GLOBAL SUMMIT ON DIGITAL INDIA

ACCELERATING THE PROMISE OF PERVASIVE BROADBAND USING WHITESPACES

26th – 27th October, 2015 BSNL Auditorium, 9th floor, Bharat Sanchar Bhavan, Janpath, New Delhi, India

Agenda

Monday, 26th October 10:00 – 10:15 Welcome from the WSA Chairman 10:15 - 12:00 Introduction to WhiteSpaces

Panel Discussion on Introduction to WhiteSpaces followed by Q&A – The Panel will Provide a Quick Introduction on what are WhiteSpaces and how they may be used to Realize the Vision of Digital India

Session Chair: Darrell Owen (USAID, USA)

Panelists: Rashmi Doshi (FCC, USA), Prof. H. Nwana (DSA, UK), John Malyar (iconectiv-Ericsson, USA), Jim Carlson (Carlson Wireless, USA), Kentaro Ishizu (Group Leader, NICT, Japan), Dr. Oh Ser Wah (I2R, Singapore)

12:00 - 13:00 Lunch and Walkthrough of the Sponsor Demonstrations 13:00 – 14:30 Digital India - Accelerating the Promise of Pervasive Broadband Using WhiteSpaces

IIT-Bombay and Tata Communications will provide the Field Test Results from their Commercial WhiteSpace Pilots in Palghar and Haryana (India)

Panel on WSA WhiteSpace Strategy in India

Session Chair: Dr. Malcolm Johnson (Deputy Secretary General - International Telecommunications Union - Geneva)

Panelists: Prof. Abhay Karandikar (IIT-Bombay, India), Kalyan Pal (VP, Tata Communications, India), Parag Naik (CEO Saankhya Labs, India), Arun Jacob (United Nations, Geneva), Prashant Shukla (National Technology Officer, Microsoft), Dr Ashok Chandra, (Former Wireless Advisor, Government of India), B. Shadrach (Alliance for Affordable Internet)

14:30 – 15:00 Tea and Networking 15:00 – 16:30 Chip Sets, Devices, Databases and Funding for Deployment

Various WhiteSpace Chipset, Device and Database Vendors will Showcase their Offerings

Session Chair: B. Shadrach (Alliance for Affordable Internet)

Panelists: Bruce Kraemer (President, IEEE-SA, Marvell) (Invited), Praveen Ganapathy (Texas Instruments), Anindya Saha (CTO, Saankhya Labs), Jim Carlson (Carlson Wireless), Kentaro Ishizu (Group Leader, NICT), John Malyar (iconectiv), D. A. Tambe (Chief General Manager (IT), State Bank of India)

20:00 – 21:30 Dinner for Invited Guests Tuesday, 27th October 08:30 – 09:00 Tea and Networking 09:00 – 09:15 Welcome from the WSA Chairman 09:15 – 10:45 Taking Advantage of Underutilized Spectrum - Regulatory Perspectives

Regulators from Several Nations will describe their Approaches to WhiteSpace Regulations and Spectrum Sharing in General.

Session Chair: Dr. Malcolm Johnson (Deputy Secretary General - International Telecommunications Union - Geneva)

Panelists: Rashmi Doshi (FCC), Prof. H. Nwana (DSA / Ex UK OfCom), Arun Jacob (United Nations, Geneva), Dr. Oh Ser Wah (I2R, Singapore), Sh. Sudhir Gupta (Secretary, TRAI) (Invited), Sh RP Khushwaha (Wireless Advisor, DoT) (Invited), Sh. Umashanakar (Joint Secretary, DOT) (Invited), Sh O. P. Sharma (Additional Director General) (Invited)

11:00 – 13:00 Inaugural Session – The Vision of Digital India

Welcome by Prof NK Goyal and Felicitation of VIPs

Welcome by Dr. Apurva N. Mody, Chairman of the WSA

Guest of Honour, Honourable Member of Parliament, India, Dr. Udit Raj, will describe the Government’s plan for connecting the Nation’s 1.3 Billion Citizens.

Address by Dr. Malcolm Johnson (Deputy Secretary General - International Telecommunications Union - Geneva) (Confirmed)

Address by Secretary of Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (Invited)

Address by Shri Rakesh Garg, Secretyary DOT and DeITY (Invited)

Address by Guest of Honour, Minister of Information & Broadcasting - Mr. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore (Invited)

Address by Chief Guest, Minister of Communications and Information Technology - Mr. Ravishankar Prasad (Invited)

Video - WhiteSpace Field Trials Results from Palghar and Jaunty, the Adopted Village of Dr. Raj will be Presented - Video Presentation

Vote of Thanks - Prof NK Goyal and Dr. Apurva N. Mody

13:00 - 13:45 Lunch and Walkthrough of the Sponsor Demonstrations 13:45 – 15:15 Innovative Applications of WhiteSpaces – From Digital Inclusion to Smart Cities to Internet of Things

International Panel Discussion on how Spectrum Sharing can be used to Provide Wide Variety of Services – From Digital Inclusion to Smart Cities to Internet of Things

Session Chair: TBA

Panelists: Prof. Monisha Ghosh (University of Chicago, USA), Darrell Owen (USAID, USA), Jim Carlson (Carlson Wireless, USA), Chris Weasler (Facebook, internet.org, USA) (invited), Pankaj Sharma (I2R, Singapore), Sh. AK Mittal (Sr DDG TEC) (Invited), Sh. Arvind Chawla (DDG TEC) (Invited), Mrs. Aruna Sunderrajan (CMD, BBNL), Sh. Anupam Srivastava (CMD BSNL)(Invited)

15:15 – 16:30 Lessons Learnt and What Comes Next

Panel Members will Summarize the Outcomes of the Summit and Define Next Steps

Discussions and Q&A

Session Chair: Dr. Apurva N. Mody (Chairman, WhiteSpace Alliance)

Panelists: Sh. Piyush Aggarwal (Member(T)) (Invited), Sh. NK Yadav, (Member Services) (Invited), Sh. Tapan Roy (Addll. Secretary, DIT) (Invited), Dr Ashok Chandra, (Former Wireless Advisor, Government of India)

16:30 – 17:30 Press Conference Wednesday, 28th October 06:00 – 19:00 Visit to Taj Mahal