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WELCOMEADDRESSes
Dear Forum Delegates,
It is an honour to welcome you to the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation Forum 2016, hosted this year by the
Fijian Government to whom we are exceptionally grateful for providing us with this unique opportunity to share our experiences.
Shola Taylor
Secretary-General
Commonwealth
Telecommunications
Organisation
The theme of this event, ICTs for Inclusive Growth, has been chosen to help us reflect on how to make all citizens of the
Commonwealth benefit fully from ICTs and the information revolution. Some of our member countries are on course to achieve
this soon, but in many others more could be done in the way government provides public services or businesses interact with
their customers, given the availability of technology. Challenges are many, and I am particularly glad that this year we have a
special opportunity to hear more about the difficulties island nations face, and learn also from them.
I must thank all of you, including our sponsors, for supporting so kindly and in many different ways this event, and I hope also
that those of you who have come from other parts of the world will find some time to visit Fiji beyond Nadi.
I wish you a very successful and enjoyable Forum, and a pleasant stay in Denarau Island.
Shola Taylor
Secretary-General
Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation
Dear Delegates,
Fiji is delighted to host this year’s Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation Forum 2016 as we look to strengthen
cooperation with our international partners to spread the enormous benefits of ICT development in Fiji and throughout the
Commonwealth.
The Fijian Government’s reforms and investments in our ICT sector have driven rapid development over the past decade,
achieving high quality of ICT services and accessibility for the Fijian people. Fiji has emerged as the hub of ICT advancement
in the Pacific, providing world-class telecommunication and broadband services at affordable rates, and introducing ICTs
throughout all sectors of Government.
H.E. Mr Aiyaz SayedKhaiyum,
Attorney-General and
Minister for Economy, Public
Enterprises, Public Service
and Communications,
Attorney-General’s
Chambers, Fiji
As Fiji looks to the future, we are keen to share knowledge and experiences within the Commonwealth to better attract
investment and expertise into our ICT sector. This forum represents an opportunity for all nations to develop regional and
international solutions that foster inclusive, sustainable ICT development among Commonwealth economies.
We thank you for participation and look forward to another successful CTO Forum.
H.E. Mr Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum,
Attorney-General and Minister for Economy, Public Enterprises, Public Service and Communications, Attorney-General’s
Chambers, Fiji
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REGISTRATION
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08:00 - 09:00
OPENING ceremony
09:00 - 09:50
09:00
09:05
09:10
09:20
09:25
09:35
09:40
09:50
Chair of the Forum: Jean Louis Beh Mengue, General Manager,
Telecommunications Regulatory Board, Cameroon
National anthem of Fiji
Welcome remarks
Sione Veikoso, President, Pacific Island Telecommunications
Association
Goodwill message
Kisione Finau, Director ITS, The University of the South Pacific on
behalf of
Professor Rajesh Chandra, Vice-Chancellor and President,
University of South Pacific and Chair, Council of Regional
Organisations Pacific Goodwill message
Savenaca Vocea, Regional Vice-President (Australasia/Pacific
Islands), Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
Welcome address
Shola Taylor, Secretary-General, CTO
Goodwill message
Professor Umar Danbatta, Chairman CTO Council and Executive
Vice -Chair, Nigeria Communications Commission
Official opening of the CTO Forum 2016
His Excellency Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, Attorney-General and Minister
for Economy, Public Enterprises, Public Service and Communications,
Attorney-General’s Chambers, Fiji
group photograph & morning refreshments
HIGH-lEVEL PANEL OF EMINENT PERSONS
10:20 - 11:20
Chair: Shola Taylor, Secretary-General, CTO
10:20
How should government policy leverage ICTs for inclusive growth?
Honourable Monise Laafai, Minister, Ministry of Communication and
Information Technology, Tuvalu
Honourable Willie Tokataake, Minister, Ministry of Communications,
Transport, Tourism and Industry Development, Kiribati Honourable Afamasaga Rico Tupa’i, Minister, Ministry of
Communication & Information Technology, Samoa
Areewan Haorangsi, Secretary-General of Asia-Pacific Telecommunity
Sharvada Sharma, Permanent Secretary for Communications and
Information, Ministry of Communications, Fiji
Honourable Joseph Bossano MP, Minister, Ministry of Economic
Development, Telecommunications and the GSB, Gibraltar
Honourable Peter Shanel Agovaka, Minister, Ministry of Transport and
Communications, Solomon Islands
Shashi Ranjan Kumar, Joint Secretary (Telecom), Department of
Telecommunications, Ministry of Communications, India
connectivity initiatives
11:20 -12:50
Chair: Sharvada Sharma, Permanent Secretary for Communications and
Information, Ministry of Communications, Fiji
11:20
The role of ICT and telecommunications in improving
international connectivity in the Pacific region
George Samisoni, Chief Executive Officer, Fintel, Fiji
11:35 Submarine connectivity for Pacific islands
Natasha Beschorner, Senior ICT Policy Specialist, World Bank
11:50 International Mobile Telecommunications and the digital
dividend
Diana Tomimura, Spectrum Regulation & Policy Officer, Outreach
and Publications Division/Radiocommunications Bureau, International
Telecommunication Union
12:05 Panel discussion: Is universal broadband access a realistic goal?
George Samisoni, Chief Executive Officer, Fintel, Fiji
Natasha Beschorner, Senior ICT Policy Specialist, World Bank
Karibaiti Taoaba, Regional Director, Commonwealth Local Government
Forum Pacific Suva, Fiji Islands
Diana Tomimura, Spectrum Regulation & Policy Officer, Outreach and
Publications Division/Radiocommunications Bureau, ITU
Sione Veikoso, President, Pacific Islands Telecommunications Association
12:50
networking lunch
policy and regulation
13:50 - 15:05
Chair: Thari G. Pheko, Chief Executive, BOCRA, Botswana
13:50 Enabling policy and regulation to attract investment
Shri I.S. Shastry, Joint Administrator (Technology), Department of
Telecommunications, Ministry of Communications, India
14:05 ICT regulation: Challenges and opportunities in the era of
convergence
Botlenyana Mokhele, Councillor, Independent Communications Authority
of South Africa
14:20 Panel Discussion: What intermediary support can be given to
international governments and regulatory bodies in an ever
changing environment?
Botlenyana Mokhele, Councillor, Independent Communications Authority
of South Africa
Fred Otunnu, Director Corporate Affairs, Uganda Communications
Commission, Uganda
Donnie Defreitas, Director, Pacific ICT Regulatory Resource Center, Fiji
Shri I.S. Shastry, Joint Administrator (Technology), Department of
Telecommunications, Ministry of Communications, India
Brad Partridge, Head, Telecommunications and Radiocommunications
Regulator (TRR), Vanuatu
ICTs AND FINANCIAL INCLUSION
15:05 - 16:35
Chair: Honourable Peter Shanel Agovaka, Minister, Ministry of
Transport and Communications, Solomon Islands
15:05 M-PAiSA: A mobile money solution
Shailendra Prasad, Head of Sponsorship, PR & M-Commerce, Vodafone Fiji
15:20 Micro finance for women and youth
Pauli Prince Suhren, Manager MIS, Development Bank of Samoa
15:35 Microfinancing through ICTs and crowdsourcing
Maria Melei, Senior Country Coordinator, ADB Pacific Sub-Regional Office, Fiji
15:50 Panel Discussion: How can finance and ICT regulators
collaborate to promote financial inclusion?
Pauli Prince Suhren, Manager MIS, Development Bank of Samoa
Maria Melei, Senior Country Coordinator, ADB Pacific Sub-Regional Office, Fiji
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Africa, South Africa (...)
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Shailendra Prasad, Head of Sponsorship, PR & M-Commerce,
Vodafone Fiji Limited
Raynold Mfungahema, Director, Consumer & Industry Affairs, Tanzania
Communications Regulatory Authority
16:35
16:55
afternoon REFRESHMENTS
SMALL ISLAND DEVELOPING STATES
17:45
16:55 - 18:10
19:00
Chair: Honourable Monise Laafai, Minister of Communication &
Information Technology, Tuvalu
Panel discussion: Investing in the Pacific
Haggai Arumae, Director, Markets & Competition, Telecommunications
Commission of Solomon Islands
Gérard Metsan, Chief Information Officer, Prime Minister’s
Office, Vanuatu
Gisa Fuatai Purcell, Regional Advisor for the Pacific, CTO
Close of day ONE
CTO FORUM RECEPTION & DINNER
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INCLUSIVE MULTI-STAKEHOLDER INTERNET GOVERNANCE
ICT APPLICATIONS
09:00-10:15
12:00-13:15
Chair: Brad Partridge, Head, Telecommunications and
Radiocommunications Regulator (TRR), Vanuatu
09:00 Inclusive multi-stakeholder Internet governance
Savenaca Vocea, Regional Vice-President (Australasia/Pacific Islands),
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers
09:15 Enhanced cooperation in Internet governance
Paul Blaker, Head of International ICT, Department for Culture, Media &
Sport, UK
09:30 Panel discussion: Inclusive Internet governance
Savenaca Vocea, Regional Vice-President (Australasia/Pacific Islands),
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers
Paul Blaker, Head of International ICT, Department for Culture, Media
& Sport, UK
William Tevie, Director-General, National Communications Authority,
Ghana
10:15
Chair: Honourable Afamasaga Rico Tupa’i, Minister of Communication &
Information Technology, Samoa
12:00 Inclusive access to e-learning Ruth Kuliamu, Senior Education Officer and Project Manager,
Curriculum Advisory Services, Ministry of Education, Fiji
Hilary Guckian, Education Consultant, e-learning
12:15 Delivering inclusive e-government
Gérard Metsan, Chief Information Officer, Prime Minister’s Office, Vanuatu
12:30 e-health for all: a perspective from a municipal project relevant
to small islands
Stephen Su’a Leota, President and Chief Executive Officer, NetVoSamoa, Samoa
12:45 Panel discussion: How can developing economies best survive
in the era of disruptive technologies
Gérard Metsan, Chief Information Officer, Prime Minister’s Office, Vanuatu
Francis Msungu, Deputy Director HR & Administration, Tanzania
Communications Regulatory Authority, Tanzania
John Turnbull, Sales Director, Pacific, O3b Networks Australia
Opetaia Simati, Director, ICTs, Tuvalu
Ruth Kuliamu, Senior Education Officer and Project Manager, Curriculum
Advisory Services, Ministry of Education, Fiji
Hilary Guckian, Education Consultant, e-learning
Stephen Su’a Leota, President and Chief Executive Officer, NetVoSamoa, Samoa,
on behalf of On Call, USA
MORNING REFRESHMENTS
UNIVERSAL ACCESS SHOWCASE
10:45-12:00
Chair: Mawethu Cawe, Ag. Chairman, Universal Service & Access Agency
of South Africa, South Africa
10:45 Poverty alleviation and pro-poor ICTs Shri I.S. Shastry, Joint Administrator (Technology), Department of
Telecommunications, Ministry of Communications, India
11:00 Implementation of UAF: Vanuatu
Brad Partridge, Head, Telecommunications and
Radiocommunications Regulator (TRR), Vanuatu
11:15 Panel discussion: Successful use of Universal Service Access Funds
Thari G. Pheko, Chief Executive, Botswana Communications
Regulatory Authority, Botswana
Tuaimalo Ah Sam, Chief Executive Officer, Ministry of
Communications, Samoa
Shri I.S. Shastry, Joint Administrator (Technology), Department of
Telecommunications, Ministry of Communications, India
Brad Partridge, Head, Telecommunications and Radiocommunications
Regulator (TRR), Vanuatu
13:15
networking lunch
OVER-THE-TOP SERVICES
Chair: Honourable Joseph Bossano MP, Minister of Economic
Development, Telecommunications & the GSB, Gibraltar
14:15 CTO study on Over-The-Top services
Shola Taylor, Secretary-General, CTO
14:30 Panel Discussion: Over-The-Top services - Challenges for the
regulator
Shola Taylor, Secretary-General, CTO
Mothilal De Silva, Chief Executive Officer, Telecom Fiji
Marc Lipton, Research Director, Pacific ICT Regulatory Resource Center,
Fiji
Tevita Navila Tikoduadua, Team Leader (Technical), Telecommunications
Authority of Fiji
15:15
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Afternoon REFRESHMENTS
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Innovation and youth
regional case studies
15:45-16:45
16:45-18:00
Chair: Honourable Willie Tokataake, Minister of Communications,
Transport, Tourism and Industry Development, Kiribati
15:45 Commonwealth Youth Awards 2016: showcase
Dr Agbor Ashumanyi Ako, Medical Doctor, Cameroon
16:00 Panel discussion: Digital opportunities - Encouraging youth-led
innovation
Dr Agbor Ashumanyi Ako, Medical Doctor, Cameroon
Touseef Shahriar, Assistant Director (Systems and Services),
Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission
Juma Kandie, Director of Human Resources & Administration,
Communications Authority, Kenya
Sipho Selby Mngqibisa, Senior Manager, Office of the Chief
Executive Officer, Universal Service and Access Agency of South Africa
George Komba Kono, Commissioner, National Telecommunications
Commission, Sierra Leone
Chair: Professor Umar Danbatta, Chairman, CTO Council and Executive
Vice-Chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission
16:45 Regional development update: Africa
William Tevie, Director-General, National Communications Authority,
Ghana
17:00 Regional development update: Asia-Pacific
Gisa Fuatai Purcell, Regional Advisor for the Pacific, CTO
17:15 Regional development update: Caribbean
Gilbert Peterson, Chairperson,TATT and Executive Committee Member of
the CTO, Trinidad and Tobago
17:30 Regional development update: Europe
Honourable Joseph Bossano MP, Minister of Economic Development,
Telecommunications & the GSB, Gibraltar
18:00
Close of day two
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Cybersecurity
Chair: Honourable Ranin Akua, Assistant Minister, Nauru Phosphate
Royalties Trust, Nauru Port Authority, and Nauru Fisheries & Marine
Resources Authority, Nauru
11:45 Measuring climate change using ICTs
Dr Morgan Wairiu, Deputy Director, Pacific Center for Environment and
Sustainable Development
12:00 Designing warning systems post Winston
Mothilal De Silva, Chief Executive Officer, Telecom Fiji Limited
12:15 Panel discussion: ICTs for disaster risk reduction: challenges
and opportunities
Dr Morgan Wairiu, Deputy Director, Pacific Center for Environment &
Sustainable Development
Mothilal De Silva, Chief Executive Officer, Telecom Fiji Limited
Haggai Arumae, Director, Markets & Competition, Telecommunications
Commission of Solomon Islands
09:00-10:30
Chair: Sharvada Sharma, Permanent Secretary for Communications and
Information, Ministry of Communications, Fiji
09:00 Promoting cyber standards across the Commonwealth
Shola Taylor, Secretary-General, CTO
09:30 Improving cyber standards across the Commonwealth
Susanne Søndergaard, Senior Analyst, RAND Europe
09:45 Panel discussion: Best practices in international collaboration
to fight cybercrime
Kenneth Aaron, Allot Technologies
Susanne Søndergaard, Senior Analyst, RAND Europe
Jaqueline Pateguana, Advisor to the Minister of ICT, Mozambique
Shola Taylor, Secretary-General, CTO
Closing ceremony
LATEST TECHNOLOGIES FOR INCLUSIVENESS
10:30-11:30
13:00 -13:45
Chair: Gisa Fuatai Purcell, Regional Advisor for the Pacific, CTO
Unlicensed devices and spectrum regulation
Joaquin Restrepo, Head, outreach and Publications Division (OPS)/
Radiocommunications Bureau (BR), International Telecommunications
Union
10:30 Panel discussion: Development and implementation of policies
for inclusive ICTs
Joaquin Restrepo, Head, Outreach and Publications Division (OPS)/
Radiocommunication Bureau (BR), International Telecommunication Union
Honourable Peter Shanel Agovaka, Minister of Transport &
Communications, Solomon Islands
Shivnesh Prasad, Director, Communications, Ministry of Communications
and Justice, Fiji
10:15
11:15
13:00 13:15
13:25
13:35 Morning refreshments
13:45
Networking lunch
19:00
CTO FORUM RECEPTION & DINNER
Role of ICT in Climate change & disaster risk
management
11:45 - 13:00
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Chair of the Forum: Jean Louis Beh Mengue, General Manager,
Telecommunications Regulatory Board, Cameroon
Wrap-up of the Forum: Rapporteur’s report
Gisa Fuatai Purcell, Regional Advisor for the Pacific, CTO
Closing address
Shola Taylor, Secretary-General, Commonwealth Telecommunications
Organisation
Closing message
Professor Umar Danbatta, Chairman, CTO Council, and Executive ViceChairman, Nigerian Communications Commission
Official closing
His Excellency Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, Attorney-General and Minister for
Economy, Public Enterprises, Public Service & Communications, AttorneyGeneral’s Chambers, Fiji
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