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PACIFIC REGIONAL INFORMATION & COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT) OFFICIALS’ AND MINISTERS’ MEETING

(Fa’onelua Convention Centre, Nuku’alofa, Tonga, 16 – 17 June 2010)

 

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ICT OFFICIALS’ MEETING (16 – 17 June 2010)

WEDNESDAY 16 JUNE 2010

0800 - 0900 Registration

At the Convention Center foyer

0900 - 1000

OPENING

Opening Prayer

Kingdom of Tonga

Welcome speech

Paula Ma'u, CEO, Ministry of Communication, Tonga

Opening address

Hon ‘Eseta Fusitu’a, Minister of Information and Communication,
Kingdom of Tonga

Keynote address

Capt. John Hogan, Director, Economic Development Division,
Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC)

1000 - 1030

Official photo session followed by morning tea break

(Sponsored by the University of the South Pacific (USP))

1030 - 1040 Adoption of agenda
Adoption of the Working Procedures
1040 - 1230 AGENDA ITEM 1 THEME 1: ICT STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS AND COORDINATION – PARTNERS AND
STAKEHOLDERS SESSION
Agenda Item 1 (1) University of the South Pacific (USP).....PAPER|PRESENTATION
Agenda Item 1 (2) Commonwealth Secretariat (ComSec)....PAPER|PRESENTATION
Agenda Item 1 (3) Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)....PAPER|PRESENTATION
Agenda Item 1 (4) IPacific Legislature for Population and Governance (PLPG) ... PAPER|PRESENTATION
Agenda Item 1 (5) The Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA)/Pacific Islands News Association (PINA)/Regional Media Centre (RMC) ... PAPER|PRESENTATION
Agenda Item 1 (6) United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) ... PAPER|PRESENTATION
Agenda Item 1 (7) United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) ... PAPER|PRESENTATION
Agenda Item 1 (8) World Bank (WB) ...PAPER|PRESENTATION
Agenda Item 1 (9) PICISOC ... PAPER
1230 - 1300 AGENDA ITEM 2 REVIEW OF PACIFIC PLAN DIGITAL STRATEGY ... PAPER|PRESENTATION|REVIEW

Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS)

1300 - 1400

Lunch break (sponsored by United Nations APCICT-ESCAP)

1400 - 1445 AGENDA ITEM 3 THEME 2: ICT POLICY & REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS
Agenda Item 3 (1) Pacific Islands ICT Regulatory Resource Centre (PIIRRC) ... PAPER|PRESENTATION

Chairperson of PRRRC Working Group/WB

Agenda Item 3 (2) Strengthening cybercrime legislation  in island States of the Pacific region ... PAPER|PRESENTATION

Council of Europe/SPC

Agenda Item 3 (3) Management of Internet Resources ... PAPER|PRESENTATION

Save Vocea, ICANN

1445 - 1530 AGENDA ITEM 4 THEME 3: ICT CAPACITY BUILDING
Agenda Item 4 (1) Japan-Pacific ICT Centre ... PAPER|PRESENTATION

Kisione Finau, USP

Agenda Item 4 (2) ICT Capacity Building for Pacific ACP Countries (ICB4PAC) Project ... PAPER|PRESENTATION

Sandro Bazzanella, International Telecommunication Union/European Commission (ITU EC) project

Agenda Item 4 (3) EU ACP ICT for the Poor (ICT4P) Project/UNAPCICT’s Academy of ICT Essentials for Government Leaders ... PAPER|PRESENTATION

Siaosi Sovaleni, SPC

1530 - 1600

Afternoon tea break (Pacific Islands Telecommunication Association (PITA))

1600 - 1645 AGENDA ITEM 5 THEME 4: ICT INFRASTRUCTURE AND ACCESS
Agenda Item 5 (1) Technological Advancement and New Innovations Provide Challenges and Opportunities for Investments ... PAPER|PRESENTATION

Vice-President, Pacific Islands
Telecommunication Association
(PITA)

Agenda Item 5 (2) Asia-Pacific Regional Platform for Disaster Communications Management ... PAPER|PRESENTATION

Wisit Atipayakoon, ITU

Agenda Item 5 (3) Broadband and Rural Access ... PAPER|PRESENTATION

Allen Hao, Huawei Technologies

1645 - 1730 AGENDA ITEM 6 THEME 5: INTERNATIONAL CONNECTIVITY
Agenda Item 6 (1) International Connectivity: Practical Steps in the Pacific ... PAPER|PRESENTATION

Natasha Beschorner, World Bank

Agenda Item 6 (2) SPC and Asian Development Bank (ADB) joint study on ICT for Inclusive Growth and Poverty Reduction.... PAPER|PRESENTATION

Ian Thomson/Gi Soon Song,
SPC/ADB

Agenda Item 6 (3) Pacific Regional Internet Governance Forum ... PAPER|PRESENTATION

Don Hollander, InternetNZ

 

End of Day 1

1830 - 2100 Reception (Sponsored by Tonga Communication Corporation (TCC))

THURSDAY 17 JUNE 2010

0830 - 0915 AGENDA ITEM 7 THEME 6: CYBER SECURITYAND ICT APPLICATION
Agenda Item 7 (1) Pacific Computer Emergency Response Team (PacCERT) ...PAPER|PRESENTATION

Mac Mokoroa, Chair,  PacCERT Working Group

Agenda Item 7 (2) ICT Applications & Services Toolkit for Telecentres ... PAPER|PRESENTATION

Wisit Atipayakoon, ITU

Agenda Item 7 (3) e-Waste ... PAPER|PRESENTATION

Kapeni Matatia, SPREP

0915 - 1015 AGENDA ITEM 8 The Pacific Plan Digital Strategy II: Framework for Action on ICT Development in the Pacific ...PAPER| |ICT FRAMEWORK|PRESENTATION

SPC

1015 - 1030 AGENDA ITEM 9 Other Business


1030 - 1100

Morning tea break (Sponsored by Huawei Technologies)

1100 - 1230 Draft Committee Meeting (closed session)
1230 - 1400

Lunch break (Sponsored by the Asian Development Bank)

1400 - 1500 Discussion and adoption of meeting outcomes
1500 - 1530 Closing Remarks
1530 - 1600

Afternoon tea break (Sponsored by Huawei Technologies)

 

End of Day 2

1830 - 2100 Reception (Sponsored by Ministry of Information and Communication, Tonga)
         
Last Updated on Thursday, 24 June 2010 15:13
 

 

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