GLOBAL SYMPOSIUM FOR REGULATORS (GSR)
14 - 15 November 2005
Medina Conference Centre
Yasmine Hammamet, Tunisia

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POUR INFORMATION / POUR INFORMATION / PARA INFORMACIÓN

• Ali Ghodbani, President, Instance nationale des télécommunications, Tunisia (Listen...) (Read: Original: Arabic - English)
• Hamadoun I. Touré, Director, Telecommunication Development Bureau - ITU (Listen...) (Read: Original: English)
• Gariana Kadeeja, Secrétaire d'Etat auprès du Ministre des Technologies de la Communication Tunisie, chargée de l'Internet, l'Informatique et Logiciel libre (Listen...)

• GSR Discussion Paper on Broadband Provisioning
• Moderator's remarks, Ewan Sutherland, Executive Director, International Telecommunication Users Group (INTUG)
• Presentation
  - Michael Best, Research Scientist, MIT and Dr. Bjorn Pehrson, Professor, KTH, Swedish Royal Institute of Technology

• Rural Broadband for Rural communities (Listen / Read),
  Mahmoud Dasser, Director, Worldwide Business Development Cisco Systems

• Global Broadband Satellite Insfrastructure (GBSI) Initiative (Listen / Read),
  Ahmed Toumi, Director General & CEO ITSO

• Egypt's Broadband Market, Development Drivers (Listen / Read),
  Mahmoud Mahmoud Metwally Nour, Business Development Director, TE Data

• WiMAX & Developing Countries (Listen / Read),
  Peter Pitsch, Director, Communications Policy, INTEL

• Leveraging the Potential of GSM (Listen / Read),
  Tom Phillips, Chief Government and Regulatory Affair Officer, GSM Association
• Broadband Solutions for Rural Areas in Developing Countries (Listen / Read),
  Joseph Lawrence, Senior Director, Qualcomm Inc.

• GSR Discussion Paper on VoIP
• Presentation
  - Russell Southwood, CEO, Balancing Act
  

Session III:
SPAM: INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS TO COMBAT SPAM: WHAT�S NEW?

LUTTE CONTRE LE SPAM: EFFORTS DE LA COMMUNAUTÉ INTERNATIONALE � LES NOUVEAUTÉS ?

SPAM: ESFUERZOS INTERNACIONALES PARA LUCHAR CONTRA EL SPAM: NOVEDADES

• GSR Discussion paper on SPAM
• Presentation
  - John Palfrey, Executive Director, Berkman Center for Internet & Society and Lecturer on Law, Harvard Law School
• Cybersecurity, ITU WSIS Thematic Meeting, Outcome and next steps
  - Robert Shaw, Policy Advisor, Strategy and Policy Unit, ITU
• How to combat Zombies?
  Internet Security Initiative (ISI)
  - John Haydon, Executive Manager of Consumer Branch, Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), Australia
  
  

Break-Out Session:
ITU-INFODEV ICT REGULATION TOOLKIT

KIT UIT/INFODEV D�AIDE EN LIGNE SUR LA REGLEMENTATION

CONJUNTO DE HERRAMIENTAS UIT/INFODEV DE REGLAMENTACIÓN EN LÍNEA

• Legal and Institutional Aspects of Regulation
  Legal and Institutional Aspects of Regulation
  Telecommunication Management Group
• Regulating Competition, Prices and Interconnection
  Regulatory Toolkit on Competition Policy, VoIP, Interconnection and Pricing - Overview
  Kas Kalba, President, Kalba International, Inc. and Calvin Monson, Vice President, NERA
• New Technologies and Their Impacts on Regulation
  New Technologies and their Iimpacts on Regulations
  Knud Erik Skouby, Professor, Director, CICT, Technical University of Denmark
• Radio Spectrum Management
  Overview and Demonstration of the Spectrum Management Online Toolkit,
  Robert W. Jones - Prof. Martin E. Cave - Adrian M. Foster - Christian Hyde, McLeanFoster & Co.
  

Session IV:
VOIP: TO REGULATE OR NOT TO REGULATE?

LE VoIP: RÉGLEMENTER OU NE PAS RÉGLEMENTER?

¿HA DE REGULARSE EL VoIP?

• GSR Discussion paper on VoIP
• Presentation
  - Olli Mattila, Finish Communications Regulatory Authority (FICORA)
  
  
  

Session V:
BROADBAND:
WHAT ROLE FOR REGULATORS: INTERVENTION? FOREBEARANCE? PROMOTION?

LE LARGE BANDE :
QUEL RÔLE POUR LES RÉGULATEURS? INTERVENIR? S'ABSTENIR? PROMOUVOIR?

BANDA ANCHA - FUNCIÓN DE LOS ORGANISMOS REGULADORES:
¿INTERVENCIÓN, NO INJERENCIA O PROMOCIÓN?  

• GSR Discussion paper on Regulating to Promote Broadband
• Presentation
  - Will Bratton, Partner, Spectrum Strategy, Singapore
• Large bande: intervenir? s'abstenir? promouvoir?
  - Michel Feneyrol, Autorité de régulation des Communications électroniques et des postes
  

• GSR Discussion paper on Broadband Spectrum regulatory issues
• Presentation
  - John Muleta, Partner, Venable LLP
• GSR Best Practice Guidelines (see conclusions here - E - F - S)
  - Ali Ghodbani, President, Instance nationale des télécommunications, Tunisie
  

• What pressing issues do regulators face in the new ICT environment?
• The ICT Regulation Toolkit
  - Mostafa Terrab, Programme Manager, infoDev
  

CLOSING CEREMONY
CÉRÉMONIE DE CLÔTURE
CEREMONIA DE CLAUSURA

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