10.30 – 11.00

Registration and Tea

11.00 – 13.00

Welcome and Launch of
ITU-APT Young Professionals and Students Forum:
Mr. Anil Prakash, Secretary General, ITU-APT Foundation

Overview on ITU Youth Forum:  Mr. RN Jha, DDG, IR, Dept. of Telecom

Address :
Prof. Satish K. Manocha,, Amrita School of Engineering, Bangalore
“Young brains to suggest and implement new ideas  for the Unconnected to be Connected by the best networks”

Address :
Mr. Angad Bhatia, CEO, Xpert Media Technology, Chairman, Green Initiative, TEMA, Director, Green Scape Eco Management.

13.00

Lunch

15.30 – 16.00

Registration and Tea

16.00 – 17.30

Annual General Meeting (only for members)

17.30 – 18.00

Registration and Tea

18.00 – 19.00

Opening Plenary : Providing Connectivity to the Unconnected

Welcome Address :
Mr. R.N. Agarwal, President, ITU-APT Foundation of  India

Keynote Address :   
Mr. R. Sivakumar, MD, Sales & Marketing, INTEL

Inaugural Address: 
Mr. R.N. Prabhakar, Member, Telecom Regulatory  Authority of India (TRAI)

Vote of Thanks:      
Mr. Bharat Bhatia, Vice President, ITU-APT Foundation of India

19.00

Networking Cocktail Dinner

09.00 – 10.00

Registration

10.00 – 11.30

Session 1 : Providing Connectivity to the Unconnected: Regulatory and Policy Issues

Chair :         Mr. Ajay Bhattacharya, Administrator, USO Fund, DOT
Keynote :     Mr. S.D. Saxena, Former Director (Finance), BSNL
                     ‘Connecting India’

Speakers

1. Mr. R.K. Arnold, Secretary, TRAI
2. Mr. Vivek Vasishtha, Director-Technical Policy & Standards,  INTEL, South Asia
3. Mr. T.R. Dua, Senior Director, COAI

11.30 – 12.00

Tea

12.00 – 13.00

Session 2: Network Infrastructure Issues
Chair:    Mr. P Ganesh, Director, TCIL

Speakers:

1. Mr. A Sethuraman, Exe. Director, Huawei India
2. Mr. Umang Das, MD, SRIE
3. Mr. HC Soni, Vice President, ITU-APT Foundation of India

13.00 – 13.45

Panel Discussion: Providing Connectivity to the Unconnected
Chair:     Mr. A.K. Bhatnagar, Chief Engineer, Doordarshan Secretariat

Panelists:

1. Mr. Bharat Bhatia, Director, Motorola India Pvt Ltd Mr. NK Goyal, Chairman, CMAI
2. Mr. N.K. Goyal, Chairman, CMAI

13.45 – 14.30

Networking Lunch

14.30 – 16.00

Session 3: The Network of the Future: Next Generation Networks and Global Standards Initiative (NGN - GSI)
Chair:     Mr. Lav Gupta, Principal Advisor, TRAI

Speakers:

1. Mr. Deepak Yadav,  NSN
2. Mr. Vipan Kumar, Chief General Manager, BD, MTNL
3. Mr. Ashok Kumar, Ex. DDG, TEC

16.00 – 16.30

Tea

16.30 – 18.00

Session 4: Cyber Security - Panel Discussion
Chair : Mr. R.N. Jha, DDG(IR), Department of Telecommunication

Panelists:

1. Mr. Vinayak Godse, Sr. Manager, Data Security Council of India
2. Mr. Pawan Duggal, Sr. Advocate, Supreme Court of India

18.00

Closing of the Convention