WEBCAST MON: ITU Webinar: Last Mile Connectivity in Asia-Pacific: planning tools to address the Gaps

livestreamOn Monday 22 February 2021 at 10:30-12:00 BKK/JKT Time (03:30-05:00 UTC) the ITU Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific will host a webinar ‘Last-Mile Connectivity in Asia-Pacific: planning tools to address the Gaps‘. This webinar will feature the launch of ITU Last Mile Connectivity Solutions Guide which is designed to assist efforts to extend affordable and sustainable connectivity service to under-connected localities. Invited experts will discuss technical, business, and regulatory considerations for implementing last mile connectivity solutions to connect the unserved and underserved populations, especially in rural and remote areas.

SPEAKERS
Atsuko Okuda, Regiona​l Director (Asia and the Pacific), ITU
Aamir Ri​az, Programme Officer, ITU
John Garrity, Independent Consultant
Ihar Shchetko, GIGA Project Officer, ITU

PANEL
Bill Lan, Vice President, Wireless Network Development, Huawei Technologies
Naveed Haq, Asia-Pacific Regional Director for Infrastructure and Connectivity, Internet Society (ISOC)
Imran Malik, Vice President Global Sales, Fixed Data, SES networks
Yasuhiko Kawasumi, Vice Chair, ITU-D Study Group 1

MODERATOR Thomas E. Abell, Advisor SDCC / Chief of Digital Technology for Development, Asian Development Bank

LIVESTREAM http://livestream.com/internetsociety/apaclastmile

PARTICIPATE https://bit.ly/2NGSJHU (TIES account required)

REAL TIME TEXT https://bit.ly/apaclastmile

TWITTER #lastmile #apac @ITU @aokuda @ITUAsiaPacific Aamir Ri​az @JohnDGarrity @NaveedHaq @ISOCapac Bill Lan @Huawei Yasuhiko Kawasumi @SES_Satellites @ADB_HQ

SIMULCASTS
https://www.pscp.tv/ISOC_Live/
https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive
https://www.facebook.com/isocasiapacific/live (AI captions)

ARCHIVE https://archive.org/details/apaclastmile