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25 – 27 OCTOBER 2017, LONDON, UK 25 – 27 OCTOBER 2017, LONDON, UK www.cto.int/events/upcoming-events/the-commonwealth-spectrum-management-forum/ 08:30 Registration 09:00 Master of ceremony Emma Killick, Senior Communications Officer, Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation 09:05 Goodwill message Philip Marnick, Group Director, Spectrum, Ofcom, United Kingdom 09:20 Video clip from Inmarsat 09:25 Goodwill message Michele Franci, Chief Technology Officer, Inmarsat 09:40 Goodwill address Francois Rancy, Director, Radiocommunications Bureau, International Telecommunication Union, represented by Mario Maniewicz, Deputy Director, Radiocommunications Bureau, International Telecommunication Union 09:50 Keynote address Shola Taylor, Secretary General, Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation 10:00 10:30 From 2G to 5G: the changing face of spectrum management Chris Woolford, Director of International Spectrum Policy, Ofcom, for CEPT (European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations), United Kingdom 10:45 Panel discussion: Challenges of national spectrum planning - from 2G to 5G Honourable Anusha Rahman Ahmad Khan, Minister of State for Information Technology, Islamic Republic of Pakistan Honourable Paul Lewis, Minister of Communications, Works and Labour, Montserrat Michele Franci, Chief Technology Officer, Inmarsat Austin Nwaulune, Director, Spectrum Administration, Nigerian Communications Commission 11:45 Keynote address: ITU-R studies in support of the Internet of Things Mario Maniewicz, Deputy Director, Radiocommunications Bureau, International Telecommunication Union 12:00 IoT & satellites: Inmarsat’s vision Fabio Leite, Vice-President, Regulatory and Market Access, Inmarsat 12:45 Panel discussion: Experiences in deployment of Internet of Things Martin Fenton, Policy Projects Director, Spectrum Group, Ofcom, UK Oliver Chapman, Spectrum Policy Senior Manager, GSMA Pasquale Cataldi, Senior Researcher, Nominet United Kingdom Lasse Wieweg, Director, Government and Industry Relations, Ericsson 13:00 Upcoming Commonwealth Data Forum 2018 Lianne Azzopardi, Marketing & Business Development, Gibtelecom, Gibraltar 13:05 14:15 Keynote: Universal access challenges and implications for spectrum planning Kojo Boakye, Africa Public Policy Manager (Connectivity and Access), Facebook, United Kingdom 14:30 Panel Discussion: Strategies for achieving broadband access as a human right Martin Jarrold, Chief, International Programme Development, Global VSAT Forum Austin Nwaulune, Director, Spectrum Administration, Nigerian Communications Comission Bashir Patel, Regional Director - Global Government (Central Asia Middle East and North Africa), Inmarsat 15:30 16:00 Beyond digital switchover: The future of broadcasting and spectrum implications Phelisa Nkomo, Board Chairperson, Media Development and Diversity Agency, Republic of South Africa 16:15 Beyond the digital switchover: The British experience Catherine Westcott, Communications Regulation Specialist, BBC World Service, United Kingdom 16:30 Panel discussion: Strategies for safeguarding broadcasting spectrum Ray Naicker, Licensing - Radio Frequency Specialist, Independent Communications Authority of South Africa Laurent Bodusseau, Senior Spectrum Director, GSMA Jon Steel, Director, Communications and Public Affairs, Digital UK 17:15 19:30 OPENING CEREMONY 09:00 - 10:00 GROUP PHOTOGRAPH & NETWORKING BREAK NETWORKING LUNCH DAYONE25OCTOBER2017 REGISTRATION 08:30 - 09:00 SESSION ONE: LEADERS SESSION: CHALLENGES OF NATIONAL SPECTRUM PLANNING - FROM 2G TO 5G 10:30 - 11:45 Chair: Shola Taylor, Secretary-General, Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation NETWORKING BREAK DRINKS RECEPTION - HOSTED BY INMARSAT SESSION TWO: SPECTRUM REQUIREMENTS FOR EFFECTIVE DEPLOYMENT OF INTERNET OF THINGS 11:45 - 13:00 Chair: Honourable Paul Lewis, Minister of Communications, Works & Labour, Montserrat SESSION THREE: PROVIDING BASIC ACCESS TO ICT - CHALLENGES OF SPECTRUM PLANNING 14:15 - 15:30 Chair: Honourable Anusha Rahman Ahmad Khan, Minister of State for Information Technology, Islamic Republic of Pakistan SESSION FOUR: BEYOND DIGITAL SWITCHOVER - THE FUTURE OF BROADCASTING AND SPECTRUM IMPLICATIONS 16:00 - 17:15 Chair: Phelisa Nkomo, Board Chairperson, Media Development and Diversity Agency, Republic of South Africa END OF DAY ONE
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25 – 27 OCTOBER 2017, LONDON, UK25 – 27 OCTOBER 2017, LONDON, UK 25 – 27 OCTOBER 2017, LONDON, UK25 – 27 OCTOBER 2017, LONDON, UK
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08:30 Registration
09:00 Master of ceremony Emma Killick, Senior Communications Officer, Commonwealth
Telecommunications Organisation 09:05 Goodwill message Philip Marnick, Group Director, Spectrum, Ofcom, United Kingdom09:20 Video clip from Inmarsat09:25 Goodwill message Michele Franci, Chief Technology Officer, Inmarsat 09:40 Goodwill address Francois Rancy, Director, Radiocommunications Bureau,
International Telecommunication Union, represented by Mario Maniewicz, Deputy Director, Radiocommunications Bureau, International Telecommunication Union
09:50 Keynote address Shola Taylor, Secretary General, Commonwealth
Telecommunications Organisation
10:00
10:30 From 2G to 5G: the changing face of spectrum management Chris Woolford, Director of International Spectrum Policy, Ofcom,
for CEPT (European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations), United Kingdom
10:45 Panel discussion: Challenges of national spectrum planning - from 2G to 5G
Honourable Anusha Rahman Ahmad Khan, Minister of State for Information Technology, Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Honourable Paul Lewis, Minister of Communications, Works and Labour, Montserrat
Michele Franci, Chief Technology Officer, Inmarsat Austin Nwaulune, Director, Spectrum Administration, Nigerian
Communications Commission
11:45 Keynote address: ITU-R studies in support of the Internet of
Things Mario Maniewicz, Deputy Director, Radiocommunications Bureau,
International Telecommunication Union12:00 IoT & satellites: Inmarsat’s vision Fabio Leite, Vice-President, Regulatory and Market Access,
Inmarsat
12:45 Panel discussion: Experiences in deployment of Internet of Things
Martin Fenton, Policy Projects Director, Spectrum Group, Ofcom, UK Oliver Chapman, Spectrum Policy Senior Manager, GSMA Pasquale Cataldi, Senior Researcher, Nominet United Kingdom Lasse Wieweg, Director, Government and Industry Relations,
Ericsson13:00 Upcoming Commonwealth Data Forum 2018 Lianne Azzopardi, Marketing & Business Development, Gibtelecom,
Gibraltar
13:05
14:15 Keynote: Universal access challenges and implications for spectrum planning
Kojo Boakye, Africa Public Policy Manager (Connectivity and Access), Facebook, United Kingdom
14:30 Panel Discussion: Strategies for achieving broadband access as a human right
Martin Jarrold, Chief, International Programme Development, Global VSAT Forum
Austin Nwaulune, Director, Spectrum Administration, Nigerian Communications Comission
Bashir Patel, Regional Director - Global Government (Central Asia Middle East and North Africa), Inmarsat
15:30
16:00 Beyond digital switchover: The future of broadcasting and spectrum implications
Phelisa Nkomo, Board Chairperson, Media Development and Diversity Agency, Republic of South Africa
16:15 Beyond the digital switchover: The British experience Catherine Westcott, Communications Regulation Specialist, BBC
World Service, United Kingdom16:30 Panel discussion: Strategies for safeguarding broadcasting
spectrum Ray Naicker, Licensing - Radio Frequency Specialist, Independent
Communications Authority of South Africa Laurent Bodusseau, Senior Spectrum Director, GSMA Jon Steel, Director, Communications and Public Affairs, Digital UK
17:15
19:30
OPENING CEREMONy09:00 - 10:00
GROUP PHOTOGRAPH & NETWORKING BREAK
NETWORKING LUNCH
DAyONE25OCTOBER2017REGISTRATION08:30 - 09:00
SESSION ONE: LEADERS SESSION: CHALLENGES OF NATIONAL SPECTRUM PLANNING - FROM 2G TO 5G10:30 - 11:45Chair: Shola Taylor, Secretary-General, Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation
NETWORKING BREAK
DRINKS RECEPTION - HOSTED By INMARSAT
SESSION TWO: SPECTRUM REQUIREMENTS FOR EFFECTIVE DEPLOyMENT OF INTERNET OF THINGS11:45 - 13:00Chair: Honourable Paul Lewis, Minister of Communications, Works & Labour, Montserrat
SESSION THREE: PROVIDING BASIC ACCESS TO ICT - CHALLENGES OF SPECTRUM PLANNING14:15 - 15:30Chair: Honourable Anusha Rahman Ahmad Khan, Minister of State for Information Technology, Islamic Republic of Pakistan
SESSION FOUR: BEyOND DIGITAL SWITCHOVER - THE FUTURE OF BROADCASTING AND SPECTRUM IMPLICATIONS16:00 - 17:15Chair: Phelisa Nkomo, Board Chairperson, Media Development and Diversity Agency, Republic of South Africa
END OF DAy ONE
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09:00 From good to great: Digital connectivity for a world class economy
Raj Sivalingam, Executive Director for Telecommunications, TechUK 09:15 Spectrum management in Malaysia Norizan Baharin, Chief Officer, Spectrum and Numbering
Management, Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission
09:30 Panel discussion: Experiences from other regions Austin Nwaulune, Director, Spectrum Administration, Nigerian
Communications Commission Kirk Sookram, Executive Officer Technology and Engineering,
Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago
10:30
11:00 Spectrum efficiency through pricing mechanisms Stephen Talbot, Head of International Spectrum Policy - Strategy,
International, Technology and Economics Group, Ofcom, United Kingdom
11:15 Spectrum pricing: Experiences from around the globe Oliver Chapman, Spectrum Policy Senior Manager, GSMA11:30 Panel discussion: Spectrum pricing - local experiences Joseph Robbertse, Licensing - Radio Frequency Specialist,
Independent Communications Authority of South Africa Martins Simião Langa, Head of Frequency Management
Department, Communications Regulatory Authority, Mozambique Graham Butler, Chairman, Bitek Group
12:30
14:00 The impact of spectrum auction Shola Taylor, Secretary-General, Commonwealth
Telecommunications Organisation14:15 Spectrum auctions: Experience from the United Kingdom and
Europe Chris Woolford, Director of International Spectrum Policy, Ofcom,
for CEPT (European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations), United Kingdom
14:30 Panel discussion: Experiences and lessons worth noting Austin Nwaulune, Director, Spectrum Administration, Nigerian
Communications Commission Rufus Tshweu, Engineering and Technology - Radio Frequency
Specialist, Independent Communications Authority of South Africa Peng Zhao, Spectrum Policy Director, GSMA
15:30
16:00 Satellite technology and broadband for all Abimbola Alale, Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer,
NigComSat, Federal Republic of Nigeria16:15 Satellite and terrestrial wireless: A win-win approach -
including for facilitating Internet Of Things services Kumar Singarajah, Director, Regulatory Affairs and Business
Development, Avanti Communications Group16:30 Panel discussion: Policy options for ensuring spectrum
efficiency Martin Jarrold, Chief, International Programme Development, Global
VSAT Forum Kirk Sookram, Executive Officer - Technology and Engineering,
Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago Victor Findlay, Director-General, National Telecommunications
Commission, Sierra Leone Oliver Holland, Research Fellow, King’s College London, United
Kingdom
17:00
SESSION FIVE: SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT IN PRACTICE - EXPERIENCE AROUND THE GLOBE 09:00 – 10:30Chair: Fabio Leite, Vice-President, Regulatory and Market Access, Inmarsat
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SESSION SIX: SPECTRUM PRICING11:00 – 12:30Chair: Oliver Holland, Research Fellow, King’s College London, United Kingdom
NETWORKING LUNCH
SESSION EIGHT: EFFICIENT SPECTRUM UTILISATION16:00-17:00Chair: Edmund Katiti, Chief Executive Officer, FikiyaTech, and Commonwealth WRC Coordinator
NETWORKING BREAK
END OF DAy TWO
SESSION SEVEN: SPECTRUM AUCTION, TRADING, LEASING AND RENEWAL14:00-15:30Chair: David Harmon, Vice-President, Global Public Affairs, Huawei
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11:15 Considerations on the road to 5G Aarti Holla Maini, Secretary-General, Europe, the Middle East and
Africa Satellite Operators Association11:30 Panel discussion: Managing the transition from 4G/LTE to 5G Ross Bateson, Special Advisor, GSMA Martin Jarrold, Chief, International Programme Development, Global
VSAT Forum Olayinka Oduwole, Research Fellow, 5G Innovation Centre,
University of Surrey, United Kingdom Bashir Patel, Regional Director - Global Government (Central Asia
Middle East and North Africa), Inmarsat Lasse Wieweg, Director, Government and Industry Relations, Ericsson
12:15 Master of ceremony Emma Killick, Senior Communications Officer, Commonwealth
Telecommunications Organisation12:20 Highlights from forum report Edmund Katiti, Chief Executive Officer, FikiyaTech, and
Commonwealth WRC Coordinator12:30 Closing remarks by Inmarsat Bashir Patel, Regional Director - Global Government (Central Asia
Middle East and North Africa), Inmarsat12:40 Closing remarks by the CTO Shola Taylor, Secretary-General, Commonwealth Telecommunications
Organisation12:50 Closing address Dr Josephine Ojiambo, Deputy Secretary-General (CFTC),
Commonwealth Secretariat
13:50
09:00 Status of International Telecommunication Union preparations Mario Maniewicz, Deputy Director, Radiocommunications Bureau
International Telecommunication Union09:15 Regional perspectives Luciana Camargos, Future Spectrum Director, GSMA and SWG-1
Coordinator, CITEL (Inter-American Telecommunication Commission), Federative Republic of Brazil
Stephen Talbot, Head of International Spectrum Policy Strategy, International, Technology and Economics Group, for CEPT
09:30 WRC-19: The role of Commonwealth coordination in the context of regional preparations and global consensus building - 2015 - 2018
Shola Taylor, Secretary-General, Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation
09:45 Panel Discussion: Achieving consensus and harmonisation at the global level - new challenges and opportunities
Nur Sulyna Abdullah, Chief Officer, Corporate Strategy, Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission
10:30
11:00 Technologies and bands best suited to meet spectrum requirements of 5G
Cesar Gutierrez, Head, Wireless Regulatory Policy (Middle East and Africa), Huawei
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NETWORKING LUNCH
SESSION NINE: PLANNING FOR WRC-19: PROGRESS AND REGIONAL PREPARATIONS09:00 - 10:30Chair: Edmund Katiti, Chief Executive Officer, FikiyaTech, and Commonwealth WRC Coordinator
SESSION TEN: 5G ISSUES AND SPECTRUM REQUIREMENTS11:00 - 12:15Chair: Mike Goddard, International Spectrum Policy Advisor, Real Wireless, UK
SESSION ELEVEN: CLOSING CEREMONy12:15 - 12:50
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