Tutorial for Rapporteurs and Editors

Tutorial for Rapporteurs and Editors
Geneva, Switzerland, 6/7 September 2012	Contact: tsbsgd@itu.int

Programme

Session	Day 1: 6 September 2012 (0930-1230; 1400-1700)
09:30 - 10:00	Session 1: Role, authority and responsibility of Rapporteurs and Editors [ PRESENTATION ]
10:00 - 10:15	Session 2: Rights and Obligations of Member States, Sector Members, Associates, Academia participants, invited experts [ PRESENTATION ]
10:15 - 10:45	Session 3: Rules of procedure for Rapporteurs (including managing meetings, General Rules, best practices) [ PRESENTATION ]
10:45 - 11:15	Break
11:15 - 11:30	Session 4: IPR: Patents, Software Copyrights, Marks [ PRESENTATION ]
11:30 - 12:30	Session 5: The Art of Reaching Consensus [ PRESENTATION ]
12:30 - 14:00	Lunch
14:00 - 14:45	Session 6: Decision-making and Approval Procedures: Soft and hard decisions [ PRESENTATION ]
14:45 - 15:15	Session 7: Overview of relevant WTSA Resolutions and A-Series Recommendations: A Rapporteur and Editor perspective [ PRESENTATION ]
15:15 - 15:30	Session 8: Meeting inputs: Contributions, TDs, liaisons [ PRESENTATION ]
15:30 - 16:00	Break
16:00 - 16:15	Session 9: Organizing meetings [ PRESENTATION ]
16:15 - 16:30	Session 10: Role of the Secretariat [ PRESENTATION ]
16:30 - 17:00	Session 11: Q&A (Reply to and discuss Questions solicited in advance) [ PRESENTATION ]

Session	Day 2: 7 September 2012 (0930-1210; 1330-1700)
09:30 - 10:00	Session 12: Outputs: Reports, Recommendations, Handbooks, Liaisons [ PRESENTATION ]
10:00 - 10:45	Session 13: Writing Reports [ PRESENTATION ]
10:45 - 11:10	Break
11:10 - 12:10	Session 14: Drafting Recommendations [ PRESENTATION ]
12:10 - 13:30	Lunch
13:30 - 14:15	Session 15: Editing and revising draft documents [ PRESENTATION ]
14:15 - 15:15	Session 16: Interactive discussion session 1 [ PRESENTATION ]
15:15 - 15:45	Break
15:45 - 16:45	Session 17: Interactive discussion session 2 [ PRESENTATION ]
16:45 - 17:00	Session 18: Wrap-up