Agenda
A programme for this year's event can be found below. Please note: * indicates via video presentation.
For information on speaking opportunities for next year's event please contact Tom Chinnock on tom.chinnock@forum-global.com / +44 (0) 2920 783 025.
Monday 26 August, 2013
Morning
08:30 – 09:00
Welcome Coffee and Registration
09:00 – 09:50
Keynote Presentations
Moderator:
Amit Nagpal,
Partner,
Aetha Consulting
09:00 – 09:15
Video Keynote Presentation - Policy Perspective
Eun-Ju Kim,
Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific,
ITU*
09:15 – 09:45
Keynote Presentations – Industry Perspective
Yu Quan,
Chief Strategy Officer, Wireless Networks Product Line,
Huawei
Sungho Choi,
Vice President, Head of Standards & Technology Enabling Team,
Samsung Electronics
09:45 – 09:50
Q&A with keynote speakers
09:50 – 11:25
Session 1: Delivering spectrum to meet the broadband needs of tomorrow and tackle the digital divide
Two concrete targets set by APEC are to achieve universal broadband access by 2015 and to provide access to the next generation of high-speed broadband networks and services by 2020. Against this backdrop, a number of countries are now developing plans for national broadband networks, utilising a number of different te… Show more
Moderator:
Jesada Sivaraks,
Secretary to Vice Chairman,
NBTC Thailand
09:50 – 10:05
Meeting the APEC targets: What is the current situation across the Asia Pacific Region, and what regulatory and technological tools can be used to ensure that the targets are met?
Andrey Mukhanov,
Adviser to the Minister of Communications and Mass Media, Russian Federation; and Vice-Chair,
APEC TEL
10:05 – 10:20
Presentation – An overview of the current situation globally
David Botha,
Counsellor, Radiocommunication Bureau,
ITU
10:20 – 10:35
Case Study – Australia
Chris Worley,
Senior Engineer,
Australian Communications and Media Authority
10:35 – 10:50
International spectrum developments and how Asia-Pacific can address the broadband divide
Rob Borthwick,
Vice President, Group Regulatory Affairs,
Axiata Group Berhad, Kuala Lumpur
10:50 – 11:05
What options exist to ensure adequate, secure and efficiently used spectrum for PPDR and emergency communications?
Bharat Bhatia,
Asia-Pacific Regional Director for Government Affairs,
Motorola Solutions
11:05 – 11:25
Q&A and Discussion
11:25 – 11:40
Morning Coffee
11:45 – 13:35
Session 2: Finding the spectrum for the next generation of mobile broadband
To deliver significantly faster mobile broadband services for 3G, 4G, and beyond, whilst also providing the capacity needed to cope with increasing demand, a combination of both low and high frequency spectrum is required, but this is not easy to deliver. Solving this paradigm is one of the key objectives of WRC-15 (th… Show more
Moderator:
Amit Nagpal,
Partner,
Aetha Consulting
11:45 – 12:00
Key considerations ahead of WRC-15 for agenda item 1.1
John Lewis,
Chairman, Working Group Spectrum Aspects,
APT Wireless Group
12:00 – 12:15
Spectrum and Technology for Future Mobile Broadband
Håkan Ohlsén,
Director, Spectrum and Radio Technology Strategy,
Ericsson
12:15 – 12:30
High Frequency Usage - Finding the bandwidth to deliver capacity beyond 4G
Jeongho Park,
Director, Communications Research Team,
Samsung Electronics
12:30 – 12:45
Use of the 1.9, 2.3 and 2.6 GHz spectrum for LTE services and possible solutions to address the large IMT spectrum requirement
Zhang Dongchen,
Project Manager,
China Mobile
12:45 – 13:00
Development of the 3.5 GHz band in the Asia Pacific Region
Göran Berntson,
Secretary General, The 3.5GHz Interest Group Director; and TDD Industry Development,
Huawei
13:00 – 13:15
How much existing 2G spectrum in the 1800 MHz band and in other bandwidths can be refarmed to be used for 3G & 4G services?
Leslie Wong,
General Manager for Technology Strategy,
CSL
13:15 – 13:35
Q&A and Discussion
Afternoon
13:35 – 14:35
Lunch
14:35 – 16:10
Session 3: Managing the Digital Switchover in the Asia Pacific Region
In the Asia–Pacific region, the switchover from analogue to DTT is planned for 2020 at the latest. In many countries however, policy makers are seeking to make spectrum available for mobile broadband sooner.
• What is the current status with regards to digital switchover across the region?
• What legal, technical… Show more
Moderator:
Jolly Wong Chun-kau,
Fellow and Chairman of Far East Regional Network,
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
14:35 – 14:50
Developing a roadmap for digital migration in Asia-Pacific Countries
Peter Walop,
Independent Expert,
ITU
14:50 – 15:05
Case Study: Overview of Digital Switchover in the EU
Andreas Geiss,
Deputy Head of Spectrum Unit,
European Commission
15:05 – 15:20
Case Study: Indonesia's plans for digital switchover & the digital dividend for telcos and broadcast
Fetty Fajriati,
Commissioner,
Indonesian Telecom Regulatory Authority (BRTI)
15:20 – 15:35
Technical challenges
Eberhardt Heidrich,
Head of Division Service & Quality Management,
LS telcom
15:35 – 15:50
What benefits can harmonising decisions on the digital switchover and the subsequent ‘digital dividend’ bring for Asian countries?
Chris Perera,
Senior Director, Spectrum Policy & Regulatory Affairs APAC,
GSMA
15:50 – 16:10
Q&A and Discussion
16:10 – 16:30
Afternoon Break
16:30 – 17:50
Session 4: Best Practice in Spectrum Pricing and Allocation
Ensuring the correct valuation of spectrum is essential to promote effective and efficient use. However, in recent allocations, large variations in the price paid for spectrum have been seen across the Asia-Pacific region, even where there are similarities in social, economic and technological situations. This causes p… Show more
Moderator:
Soren Sorensen,
Senior Consultant,
NERA Economic Consulting
16:30 – 16:45
Auctioning spectrum for mobile broadband
Stefan Zehle,
CEO,
Coleago Consulting
16:45 – 17:00
Spectrum valuation in delivering broadband objectives
Phillipa Marks,
Director,
Plum Consulting
17:00 – 17:15
Case Study: Thailand
Settapong Malisuwan,
Vice-Chairman,
NBTC Thailand
17:15 – 17:30
Case Study: Auctions in India
Ramesh Sinha,
CEO,
e-Procurement Technologies Limited
17:30 – 17:50
Q&A and Discussion
17:50 – 17:55
Final Discussion and End of Conference
Evening
19:30 – 22:30
Gala Dinner
Moderator:
Soren Sorensen,
Senior Consultant,
NERA Economic Consulting
Andrey Mukhanov,
Adviser to the Minister of Communications and Mass Media, Russian Federation; and Vice-Chair,
APEC TEL
Andreas Geiss,
Deputy Head of Spectrum Unit,
European Commission
Chris Perera,
Senior Director, Spectrum Policy & Regulatory Affairs APAC,
GSMA
Logistics
When
Monday 26 August, 2013
08.30 to 22.00
ICT (Indochina Time)
Where
JW Marriott Hotel Bangkok
4 Sukhumvit Road, Soi 2
Bangkok, 10110
Thailand
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