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INTERNATIONAL REGULATORS FORUM
Programme
24-25 October 2009
McGill University, McGill Campus, Leacock Building, Room 232,
855 Sherbrooke Street West
Montreal, Canada
Hosted by the Canadian Radio-television and
Telecommunications Commission
Saturday, 24 October 2009
09:30 Registration and Coffee
09:45 Welcome: Konrad von Finckenstein, Chair, CRTC
10.05 Opening remarks: Chair of Day 1: Suzanne Lamarre, Commissioner, Quebec Region, CRTC
10:15 Session 1: The role of regulation – how much regulation enough? What other regulatory practices can fill the gaps?
Chris Chapman, Chairman, Australian Communications and Media Authority, AUSTRALIA
George Kumi-Brobbey, Director, Finance, National Communications Authority, GHANA
Moderator: Louise Poirier, Commissioner, CRTC
11.15 Break
11:30 Session 1 cont: Analogue regulation in a digital world?
Cordel Green, Executive Director, Broadcasting Commission of Jamaica, JAMAICA
Laszlo Toth, Director of Strategic Affairs, National Communications Authority, HUNGARY
Moderator: Tim Denton, Commissioner, CRTC
12:30 Lunch
14:00 Session 2: Regulating across multiple platforms
Andy Haire, Dy. Director-General ( Telecoms), Infocomm Development Authority, SINGAPORE
Michel Arpin, Vice Chair, Broadcasting, CRTC, CANADA
Moderator: Candice Molnar, Commissioner, Manitoba and Saskatchewan, CRTC
15:00 Break
15:15 Session 3: The openness of the net and regulating it
Chaucer Leung, Head of Regulatory Affairs Branch, OFTA, HONG KONG
Michael O'Keeffe, Chief Executive, Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, IRELAND
Moderator: Marc Patrone, Commissioner, CRTC
16:15 Closing remarks by the Chair of Day 1
16.30 Dinner kindly hosted by Charles Russell LLP and KPMG
Galerie Gora, 279 Sherbrooke West, Room # 205
Sunday, 25 October 2009
09:30 Opening remarks by the Chair of Day 2: Rita Cugini, Commissioner, Ontario Region, CRTC
09:45 Session 4: What is the regulators’ role in encouraging the new economic models for ‘conventional broadcasting’?
Joan i Barata Mir, Secretary General, CAC, SPAIN
Dr. Kyung-Ja Lee, Vice Chairman, KCC, KOREA
Moderator: Michel Morin, Commissioner, CRTC
10:45 Break
11:00 Session 5: Spectrum issues
Associate Prof Sudharma Yoonaidharma, Commissioner, National Telecommunications Authority, THAILAND
Prof. Fulvio Ananasso, Director of Studies, Research & Education, AGCOM, ITALY
Moderator: Elizabeth Duncan, Commissioner, Atlantic Region and Nunavut, CRTC
12:00 Lunch
13:30 Session 6: The development of markets - consolidation or diversification?
Stephen Bereaux, Senior Manager Legal and Regulatory Affairs/ Corporate Secretary, TATT, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
Johan Keetelaar, Deputy Director Markets, Independent Post and Telecommunications Authority (OPTA), THE NETHERLANDS
Moderator: Peter Menzies, Commissioner, Alberta and Northwest Territories, CRTC
14:30 Summary by the Chair of Day 2
Closing Remarks: TBD
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