"5th National Preparatory Workshop for WRC-23"

Tuesday 14th FEBRUARY at 11:00 AM (IST) to 5.00 PM (IST)

(At CSOI KG MARG, New Delhi, India)


Asia Pacific Preparatory Group for WRC-23 (APG-23) 5th meeting is being held in Busan, Korea from 20th February 2023 and the global conference preparatory meeting (CPM23-2) will be held in March 2023 in Geneva. This Workshop has been planned to discuss India’s participation and preparations for these meetings.

Registration - 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
10:00 – 11:00 – Registration
Inaugural Session - 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM

Speakers:
• Welcome address by Shri T R Dua, Chairman, IAFI.
• Introduction to WRC-23 Preparatory activities by Mr. Bharat Bhatia, President IAFI.
• Overview of WPC Preparatory activities for WRC-23 by Mrs. Revathi, Joint Wireless Advisor, WPC, DoT and Member RRB.
• Inaugural address by Chief Guest Shri. Sanjeev Agarwal, Member Technology (T), Department of Telecommunications.
• Vote of Thanks by Shri N K Goyal, Vice Chairman, IAFI.

11:30 – 11:45 – Interactive Tea /Coffee

Technical Session 1 - 11:45 AM – 13:30 PM
Satellite and Science services at WRC-23. WRC-23 CPM Report Chapter 3, Chapter 4, and Agenda item 7)
Session Chair and Moderator: Shri M K Pattanaik, Joint Wireless Advisor, WPC Wing

Speakers:
• Presentation by Shri P V Kumara Mohan, Associate Director OSCA, SATCOM-PO, ISRO
• Presentation by Dr. Laura Roberti, Director Spectrum & Market Access, Telesat.
• Presentation by Mr. Peng Zhao, Vice President Government Affairs & Policy, OneWeb*.
• Presentation by Mr. Cristian Gomez, Senior Director, Government & Regulatory Affairs, Asia Pacific, Viasat*
• Presentation by Shri Pranav Roach, President, Hughes Network Systems.
• Presentation by Shri Amit Gulati, Sr. DWA, Satellite, WPC Wing, DoT.
13:30 – 14:15 - Interactive /Working Lunch

Technical Session 2 - 14:15 PM - 15:45 PM

Preparations for WRC-23 for Fixed and Mobile Services - CPM report Chapter 1 (WRC-23 Agenda Items 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 9.1 (c), Article 21.5) & Chapter 2 (WRC-23 Agenda items)

Session Chair and Moderator: Shri MPS Alawa, Sr. DWA, WPC & Chairman, WG-1 of NPC, DoT.

Speakers:

• Presentation by Shri Jitendra Singh, Sr. Director, Qualcomm & Vice President, IAFI. • Presentation by Shri Bashir Patel, Global & Spectrum Regulator, GSOA* • Presentation by Shri Bharat Bhatia, President, IAFI.

15:45 – 16:00 - Interactive Tea /Coffee
Technical Session 3 - 16:00 PM to 16:45 PM

WRC-23 Agenda items 10
This session will address the future agenda items for WRC-27
Session Chair and Moderator: Mrs. Revathi, Joint Wireless Advisor and Member RRB

Speakers:

• Presentation by Dr. Sendil Devar, 5GIF
• Presentation by Shri Abdul Kayum, DDG (6G Technologies) TEC.
• Presentation by Shri Bharat Bhatia, President IAFI.


Concluding Session - 16:45 PM to 17:00 PM

Summary and Concluding Remarks

Shri Bharat Bhatia, President IAFI.