etisalat

Biography

Wednesday, 23 June 2021

GSR sessions opening
Mr Houlin Zhao
Secretary-General
International Telecommunication Union

Biography
Ms Doreen Bogdan-Martin
Director, Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT)
International Telecommunication Union

Biography
Ms Mercy Wanjau
Chair GSR-21 and Acting Director-General
Communications Authority
Kenya

Biography
Session 1: Connectivity4digital transformation: regulatory enablers

  • The importance of sharing: spectrum, networks, infrastructure co-deployment, etc
  • How to balance affordability, RoI and technologies innovation? Why regulation matters
  • Fair competition in a globalized digital world: a dream? lifting the remaining regulatory, commercial and business anticompetitive practices
  • Building digital resilience: Lessons learned from the pandemic and addressing urgent challenges (climate change, emergency, etc)

      Moderator
      Mr Michel Van Bellinghen
      Chairman of the Council
      Belgian Institute for Postal services and Telecommunications (BIPT) and BEREC Chair 2021
      Belgium

      Biography

      Introductory Remarks
      Mr Mario Maniewicz
      Director, Radiocommunication Bureau
      International Telecommunication Union

      Biography

      Panelist
      Ms Ekaterine Imedadze
      Commissioner
      Georgian National Communications Commission
      Georgia

      Biography
      Mr Serge Abiteboul
      Board Member
      Autorité de Régulation des Communications électroniques et des Postes (ARCEP)
      France

      Biography
      Ms Bridget Mphatso Linzie
      Executive Secretary
      Communications Regulators’ Association of Southern Africa (CRASA)

      Biography
      Mr Geoffrey Starks
      Commissioner
      Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
      United States

      Biography
      Ms Jayne Stancavage
      Global Executive Director of Product and Digital Infrastructure Policy
      Intel Corporation

      Biography

GenerationConnect@GSR: building a digital future

A Conversation between youth and regulators/industry

Moderator
Mrs Celia Pellet
Biography
Mrs Emma Randall
Biography

Panelist
Ms Hannia Vega
Superintendency of Telecommunications (SUTEL)
Costa Rica

Biography
Ms Helena Fernandes
Instituto Nacional das Comunicações de Moçambique (INCM)
Mozambique

Biography
Ms Belinda Exelby
Global System for Mobile Communications (GSMA)

Biography
Ms Vigneswara Ihita Gangavarapu
Board Member
Generation Connect Visionaries

Biography
Ms Valarie Waswa
Representative
Generation Connect Africa Youth Group

Biography
Mr Daniel Kalemi
Representative
Generation Connect Europe Youth Group

Biography

Thursday, 24 June 2021

Spotlight Session on ITU's Financing universal access to digital technologies and services paper and ITU-World Bank Digital Regulation Platform

Financing Universal Access to Digital Technologies and Services

The ITU World Bank Digital Regulation Platform

Session 2: Financing to achieve affordable connectivity, and meaningful access and use

  • Reviewing the USO concept to address the digital ecosystem
  • Innovative funding approaches and financial solutions, lessons from the other sectors
  • Do traditional financing models still apply? Reforming approaches to USF
  • Regulation as an enabler

      Moderator
      Ms Irene Kaggwa Sewankambo
      Acting Executive Director
      Uganda Communications Commission (UCC)
      Uganda

      Biography

      Setting the scene
      Mr Andile Ngcaba
      Founding Partner & Chairman
      Convergence Partners

      Presentation : Presentation
      Biography

      Panelist
      Mr Bocar Ba
      CEO
      Samena Telecommunications Council and Broadband Commission Commissioner

      Biography
      Ms Hannia Vega
      Commissioner
      Superintendencia de Telecomunicaciones (SUTEL)
      Costa Rica

      Biography
      Ms Boutheina Guermazi
      Director of Digital Development Infrastructure Practice Group
      World Bank

      Biography
      Ms Jane Coffin
      Senior Vice President Internet Growth
      ISOC

      Biography
      Mr Brian Winji
      CEO
      Telecommunications, Radiocommunications and Broadcasting Regulation (TRBR)
      Vanuatu

      Biography

Spotlight on ITU's REG4COVID tools and Econometric Modelling ReportFor more information please visit the following websites:

Session 3: Regulation4Innovation

  • Driving digital deepening across infrastructure and the platform value chain (from satellite to terrestrial, wireless services, cloud services and digital platforms)
  • Fostering emerging technologies uptakes: a case for regulatory sandboxes, co-regulation, self-regulation to enhance digital for economic and social development
  • Regulatory innovation driving local development and entrepreneurship
  • Cross sectoral regulatory incentives to foster local and young entrepreneurs to contribute and benefit from smart digital transformation

      Moderator
      Mr Oscar Leon
      Executive Secretary
      Inter-American Telecommunication Commission (CITEL)

      Biography

      Panelist
      Mr Carlos Lugo
      Commissioner
      Comisión de Regulación de Comunicaciones (CRC)
      Colombia

      Biography
      Mr João António Cadete de Matos
      Chairman
      Autoridade Nacional de Comunicações (ANACOM)
      Portugal

      Biography
      Mr Flavien Bachabi
      Chairman of the Board
      Autorité de Régulation des Communications Electroniques et de la Poste (ARCEP)
      Benin

      Biography
      Ms Jennifer Manner
      Senior Vice President of Regulatory Affairs
      EchoStar Corporation/Hughes

      Biography
      Mr Rahul Vatts
      Chief Regulatory Affairs
      Bharti Airtel

      Biography
      Ms Monica Desai
      Global Head Connectivity and Access
      Facebook

      Biography

Network of Women for WTDC (NoW4WTDC): ‘Promoting women leadership in the ICT regulatory and policy space’

The Network of Women for WTDC (NoW4WTDC) is a platform for collaboration and exchange of information to increase the number of women participating in ITU-D meetings . It is also a platform to encourage more women to take up leadership roles, such as committee chairs, working group chairs in the conference structures, and other management roles in the preparatory processes for the WTDC itself, and beyond. It provides the opportunity to share important lessons in a supportive community including mentorship.

The objective of the side event was to spark conversations that infuse diverse perspectives from experiences to help build capacity of potential women leaders in National Regulatory Agencies, ICT policy agencies and in the industry in general.

The topic of discussion at the side event during GSR 2021 were: “Promoting women leadership in the ICT regulatory and policy space.” The session featured three female leaders in a fireside chat. It allowed these leaders to share their perspectives and journey in leadership in the ICT industry, and also share experiences helpful in encouraging appropriate measures that will enable more women to ascend into executive roles.

In addition to the launch of the mentorship programme and the call for mentors in May 2021, the call for mentees was made at this 24 June side event. The ITU Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT) also released the results of the survey on the call for mentors, as well the survey carried out to seek views of members on preferred communication platforms.

Learn more about the Network of Women for WTDC (Now4WTDC)

Welcome and Opening
Ms Cristiana Flutur
Co-President of CEPT and Chairman of Com-ITU, Head of International Affairs Unit
National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications of Romania (ANCOM)
Romania

Biography
Ms Doreen Bogdan-Martin
Director, Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT)
International Telecommunication Union

Biography

Fireside Chat Moderator
Ms Sulyna Abdullah
Chief, a.i., Digital Knowledge Hub Department, Telecommunication Development Bureau
International Telecommunication Union

Biography

Fire Side chat Panelists
Ms Amy Alvarez
Vice Chair of IAGDI-CRO and AVP - International External & Regulatory Affairs
AT&T

Biography
Ms Sabine Holl
Vice President Technical Sales and CTO Middle East and Africa
IBM

Biography
Ms Aileen Chia
Deputy Chief Executive Connectivity Development & Regulation Director-General (Telecoms & Post)
Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA)

Biography

Friday, 25 June 2021

Session 4: Safe digital inclusion - Child online protection

  • Achieving safe child digital inclusion – a coordinated policy response
  • Child empowerment - the role of the regulator
  • Fostering child online safety (COP): a regulatory and industry perspective
  • How to keep everyone safe during times of crisis

      Moderator
      Ms Mercy Wanjau
      GSR Chair and Acting Director General
      Communications Authority of Kenya
      Kenya

      Biography
      Sangophone
      COP Mascot

      Biography

      Panelist
      Mr Jacek Oko
      President
      Office of Electronic Communications (UKE)
      Poland

      Biography
      Mr Cornelius Williams
      Global Chief of Child Protection, UNICEF

      Biography
      Ms Rebecca Razavi
      Chief Operating Officer
      e-Safety Commission
      Australia

      Biography
      Ms Almudena Lara
      Senior Manager, Child Safety
      Google

      Biography
      Ms Alexandra Evans
      Head, Child Safety Public Policy Europe
      TikTok

      Biography

      Young Intervener
      Ms Nicole Damianidis
      Young student

      Biography
      Ms Lella Violet Halloum
      Young student

      Biography

Spotlight on ITU's Collaborative Regulation and G5 Benchmark Tools

Some of the highlighted tools will be:

Session 5: Partnerships4digital transformation

How can collaborative regulation help?

  • Moving the regulatory cursor to adapt to a changing ecosystem
  • Driving transformation: setting a platform for partnership fostering a whole of governance approach in the digital ecosystem
  • Extending partnerships to non-traditional stakeholders: the regulator as a cross sectoral, collaborative partner
  • Driving digital investment for sustainable development (linked to SDGs)

    (15h40-15h50) ITU-FCDO partnership for school connectivity and digital inclusion

    Moderator
    Professor Konstantinos Masselos
    President
    Hellenic Telecommunications & Post Commission (EETT)
    Greece

    Biography

    Panelist
    Ms Emilia Nghikembua
    CEO
    Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia (CRAN)
    Namibia

    Biography
    Ms Aarti Holla-Maini
    Secretary General
    ESOA

    Biography
    Mr Andrew Reinsdorf
    Senior Vice President – Warner Bros. Government Relations & AT&T International Public Affairs
    AT&T

    Biography
    Ms Caroline Kamaitha
    Vice President Sales Africa
    SES
    Mr John Frank
    Vice President UN Affairs
    Microsoft

    Biography

    Special Announcement: ITU-FCDO partnership
    Ms Alessandra Lustrati
    Head of Digital Development
    Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)

    Biography
    H.E. Ambassador Simon Manley
    Permanent Representative
    WTO and the UN agencies in Geneva

    Biography
    Ms Doreen Bogdan-Martin
    Director, Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT)
    International Telecommunication Union

    Biography

Way forward and closing

Speaker
Ms Doreen Bogdan-Martin
Director, Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT)
International Telecommunication Union

Biography
Ms Mercy Wanjau
Chair (GSR-21) and Acting Director-General
General Communications Authority of Kenya (CA Kenya)
Kenya

Biography
Ms Bridget Mphatso Linzie
Chair RA and Executive Secretary
Communications Regulators’ Association of Southern Africa (CRASA)

Biography
Mr Bocar Ba
CEO
Samena Telecommunications Council and Broadband Commission Commissioner

Biography