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Exploring regional perspectives on Regulation4digitaltransformation: Accelerating inclusive connectivity, access and use Moderator
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Statements from the Private Sector
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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
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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
Setting the context
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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
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Towards the Development of GSR Best Practice Guidelines for 2021 Speaker
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Monday, 10 May 2021
Welcome Session Introduction
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Best Practices Guidelines (BPG) consultation: Regulatory uplift for financing digital infrastructure, access and use Keynote presentation: GSR-21 Best Practices Guidelines (BPG) consultation Presentation
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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
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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
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Tuesday, 11 May 2021
RED Session 1: Incentives to foster affordable ICT services by promoting investment for meaningful connectivity
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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
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Closing Summary of discussion and way forward
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Wednesday, 2 June 2021
Welcome Session Introduction
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GSR-21 Best Practices Guidelines (BPG) consultation: Regulatory uplift for financing digital infrastructure, access and use
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GSR-21 Regional Regulatory Roundtable 1: Understanding collaborative regulation for inclusive connectivity Moderator
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GSR-21 Regional Regulatory Roundtable 2: ICT Competition Policy and Regulation in a Digital Apps environment in the Arab Region Moderator
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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
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GSR-21 Regional Economic Dialogue Session 2: Policies regulations, and economic approaches for Digital Transformation in the Arab States Moderator
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Closing of RRR & RED-ARB 2021 Speaker
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Tuesday, 8 June 2021
Closed Session (By Invitation only): Executive Roundtable with Heads of NRAs 10:00-10:15 - Opening Remarks
10:15-11:15 - Emerging Trends and their Regulatory Implications, moderated by:
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11:15 - 12:15 - Regulator’s Roundtable: Emerging Trends and their Regulatory Implications from the Regulator’s Perspectives, moderated by
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Official Opening ITU GSR Regional Regulatory Roundtable and Regional Economic Dialogue (RED) for Asia and the Pacific Moderator
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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:
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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
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Tuesday, 15 June 2021
Opening ceremony
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Introduction to GSR-21 Best Practice Guideline Consultation
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GSR-21 Regional Regulatory Roundtable 1: Towards 5th Generation of ICT Regulation: ICT Economic and Regulatory Metrics and Analysis Moderator
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GSR-21 Regional Regulatory Roundtable 2: An overview of digital regulation tools Moderator
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Wednesday, 16 June 2021
Opening and Introduction GSR-21 Regional Economic Dialogue for CIS Region Speaker
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GSR-21 Regional Economic Dialogue Session 1: Economic policies and methods of determining the costs of services related to national telecommunication/ICT networks Moderator
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GSR-21 Regional Economic Dialogue Session 2: Documents of BDT on economics and finance Moderator
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Outcomes of the Regional Regulatory Roundtable and Regional Economic Dialogue for CIS Region. Closing ceremony Speaker
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Monday, 21 June 2021
Heads of Regulators Executive Roundtable Adoption of the GSR best practice guidelines Panel discussion: Collaborative regulation for digital transformation
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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
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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:
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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. Opening Remarks
Interactive Discussion: Broadband Mapping tools to foster investment and Competition for Inclusive and Sustainable Connectivity
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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
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Wednesday, 23 June 2021
GSR sessions opening
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Session 1: Connectivity4digital transformation: regulatory enablers
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GenerationConnect@GSR: building a digital future A Conversation between youth and regulators/industry Moderator
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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
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Spotlight on ITU's REG4COVID tools and Econometric Modelling ReportFor more information please visit the following websites:
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Session 3: Regulation4Innovation
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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
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Friday, 25 June 2021
Session 4: Safe digital inclusion - Child online protection
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Spotlight on ITU's Collaborative Regulation and G5 Benchmark Tools Some of the highlighted tools will be:
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Session 5: Partnerships4digital transformation How can collaborative regulation help?
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Special Announcement: ITU-FCDO partnership
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Way forward and closing Speaker
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