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Asia-Pacific Regional Forum on e-Government, Smart Cities, and Digital Societies for Sustainable Development

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU), in collaboration with the United Nations Project Office on Governance (UNPOG) and the World e-Governments Organization of Cities and Local Governments (WeGO) is organizing the Asia-Pacific Region Forum on “e-Government, Smart Cities, and Digital Societies for Sustainable Development”, which will be held at Plaza Athénée Bangkok Hotel from 19-20 August 2015 and will be followed by the ITU Regional Development Forum on “Smartly Digital Asia-Pacific” during 21-22 August 2015 at the same venue. The forums are hosted by the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology, Thailand and supported by the Department of Communications, Australian Government.

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The Asia-Pacific Regional Forum on “e-Government, Smart Cities, and Digital Societies for Sustainable Development” provides a great opportunity for high-level dialogue among development partners, policy makers, decision makers, and executives of the industry. The Forum is also a platform for knowledge sharing and formulating and strengthening partnerships and collaboration between various stakeholders. More importantly, in view of the Post-2015 Development Agenda, the Forum is geared to facilitating inputs and discussions about ways to move toward Sustainable Development Goals.

The Forum will also provide an opportunity for companies and organisations to showcase innovations, products and services in an exhibition area by the meeting room. Participation and contributions from the private sector and the industry are encouraged. Sponsorship opportunities are also available. ITU, together with the Host Country and its Members and Partners, will also hold an ITU 150^th anniversary event during the Forum.

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Any inquiries, please contact Mr. Wisit Atipayakoon, Programme Officer, ITU Regional Office,
E-mail: wisit.atipayakoon@itu.int Tel: +66 2 575 0055, Fax +66 2 575 3507.

Speakers include:

H.E. Mr. Pornchai Rujiprapa Minister for ICT, Thailand	Mr. Brahima Sanou Director, BDT, ITU	Hon. Mohamed Ashmalee, Minister of State for Finance and Treasury, Maldives	Mr. Song, Hee Joon Chairman, Prime Minister's Government 3.0 , S. Korea	Mr. Ioane Koroivuki Regional Director, ITU Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
Mr. Jae Hong Lim Head, UNPOG/DPADM/ UNDESA	Dr. Shamika Sirimanne Director, ICT and Disaster Risk Reduction Division, ESCAP	Usec. Louis Napoleon C. Casambre, ICT Office Executive Director, ICTO-DOST, Philippines	Ms. Clare Chapple Assistant Director, Policy and Strategy, Department of Comm, Australia	Mr. Kim, Seung-su Director General, Ministry of Government Administration and Home Affairs, S. Korea
Mr. Paula Ma'U, CEO, Ministry of Communications, Tonga	Hon. Pablo Campos Ortega, Mayor, San Fernando La Union, Philippines	Mr. Hoai Duc Nguyen, Head of IT Division, Dept of Information and Communication, Da Nang City, Vietnam	Mr. Ki-bo Shim, Deputy Mayor, Seongnam City, Korea

19 August 2015

Onsite registration starts from 07:00am.

09:00-10:00 - Opening Session

Welcome Remakrs by Mr. Brahima Sanou, BDT Director
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Welcome Remakrs by Mr. Jae-Hong Lim, Head, UNPOG/DPADM/UNDESA [SPEECH]

Opening Remarks by H.E. Mr. Pornchai Rujiprapa, Minister for Information and Communication Technology of Thailand (MICT) [SPEECH]

Keynotes

Mr. Song, Hee Joon, Chairman, Prime Minister's Government 3.0 Committee, Republic of Korea [SPEECH]

10:00-10:30 Group photo and Coffee break hosted by MICT Thailand

10:30-12:00 - Session 1: ICT and e-Government for Sustainable Development

This session will examine: how ICTs can best be leveraged to support sustainable development and especially achieving the proposed Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to be adopted in September this year; What is the role of the different stakeholders in the process, from design to implementation of the new development goals? The session is also aimed at discussion on trends in e-government development framework.

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12:00-13:30 Lunch break hosted by MICT Thailand

13:30-15:30 - Session 2A: Public Policies and Strategies for digital societies and public administrations

This session will look at various country cases in adopting ICTs for public administration and services at both national and city/municipality levels. It will explore ways how all citizens can benefit from the social and economic opportunities brought by the digital economy. For digital opportunities to fully materialize in today’s increasingly complex and pervasive environment, an adaptive, consultative and innovative approach to regulation is more than ever required. But what kind of policy, regulation, and legislation are needed to close the digital gap? Regulators, policy makers, and industry leaders will share their views, engage in interactive discussions and identify best practices moving forward.

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15:30-16:00 Coffee break hosted by MICT Thailand

16:00-17:30 - Session 2B: (cont'd)

Issues, challenges, and opportunities are also expected to be discussed. Open Government Data (OGD), for instance, has become a trend in a number of countries in recent years. Stakeholders, however, still lack a clear understanding of the potential benefits of the OGD in terms of holding governments transparent and accountable, as well as promoting spill-over social and economic outcomes. Further, one of the emerging challenges of OGD is to design and implement new metrics for benchmarking governments’ performance to ensure that citizen engagement can be monitored and OGD initiatives can thereby be improved.

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20 August 2015

09:00-10:30 - Session 3: Smart Sustainable Cities

The session is aimed to help planners and policy-makers realize the vision of smart sustainable cities that are inclusive, open, resilient and competitive; using the capacity of ICT not only for the well-being of urban inhabitants, but also to make cities more eco-friendly for the sustainability of societies.

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10:30-11:00 Coffee break hosted by MICT Thailand

11:00-12:15 - Session 4: internet of things in smart cities

This session focuses on technology standardization of IoTs in the context of Smart Cities. It will also address issues/challenges, and opportunities of new technologies.

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12:00-13:30 Lunch break hosted by MICT Thailand

13:30-15:30 - Session 5A: Cybersecurity

This session will focus on principles, frameworks, technology options, and good practices on safeguarding security and privacy in the cyber world especially in digital public services whereby drawing experiences and lessons learned from various countries.

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15:30-16:00 Coffee break hosted by MICT Thailand

16:00-17:00 - Session 5B: cybersecurity and Technology Trends

This session is aimed to prepare decision makers, policy makers and regulators, industry leaders, and ICT stakeholders to cope with challenges and issues, while being ready to grasp opportunities brought by new technologies.

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17:00-17:15 - Closing Session

Closing Remarks by Mr. Ioane Koroivuki, Regional Director of ITU Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific

Closing remarks by the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology of Thailand (MICT)

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ITU150 NIGHT - 20 August 2015

On the occasion of the ITU Regional Forum on e-Government, Smart Cities and Digital Societies for Sustainable Development on 19 – 20 August 2015 and ITU Asia-Pacific Regional Development Forum on 21 – 22 August 2015,

Ministry of Information and Communication Technology of Thailand and The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) request the pleasure of your company at

a Gala Dinner - “ITU150 NIGHT” to celebrate ITU’s 150th Anniversary on

Thursday 20 August 2015 at 19.00 hrs. at
Crystal Hall, Plaza Athénée Hotel, Bangkok