2NDGLOBALFORUMONEMERGENCYTELECOMMUNICATIONS(GET-2016):SAVINGLIVES

26-28JANUARY2016KUWAITCITY,KUWAIT

PROVISIONALPROGRAMME

Venue:TheRegencyHotel,KuwaitCity,Kuwait

www.itu.int/get2016

WELCOME TO GET-2016

Mr Houlin Zhao Secretary-General Inernational Telecommunication

Union - ITU

Eng. Hameed H. Al-Qattan Undersecretary, Ministry of Communications, Kuwait

H.E Eng. Salim Alozainah, Chairman and CEO, Communication

and Information Technology Regulatory Authority, Kuwait

Mr Brahima Sanou, Director Telecommunication Development

Bureau ITU

WhatisGET-2016

Firstheldin2007withthetitle,“GlobalForumonEffectiveUseofTelecommunications/ICTforDisasterManagement:SavingLives”,theITUGlobalForumonEmergencyTelecommunicationshasevolvedtobecomethemainglobaleventfocusingonemergencytelecommunicationsandclimatechangemitigationandadaptation.TheForumbringstogetherdelegatesfromallovertheworld,rangingfromGovernmentMinisterstoRegulators,nationaldisastermanagementstakeholders,leadacademicians,privatesectorleaders,UnitedNationsentitiesandnon-governmentalorganizations.The2ndGlobalForumonEmergencyTelecommunications:SavingLives–knownasGET-2016,willaddressissuesofhighimportanceonhowinformationandcommunicationtechnologycanhelpinimplementingtheSendaiDeclarationadoptedbytheUnitedNationsConferenceonDisasterRiskReductionheldinSendai,Japan,inMarch2015.TheeventprovidesanopportunityforpolicymakersandotherparticipantstodebateandadoptconcretestrategiesonhoweffectivedisasterriskreductionandmanagementsupportedbyinformationandcommunicationtechnologycouldcontributetotheattainmentoftheSustainableDevelopmentGoalsrecentlyadoptedbytheUnitedNationsGeneralAssembly.OutcomesTheadoptedoutcomesofGET-2016willprovidestrategicguidancetothenationalandinternationalcommunity,includingITU,andwillresultinanincreasedknowledgeoftherolethateachoftheparticipatingentitiescouldplayingivingtelecommunications/ICTacentralroleindisastermitigationandmanagement.ParticipantsGET-2016expectstoattractabout500participantsfromaround90countriesworldwide,aswellasfromregionalandnationalorganizations.PanelistsandspeakersincludeMinisters,Director-GeneralsofRegulatoryAuthoritiesandofUNorganizations,NationalHeadsofPublicProtectionentities,ChiefExecutiveOfficersofprivatesectorcompaniesandexpertsinthefieldofICTfordisastermanagement.SeveralmembersofAcademiaarealsoexpectedtoattendtheForum.

PRE-EVENTSSESSIONS–GET2016MONDAY25JANUARY2016

10:00–11:00 Registration

11:00–12:30 TheTampereConvention:RatificationandImplementationProcess

Organizers:ITU&AdministrationGovernmentofKuwait

12:30–14:30 Lunchbreak

14:30–16:00 ICTsRoleinDisasterRiskReduction

Organizers:UNISDR&ITU

TUESDAY26JANUARY2016

08:00–09:30 Registration

09:30–10:00 OpeningCeremony(MasterofCeremony,GovernmentofKuwait)

10:00–10:30 GroupPhotoandCoffeebreak

10:30–12:30

MinisterialRoundtable:BetterPreparednessandEffectiveResponseforSustainableDevelopment

Ministerswilldebatetheroleofinformationandcommunicationtechnology(ICT)inmitigatingdisastersbeforeandaftertheystrike.Interventionswilldrawfromtheirowncountry’spracticesandexperiences.TheywillalsosharetheirviewsonthecontributionthatwellplanneddisasterriskreductionandmanagementcancontributetotheattainmentoftherecentlyadoptedSustainableDevelopmentGoals.

SettingtheStage

ITUPresentationonRoleofICTsinSavingLivesFollowedbyMinisterialInterventions

Paneldiscussion

12:30–14:00 LunchBreak

14:00–15:45 LeadersDialogue

Thissessionwilldiscusstechnology,regulatoryandoperationalissues.HeadsofUnitedNationsEntities,DirectorGeneralsofTelecommunication/ICTs,RegulatoryAuthoritiesandprivatesectorCEOswilldebatetheroleoftheirinstitutionsindisasterriskreductionandmanagement.TheywilladdresschallengesandopportunitiesresultingfromeffectiveuseofICTs.

15:45–16:00 CoffeeBreak

16:00–17:300 Trendsandemergingtechnologicalinnovationsindisasterriskreductionandmanagement

Thissessionfocusesonemergingcommunicationtechnologiesandsolutionsthatcontributetoglobaleffortstomitigatedisasters.

17:30–17:45 EndofDayOne

18:00 WelcomeReceptionhostedbyGovernmentofKuwait

WEDNESDAY27JANUARY2016 09:30–11:00 InnovatingforSustainableDevelopment:Presentationoftheworkofthe

SmartSustainableDevelopmentModel(SSDM)AdvisoryBoard

ThesessionpresentstheworkofITU’sSmartSustainableDevelopmentModel(SSDM)initiative,whichfocusesonoptimizingtheuseofICTsforsocio-economicdevelopmentandfordisastermanagementleadingtosustainabledevelopment.

11:00–11:30 CoffeeBreak

11:30–12:30 RoundTableonFinancingMechanisms

Thissessionaddressesfinancingneedsthatarerequiredtohelpcountriespreparebetter,respondmoreeffectively,andre-buildwhendisastersdestroyinfrastructureanddisrupteconomicactivities.Existingglobal,regionalandnationalfinancingmechanismsareexploredaswellasnewinnovativeways.

12:30–14:00 LunchBreak

14:00–15:45 CountryCaseStudies:LessonsLearnedfromPastDisasters

ThissessionwillfocusoncountryCaseStudiesbasedonpastnaturaldisasters.Emphasiswillbeonhowtelecommunicationinfrastructurewasdisrupted/destroyedandeventuallyrestored.Theimpactonhumanlogisticswillbediscussedandlessonslearntwillbeshared.

15:45–16:00 CoffeeBreak

16:00–17:30 Challengesindeployingtelecommunications/ICTfordisasterresponse

Thissessionaddresseslegalandregulatoryissuesthatincludespectrum,licensing,andoperationalissuesrelatedtoemergencytelecommunications.DiscussionswillalsolookattheinternationallegalframeworkprovidedbytheTampereConvention.

17:30–17:45 EndofDayTwo

THURSDAY28JANUARY2016 09:00-10:45 ClimateChangeIssues:MitigationandAdaptation

Thereisastronglinkbetweenclimatechangeandemergencytelecommunicationinitiativesforsavingliveswhennaturaldisastersoccur.ThissessiondiscussestheuseofICTsforclimatechangemitigationandadaptationonexamplesfromcountriesandotherstakeholders.

10:45–11:00 CoffeeBreak

11:00–12:30 RoleofPrivateSectorandothernon-statestakeholders

Thissessionwilldiscusstheroleoftheprivatesectorandothernon-Stateactorsincontributingtopublicsafetyandensuringresilience,betterpreparedness,andtimelyinterventionwhendisastersstrike.

12:30–14:00 LunchBreak

14:00–15:00 LaunchofITUInitiatives

ITUwilllaunchsomeinnovativeemergencytelecommunicationsinitiativesaimedatimprovingcurrentdisasterriskreductionandmanagementbasedonamulti-stakeholderapproach.

15:30–15:30 PresentationofChairman’sReport

TheChairmanwillpresenthisfinalsummaryandrecommendationsforadoption.

15:30–16:00 ClosingCeremony