PITA 22 nd AGM & TRADESHOW 2018

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1 PITA 22 nd AGM & TRADESHOW April 2018 Hyatt Regency Guam Resort Unlocking and Securing Digital Lifestyles in a connected Pacific [Attire for the PITA 22 nd AGM & Tradeshow 2018 is Island floral business casual] TENTATIVE PROGRAM v8.4 Day 1 Monday 23 April 2018: Registration opens and Exhibition Hall Setup [whole day] : 2. CEO Forum (closed session) Hyatt Conference Rooms 2 nd Floor (Santa Rita/Santa Rosa Rooms) Chairperson/Moderator: PITA Vice President Mr Loyley Ngira Note: The Main Ballroom at the 1st Floor is available for use by delegates during this time: Morning Tea Break Annual General Meeting of PITA Meeting of PITA Members Room: Hyatt Main Ballroom (1 st Floor) Conference Hall Chair: PITA Vice President: Mr Loyley Ngira Agenda: refer Agenda of the PITA 22 nd AGM : Lunch Sponsored by Telstra (PITA AGM GOLD Sponsor) : 4. Opening Session and Regional Reports Room: Hyatt Main Ballroom (1 st Floor) Conference Hall Session Moderator: Master of Ceremony o Traditional opening o o o Welcome by Host and PITA Jonathan Kriegel, CEO - Docomo Pacific, Inc Loyley Ngira, Vice President, PITA Chief Guest and Opening Address: Honorable Eddie Baza Calvo, Governor of Guam, Vote of Thanks 5. Regional Reports

2 5.1 Regional Connectivity Update and Report on Strategies for Telecoms in the Pacific for the next 5-10 years This update will provide an outlook of the current and future connectivity programs in the Pacific made by various organisations and intends to provide a scope of what could be expected in the next 5 10 years, with the study on Strategies for Telecoms for a common goal of harnessing the potentials of ICT and the catalyzing of resources in the Pacific, for achieving key national development goals for a digital economy and digital society. ITU Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific 5.2 Challenges and Opportunities of small island / small carriers Most small carriers have the same challenges no matter where they operate - access to infrastructure, spectrum, devices, complying with regulatory mandates and deploying networks in difficult - hard to serve areas. There is immense benefit of working together in PITA leveraging on the PITA spirit, and externally with organisations having common goals and needs, such as to help provide information policy and advocacy guidance, share business and operational experiences not only within PITA but also with small carriers in the Asia/Pacific rim market place as well as the US mainland. This contributory talk by CCA will aim to share some major policy issues that impact smaller carriers from their experience, in their aim from members interests and works to educate policymakers on the key issues that impact our members ability to compete, survive, and thrive. ;- from infrastructure - small cell deployment, to mm wave spectrum policy, Mobility II, WEA. First Net, E-911 requirements, HAC requirements - to Net neutrality, privacy etc. Steve K Berry, Competitive Carriers Association Group Photo : Afternoon Break : 6. JOIN THE CONVERSATION A panel discussion by high level players in PITA on gearing up for unlocking and securing digital lifestyles in a connected Pacific, WHAT sort of re-imaginations would be needed for the telecoms and the Pacific Island countries to be able to deliver this, WHERE has the inroads been achieved and impacts from market patterns, policy and trends? WHAT are the national and business factors, and overheads to be considered? HOW could the external relations be leveraged in bridging the lack of scale in the region? Should the members and the countries wait, or be proactive to consider the lead role in this space? Session Moderator: James Hofman, CLO, Docomo Pacific Panelists: 1. Douglas Creevey, CEO, Bluesky Pacific Group 2. Steve K Berry, CEO, CCA 3. Marc Lipton, Research Director, PIRRC 4. Government Minister 5. Industry 1730 End of Day 1 2

3 Tour of Exhibition Hall and exhibits 1830 Opening Ceremony and Welcome Reception Join us at the Guam Museum for Dinner, Cocktails and Entertainment. Hosted by the PITA AGM Diamond Sponsor, NEC we invite you to browse through the exhibits of the 2017 FestPac and enjoy the evening with fellow PITA members. o Venue: Guam Museum o Location: Hagatna, Guam Sponsored by NEC (PITA AGM DIAMOND Sponsor) Day 2 Tuesday24 April : PLENARY: DISRUPTORS & STRATEGIES Country Case Study on disruptors and strategies, inroads and experiences Room: Hyatt Main Ballroom 1 st Floor 7. Conference workshop on the transformation journey to be a Digital Telco This session will aim to explore the various Telco innovation approaches that are happening today and tackle the vexing question of how the Telco should approach finding the right digital services projects to pursue. This session will have two contributory presentation of 15minutes followed by a Case study at Docomo Pacific, Inc.[40minutes] Session Moderator: Loyley Ngira, Vice President PITA / CEO Solomon Telekom Contributory Presentation 7.1: Are you ready? Advances that will transform life, business and the Global economy Cloud, AI and 5G in combination will reshape the world in which we live and work. Leaders in the government, business and telcos must not only know what s on the horizon, but also start preparing for its impact. This presentation will explore new disruptive digital technologies, how these technologies will shape our future, and how carriers and governments need to prepare. Michael Chan, Huawei Technologies Infrastructure consideration 7.2: The Power of AND Today, Fixed Networks are very different from what they were few years ago. In a world where data consumption continues to rise, where homes are hubs of many devices, and where networks combine multiple technologies and traffic types, Fixed Networks need to be faster, better and smarter. They need combination of fixed and wireless technologies to connect users faster, connectivity to the home and in the home to make the user experience better and leverage the network and the cloud to make the operations smarter. Join this session to hear how Fixed Networks trends can help meet the coverage objectives, user experiences and expectations. Ana Pesovic, Nokia 3

4 Case Study Presentation on Digital Services: [40min case Study] 7.3: The key Tenets of the Digital Customer Experiences, a Case Study This presentation aims to get the audience understand on leveraging on digital services to improve on customer experiences, and how one Pacific Island telecommunications company in case study with Docomo Pacific, Inc, positioning itself by leveraging past and current infrastructure improvements for better experiences and business outcomes. This presentation will discuss the key tenets of digital customer experiences, infrastructure investments Vs revenue-enhancing customer experiences, including correlation into the hospitality, transportation, healthcare and government markets Tracy Currie, Capto/Docomo Pacific, Inc : Morning Tea Break DISRUPTORS & STRATEGIES Conference Conference session Room: Hyatt Main Ballroom 1 st Floor 8.Raising the innovation bar and consistency with Digital Networks and Services At recent PITA forums, CEOs expressed the need to raise the level of innovations by members exploiting new digital technologies and capitalising on existing relationships for sharing where inroads have been made. There will be a need to develop new strategies to have these realized. Where needed, member countries can work closely with each other on sharing new innovations, access to latest applications, core technologies, and raise the consistency of best practices and technology across the region that will be crucial for diversity, while also raising the scale when dealing with external markets and suppliers. This session is to examine what technologies are out there that members can consider adopting for the above aims. Also, this session will raise discussions points on impacts on telecoms by disruptive technologies, the role of IoT, Cloud and Virtualisation, and OTT in these respects, as well as Spectrum Session Moderator: Session Presentations: 8.1: Keynote: Spectrum for bridging the digital divide This session will provide overview of critical factors enabling new technologies and the benefits of such technologies in bridging the digital divide with mobile and wireless systems, DTT, and new generation satellites and 5G roadmap Joaquin Restrepo, ITU Radiocommunications Bureau 8.2: Opportunities for WiFi offload WiFi offload can help reduce network costs and improve customer retention on 3G/4G networks. If you don t already have WiFi offload, how you can justify the capital 4

5 expenditure. If you do, you may be looking to grow your network organically and maximize its monetization potential. This presentation will provide an overview of the various business models that can be built around your WiFi offload, and to demonstrate how you can use WiFi offload to create new products and services for SMEs. Amelia Power, ALEPO 8.3: Back to the Drawing board, building RAN from the ground up To discuss the benefits of the next generation Mobile networks and new technology that to enables 5G networks, which can be used in 4G networks today, and bring signification cost benefits to the Operator Jan Schaar, Mavenir 8.4: The benefits of a virtualized LTE mobile core as a service for small MNO s Learn how a fully managed solution for LTE packet core, IMS, and more solves financial and technical problems faced by smaller MNO s when deploying LTE and IMS networks and how this can be achieved by enabling a cost-effective build/operate service using disruptive technologies. Andreas Hipp Member of the Board Cirrus Core Networks : Lunch Sponsored by Kacific (PITA AGM GOLD Sponsor) : BREAK OUT Exhibition 9. Continuing the Disruptors and Strategies Conference Conference session: Technology Contributions: Technical and Commercial presentations Room: Hyatt Main Ballroom 1 st Floor Session Moderator: Session Presentations: 9.1 Facebook Innovations for Broadband Internet [HAPS] Approximately 4 billion people worldwide are unconnected, including many who live in regions that lack access to a broadband network. At Facebook, we re working to change that. Connecting these often-rural regions to broadband networks with existing backhaul solutions can be expensive and unsustainable. The Facebook connectivity team is developing new technologies and business models to bring affordable internet to more people, faster. Next-generation High Altitude Platform Stations (HAPS) can provide inexpensive and reliable backhaul connectivity, and work as an effective tool for MNOs and other last-mile service providers to reach more people with broadband. Our focus on catalysing a viable ecosystem around these platforms will be discussed further in this session. Tom C Varghese, Facebook Workshop on VoLTE and VoWiFi 9.2: The Strategy for VoLTE 5

6 The business case for introducing VoLTE and IMS is often unclear. This session discusses the compelling reasons why carriers should launch VoLTE, and the foundation it provides for the next generation of mobile voice innovation, such as network slicing, scaling for the IOT and multi-persona/multi-device offerings. Building on VoLTE, these innovations will allow carriers to compete effectively in todays fast-changing and disruptive environment Nicholas Beckett, Metaswitch 9.3: How to make VoWiFi & VoLTE commercially and technically accessible for small MNO s How an out of the box turnkey IMS solution enables MNO s to rapidly launch VoLTE and VoWiFi services in 3G, 4G and WiFi networks with easy integration into an existing legacy network and therefore accelerating time to market and dramatically reducing deployment costs. Andreas Hipp Founder and CEO of Cataleya 9.4: LTE on a Budget: Challenging the CAPEX Model The biggest challenge of Mobile Operators is the extremely fast evolution of the technologies (2G to 3G, 3G to 4G, etc ) which, linked to the very strong consumers demands, does not allow them to see any benefit of their investment and put them under constant CAPEX pressure. This leads to incomplete coverages and lack of value added services. To reverse that negative spiral, new concepts emerged such as LTE in the cloud or LTE as a Service. Stephane Palomba, Speedcast : Afternoon Break Sponsored by Speedcast (PITA AGM GOLD Sponsor) : BREAK OUT Exhibition & Workshop 10. Workshop: Digital Leadership. For more case studies delegates from Government and interested participants. Room: Hyatt Main Ballroom 1 st Floor Session Moderator: Session Presentations: 10.1 Research study on Internet penetration in Pacific Island and impacts that results Mark Lipton, Pacific ICT Regulatory Resource Centre (PIRRC) 10.2 Financial Inclusion the role of Mobile Money Challenges and opportunities for financial inclusion in the Pacific Challenges and opportunities for financial inclusion in the Pacific 6

7 The Pacific poses unique challenges for providing financial services to businesses and communities. These challenges range from a sharp digital divide both between and within nations, and geographically dispersed and isolated populations. Conversely, these same challenges hint at the opportunities for increasing access. Telecom operators are in a privileged position of being able to use their infrastructure to bridge digital chasms. But how do you provide unified services to sparse communities? How do you scale and build partnerships across nations? In this presentation, we ll look at what it takes to bring mobile financial services to the Pacific and examine innovative approaches to tackling these challenges. Amelia Power, ALEPO 10.3 Smart E-Government a session to examine the complicated information exchange, interoperability, policies and processes required for providing E Services across national platforms, and case studies on key sectors such as Healthcare, Registry. Arvo Ott, E Governance Academy- Estonia 10.4 Digital platform for disaster management: Overview and functions of emergency management platform with a focus on communication structures for people and emergency responses to natural disasters. This session is to provide an understanding for Government and PITA attendees on capabilities to support peoples situational awareness in disasters affecting the region Shane Dobson, TELSTRA : PITA AGM Happy Hour Join us at the Exhibit Hall for Appetizers, Cocktails and Entertainment. Hosted by the PITA AGM Gold Sponsor, SPEEDCAST, we invite you to mix and mingle in the Exhibit Hall of the PITA AGM Trade Show before heading out for dinner and hopefully a relaxing evening. Venue: Hyatt Regency Guam, Exhibit Hall Location: Tumon, Guam Sponsored by Speedcast (PITA AGM GOLD Sponsor) Day 3 Wednesday 25 April : 11. SECURING THE DIGITAL LIFESTYLES Plenary Session Panel Discussions Room: Hyatt Main Ballroom (1 st floor) The dual challenge: Part One The national access and connectivity With the need to meet future demands from digital transformations and the information revolution, most Telcos are not only facing challenges to upgrade their coverage & reach of High Speed Broadband (4G+), but also to ensure there is greater ubiquity, as well as diversity and resilience in them for disasters. There is also the opportunity of the next generation HTS satellites with lower orbits that could complement/replace most terrestrial networks; What recipes seem to be successful? Session Moderators: (1) Joaquin Restrepo, ITU- Radiocommunications Division & (2) Attila Matas, Satellite Communications Expert, OrbiSpectrum 7

8 Session Presentations 11.1: Building effective access with Public WIFI, and fixed wireless hybrid with 5G-to- Wi-Fi solutions, to expand access for digital lifestyles in the Pacific This presentation will provide the key technical models and followed case studies of building effective public WiFi, with 5G capable speeds fixed wireless connectivity in a hybrid manner that could also serve as WiFi Offloads for other telecom traffic Eddie Stephanou Cambium Networks 11.2: Growing broadband micro markets in the Pacific Opportunity with latest built HTS satellites for growing the broadband micro markets, where ISPs and remote agencies can be empowered to respond to unmet demands in micro markets. Jacques-Samuel Prolon from KACIFIC Satellites Broadband 11.3: Delivering Digital services To discuss on SES Networks infrastructure joining the ecosystem in providing more automated and intelligent platform for delivering services, including cloud, IoT based services for the mobile landscape John Turnbull from SES Networks 11.4: A Connected Pacific Way forward to 3G/4G with HTS This session will share on case studies, using the new HTS Epic NG satellites to upgrade mobile networks, to raise penetration, and provide mobiles services to the unconnected people, efficiently and more economically Robert Suber from Intelsat : Morning Tea Break Sponsored by SES (PITA AGM SILVER Sponsor) SECURING THE DIGITAL LIFESTYLES Main stream and Alternative Connectivity Room: Hyatt Main Ballroom 1 st Floor The dual challenge: Part Two - International connectivity With the digitalization and the growing broadband to the community, most Telco s are facing challenges to grow their international capacity and at the same time consider the most economic solutions. There are new choices with next generation HTS satellites, whist on the other hand, there are aggressive funding schemes by donors for submarine cable. In the funded schemes, Submarine cables terminate only to main centers, but there is also the need to expand high speed connectivity to the rural and outer islands. Are the funding schemes also aggressive towards submarine cable connectivity to the domestic maritime islands? What are the national plans for this rural coverage for high speed? There is also a new role of government and PPP in this space. How will it work and what will be the successful recipes for the needed efficiencies and development? 8

9 Without funding assistance, these huge commitments in costly submarine cable schemes may tie up needed funds for development in the network access and applications, that can, in return, accelerate the needed growth and scale, drive local content and create new ecosystems. Should some countries consider high speed HTS satellites to allow this acceleration for the needed local scale? So, what are the roles of Satellites in this high speed and low latency connectivity demand for the unconnected and connected economies with submarine cable? How about strategies for any cable failure and outage as these can be disastrous for small island country if there are any unplanned outages and no back up. Session Moderator: Maui Sanford, MS Consulting Pacific Panelists 1. Robin Russel CEO Belau Submarine Cable Corporation 2. Leo Ben Teriong, Acting General Manager, Palau National Communication Corp 3. Hon Afamasaga Tupai Rico, Minister of Communications and IT, Samoa 4. Naibuka Saune, Corporate Finance Consultant, ATH 5. John Hawker, Satellite ABS 6. Samuel Py, Regulatory Markets, Sandvine 7. Sibesh Bhattacharya, Asian development Bank, ADB 8. Paul McCann, Submarine Cable Expert and consultant : Lunch Sponsored by Ciena (PITA AGM GOLD Sponsor) : 13. SECURING THE DIGITAL LIFESTYLES Industry Contributions Room: Hyatt Main Ballroom 1 st Floor Session Moderator: Phillip Henderson, Country Manager Bluesky Cook Is Session Presentations 13.1 Operational continuity in a Communications Denied Environment To examine types of challenges and considerations facing the Pacific Islands as they evaluate modernizing and hardening their infrastructure. This presentation will discuss on how to define and develop a reliable distributed, network with geographic separation, plan for secure and reliable communications when the connected world goes offline, and integration to existing and emerging technology. An interesting area of this presentation is the integration innovation of various technologies to bring about the HF Cloud Mike Sweeney, Redcom 13.2 Internet Filtering State of Play 9

10 : Afternoon Break : BREAK OUT PITA 22 nd AGM & Tradeshow Tentative Program Raise awareness amongst Pacific telcos of the general state of internet filtering around the world, including mandatory filtering imposed by regulators and optional filtering as a value add service. Implementation on fixed line & mobile networks. Comparison of software & hardware solutions. Shane Hobson, Bypass Network Services 13.3 Synthetic IDs: Great for Fraudsters, Bad for CSPs Presentation on how to use digital risk profiling to prevent fraud and theft. Miguel Lopes, WeDo Technologies 13.4 High Capacity Wireless Solutions to enable Digital Lifestyles in the Pacific Krisztian Som, NEC Exhibition & Workshops 14. Workshop 1 International Agency Roles and contributions Room: Hyatt Main Ballroom, Level 1 Session Moderator: Workshop 1 Presentations 14.1: The Internet s DNS security and changes to use of Whois Awareness and readiness by the region so that their networks aren t impacted when ICANN implements the changes with KSK rollover and future of Whois, particularly for cctld and ISP administrators who perform DNSSEC validation, and Businesses who use Whois to search domain names data. Savenaca Vocea, ICANN 14.2: Addressing interconnection and security in the Pacific As physical connectivity increases in the Pacific interconnection and security have become a growing opportunity and challenge. Interconnection and peering are allowing economies to save transit costs and efficiently utilize new bandwidth, while tackling cybersecurity is an ever-increasing concern. This presentation offers a quick look at these two highly visible trends in efforts to maximize a digital lifestyle in the Pacific. Ms Elly Tawhai, APNIC 14.3: WRC-19 Preparation, Overview, key topics and developments relevant to the Region Joaquin Restrepo, ITU Radiocommunications Bureau 14:4 APT Activities and its engagement in the Pacific 10

11 This session will introduce and outline the Asia Pacific Telecommunity (APT) and its roles with regional preparatory for World Telecom conferences and meetings, and benefits for the small island states in the Pacific Jongbong Park, Asia Pacific Telecommunity (APT) 15. Workshop 2 Telecom Finance Product Cost Modelling, Pricing & Business Cases Hyatt Conference Room 2 nd Floor (Santa Rosa Room) This workshop will be conducted by Parcus Group, and will cover the following topics: - Overview of relationship between telecom market research, product costs, forecasts, pricing and revenue. - High level overview of telecom product cost models development process (information gathering, cost allocation methodologies, product unit cost determination) - Review of a typical telecom business case from financial perspective key financial success measures, how to calculate Cash Flow, P&L, NPV, IRR. - Overview of market based product pricing. How to use inputs from customer needs analysis, competitive analysis and cost modelling to determine the product price. - Practical examples & case studies Speakers: Igor Glavanic, Tobias Skog & Ian Flego : PITA AGM Conference Closing Night Unwind after the three day conference and exhibition at the beach side of the Hyatt Regency Guam. Hosted by the PITA AGM Closing Night Sponsor, HUAWEI, we invite you to join us for heavy Appetizers, Cocktails and Entertainment. Relax to the sounds of one of Guam s local bands and enjoy the company as we celebrate the week. Venue: Hyatt Regency Guam, Seaside Deck Location: Tumon, Guam Sponsored by Huawei (PITA AGM Closing Night Sponsor) Day 4 Thursday 26 April Networking and Bilateral Day Join us for an amazing networking experience at the Valley of the Latte in Talofofo, Guam. Live the Guam experience with a River Boat cruise through the Valley to visit the various villages showcasing pineapple and watermelon plantations, ancient Latte Stones, Karabao rides and other activities. Be welcomed at the main village where we will have a Merienda (light lunch) filled with various Chamoru treats. Kayaking down the river and Stand Up Paddle Boards will be available for use through the day as well. Venue: Valley of the Latte 11

12 Location: Talofofo, Guam Hotel Pick Up: Bus Pick Up: 1000am 1500pm Valley of the Latte Jeff s Pirates Cove, Ipan, Guam Networking BBQ Dinner Hosted by Pacific Telecommunications Council (PTC), they invite you to wrap up your day with one last networking experience. From the Valley of the Latte, the bus will take you to Jeff s Pirates Cove for BBQ, Cocktails and more entertainment by the beach. Enjoy the rest of the afternoon with a nice dinner with friends before heading back to the heart of Tumon. Bus Pick Up: 1900pm Jeff s Pirates Cove, Ipan, Guam Hotels Venue: Jeff s Pirates Cove Location: Ipan Talofofo, Guam Sponsored by PTC (PITA AGM Networking Dinner Sponsor) Day 5 Friday 27 April Workshop and Technical Tours Room: Docomo Pacific Headquarters On Friday there will be opportunities for attendees to join supplementary workshops to the PITA AGM agenda. Track 1: Remaining technical presentations & PTC Academy Venue: Docomo Pacific HQ University of Docomo Pacific (UDP) 0900 Welcome and briefing Presentation on Awareness of what makes secure DNS Stefan Jaric, Senior Design Engineer Wireless Systems, C-COR Breakout: (a) PTC Academy Session and (b) Technical Tour (a) Join the PTC Academy Sessions hosted at the Docomo Pacific Headquarters. Registration is required for the Academy and can be accessed at: PTC Academy Agenda: Session 1. What next generation networks will look like, where they are going & what makes them different? Morning Tea Session 2. Moving up the OSI stack. Why carriers are offering much more than transport Lunch 12

13 Session 3. Evolution of OTT s and their impact on traditional revenue streams. Opportunity or threat? Afternoon Tea Session 4. Group workshop / round table. What unique challenges will PITA telco's face in moving towards a nextgen future" Session 5. Wrap up and conclusions. (b) Technical Tours: Join the tour to visit various landing stations and colocations facilities in Guam. Transportation from Docomo Pacific s HQ will be provided. Registration in advance is required to access the secure sites and identification on the day of the tour must match that of the registered individual. Track 2 Research and Education Network (REN) is presenting a workshop at the Docomo Pacific Headquarters on Friday, April 27, Those interested in attending this workshop can register via to uognoc@triton.uog.edu Campus Network Design and Operations Best Practices Research and Education Networks Presenter: Philip Smith Sponsored by University of Guam Venue: Docomo Pacific HQ One Marianas Conference Room 13