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A programme for this year's event can be found below. Please note: * indicates via video presentation.

 

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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 teShow 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 (thShow 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, technicalShow 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 pShow 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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