Monday, 15 March 2021

12:00 - 12:30
GMT+1
Welcome remarks and introduction to study

Opening Remarks
Ms Doreen Bogdan-Martin
Director of the Telecommunication Development Bureau
International Telecommunication Union

Presentation : Opening Remarks
Biography

Connect2Recover Initiative
Mr Sameer Sharma
Senior Advisor
International Telecommunication Union

Presentation : Connect2Recover Initiative
Biography

Building resilience for future
Mr Paul Garnett
CEO
The Vernonburg Group

Biography

12:30 - 13:10
GMT+1
Identifying and combining data sources for Connect2RecoverData covers coverage, access, adoption, usage, target locations such as school, target groups such as girls and woman, and areas with low levels of access.

Moderator
Mr Tomas Lamanauskas
Special Advisor, Partnership Initiatives
International Telecommunication Union

Biography

Introduction to exisiting data sources
Thierry Geiger
Senior Economist & Head, Data and Analytics Division
International Telecommunication Union

Biography

Overview of complimentary data sources to be used for Connect2Recover
Dr David Johnson
Ph.D. Consultant
The Vernonburg group

Presentation : Identifying and combining data sources for Connect2Recover
Biography

Roundtable
Open Discussion and Q&A

13:10 - 13:50
GMT+1
Building resilience for future pandemicsAssessing resilience, technologies to improve resilience, policies and regulations to be better prepared, and case studies.

Moderator
Mr Sameer Sharma
Senior Advisor
International Telecommunication Union

Biography

ITU efforts to assess and improve resilience Mapping
Reg4Covid
Ms Carmen Prado-Wagner
Senior Programme Officer, Regulatory and Market Environment (RME)
International Telecommunication Union

Presentation : Building back better with broadband
Biography

ITU efforts to assess and improve resilience Mapping
ITU-D guidelines to develop ICT contingency plans for pandemics
Ms Maritza Delgado
Program Officer, Environment and Emergency Telecommunications Division
International Telecommunication Union

Presentation : Building back better with broadband
Biography

Overview of assessment mechanisms and technologies and policies to improve resilence to future pandemics
Mr Paul Garnett
CEO
The Vernonburg Group

Presentation : Building resilience for future pandemics
Biography
Dr David Johnson
Ph.D. Consultant
The Vernonburg group

Biography

Open Discussion and Q&A
Mr Omar Mansoor Ansari
Acting Chairman
ATRA
Afghanistan

Biography

13:50 - 14:00
GMT+1
Concluding Remarks

Closing Remarks
Mr Stephen Bereaux
Deputy to the Director, Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT)
International Telecommunication Union

Biography