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TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND MEDIA FORUM
TUESDAY 5 MAY 2009
MORNING
SESSION ONE
The Economic and Social Impact of ICT and the Media: Evidence and Goal
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Keynote Address
Communications, the Economy and Society: What is known and not known and what are the implications?
- What evidence is there of linkages between ICT and media and economic and social development?
- Implications for national and societal goals (including e-health, e-commerce, e-education and telecommuting)
- Implications for broadband: creating the virtuous circle for supply and demand
Where are We in the Region?: National and regional aspirations and realities
- Telecommunications and media Infrastructure and providers
- Broadband, broadcast, satellite and mobile penetration and usage
- The role and impact of mobile communications, including mobile television
- Market drivers and constraints
Keynote Address
Impact of the Economic Crisis – Opportunities and Limitations
- Repercussions of the crisis on the ICT and media sectors: how is consumption in services and capital investment in infrastructure being affected?
- How and to what extent can investment in ICT, and particularly in telecommunications infrastructure, act as an economic recovery mechanism?
- What are governments doing and what are the implications for the ICT and media sectors? What role for next generation networks in this context? What are the expected effects? What are the risks and how can they be managed?
- Competition and regulatory issues
AFTERNOON
SESSION TWO
Building High Speed Connectivity – What are the Policy Implications
- What kind of broadband technologies for the future - fixed or wireless or both? Will there be fibre to the home? How to achieve the necessary levels of investment? What kinds of business models offer the best chance of success?
- What role, if any for government? How important is ubiquitous broadband? Is a digital plan required or should it be left to the market? If a national strategy is required, what are the necessary components? What about competition issues and the threat of anti-competitive conduct?
- How to ensure that the switch from analogue to digital TV leads to optimal infrastructure deployment for social and economic development?
WEDNESDAY 6 MAY 2009
MORNING
SESSION THREE
How to Stimulate Widespread Adoption and Use of Broadband?
- What drives demand for broadband and what are the implications for industry and for government? How to create the right conditions for a local digital media industry? Is action required to improve citizens’ broadband usage skills and confidence?
- How to reconcile issues of national identity, traditional values and cultural sensitivities with broadband as a driver of a new national, regional and global convergent platform for media, information and content distribution and communication? Given such sensitivities how to create and sustain regional and global content providers?
- Digital content – can and should it be regulated? What are the practicalities and likely outcomes?
AFTERNOON
SESSION FOUR
What Contribution can Regulation and Public Policy make Toward Achieving National Broadband Aspirations
- What kinds of regulatory policies foster innovation, competition and investment and what types are counterproductive?
- How to tackle issues such as the licensing and regulation of triple and quadruple play services, interconnection and unified versus individual licences?
- How important is a holistic approach to regulation? Is a converged regulatory structure necessary? What about converged regulatory laws? How effective are other regulatory models such as industry self- and co-regulation?
- To what extent is the convergence of regulatory regimes on a pan-regional basis a key market driver?
© International Institute of Communications 2009
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