Fostering Innovation and Partnerships in Human Capacity Building: Enhanced Engagement of Academia in the Work of International Telecommunication Union, 28-29 April 2014, Prague, Czech Republic

The Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT) of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), at the kind invitation of the Czech Technical University in Prague, is organizing an ITU Academy Event on ”Fostering Innovation and Partnerships in Human Capacity Building: Enhanced Engagement of Academia in the Work of International Telecommunication Union”, which will take place in the National Library of Technology, Prague, Czech Republic, from 28 to 29 April 2014.

This event provides an opportunity for high level dialogue between the stakeholders on strategies and policies directed towards integrating and providing education, training and information resources on information and communication technologies (ICTs), striving to harmonise, integrate and gather under one umbrella all existing ITU training services corresponding to the organisation’s main areas of activity — radiocommunications, standardisation and development — and to extend the current portfolio of training programs.

This event will also facilitate discussions on possible challenges that might be addressed at the regional level, including:

• ITU Academy: Global Platform for Human Capacity Building
• Building win-win Partnerships between ITU Academy and Academia
• New Paradigm for Centers of Excellence as an Effective Mechanism for Training Delivery at Regional and Global Level
• Fostering the Development of Training Materials through Partnerships with Academia and other Stakeholders
• Role of Academia in ITU: Opportunities and Challenges

Following Resolution 73 of the World Telecommunication Development Conference (WTDC-10), a study of the Centres of Excellence was undertaken and a new Centre of Excellence strategy developed by BDT. Implementation of the new strategy takes effect after WTDC-2014.This event will also be an excellent opportunity to explore the avenues of the new Strategy and shed light on ways forward.

• ​Invitation Letter
• Preliminary Agenda​​
• Panelists with Biographies
• Call for Papers
• Registration Form
• Practical Information ​
• Remote participation
• Forum Evaluation Form
  

Note One: This event is open to all academic and research institutions active in the ICT ec​osystem

Note Two: Remote participation will be provided through Adobe Connect platform

Note Three: This event will be followed by the ITU Workshop on Disaster Management (30 April 2014, CTU)

• Building Win-Win Partnerships between Academia & The ITU Academy by Robert Horvitz
• Common understanding of the challenges facing the ICT Profession by Ms. Brenda Aynsley
• What is needed for industry to accept ITU Academy training programmes? by Richard Womerslay

• Design of an eLearning course by Prof. Dr. Toni Janevski
• ARCTEL -The experience of a "Regional Group" of Regulators by João Chaves
• Distance Education Services Concepts, Challenges and Innovation by Prof. Leonardo Luciano de Almeida Maia
• Centres of Excellence new strategy by Mike Nxele
• New paradgigm for CoE as an effective mechanism for training delivery at regional and global level by Erick Shanchez

• ​Bringing Knowledge Together by Dr. Susana Almeida Lopes
• Quality of Service Training Programme ( QoS​​​TP) by Associate Prof. Ing. Jan Holub, Ph. D
• Capacity Building In Social Projects by Giovani Mancilla

• Mission of Academia within ITU and contributions to objectives of ITU activities in ICT Ecosystems by Prof. Boris Simak
• Role of Academia and other Players in ITU: Opportunities and Challenges b​y Mr. Martin Buscher
• What should be done for the ITU Academy to become an attractive platfrom for the private sector? by Karten Simos
• Who needs to do what by Prof Dr Toni Janevski

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