Dubai 2002: OECD Global Conference on Telecommunications Policy for the Digital Economy

AGENDA

DAY 1: Monday 21 January 2002

8.00 Registration (Coffee available)

9.00 Introduction and Welcome

• Ahmed Binbyat, Chief Executive Officer, Dubai Internet City
• Michael Tiger, Chair of OECD Working Party on Telecommunications and Information Services Policies and Senior Advisor, Industry Canada

Conference Intervenor: Malcolm Andrew, Senior Policy Advisor, Telecommunications Policy Branch, Industry Canada

9.30 Session I: Role of Telecommunication Competition in Economic Change

• Dimitri Ypsilanti, Principal Administrator, OECD
• Ian Martin, OECD Consultant (Senior Telecommunications Strategist, Macquarie Bank), Australia
• H.E. Ahmed Humaid Al Tayer, Minister of Communications, Chairman & CEO, Etisalat, U.A.E.
  

10.30--10.45 Questions/Discussion

10.45--11.15 Coffee Break

• Michael Armitage, Managing Director, Head of Global Telecom Strategy, Morgan Stanley
• John Butler, Director of Regulatory Compliance, BT Centre
• Philip Sayer, Head of Vendor Relationships and Communications, Reuters Ltd.
• Michelle Childs, Head of Policy, Consumer Association

12.35 - 13.00 Questions/ Discussion

13.00 - 14.30 LUNCH

14.30 Session II: The Process of Changing Telecommunications Markets

• Tarek Kamel, Senior Advisor to the Minister of Communications & Information Technology, Egypt
• Hank Intven, McCarthy Tetrault
• Jørgen Abild Andersen, Director General, National Telecom Agency, Denmark
• H.E. Dr. Fawaz Zu'ubi, Minister of Information and Communications Technology, Jordan

15.50 - 16.10 Questions/Discussion

16.10 - 16.40 Coffee Break

• Nikolaj Simic, Director, Telecommunications and Broadcasting Agency, Slovenia
• Bruce Laidlaw, Principal, Arup Communications
• Michael Griffin, Director, Petrus Consulting

17.40 - 18.00 Questions/Discussion

18.00 Dinner

DAY 2: Tuesday 22 January 2002

9.00 Session III: Case Studies of Telecommunication Market Liberalisation

• Mohammed Omran, Chairman, Thuraya, U.A.E.
• Chun Koo Hahn, Director General of the Telecommunication Business Promotion Bureau, Ministry of Information and Communication, Korea
• Erkan Akdemir, Member of the Board, Telecommunications Authority of Turkey

10.00 - 10.30 Questions/Discussion

10.30 - 11.00 Coffee Break

• H.E. Tapan Sikdar, Minister of State for Communications, India
• Khalid Bin Abdullah Al Molhem, Executive President, Saudi Telecom Company
• Kamal Shehadi, Managing Director, Connexus Consulting

12.00 - 12.30 Questions/Discussion

12.30 - 14.00 Lunch

14.00 Session IV: Regulatory Frameworks and Safeguards

• Peter Scott, European Commission
• John de Ridder, Group Manager Pricing, Telstra Wholesale, Telstra
• Scott Beardsley, Director, McKinsey & Co.

15.00 - 15.30 Questions/Discussion

15.30 - 16.00 Coffee Break

• Karim Michel Sabbagh, Principal, Communications, Media and Technology Practice, Booz Allen & Hamilton Inc.
• Tim Kelly, Head, of Strategy and Policy Unit, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
• Ewan Sutherland, Executive Director, International Telecommunications Users Groups (INTUG)

17.00 - 17.30 Questions/Discussion

17.30 CLOSING REMARKS

• Ahmed Binbyat, Chief Executive Officer, Dubai Internet City
• Michael Tiger, Chair's Closing Statement

18.00 Dinner

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Wednesday 23 January 2002

POLICY AND REGULATORY CONSULTATION (9.00 - 12.00)

The purpose of this third day is to ask a selected number of experts to make themselves available to the representatives of non-OECD economies either for individual or group consultation on questions of policy and/or regulation. Participants from non-OECD economies should inform the organisers at registration whether they intend to participate in these consultations.