Informal Regional Regulators Associations Meeting
Habtoor Grand Hotel Convention Center in Beirut, Lebanon
9 November, 2009 (14h00-17h00)
ADDRESSING 21ST CENTURY REGULATION
Draft Agenda
1.
Opening remarks
 Dr. Kamal S. Shehadi, Chairman, Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of the
Republic of Lebanon
 Dr. Abdulrahman Bin Ahmed Al-Jaafari, Governor, Communications and Information
Technology Commission of Saudi Arabia (Chairman)
 Mr. Sami Al Basheer Al Morshid, Director, ITU Telecommunication Development
Bureau
2.
Moderator: Mr. David Gomes, Chairman, Association of Communications and
Telecommunications Regulators of the Portuguese Speaking Countries
(ARCTEL-CPLP)
 21st Century Regulation: Is there a path to regional regulation?
ARCTEL-CPLP representative
 Convergence and Regional Integration: Future regulation
ARCTEL-CPLP representative
General discussions
3.
4.
Coffee Break
 Latest initiatives from regional regulators associations
Opportunity for regional
regulators associations to take the floor
 Regulatory tools update (BDT tools and services)
5.
Overview of RME tools
Concluding remarks: building on synergies, where do we go from here?