11th Asia Pacific Spectrum Management Conference

Mr. Masanori Kondo, Secretary General of the APT, brings to his post over 30 years of eminent experience and expertise both on the national and international stage. Before being in the current position in 2021, he had served as Deputy Secretary General of the APT for 6 years.

Mr. Kondo had a long tenure with the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC), Japan since 1990.
During his career in the Ministry, he was mainly in charge of international affairs in the field of ICT, including bilateral cooperation and negotiation as well as multilateral issues for G7, OECD, APEC, ITU etc. When he worked at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the late 90s, he was dispatched to the Japanese Embassy in Jordan.

Mr. Kondo holds B.A. in Economics from Keio University, Japan and MSc. in Economics from London School of Economics (LSE). He was also a visiting scholar at Harvard University (Weatherhead Center for International Affairs), USA.

Mr. Mario Maniewicz was elected Director of the ITU Radiocommunication Bureau at the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference 2018 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. He took office on 1 January 2019.

Mario Maniewicz is an electronic engineer specialized in telecommunications. He has been with the ITU for over 30 years, where he has served in high-level management positions in the Radiocommunication and Development Sectors as well as in ITU Regional Offices.

As Director, Mr. Maniewicz is responsible for the management of the Radiocommunication Bureau, which organizes and co-ordinates the work of the Radiocommunication Sector whose aim is to ensure the rational, equitable, efficient, and economical use of the radio-frequency spectrum and satellite orbits.

Before joining the ITU, Mr. Maniewicz occupied a managerial position in Uruguay’s main telecommunications operator and was Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Engineering of Uruguay’s main University.

Mr. Maniewicz is married and has two children. He speaks Spanish, English, French and Portuguese.

Mr. Nobuyuki Kawai has been involved in the engineering and operations of telecommunications services for more than 35 years.  He has professional background in fixed and mobile satellite communications, in particular, system engineering, development and frequency sharing studies. 

He currently serves as Corporate Advisor of Advancing Business Technology Sector of KDDI Corporation.  He served as Associate General Manager of Global Network Engineering and Operations Division of KDDI between 2014 and 2022 with his wide experience in oversea telecommunication business and technologies.  In addition, he has been leading KDDI’s overall radio spectrum strategy including mobile and satellite communications as well as leading associated ITU-R activities since 2016.  He was also engaged in roles of government advisory bodies such as the committee to deal with ITU-R affairs under Information and Telecommunication Technical Consultive Committee coordinated by MIC Japan between 2002 and 2022.  He worked at Inmarsat HQ for the system engineering of satellite portable phone between 1993 and 1997.

As for ITU-R activities, he has been participating in SG 4 (Satellite Services) and its WPs meeting since 2003.  He was appointed to Vice Chair of SG 4 between 2012 and 2019.  He has been serving as Chair of WP 4C (Mobile Satellite Services) since 2016.  In WRC-19, he contributed to the conference as Chair of Committee 5 which is comprehensively responsible for agenda items related to satellite and science services.  He has been also involved in activities of APG (APT Conference Preparatory Group for WRCs) since 2013 and was appointed to Chair of APG-27 in June 2024.

Scott W Minehane is an international regulatory and strategy lawyer/economist and has been involved in advising investors, operators, Governments and regulators in Australia, Asia, the Pacific and Africa for over 30 years. His expertise extends to telecommunications policy, legislative drafting, regulation, digital content, spectrum management, national broadband networks, new generation fixed and mobile technologies including 5G, online service regulation, competition law and the app economy.

He is the principal of Windsor Place Consulting Pty Ltd an independent consultancy practice, through which he has advised a range of Governments, leading corporates and organisations including inter alia the Australian, South Australian and Victorian Governments, Asian and Pacific telecommunications regulators and international organisations including International Telecommunications Union (ITU), World Bank, IFC, ASEAN Secretariat, APT, APEC Business Advisory Council, and the GSMA.

Among a range of publications, Scott recently authored two ITU Reports “Pandemic in the Internet Age: communications industry responses: GSR Discussion paper on ensuring connectivity and business continuity key lessons learned (June 2020) and “Pandemic in the Internet Age: From second wave to new normal, recovery, adaptation, and resilience” (May 2021). He is also authored a paper titled Updated Report: Optimising IMT and Wi-Fi mid-band spectrum allocations: The compelling case for 6 GHz band partitioning in Asia-Pacific in November 2022 (following an earlier version in October 2021). Scott has prepared reports on 5G Readiness for major Asian and African countries. Scott was the presenter of APT web dialogue series entitled Allocation and Licensing of Spectrum for 5G in Asia-Pacific which was held in June to August 2021.

Prior to the establishment of Windsor Place Consulting in 2000, Scott was a Director and Principal Consultant at Cutler & Company (1993-2000) and Acting Director of Telecommunications Section within the Australian Government’s then Department of Industry, Technology and Commerce. In the latter role he worked on the sale of AUSSAT and licensing of Australia’s second carrier (to Optus – 1991) and the third mobile operator (to Vodafone – 1992).

Scott has a Bachelor of Economics (1986) majoring in micro and macro economics, a Bachelor of Laws (1991) from the University of Queensland and holds a Master of Laws specialising in Communications and Asian Law from the University of Melbourne (1998).

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Dr Jolly Wong is a technology consultant, strategic adviser and independent non-executive member to boards on innovation framework, cybersecurity, mission-critical communications, AI, digital transformation, and smart data analytics.  

He served as the Assistant Commissioner for Police (Acting) and Chief Technology Officer of the Hong Kong Police Force.  Jolly is an Honorary Adviser of the Communications Association of Hong Kong and an independent technology consultant on the Private 5G use cases for the Airport Authority Hong Kong, now advising Hongkong Electric and ATAL Engineering Group on strategic technology businesses.  

He is a Policy Fellow for the Center of Science and Policy at University of Cambridge and a Visiting Professor for the Shanghai University (Institute of Smart City), and Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (School of Telecommunications Management).  Jolly is currently attaching to the Macao University of Science and Technology as a Guest Professor advising on the Outcomes-based accreditation process and responsible use of AI in education and ethical governance.

Jolly is also a columnist with The Standard writing commentaries on technology innovations and business synergies: https://www.thestandard.com.hk/column-list/

Mr Long an experts in radio frequency management, especially in terrestrial system such as land mobile, aeronautical and maritime radio communication systems. His knowledge in radio frequency management widely spreads from spectrum monitoring; technical parameter measurement and analysis to frequency assignment; interference calculation, analysis and resolve; spectrum planning and policy making. Mr Long have been leading the Aeronautical, Maritime and Radiolocation team in ARFM in preparatory works for the Word Radiocomunication Conference 2015 (WRC-15) and WRC-19. He is leading a 5G task group in ARFM to study and advise to ARFM’s Leader on 5G spectrum aspect and to Minister of MIC on 5G strategy for Viet Nam.

Mr Long have been actively participating in WRC-12 and WRC-15, Conference Preparatory Meeting for WRC-12 (CPM12), CPM15 and CPM19, ITU-R Working Parties 5A-5B-5C, APT Preparatory Group for WRC-15 and WRC-19 and APT Wireless Group with number of contributions to these meeting. I also had been actively participating in international meetings as the role of chairman of AdHoc Group, Drafting Group in APT Conference Preparatory Group for WRC-15; APT Wireless Group.

Tuck graduated from Imperial College London (University of London) and spent over a decade at the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Research & Development (R&D) researching on wireless communication technology particularly Multiple-Input-Multiple-Output (MIMO) for broadcast applications. He was later seconded to Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) Science & Technology Research Laboratories (STRL) researching on MIMO receiver algorithm and exposed to millimeter-wave (mmWave) MIMO technology. He later spent over 7 years at Ofcom (UK regulator) on spectrum management and radio regulations – actively contributing to international groups (e.g. ITU-R, CEPT and ITU WRC) on technical and regulatory subjects including coexistence analysis between different services. Tuck has moved to Nokia Corporation in March 2022 and he is currently the Senior Spectrum Standardization Lead, continue to be involved in standardisation and regulatory work.

David has over three decades of experience in the field of wireless and cellular technologies. In June 2002, David joined IIT Madras and is currently the Qualcomm Institute Chair Professor in Electrical Engineering. He served as Head of Department Electrical Engineering (2019-2022), Dean (Planning) (2011-2017), handling the portfolios of infrastructure, finance and strategic planning. During August 2023 – July 2024, he was on sabbatical at Centre of Excellence in Wireless Technology (CEWiT) a public-private R&D initiative of the Govt. of India, involved in R&D activities related to 5G Advanced and 6G. The period April 2008 – December 2009, he served as the Co-Chair of the IITM special Task Force for setting up the new IIT at Hyderabad. David also served as Head, Central Electronics Centre of IITM during 20010-11. David’s technical areas of expertise include cellular and broadband wireless systems, and DSP techniques for wireless communications. He is the Faculty Coordinator of the IITMSAT Student Satellite initiative. During January – July 2007, David was on sabbatical and served as the Chief Scientist, Centre of Excellence in Wireless Technology (CEWiT) and was involved in launching the national project – Broadband Wireless Consortium of India (BWCI). Prior to joining IITM, David was at Ericsson USA for twelve years, where he held different technical and managerial positions. In 2000, he became the Director of the Ericsson’s Advanced Technologies and Research Department at RTP, North Carolina. At IITM, David has established an active research and teaching program in wireless communications and Digital Signal Processing.

Yishen Chan is Director, Spectrum (APAC), at the GSMA. He is responsible for the GSMA’s efforts to support its members in the Asia Pacific region on policy and regulatory matters relating to radio spectrum and its management.

Yishen has over 15 years’ experience in policy and regulatory issues in the telecommunications, media and technology sector. Prior to joining the GSMA, Yishen was a director at Plum Consulting where he specialised in spectrum management issues, such as allocation, valuation and pricing of spectrum for mobile and other uses, cost benefit analyses and impact assessments of policies and regulations relating to mobile and other wireless technologies. He has led numerous consultancy projects for governments, regulators and industry players around the world, including Australia, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and the UK.

His previous experience also includes roles within regulatory authorities in Singapore and the UK. Yishen has an MSc in Media and Communication Governance (Distinction) from the London School of Economics, and a BA in Economics and Philosophy from the National University of Singapore.

Jitendra Singh is heading Regulatory and Government Affairs team and is working with Qualcomm since 2009. His responsibilities include interfacing with regulatory and policy making agencies in the region on behalf of Qualcomm. Jitendra has more than 35 years of experience in the field of communications management.

Prior to his appointment at Qualcomm he served in the government for more than two decades. He has been actively involved in National Working Groups of the ITU-R in India and has been a key contributor in all telecom Standards related activities of the Industry. Jitendra has been part of the Indian delegation in almost all WP5D meetings of ITU-R and AWF/AWG/APT meetings since 2006. His work includes the advocacy and planning of identification of additional spectrum for IMT and mobile broadband at various forums – National as well as Global. He had been an active contributor in the ITU-R activities on behalf of India. He also plays a key role in APT region telecom industry coordination activities. He has played a major role in World Radio Conferences for India since 2007. He is part of many industry associations. Hi is Vice President of ITU-APT Foundation of India.

He was in Governing Council of TSDSI. He heads Global Mobile Supplier Association (GSA) in India. He has chaired many national committees on spectrum related matters in India. He has been working closely with spectrum management team of DoT and TRAI on various spectrum issues and associated technical studies. He was actively involved in harmonization of various frequency bands. He has been invited in many international forums as a speaker on spectrum and spectrum management.

He is also a leading expert on 5G spectrum in India. Jitendra holds a bachelor’s degree in engineering in Electronics and Telecommunication from Jawaharlal Nehru University. He has done post-graduation in business administration from Symbiosis and Advance Computing from CDAC, India.

Bharat B Bhatia is the President and CEO of the ITU-APT Foundation of India (IAFI) and Vice Chairman and head of Asia Pacific for the World Wireless Research Forum (WWRF). He also chairs the ITU group on Private and public safety LTE/5G as well as APT group on Radio Local area networks. Shri Bhatia has 50 years of experience in spectrum management and ICT policy.
Earlier, Mr. Bhatia was head of the international spectrum team of Motorola Solutions USA where he worked for over 22 years. Prior to that, he was a senior telecom and spectrum policy regulator with the Indian Government in for 22 years as a spectrum regulator and ICT policy specialist and was actively involved in opening of the Indian telecom to the private sector, including the licensing of first ever GSM metro cellular in India through a beauty contest in 1992 that was designed and managed by him. He was also a key architect of India’s first ever National Frequency Allocation Plan (NFAP) in 1981 and the first ever published NFAP in 2000.
Mr. Bhatia actively participates in various ITU and APT meetings and has attended all World Radio Conferences during the last 25 years. Mr. Bhatia has lived in India and Singapore and frequently travels all over the world to speak at various conferences and events. He was responsible for initiating ITU studies on public safety and was responsible for creating the term “Public Protection & Disaster Relief -PPDR” in ITU at WRC-2000 in Istanbul. He also lead the approval of ITU WRC Resolution 646 on PPDR, which was adopted at WRC-2003 and updated in WRC-2015 for broadband PPDR.
Shri Bhatia hold a BE degree from University of Delhi and is a fellow member of IETE, the Institution of Electronics & Telecommunications Engineers. He did his Foundational Course from Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration in 1976 and has completed several management courses from various institutes and universities including National University of Singapore and George Washington University, USA.

Mr. Nobuyuki Kawai has been involved in the engineering and operations of telecommunications services for more than 35 years.  He has professional background in fixed and mobile satellite communications, in particular, system engineering, development and frequency sharing studies. 

He currently serves as Corporate Advisor of Advancing Business Technology Sector of KDDI Corporation.  He served as Associate General Manager of Global Network Engineering and Operations Division of KDDI between 2014 and 2022 with his wide experience in oversea telecommunication business and technologies.  In addition, he has been leading KDDI’s overall radio spectrum strategy including mobile and satellite communications as well as leading associated ITU-R activities since 2016.  He was also engaged in roles of government advisory bodies such as the committee to deal with ITU-R affairs under Information and Telecommunication Technical Consultive Committee coordinated by MIC Japan between 2002 and 2022.  He worked at Inmarsat HQ for the system engineering of satellite portable phone between 1993 and 1997.

As for ITU-R activities, he has been participating in SG 4 (Satellite Services) and its WPs meeting since 2003.  He was appointed to Vice Chair of SG 4 between 2012 and 2019.  He has been serving as Chair of WP 4C (Mobile Satellite Services) since 2016.  In WRC-19, he contributed to the conference as Chair of Committee 5 which is comprehensively responsible for agenda items related to satellite and science services.  He has been also involved in activities of APG (APT Conference Preparatory Group for WRCs) since 2013 and was appointed to Chair of APG-27 in June 2024.

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Currently, Cristian leads the Asia Pacific regional engagement with governments on policy and regulatory matters as part of the Viasat team, based in Sydney, Australia. He has over 20 years of experience in wireless policy and spectrum regulation. 

Prior to joining Viasat, Cristian held senior roles within the ITU Radiocommunication Bureau in Geneva, across the Space Services Division and Spectrum Policy teams, the mobile industry association GSMA (Hong Kong), and the New Zealand spectrum regulator.

Hans-Martin Ihle is an expert in game theory, auctions, and corporate strategy with nearly 15 years of experience. His main area of expertise is in spectrum auctions where he has helped design and implement more than 20 high-stakes auctions for regulators and governments worldwide. He also provides strategic and spectrum valuation advice to mobile operators in spectrum auctions and develops strategies to secure the best possible spectrum portfolio at the lowest possible price, giving his clients a lasting strategic advantage over their competitors.
Mr. Ihle also advises government agencies and private-sector companies worldwide on the allocation, pricing, and valuation of spectrum, predominantly for mobile, but also for other uses.

Mr. Saneh Saiwong is currently responsible for overall supervision and implementation of policy and strategy development activities for spectrum and satellite management in Thailand. He carries out and manages spectrum/satellite policy and planning, spectrum engineering, and international and national spectrum/satellite coordination.

He has been a regular participant in ITU conferences and meetings, notably WRC and relevant ITU-R Study Groups/Working Parties. He is also active in regional groups and forums such as APT and ASEAN on matters relating to spectrum management and in bilateral coordination schemes, covering both terrestrial and satellite issues.

Prior to joining NBTC, he worked with a private company engaging in satellite communications and later joined government agencies for which his roles and responsibilities encompassed a wide range of standardization, monitoring, licensing and policy and strategy development. He received his Master Degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA in 1996 and Bachelor Degree in Telecommunications Engineering from King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang (KMITL), Thailand in 1993.

Mr Ken Sit is the Chief Telecommunications Engineer of the Office of the Communications Authority of the Hong Kong Special Administration Region. Mr Sit has been engaging in various telecommunications areas including spectrum frequency planning, frequency assignment, coordination in terrestrial mobile services and satellite services etc. Apart from the works for making the spectrum in the 3.4 – 3.6 GHz, 4.8 – 4.96 GHz and 6 GHz bands available for IMT services, he also participated in the technical assessment on the co-existence study between mobile service and satellite service in 3.4 – 3.6 GHz band in Hong Kong.

Mr Sit holds a Master Degree and Bachelor Degree with honours in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Hong Kong.

Vaughan is the Spectrum Policy and Standards Manager at Sennheiser electronic SE & Co. KG, the leading European manufacturer for professional audio solutions such as microphones, meeting solutions, streaming technologies and in-ear monitoring systems. Vaughan works with national and international spectrum regulatory bodies to ensure access to spectrum for existing and new wireless audio technologies (such as Wireless Multi-channel Audio Systems) used in Programme Making and Special Events (PMSE).
Prior to joining Sennheiser, Vaughan gained over 20 years of experience in spectrum policy and regulation as a Principal Spectrum Policy Manager at Ofcom (UK) where he initiated and delivered a range of spectrum policy objectives. He was responsible for spectrum policy for Private Mobile Radio, Emergency Services, Utilities, PMSE, TV White Space, Shared Access licensing and Dynamic Spectrum Access.

Konesh brings over 23 years of ICT Industry experience. Having worked in more than 30 countries in Asia, Australia, Europe and Africa, he has been successful in building and leading large data networks and business portfolios. Proven expertise in conceptualizing and integrating commercial models and technology platforms to deliver desired customer experience. In-depth experience in Digital economy and NICT frameworks, policy ecosystems, Program Management, Technical Strategies, Commercial Model Development & Governance, Planning and Rollouts of MBB Networks and Spectrum Management.

Prior to joining Huawei, his key roles included leading the Data Business for Airtel Africa and MBB Networks for Airtel India. Konesh holds ACE (EPGM) from MIT Sloan School of Business, US, PG in Cloud Computing from Texas McCombs, University of Austin US and a BE(Hons) degree in Electronics and Electrical Engineering from BITS, Pilani, India.

Dr. Xin Tang is APJ wireless policy manager of Hewlett Packard Enterprise. He represents HPE’s communication and wireless policy in the Asia Pacific region. Xin has many years of experience in the telecommunication sector from engineering to regulatory. Prior to joining HPE, Xin served as a senior spectrum planner for Radio Spectrum Management, Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, New Zealand. He worked on several planning projects such as C-band 5G, mmWave, and 6GHz RLAN. Xin Tang holds Bachelor and Ph.D. degrees in communication engineering from Southeast University, China. He also earned MBA from Victoria University of Wellington.

Forhadul Parvez has been working as a Programme Officer at Asia-Pacific Telecommunity for 19 years. Asia-Pacific Telecommunity is part of the Telecommunications industry, and located in Thailand.

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Dian is a Member of Spectrum Planning since 2022 for Fixed and Mobile Services Team in Ministry of Communications and Digital Affairs (MCDA) of Republic of Indonesia. She has been involved in many coordination such as border, APT meetings, and ITU workshop. Dian support her team to collect, identify, prepare, and analyze the data of spectrum policy and planning for fixed and mobile broadband service in Indonesia for regional and International needs. Also, Dian support her team to prepare strategic plan of digital 2025-2029 in broadband field, and study about spectrum roadmap 2025-2029, also FWA. She has been a Member of Satellite Orbit Management Team and has been involved in bilateral satellite coordination meeting to support her team to inventory and analyze satellite management and arrange satellite coordination with other Administrations.

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Dr. Syed Ismail Shah is the Head of Connectivity and Access Policy for APAC and is based out of Meta’s office in Singapore. He covers connectivity policy related issues in the APAC region including spectrum, subsea cables, online communication services and accessibility across the region.
Prior to joining Meta, Dr. Shah was the ITU Area Representative for Southeast Asia and other Member States in Asia and the Pacific. He also remained the Chairman of the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) from Sept. 2013 till Nov. 2017. Dr. Shah also remained the Vice President of the General Assembly of the APT and is a Senior Member of IEEE and a member of IEICE, Japan.

Panuwat Janpugdee (Member, IEEE) received the B.E. degree (Hons.) from Chulalongkorn University, Thailand, in 1994, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from The Ohio State University, USA, in 2002 and 2006, respectively. He has been working at the Department of Electrical Engineering at Chulalongkorn University since 2012 and previously gained professional experience in industry. His main research interests include antennas, RF/microwave devices, and computational electromagnetics. He has extensive experience with diffraction theories for electromagnetic waves applied to practical problems of radiation and scattering, in particular with the uniform geometrical theory of diffraction (UTD). He received the best paper award at the 2009 International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation. Dr. Janpugdee served as Vice Chair of the IEEE MTT/AP/ED Joint Chapter of the Thailand Section. He was also Chairman of the Technical Committee on Electromagnetic Compatibility at the Thai Industrial Standards Institute. He is one of the founding members of Innovative Electromagnetics Academic of Thailand, which serves as a center of excellence in electromagnetics to develop and strengthen the research community. He has been a reviewer for high-ranking journals in the field of antennas and wave propagation such as IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation and IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters.

Renato Lombardi is Head of Huawei Italy Research Center, Vice President of Huawei’s Microwave Product Line. In these roles, he oversees the research and development of microwave / millimeter-wave technologies for wireless communications and the implementation of innovative mobile broadband backhauling solutions all over the world.

Renato Lombardi joined Huawei in 2008, founding the Huawei Research Center in Milan, Italy. In 2011, he was awarded the title of “Fellow of Huawei”.

Renato has more than 30 years of experience in the microwave and millimeter-wave industry. He previously led the Siemens Microwave Business and Product Management and then appointed Head of Research and Development.

In 2015 Renato Lombardi has been elected Chairman of the ETSI Industry Study Group mWT (millimeter-Wave Transmission).

Renato Lombardi graduated from the Politecnico of Milano, the largest and most prestigious technical University in Italy with a Master’s Degree in Electronic Engineering.

Guillaume Mascot is in charge of Shure’s Global Regulatory Policy. His role involves strengthening Shure thought-leadership among public authorities, institutions, and regulatory bodies, while advocating alongside key players in the ecosystem for a sustainable content creative industry. As the demand for wireless audio equipment grows to fulfil the demand for more contents (films, theater, music, sports, worship, civic events, education,…) and the spectrum becomes scarcer, joint efforts are crucial to ensure long-term access to this limited resource. Guillaume’s role also considers future regulations related to cybersecurity and AI, which may impact Shure’s products.
Guillaume is covering the European Institutions, France as well as supporting the Asia-Pacific region and various Francophone regions around the world.
With nearly 20 years of leadership experience in government and public affairs within multinational telecommunications companies, Guillaume has a strong expertise and in-depth knowledge of the European and Asia-Pacific markets to the development of Shure’s institutional strategy.
Guillaume Mascot, 42, holds a Master’s degree in Political Science from the University of Lille (2004). He began his career at the European Commission before joining the Alcatel-Lucent group as Manager of European Affairs. After spending seven years at the headquarters in France, he was appointed to the position of Director of Public Affairs for the Asia-Pacific region in China, where he was responsible for government relations, successfully influencing political decisions and regulatory frameworks in support of business objectives. In 2016, following the merger and acquisition between Alcatel-Lucent and Nokia, Guillaume became Head of Government Relations for the APAC region (including India), with the mission of enabling Nokia to access the market and develop its business through the establishment of strategic partnerships and participation in high-level events (WEF, ITU, APT). He was also representing GSA (Global Supplier Association) in South East Asia.

Hans-Martin Ihle is an expert in game theory, auctions, and corporate strategy with nearly 15 years of experience. His main area of expertise is in spectrum auctions where he has helped design and implement more than 20 high-stakes auctions for regulators and governments worldwide. He also provides strategic and spectrum valuation advice to mobile operators in spectrum auctions and develops strategies to secure the best possible spectrum portfolio at the lowest possible price, giving his clients a lasting strategic advantage over their competitors.
Mr. Ihle also advises government agencies and private-sector companies worldwide on the allocation, pricing, and valuation of spectrum, predominantly for mobile, but also for other uses.

Stefan Zehle is the co-founder and CEO of Coleago. He has 29 years’ experience in telecoms consulting and as Director of a mobile operating company. He specialises in strategy and business planning, spectrum related issues such as spectrum policy, valuation and auctions, and telecoms regulatory topics. He gained his experience working in developed markets in Europe, Canada and the US and also in emerging markets in the Middle East, Africa, and the Far East.
Recent publications include the report “Estimating the mid-band spectrum needs in the 2025 – 2030 time frame”, for the GSMA (2021) and “The need for sub-1 GHz spectrum to deliver the vision of 5G”, for the GSMA (2022).
As Director of Strategy, Marketing and Regulatory Affairs, Stefan launched the 3rd mobile operator in Algeria. He developed the strategy, recruited other Directors and 200 staff, built the Sales and Marketing Department, and managed the brand creation. He challenged the regulatory status quo, transforming the interconnect landscape in Algeria by introducing best practice interconnect agreements. He filed regulatory complaints, winning million dollar cost savings.
Stefan is the co-author of “Guide to Business Planning”, published by “The Economist”, (“Outstanding Academic Title, 2009” awarded by Choice, the US academic reviewers. He holds an MBA (with distinction) awarded by the University of Westminster in 1991 and speaks French, English, and German.

Yishen Chan is Director, Spectrum (APAC), at the GSMA. He is responsible for the GSMA’s efforts to support its members in the Asia Pacific region on policy and regulatory matters relating to radio spectrum and its management.

Yishen has over 15 years’ experience in policy and regulatory issues in the telecommunications, media and technology sector. Prior to joining the GSMA, Yishen was a director at Plum Consulting where he specialised in spectrum management issues, such as allocation, valuation and pricing of spectrum for mobile and other uses, cost benefit analyses and impact assessments of policies and regulations relating to mobile and other wireless technologies. He has led numerous consultancy projects for governments, regulators and industry players around the world, including Australia, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and the UK.

His previous experience also includes roles within regulatory authorities in Singapore and the UK. Yishen has an MSc in Media and Communication Governance (Distinction) from the London School of Economics, and a BA in Economics and Philosophy from the National University of Singapore.

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Ren Hong, professor senior engineer in the National Radio Monitoring Center in China, has engaged in radio monitoring, spectrum engineering, frequency planning for many years, often participates in radio frequency spectrum international coordination meeting and ITU-R study group or working group meetings.

Mr Che Juhan Che Mat brings over 30 years of expertise in Malaysia’s telecommunications industry, focusing on network planning, rollout and operations. He was instrumental in achieving an 80.2% coverage of populated areas for Malaysia’s 5G rollout, recognised as the fastest in the world, while saving over RM400 million in a decade.
Having held key leadership roles, including Vice President at Celcom Berhad, Chief Technology Officer at WEBE, and Head of Deployment at Digital Nasional Berhad, he now holds the position of Chief Technical and Monitoring Officer at Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC). A graduate of the University Technology Malaysia, Mr Che Juhan is a visionary leader shaping the future of Malaysia’s telecommunications advancements.

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Dr. Sa Math is an official at the Telecommunication Regulator of Cambodia (TRC). His expertise lies in next-generation mobile networking, with a focus on QoS/QoE, mobile core networking, and traffic engineering for 5G, 6G, and beyond.  Dr. Math has a diverse background in both academia and industry. He has served as a researcher in the areas of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) while also gaining extensive experience as a network engineer in the Internet Service Provider (ISP) sector. His research also explores the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) in mobile networks, as well as end-to-end QoS/QoE for within NGMN. His research contributions are widely recognized, with numerous publications in high-impact journals such as Hindawi, Springer, IEEE, MDPI, TIIS, CMC, etc. In addition, he actively serves as a peer reviewer for various leading journals in ICT. To date, he has authored and presented over 50 international conference papers and original research articles in the ICT field. Dr. Math is with the TRC since the third quarter of 2022, where he has been actively involved in significant works focuses on digital infrastructure and connectivity, LTE-QoS, and the Cambodia Community Tech Center (CTC), spectrum management and planning, etc.

Martha Suarez was born in Bucaramanga, Colombia. She received her degree as Electronics Engineer from the Universidad Industrial de Santander in 2004. During her undergraduate studies, she participated in an exchange program with the Ecole Superieure Chimie Physique Electronique de Lyon, France, in 2001. She received her master’s degree in high frequency communication systems from the University of Marne-la-Vallee, France, in 2006 and her Ph.D. degree from the University Paris-Est in 2009. She joined the department of Telecommunications and Signal Processing at the École Supérieure d’Ingénieurs en Électronique et Électrotechnique de Paris ESIEE and the Esycom Research Center, where she worked on wireless transmitter architectures. In 2011, she was awarded with a Marie Curie Fellowship and worked at the Instytut Technologii Elektronowej ITE in Poland for the Partnership for Cognitive Radio (Par4CR) European Project. Her research interests were in the areas of wireless system architectures and the design of high performance Radio Frequency (RF) transceivers.

In 2013, she joined the National Spectrum Agency in Colombia, ANE, where she worked as Senior Adviser to the General Director and supported the international activities of the Agency. Afterwards, in December 2015, she became the General Director of ANE and continued promoting the efficient use of the Spectrum and the mobile broadband connectivity in Colombia.

Since the 1st of May 2019, Martha Suarez has been the President of the Dynamic Spectrum Alliance DSA, a global organization advocating for laws and regulations that will lead to more efficient and effective spectrum utilization, which is essential to addressing key worldwide social and economic challenges.

Peng serves as the Vice-President of Policy & Regulatory at GSOA, where he spearheads advocacy efforts in critical policy and regulatory domains, including spectrum management, market access, and national policy initiatives. With a rich background in the telecommunications sector and expertise across mobile and satellite industries, he’s been advising governments and telecom industry globally.

Before joining GSOA, Peng played a pivotal role at Eutelsat OneWeb in shaping international regulatory and policy frameworks, focusing on delivering satellite licensing structures to accommodate Low Earth Orbit (LEO) constellations, and tailoring satellite regulatory procedure during WRC-23.

Prior to this, at GSMA, Peng was responsible for the global campaign aimed at optimizing spectrum licensing conditions for mobile operators worldwide. He led a diverse team of policy experts across developing markets, engaging policymakers and regulators to advocate for industry best practices in telecom policy.

Peng holds a Master’s degree in Telecommunication from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of Lausanne, complemented by an Executive MBA from the London Business School. Peng is fluent in English, Mandarin, and French.

Pratyush has 15 years of experience across media, consulting, and policy domains. He joined Telenor in January 2025 prior to which he was at Meta (formerly Facebook) where he was part of a global team advising Meta’s senior policy, comms and legal VPs on content risks and regulatory compliance strategies around content and also oversaw Meta’s election integrity efforts including, most recently, in Pakistan and Bangladesh. Before Meta, Pratyush led the political and regulatory risk practice for South Asia at the global political risk consultancy Control Risks conducting risk assessments and providing counsel to clients in a range of sectors to inform critical business decisions across the investment lifecycle. He has also been a senior political advisor in the British High Commission in India where he engaged with senior Indian stakeholders including lawmakers, journalists and think-tanks and provided decision support and policy advice to the UK Foreign and the Cabinet Offices around the UK’s engagement with India. Pratyush has a Master’s degree in Global Politics from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).

Graduated in Economics, Actuarial (UB, Universitat Barcelona), and with a Post-Graduated program PDD at IESE Business School, and DIBEX – Digital Business Program at ISDI.

Experienced Manager with 20+ years in Telco and IT sectors in top level positions (CEO, General Manager, Sales Manager), and 10+ years as a Board Member in different companies. Leading startups and innovative companies in high-growth stages, with a decisive contribution to the opening of new national and international markets, to successfully closing M&A processes, and to obtain funding both in equity and debt (85M€+).

Brad Partridge is an independent telecommunications industry consultant. He provides regulatory, commercial, technical engineering, strategic and management advice to international, government and private clients. Brad has over a decade of experience in the Pacific Region working for regulators, operators, and international institutions such as the ITU and ADB. During his time in these roles, he has provided advice on such matters as remote and rural connectivity, spectrum management and planning, sustainability and regulatory policy.

Revathi Mannepalli has more than two and half decades of professional experience in spectrum management including satellite spectrum and orbital resources at national and international level. My expertise also includes ITU Radio Regulations for national and international spectrum regulation-cum-management and coordination with ITU and other countries.

Mr Long an experts in radio frequency management, especially in terrestrial system such as land mobile, aeronautical and maritime radio communication systems. His knowledge in radio frequency management widely spreads from spectrum monitoring; technical parameter measurement and analysis to frequency assignment; interference calculation, analysis and resolve; spectrum planning and policy making. Mr Long have been leading the Aeronautical, Maritime and Radiolocation team in ARFM in preparatory works for the Word Radiocomunication Conference 2015 (WRC-15) and WRC-19. He is leading a 5G task group in ARFM to study and advise to ARFM’s Leader on 5G spectrum aspect and to Minister of MIC on 5G strategy for Viet Nam.

Mr Long have been actively participating in WRC-12 and WRC-15, Conference Preparatory Meeting for WRC-12 (CPM12), CPM15 and CPM19, ITU-R Working Parties 5A-5B-5C, APT Preparatory Group for WRC-15 and WRC-19 and APT Wireless Group with number of contributions to these meeting. I also had been actively participating in international meetings as the role of chairman of AdHoc Group, Drafting Group in APT Conference Preparatory Group for WRC-15; APT Wireless Group.

Peng serves as the Vice-President of Policy & Regulatory at GSOA, where he spearheads advocacy efforts in critical policy and regulatory domains, including spectrum management, market access, and national policy initiatives. With a rich background in the telecommunications sector and expertise across mobile and satellite industries, he’s been advising governments and telecom industry globally.

Before joining GSOA, Peng played a pivotal role at Eutelsat OneWeb in shaping international regulatory and policy frameworks, focusing on delivering satellite licensing structures to accommodate Low Earth Orbit (LEO) constellations, and tailoring satellite regulatory procedure during WRC-23.

Prior to this, at GSMA, Peng was responsible for the global campaign aimed at optimizing spectrum licensing conditions for mobile operators worldwide. He led a diverse team of policy experts across developing markets, engaging policymakers and regulators to advocate for industry best practices in telecom policy.

Peng holds a Master’s degree in Telecommunication from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of Lausanne, complemented by an Executive MBA from the London Business School. Peng is fluent in English, Mandarin, and French.

As vice president of Technology and Spectrum Alex directs Omnispace’s technology and spectrum regulatory agenda and oversees its relationship with government and regulatory agencies across the Asia Pacific Region. Alex works with Ministries, policy makers and independent regulators on radio spectrum matters and regulations for MSS satellite communications and their intersection
with mobile broadband wireless access systems such as 5G and Wi-Fi. Alex also interfaces with the International Telecommunications Union and the Asia Pacific Telecommunity to coordinate regional and international efforts in support of Omnispace’s business priorities, including deployment of 3GPP-based 5G Non-Terrestrial Networks globally in the 2 GHz S band.
Alex has 24 years of experience in wireless technology policy development. This includes 11 years working with the Ministry of Economic Development of New Zealand, where he developed national spectrum management policies and plans and led New Zealand’s international position at numerous bi-lateral, multi-lateral, and U.N. treaty level negotiations. He also spent 13 years directing Qualcomm’s regulatory and spectrum position across the South-East Asia, Taiwan and the Pacific.
Alex has his master’s degree in Electronics from the University of Otago (NZ) and an undergraduate degree in Physics from the University of Canterbury (NZ).

Yishen Chan is Director, Spectrum (APAC), at the GSMA. He is responsible for the GSMA’s efforts to support its members in the Asia Pacific region on policy and regulatory matters relating to radio spectrum and its management.

Yishen has over 15 years’ experience in policy and regulatory issues in the telecommunications, media and technology sector. Prior to joining the GSMA, Yishen was a director at Plum Consulting where he specialised in spectrum management issues, such as allocation, valuation and pricing of spectrum for mobile and other uses, cost benefit analyses and impact assessments of policies and regulations relating to mobile and other wireless technologies. He has led numerous consultancy projects for governments, regulators and industry players around the world, including Australia, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and the UK.

His previous experience also includes roles within regulatory authorities in Singapore and the UK. Yishen has an MSc in Media and Communication Governance (Distinction) from the London School of Economics, and a BA in Economics and Philosophy from the National University of Singapore.

Richard is an experienced telecoms journalist who has written for a variety of publications. He has contributed to The Economist, Financial Times and The Wall Street Journal, as well as working full-time for Financial Times Newsletters, Breakingviews and, most recently, Mobile World Live. In January 2017, Richard moved to Australia and has since become PolicyTracker’s Asia correspondent.

Scott W Minehane is an international regulatory and strategy lawyer/economist and has been involved in advising investors, operators, Governments and regulators in Australia, Asia, the Pacific and Africa for over 30 years. His expertise extends to telecommunications policy, legislative drafting, regulation, digital content, spectrum management, national broadband networks, new generation fixed and mobile technologies including 5G, online service regulation, competition law and the app economy.

He is the principal of Windsor Place Consulting Pty Ltd an independent consultancy practice, through which he has advised a range of Governments, leading corporates and organisations including inter alia the Australian, South Australian and Victorian Governments, Asian and Pacific telecommunications regulators and international organisations including International Telecommunications Union (ITU), World Bank, IFC, ASEAN Secretariat, APT, APEC Business Advisory Council, and the GSMA.

Among a range of publications, Scott recently authored two ITU Reports “Pandemic in the Internet Age: communications industry responses: GSR Discussion paper on ensuring connectivity and business continuity key lessons learned (June 2020) and “Pandemic in the Internet Age: From second wave to new normal, recovery, adaptation, and resilience” (May 2021). He is also authored a paper titled Updated Report: Optimising IMT and Wi-Fi mid-band spectrum allocations: The compelling case for 6 GHz band partitioning in Asia-Pacific in November 2022 (following an earlier version in October 2021). Scott has prepared reports on 5G Readiness for major Asian and African countries. Scott was the presenter of APT web dialogue series entitled Allocation and Licensing of Spectrum for 5G in Asia-Pacific which was held in June to August 2021.

Prior to the establishment of Windsor Place Consulting in 2000, Scott was a Director and Principal Consultant at Cutler & Company (1993-2000) and Acting Director of Telecommunications Section within the Australian Government’s then Department of Industry, Technology and Commerce. In the latter role he worked on the sale of AUSSAT and licensing of Australia’s second carrier (to Optus – 1991) and the third mobile operator (to Vodafone – 1992).

Scott has a Bachelor of Economics (1986) majoring in micro and macro economics, a Bachelor of Laws (1991) from the University of Queensland and holds a Master of Laws specialising in Communications and Asian Law from the University of Melbourne (1998).

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Scott W Minehane is an international regulatory and strategy lawyer/economist and has been involved in advising investors, operators, Governments and regulators in Australia, Asia, the Pacific and Africa for over 30 years. His expertise extends to telecommunications policy, legislative drafting, regulation, digital content, spectrum management, national broadband networks, new generation fixed and mobile technologies including 5G, online service regulation, competition law and the app economy.

He is the principal of Windsor Place Consulting Pty Ltd an independent consultancy practice, through which he has advised a range of Governments, leading corporates and organisations including inter alia the Australian, South Australian and Victorian Governments, Asian and Pacific telecommunications regulators and international organisations including International Telecommunications Union (ITU), World Bank, IFC, ASEAN Secretariat, APT, APEC Business Advisory Council, and the GSMA.

Among a range of publications, Scott recently authored two ITU Reports “Pandemic in the Internet Age: communications industry responses: GSR Discussion paper on ensuring connectivity and business continuity key lessons learned (June 2020) and “Pandemic in the Internet Age: From second wave to new normal, recovery, adaptation, and resilience” (May 2021). He is also authored a paper titled Updated Report: Optimising IMT and Wi-Fi mid-band spectrum allocations: The compelling case for 6 GHz band partitioning in Asia-Pacific in November 2022 (following an earlier version in October 2021). Scott has prepared reports on 5G Readiness for major Asian and African countries. Scott was the presenter of APT web dialogue series entitled Allocation and Licensing of Spectrum for 5G in Asia-Pacific which was held in June to August 2021.

Prior to the establishment of Windsor Place Consulting in 2000, Scott was a Director and Principal Consultant at Cutler & Company (1993-2000) and Acting Director of Telecommunications Section within the Australian Government’s then Department of Industry, Technology and Commerce. In the latter role he worked on the sale of AUSSAT and licensing of Australia’s second carrier (to Optus – 1991) and the third mobile operator (to Vodafone – 1992).

Scott has a Bachelor of Economics (1986) majoring in micro and macro economics, a Bachelor of Laws (1991) from the University of Queensland and holds a Master of Laws specialising in Communications and Asian Law from the University of Melbourne (1998).

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Mr. Sokharath Penh has been working in the telecommunications regulation and policy fields for 19 years. He has been involved in a wide range of regulation and policy activities including spectrum management policy, telecommunication infrastructure sharing regulations, equipment registation and standard, and  investment promotion policy.

As the director of Radio Frequency Regulation Bureau of the Telecommunication Regulator of Cambodia (TRC) since 2019, Mr. Penh has been actively involved in designing spectrum licensing framework, spectrum planning, and spectrum coordination, particularly the coordination with neighboring countries. He has also been involved planning and designing the spectrum monitoring tools. With this role as the director, Mr. Penh has also been engaging with developing insfrastructure sharing policy and mobile network rollout plans for improving quality of services. Besides, he has been actively working on developing radio-communication equipment registation regulation framework and equipment standards. Recently, he has been working on designing and preparing Cambodia 5G Roapmap, where he has actively been engaging with spectrum planning policy for 5G rollout.

Before his role as the director of Radio Frequency Regulation, Mr. Penh had been working as a General Manager for a Data Center company for two years. Before that he had been working for the Council for  the Development of Cambodia (CDC) as a chief of the Bureau of the Vice Chairman of the Council for another two years, where he was in charge of reviewing investment project proposal for Qualified Investment Project (QIP) to obtain tax incentives, actively participating in preparing monitoring and evaluation report on the implementation of Industrial Development Policy 2015-2025 of the government, and taking part in developing investment promotion policy, particularly the investment in the telecommunications sector. Before his role with the CDC, Mr. Penh was head of licensing division of the Telecommunication Regulation Bureau of the TRC for three years.  Before joining the TRC, he had been deputy head of legal and licensing division of the Telecommunication Policy and Regulation Bureau of the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications (MPTC) for 3 years, just before his starting role as a government official in the Internation Cooperation Bureau of MPTC between 2006 and 2009.  

Brigadier General Md Aminul Hoque, SUP, NDC, afwc, psc, was born in 1975 in Chattogram, Bangladesh. He holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science and engineering (CSE) and a master’s in information and communication technology (ICT) from Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP). Additionally, he has earned three master’s degrees in Defense Studies, Strategic Studies, and National Development Studies from the Defense Services Command and Staff College (DSCSC) and National Defense College (NDC), Bangladesh. Brigadier General Hoque has participated in numerous national and international communication training programs and seminars. He has served in UN peacekeeping missions in Sierra Leone and Liberia. He has published several works on ICT and Cyber Security. His previous roles include Director of Spectrum Management at BTRC, Director at Bangladesh Telecommunication Company Limited (BTCL), Director at Bangladesh Satellite Company Limited (BSCL), and Deputy Director General (Communication) at Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB). Currently, he serves as Director General (Spectrum) at BTRC.

Ms Atsuko Okuda was appointed as the Regional Director in April 2020. She leads ITU’s support to the ​region’s digital transformation and manages the Bangkok and Jakarta offices to cover 38 member countries in Asia and the Pacific. Prior to the new assignment, she was the Chief of the ICT and Development Section of the ICT and Disaster Risk Reduction Division of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), in Bangkok, Thailand from 2015 to 2020. At ESCAP, she promoted the development of regional broadband connectivity and inclusive broadband through the implementation of the Asia-Pacific Information Superhighway (AP-IS) initiative.

Before joining ESCAP, Ms Okuda served the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) in Beirut as the Chief of the Governance and Statebuilding Section and the Chief of the Strategic Planning and Monitoring Section which managed the ESCWA’s programme and projects. Prior to it, she contributed to the Umoja project, the UN Secretariat ERP initiative, in the Office of the Under-Secretary-General of the Department of Management, UNHQ for 2 years. From 2002 to 2010, she was responsible for promoting a wide range of ICT for development initiatives at ESCAP and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) as Senior IT Officer. She started her UN career in the area of ICT for Development at the Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific, the Bureau for Development Policy, and UNDP Country Office in Bhutan from 1997 to 2002.

Ms Okuda obtained a BA from Kyoto University (Japan), MA from Helsinki University (Finland), and has currently been enrolled as a research fellow at the United Nations University – Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT) in the Netherlands. Her doctoral thesis is entitled “Towards e-compliance: Anti-corruption and e-governance initiatives in the case of Bhutan”, to be defended in 2021. Her academic articles on broadband, AI, and Digital Transformation were published by the Lee Kwan Yew School of Public Policy and the Druk Journal. Among other publications and research papers, she was the author of a chapter on e-resilience in the 2018 UNDESA E-government Survey and several blogs published by ITU.