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Joint ITU/CITEL Forum on “Enabling an ICT business environment in the Americas Region”
Date: April 21, 2008 - 9:00AM
Place: Hall of the Americas Washington D.C

Amb. Albert Ramdin – Assistant Secretary General, Organization of American States (10'54'')
Mr. Sami Al Basheer Al Morshid – Director, Telecommunication Development Bureau, International Telecommunication Union (10'14'')
Mr. Pedro Pablo Quirós Cortés – Chair of the Permanent Executive Committee of CITEL (COM/CITEL) (9'15'')
Stimulating ICT Development Roundtable: Moderator: Ms. Walda Roseman – CEO, CompassRose International, Chairperson of the Telecommunication Development Advisory Group (TDAG) Working Group on Private Sector Issues (23'44'')
Ms. Olga Madruga-Forti – Vice President Regulatory and Legal, Iridium Satellite LLC  (7'45'')
Dr. Veena Rawat – President, Communications Research Centre Canada (CRC)  (7'36'')
Mr. James G Melonas – Vice President of International Development, Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) (3'40'')
Mr. Roberto Blois – Director Regulatory Affairs, Brasil Telecom (6'18'')
Mr. Andres Maz – Executive Director GPGA-LATAM, CISCO  (3'17'')
Mr. Néstor Roa – Infrastructure Specialist, Departament of Infraestructure, Interamerican Development Bank (BID) (5'21'')
Questions and answers about the Stimulating ICT Development Roundtable: (22'14'')
Enabling Investment and New Opportunities Roundtable. Moderator: Mr. Eloy Vidal– Regional Coordinator for Latin America, World Bank  (6'37'')
Mr. José Alfredo Rizek – Executive Director, Dominican Institute of Telecommunication (INDOTEL) (6'02'')
Mr. Robert Bednarek – CEO, SES New Skies  (5'20'')
Mr. Frederick S. Tipson – Director, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Washington Office (1'07'')
Mr. Miguel de la Rosa – Director of Regulation, Telefónica Internacional  (10'40'')
Mr. Maximiliano Martinhão – General Manager of Certification and Spectrum Engineering, National Telecommunications Agency of Brazil (Anatel) (5'03'')
Mr. Celedonio von Wuthenau – Regional Director for Latin America, CDMA Development Group, Inc. (8'01'')
Mr. Peter Pitsch – Executive Director, Communications, Associate General Counsel, INTEL (9'23'')
Ms. Jacquelynn Ruff – Vice President of Regulatory Affairs, Verizon (8'44'')
Questions and Comments  (1:11'19'')
Innovation and Partnership Opportunities in the Americas Roundtable. Moderator: H. E. Mr. Jerrol Thompson – Minister, Ministry of Telecommunications, Science, Technology and Industry, St. Vincent and the Grenadines  (08'03'')
Mr. Juan Zavattiero – Head ITU Americas Regional Office. (06'22'')
Mr. Christopher Clark, Coordinator, Partnership Development of ITU (04'11'')
Mr. Hugo Marías – Manager Corporate Social Responsibility, NEC Argentina (07'05'')
Ms. Regenie F. Ch. Fraser – Secretary General, CANTO (09'34'')
Mr. Joaquín Restrepo – Adviser International Affairs, Ministry of Communications of Colombia  (11'23'')
Mr. Javier Camargo – Regional Director Latin America Government & Industry Relations, LM Ericsson (09'11'')
Mr. Bilel Jamoussi – Director of Technology, NORTEL (07'11'')
Ms. Erica Whinston – Manager Government Affairs, Qualcomm (03'43'')
Mr. Rafael Maradiaga, Secretary General of COMTELCA  (12'33'')
Questions and Comments  (10'17'')
First Meeting of the Working Group on Private Sector Issues - Americas. First Meeting of the Working Group on Private Sector Issues - Americas (39'10'')
Closing Remarks by Mr. Sami Al Basheer Al Morshid – Director, Telecommunication Development Bureau, International Telecommunication Union (08'48'')
Closing Remarks by Mr. Clovis Baptista (04'55'')
Mr. Alexis Arancibia – Market Intelligence & Technical Manager, GSM Latin America Association (4'11'')