[Governance] WEBCAST TODAY: ITU Webinar: Last Mile Connectivity in Asia-Pacific: planning tools to address the Gaps

[Joly MacFie]

This event launches a new ITU Report
<https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Technology/Pages/LMC/LMC-Home.aspx> on Last
Mile Connectivity aka LMC. ITU Regional Director Atsuko Oksuda was a
participant in the recent CNXAPC Roundtable Summit
<https://isoc.live/13322/>, where she expressed some fairly progressive
views. ISOC's Naveed Haq is on the panel,

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

ISOC Live posted: "On 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 launc"


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<http://livestream.com/internetsociety/apaclastmile>On *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
<https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Regional-Presence/asiapacific/Pages/default.aspx>*
will host a webinar '*Last-Mile Connectivity in Asia-Pacific: planning
tools to address the Gaps
<https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Regional-Presence/AsiaPacific/Pages/Events/2021/Last%20Mile%20Connectivity%20in%20Asia-Pacific/LMCASP.aspx>*'.
This webinar will feature the launch of *ITU Last Mile Connectivity
Solutions Guide
<https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Technology/Pages/LMC/LMC-Home.aspx>* 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*, Regional Director (Asia and the Pacific), ITU
*Aamir Riaz*, 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
<http://livestream.com/internetsociety/apaclastmile>*

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

*TWITTER #lastmile #apac <http://bit.ly/lastmileapac> @ITU @aokuda
@ITUAsiaPacific Aamir Riaz @JohnDGarrity @NaveedHaq @ISOCapac Bill Lan
@Huawei Yasuhiko Kawasumi @SES_Satellites @ADB_HQ*

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

*ARCHIVE https://archive.org/details/apaclastmile
<https://archive.org/details/apaclastmile>*

*Permalink*
https://isoc.live/13774/




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