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9:00 - 10:00 |
Inaugural Session
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Lamp Lightning
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Welcome Address: K. Rajaraman, Secretary of Department of Telecommunications, India
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Opening Remarks: Bilel Jamoussi, Chief of Study Groups Department, TSB, ITU
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Inaugural Address: H. E. Devusinh Chauhan, State Minister of Communications
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Vote of Thanks: Manish Sinha, Member (Finance), Department of Telecommunications, India
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10:00 - 10:20 |
Group Photo + Coffee Break
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10:20- 10:30
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Atsuko Okuda, Regional Director, International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
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10:30 - 11:30 |
Session 1: Sustainable digital transformation and the role of ITU standards
This session focuses on the critical role played by telecommunications/ICT in aiding sustainable development and how it enables stakeholders to achieve the targets set in SDGs. In this front, the role played by ITU standards in making the new and emerging technologies sustainable will be dealt with. Encompassing all these, a session on how ITU-T Study Group 3, with its mandate of studying policy, economic and regulatory aspects of international telecommunication/ICT, will help in sustainable digital transformation is also planned.
Moderator: May Thi Aye, Project Officer, TSB, ITU
- Ahmed Said, Chairman, ITU-T Study Group 3 [Presentation]
- Saurabh Garg, Chief Executive Officer, Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI)
- Shailendra Kumar Mishra, Chairman, ITU-T SG3 Regional Group for Asia and Oceania (SG3-RG-AO) | Pr. Advisor, Financial & Economic Analysis, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India [Presentation]
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Anand Sampathraman, Director, Sustainability & Industry 4.0, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Asia Pacific [Presentation]
Q&A Session
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11:30 - 12:40 |
Session 2: Harnessing technologies for Digital and Financial Inclusion in emerging markets
Data has become the new basic necessity for every individual. There are various challenges in providing digital connectivity to everyone, especially in rural and remote areas. In addition to the access-related issues, there are issues pertaining to the cost of data, interoperability, etc. This session provides an opportunity to listen and interact with the experts on these important aspects.
Moderator: Rajesh Pathak, Secretary, Technology Development Board (TDB), Govt. of India
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V. L. Kantha Rao, Administrator, Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF), India [Presentation]
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Pawan Bakhshi, India Country Lead, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
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Dilip Asbe, Chief Executive Officer, National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI)
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Anju Mangal, Regional Head, A4AI for Asia & Pacific
Q&A Session
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12:40 - 14:30 |
Lunch Break |
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14:30 - 15:45 |
Session 3: Evolving Data Value Chain – policy and regulation
The exponential growth of digital technologies has provided huge opportunities as well as disruptions in the way in which the world was operating. The policies and regulations surrounding the use of data have been a bone of contention. This session dwells on the aspects of data, over-the-top services (OTTs), consumer privacy, digital ID and attempts to unblock the value in the data chain.
Moderator:
Sunil Bajpai, Chief Trust Officer, Tanla Platforms Ltd. | Ex Pr. Advisor (QoS & IT), Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)
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MC Sathish Kumar, Deputy Administrator, Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF), India [Presentation]
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Min Suk Lee, Policy Research Director, Department of Telecommunications Competition, Korea Information Society Development Institute (KISDI) [Presentation]
- Archana Goyal Gulati, Head of Government Affairs and Public Policy, Google, India
- Vidushi Chaturvedi, Deputy Director General, Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) [Presentation]
Q&A Session
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15:45 - 16:00 |
Coffee Break |
16:00 - 17:15
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Session 4: Regulatory, economic, and policy aspects of ICTs pertaining to Digital Health
ICTs have become an enabler in all sectors, especially digital technology that has widened the way in which health services were provided beyond our imagination. In the COVID-19 pandemic era, the utmost importance of ICTs was seen in every layer of the health sector. Digital technology has proven to be a life-saver and with proper tapping of the same, we can unleash the real potential of digital health. This session enables discussions on the policy and economic aspects of digital health.
Moderator: Harpreet Singh, Scientist and Head, Division of Biomedical Informatics, ICMR AIIMS Computational Genomics Centre (ICGC) Q&A Session
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17:15 - 17:30
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Closing Ceremony
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Concluding remarks: Shailendra Kumar Mishra, Chairman, ITU-T SG3 Regional Group for Asia and Oceania (SG3-RG-AO) | Pr. Advisor, Financial & Economic Analysis, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
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