10th Asia Pacific Spectrum Management Conference

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. 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. 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. 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.

Dr. Kyu-Jin WEE is a Fellow of Korea Radio Promotion Association (RAPA) since 2017. He is a Chairman of APG (APT WRC Preparatory Group) since 2016. He was a Vice President of Telecommunications Technology Association (TTA) since 2012. TTA is an accredited standard development organization for ICT in the Republic of Korea. Before he joined TTA, he worked in the Korean Government for more than 20 years for spectrum management and standardization. He has been participating in various international and regional conferences including ITU and APT.

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.

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.

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).

Biao MA(Mr.), Deputy director of Terrestrial Service Division, Bureau of Radio Regulation, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, P.R.C. Mr. MA has many years of radio management experience, mainly responsible for spectrum policy-making, frequency allocation and assignment, 5G interference coordination etc.

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Cameron is a Manager at Aetha Consulting, with experience in areas including network cost modelling, transaction support and spectrum policy/management, working on behalf of both telecoms regulators and operators worldwide, including in the Asia-Pacific region (e.g. Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand).
Cameron has particular expertise in the area of spectrum management and has supported clients ahead of more than 15 spectrum awards and transactions. He has led multiple projects for operators on topics including spectrum strategy, spectrum valuation and bidding strategy, as well as supporting regulators with issues such as spectrum award design. In addition, Cameron has contributed to several white papers and expert witness reports on major spectrum management issues. He is also active in the area of regulation, having supported regulators with high-profile studies on topics such as spectrum policy and pricing, number portability and pricing of regulated wholesale services.

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.

Dr. Sopheak is the Director General of the Radio Frequency Spectrum Management, Ministry of Post and Telecommunications. Prior to his current role, he has worked in various positions across the government in the fields of telecommunications, ICT, and related regulations in Cambodia. In addition to his government work, he has been working as a researcher, lecturer, and academic journal reviewer.

Dr. Sopheak graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Computer Sciences and Engineering from the Royal University of Phnom Penh and a master’s degree in Sciences in Telecommunications Engineering from Waseda University, Japan, in 2006. He also graduated with his Ph.D. in Engineering, majoring in ICT/Telecommunications Management and Policy, in 2011 from the College of Engineering, Seoul National University, South Korea.

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.

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.

Dr. Pisit Vanichchanunt received Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Chulalongkorn University in 2008. He works with King Mongkut’s University of Technology North Bangkok, Thailand. His interest research includes modulation and coding, signal processing for wireless communication, and 5G core networks. Recently, he has performed a field test for coverage area of 6 GHz IMT macro base station in Thailand.

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.

Biao MA(Mr.), Deputy director of Terrestrial Service Division, Bureau of Radio Regulation, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, P.R.C. Mr. MA has many years of radio management experience, mainly responsible for spectrum policy-making, frequency allocation and assignment, 5G interference coordination etc.

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.

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Mohaned Juwad is responsible for assisting Intelsat’s strategic long-term spectrum position in the marketplace. In his role, he works closely with the company’s vice president on corporate and spectrum strategy and the spectrum strategy team to analyze and identify emerging spectrum opportunities and risks for Intelsat. In addition, he is responsible for managing efforts from Europe, Middle East and Africa that protect, optimize and leverage the company’s spectrum assets in support of Intelsat’s broader long-term growth strategy.
Dr Juwad has over 10 years’ experience within the satellite industry where he held various roles in the past. Prior to rejoining Intelsat in 2016, Dr Juwad served as manager, regulatory licensing and market access, at Avanti Communications Group Plc where he was responsible for managing and acquiring licensing and authorization for Ka-band geostationary satellite services across Europe, Middle East and the Africa region, in addition to overseeing regulatory activities at the ITU, CEPT, and other regulatory bodies. Before that, he worked as a consultant where he worked in ESA funded projects to develop the DVB-S2 standard operating in Ka-band, and also developed Ka-band mortised terminals where he was instrumental in developing a commercial self-aligned antenna.
Dr Juwad earned a Philosophy of Doctorate (PhD) from Isambard Kingdom Brunel University and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering at Herefordshire University.
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From 2022 to now, Dr. Xi MENG has been working in China telecom and covers WRC-23 AI 1.4 and AI 10 as one of China coordinators. From 2014 to 2022, he stayed at ZTE as a Spectrum and Standard Engineer, positively joined ITU-R WP5D, 3GPP RAN, CJK IMT, APT AWG; and some China local standard organizations, such as IMT-2020(5G) Promotion Group, CCSA TC5 WG6 and FuTURE Forum.

Dr. Xi Meng was the Chair of mmWave working group in FuTURE forum, and editor of two APT AWG reports, related 5G and FWS. I received a PhD degree in Beijing University of Posts & Telecommunications. In the past he obtained a Master of Wireless Communications in University of Southampton (UK).

Diptendu is a strategy and business development professional with considerable experience in telecommunications and technology across multiple countries. He is an expert in the sector having worked and consulted for equipment vendors, service providers, industry regulators and investors. In some of his recent work in the technology space he has helped established players to exploit their technology opportunity and emerging players to assess the value of their technology solutions. Diptendu’s professional experience has spanned multiple markets in the Asia–Pacific region, Middle East / Africa and Europe. Diptendu holds two patents that are part of the LTE wireless standard.

Mr. Syed Tausif Abbas is currently working as Principal Advisor in Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). He is responsible for regulatory and licensing matters related to Broadcasting & Cable Services, Spectrum and Networks.

He has got more than 30 years of experience in Telecom Sector at various positions covering Telecom Projects, Telecom operations, capacity building & training division, telecom licensing, regulatory and policy formulation.

Presently, in TRAI, he is associated with the regulatory and licensing work related to Broadcasting & Cable Services including Cable TV, Satellite TV (DTH), IPTV, Radio broadcasting, Digital Addressable System, 5G Broadcast. He is also associated with the works related to Mobile Networks, Spectrum and Telecom Licensing matters including 5G Technologies, M2M Communications, IoT, Satellite Communications.

Currently, he holds the position of Chairman of SATRC Working Group on Spectrum at APT.

Dr. Patrick TSIE serves as Senior Director – Technical Marketing of Qualcomm International Inc for more than 20 years. Patrick is responsible for promoting the advanced wireless technologies (5G, WiFi6E/7) and Qualcomm product solutions (Mobile devices, IoT, Compute etc.) to South-East Asia customers. He also provides technical engineering advice and consultancy to the regional operators as well. Patrick has vast experience working with regulators, operators, infrastructure and device manufacturers, to develop and launch the new technology solutions for supporting the regional market needs.

Patrick is currently assisting many operators in region on the new technology migration / adoption including 5G with mmW. Patrick also provides advisory to many regulatory bodies on defining the 5G spectrum with their policy plan as well.

Prior to joining Qualcomm, Patrick worked for Hutchison Telecom (HK) Ltd, and was responsible for the mobile network planning and design.

Patrick received his Ph.D. degree in Mobile Communication from the King’s College London in 1994.

Mr. Aamir Riaz is a Programme officer in International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and is currently a part of its Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific. Currently he is regional thematic lead on Digital Network Infrastructure and Emergency Telecom areas and geographically serves as the focal point for ITU membership from North-East Asia.
Aamir has been working on development of ICTs in the region through country specific actions, sub-regional and regional activities across the region. He has implemented several initiatives and programmes in partnership and collaboration with international/regional organizations including ADB, APT, PITA, ASEAN, UN-ESCAP etc.; Administrations including, Korea, Australia, China, Japan etc. and industry including Kacific, Forum Global, Telenor, Huawei etc.
His recent work has been in the areas of resilient Digital Infrastructure and next generation ICT market regulations and strategies with emphasis on wireless innovation.
Prior to joining ITU in 2013, he had been working in CRC Qatar from 2010 to 2013 as National Spectrum Manager where he implemented several management and planning initiatives. From 2007 until 2010 he performed his duties as Assistant Director in Strategy and Development department of the Pakistan Telecomm Authority.
Mr. Aamir is an Electrical Engineer from National University of Science and Technology (NUST) Pakistan and possesses advanced degree in Radio-communication from École Supérieure d’Électricité (SUPÉLEC) France.

Dr. Jongbong PARK joined the Secretariat of Asia-Pacific Telecommunity on 1st July 2015 as a Director, Project Development. Dr. PARK is responsible for management of all of Work Programmes of APT, covering ICT policy and regulation, ICT development, technical groups, capacity building programmes as well as preparatory meetings for internal conferences and assemblies.

His international engagement was started in early 2000’s through various joint projects with ITU and funding institutions, such as African Development Bank and Inter-American Development Bank. He also had served various chairmanships of APT and ITU.

His academic background is ICT technology management and he holds a Doctor’s degree on ICT standardization.

Kosal Soy has more than 10 years of working experience in public sector. Having been working at the central level of the government, in June 2021 he was appointed Chief of Radiocommunication Licensing Division and then in September 2022 was appointed Acting Director of Radio Frequency Regulation Bureau of Telecommunication Regulator of Cambodia (TRC).
Prior to joining TRC, Kosal Soy held various positions such as Planning and Statistics Official of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, the assistant to the Senior Minister at the Council of Ministers, and consultant on social research projects.
Mr. Soy has qualifications in Agricultural Technology and Management from Royal University of Agriculture, English Literature from Western University in Cambodia and Rural Development from the University of Queensland in Australia.

Mr. Ambar Sthapit has Master degree in Engineering. He has 25 years of experience in the Telecom Regulatory field. During that period, he was involved in formulating Policies and other Regulatory Frameworks to develop the telecom Sector of Nepal. Currently he is working as Director at Nepal Telecommunication Authority. He is head of Spectrum Management, Numbering and Interconnection.

Foong Chee Kheong is Group Head of Regulatory Affairs, Group Corporate Office, Axiata Group Berhad. CK has about 17 years of experience in telecommunication, with roles in regulatory strategy and policy development with prior experience in network engineering and project management. Prior to this, he was in regulatory management roles in Digi Telecommunications, Celcom Axiata, U Mobile and the Multimedia Development Corporation. CK holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from
Queen’s University Belfast, United Kingdom and an MBA from University of Strathclyde.

Javier is a Senior Regulatory Analyst, following digital economy and media in Peru, and global tech trends across India, Singapore, and other ASEAN jurisdictions. Javier previously worked for Telefonica and for the Peruvian telecoms regulator, Osiptel. He is an Economist and a Lawyer with a Master’s Degree in Economics and Competition Law from the Toulouse School of Economics.

Anna is a Senior Spectrum Policy and Planning Analyst with the Ministry of Communication and Informatics (MCI) of the Republic of Indonesia. In March of 2008, she joined MCI. She has participated in satellite orbit management by satellite filing and earth station notifications, landing rights evaluation, and satellite coordination. She has made numerous contributions to the development of fixed and mobile spectrum planning in Indonesia, including the creation of the allocation table for the Indonesian spectrum plan year 2014, the technical requirements, and the regulatory issues. In addition to her expertise with international conferences, she has been a member of the Indonesian delegation at APT or ITU meetings since 2012. She is actively involved in signal blankspot prevention and transport network (xhaul) solution activities.
Anna enjoys exploring institutional breakthroughs, so she was granted the top three Idea and Innovation awards for 2020–2021 (2 years in a row). And hope that she will continue to make significant contributions to the telecoms industry through the implementation of appropriate regulations in the future.
Anna holds a Bachelor of Engineering and a Magister of Engineering degree from Universitas Indonesia in 2007 and 2017 respectively. She is presently pursuing a Doctoral degree in electrical engineering at the same institution. Her research interests are 5G implementation and telecommunication infrastructure. She already produced many international conference papers and copyrights.

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.

Kevin has been part of the Telecommunications Industry for 10 years specialising in Wireless Technology. He led multiple Network Masterplans for different Telecommunication Operator in the Philippines.

Kevin is currently a Senior Specialist under Network Strategy for Dito Telcommunity.

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. Aamir Riaz is a Programme officer in International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and is currently a part of its Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific. Currently he is regional thematic lead on Digital Network Infrastructure and Emergency Telecom areas and geographically serves as the focal point for ITU membership from North-East Asia.
Aamir has been working on development of ICTs in the region through country specific actions, sub-regional and regional activities across the region. He has implemented several initiatives and programmes in partnership and collaboration with international/regional organizations including ADB, APT, PITA, ASEAN, UN-ESCAP etc.; Administrations including, Korea, Australia, China, Japan etc. and industry including Kacific, Forum Global, Telenor, Huawei etc.
His recent work has been in the areas of resilient Digital Infrastructure and next generation ICT market regulations and strategies with emphasis on wireless innovation.
Prior to joining ITU in 2013, he had been working in CRC Qatar from 2010 to 2013 as National Spectrum Manager where he implemented several management and planning initiatives. From 2007 until 2010 he performed his duties as Assistant Director in Strategy and Development department of the Pakistan Telecomm Authority.
Mr. Aamir is an Electrical Engineer from National University of Science and Technology (NUST) Pakistan and possesses advanced degree in Radio-communication from École Supérieure d’Électricité (SUPÉLEC) France.

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.

Robert Abbil is an IP Network Engineer who has worked with the major Telco Operators in Vanuatu and the Pacific Region. Robert specializes in network issues, DPIs systems (Deep Packet Inspection) for Traffic Management and troubleshooting. He is specially trained in Cisco systems, Cisco Access systems and IP Network Security. Robert is also a very highly skilled Engineer in Operating Systems such as the Linux Platforms, IN platforms for 3G networks and the EPC for LTE 4G networks. Eventually he was recruited into the Regulator office (Telecommunication, Radiocommunications and Radiocommunication Regulator, TRBR) for his knowledge on Telecommunications to help the Office in technical matters.

With TRBR Robert has been managing spectrum, radio assignments, telco numbering and helped put in place the Type Approval regulation and successfully implemented it with the Vanuatu Single Windows for Vanuatu Customs to monitor incoming Electronic and Telecom devices that may interfere with existing networks.

Robert is a member of PICISOC, internet chapter of the Pacific Islands and also a long time member of the Internet Society (https://www.internetsociety.org/).

In his past times Robert likes to go spearfishing and spending time with family.

Hazzaz Hossen Helal is the Senior Assistant Director, Spectrum Management of the Spectrum Division at Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC).

Mr. Bharat Bhatia is the President of ITU-APT Foundation of India and Vice Chairman of the World Wireless Research Forum (WWRF) for the Asia Pacific. Earlier he was also the President of TEMA – India’s Telecom Equipment Manufacturers Association and Vice President of ATIS -Association of Telecom Industries of Singapore. Mr. Bhatia also chairs the ITU working group on 5G industrial applications and public safety group in APT.

Mr. Bhatia was head of the international spectrum team of Motorola Solutions Inc. where he worked for over 20 years. Prior to that, he was a senior policy regulator with the Indian Government in DOT, WPC and Ministry of industry 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 20 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 the key originator of ITU World Radio Conference Resolutions on PPDR, which were adopted at WRC-2003 and WRC-2015.

Mr. Bharat Bhatia holds a B. E. degree from University of Delhi in Electronics and Telecommunications 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. Mr. Bhatia has completed a number of management courses from various institutes and universities including National University of Singapore and George Washington University.

Jonghyeuk Lee is the Head of Radio Resource Management team in Radio Policy Bureau at the Ministry of Science & ICT. 

From 2011 to the present, as a Government Official, he has performed various ICT-related tasks in the bureaus of the Ministry of Science & ICT including fields of Radio Spectrum and Digital Contents Policies. As a Deputy Director, he also carried out his mission as a Deputy Head of Delegation at CPM 15-2 and served as the official in charge of WRC-15 in Korea. 

Currently he takes charge of local 5G and subway Wi-Fi improvement(using 5G) in Korea.

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.

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.

Arisa is a public and regulatory affairs professional with extensive experience in telecom and digital industries. She is currently Director of Public and Regulatory Affairs for Telenor Asia. Arisa has extensive experience in spectrum policy and assignments, as well as in telecom regulations and policy. Previously, she worked on infocomm and technology policy matters for the Infocomm and Media Development Authority of Singapore and has prior experience as a consultant for DotEcon, a London-based economic consultancy specialising in networked industries. Arisa has special interest in digital/technology policy and has written on blockchain and competition policy in a World Scientific book on Blockchain Economics.

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.

Cameron is a Manager at Aetha Consulting, with experience in areas including network cost modelling, transaction support and spectrum policy/management, working on behalf of both telecoms regulators and operators worldwide, including in the Asia-Pacific region (e.g. Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand).
Cameron has particular expertise in the area of spectrum management and has supported clients ahead of more than 15 spectrum awards and transactions. He has led multiple projects for operators on topics including spectrum strategy, spectrum valuation and bidding strategy, as well as supporting regulators with issues such as spectrum award design. In addition, Cameron has contributed to several white papers and expert witness reports on major spectrum management issues. He is also active in the area of regulation, having supported regulators with high-profile studies on topics such as spectrum policy and pricing, number portability and pricing of regulated wholesale services.

Guillaume Mascot is in charge of Government Relations for Nokia in APJ (Asia-Pacific, Japan) & India. He oversees all aspects of current and future policy and regulation in the Asia-Pacific region. In this role, he is working with institutions and other relevant stakeholders to create a favorable political and regulatory environment to foster public and private investment in the digital and broadband industries with a focus on innovation for sustainable growth, competitiveness, and quality of life in a connected environment. Guillaume has been speaking at various international and regional/local regulatory events (CommunicAsia, Mobile Asia Expo, ITU, APT forum, etc). Previously, Guillaume led Alcatel-Lucent’s EU representation in Brussels, managed European Affairs and engaged with the European Institutions. He was board member of the EIF (European Internet Foundation) – an European think tank supporting European political leadership for the development of European multilateral public policies responsive to the political, economic and social challenges of the worldwide digital revolution – and was also an associate member of the European Round Table of Industrialists (ERT). Guillaume holds a Master Degree in Political science with a major on Public Administration and Public policy from the University of Lille.

Mohaned Juwad is responsible for assisting Intelsat’s strategic long-term spectrum position in the marketplace. In his role, he works closely with the company’s vice president on corporate and spectrum strategy and the spectrum strategy team to analyze and identify emerging spectrum opportunities and risks for Intelsat. In addition, he is responsible for managing efforts from Europe, Middle East and Africa that protect, optimize and leverage the company’s spectrum assets in support of Intelsat’s broader long-term growth strategy.
Dr Juwad has over 10 years’ experience within the satellite industry where he held various roles in the past. Prior to rejoining Intelsat in 2016, Dr Juwad served as manager, regulatory licensing and market access, at Avanti Communications Group Plc where he was responsible for managing and acquiring licensing and authorization for Ka-band geostationary satellite services across Europe, Middle East and the Africa region, in addition to overseeing regulatory activities at the ITU, CEPT, and other regulatory bodies. Before that, he worked as a consultant where he worked in ESA funded projects to develop the DVB-S2 standard operating in Ka-band, and also developed Ka-band mortised terminals where he was instrumental in developing a commercial self-aligned antenna.
Dr Juwad earned a Philosophy of Doctorate (PhD) from Isambard Kingdom Brunel University and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering at Herefordshire University.
Intelsat S.A. (NYSE: I) is the world’s leading provider of satellite services, delivering high-performance connectivity solutions for media, fixed and mobile broadband infrastructure, enterprise and government and military applications for more than 50 years. Intelsat’s satellite, teleport and fibre infrastructure is unmatched in the industry, setting the standard for transmissions of video and broadband services. From the globalization of content and the proliferation of HD, to the expansion of cellular networks and mobile broadband access, with Intelsat, envision your future network, connect using our leading satellite technology.

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).

Linkedin profile at https://au.linkedin.com/pub/scott-w-minehane/0/1b5/b8b

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Jonghyeuk Lee is the Head of Radio Resource Management team in Radio Policy Bureau at the Ministry of Science & ICT. 

From 2011 to the present, as a Government Official, he has performed various ICT-related tasks in the bureaus of the Ministry of Science & ICT including fields of Radio Spectrum and Digital Contents Policies. As a Deputy Director, he also carried out his mission as a Deputy Head of Delegation at CPM 15-2 and served as the official in charge of WRC-15 in Korea. 

Currently he takes charge of local 5G and subway Wi-Fi improvement(using 5G) in Korea.

As Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for Asia-Pacific, Magnus Ewerbring is responsible for driving technology alignment as well as long term technology strategies for Ericsson in Asia-Pacific.

Mr Ewerbring has been with Ericsson for more than 30 years and has held several senior executive positions within Ericsson R&D, the Business Units, as well as in customer accounts.

Mr Ewerbring holds a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from Chalmers University of Technology (Gothenburg, Sweden) and a PhD in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University (Ithaca, New York, USA).

Dr Ahmad Helmi Azhar is currently with Enterprise Strategy, Digital National Berhad looking into areas of Spectrum, Enterprise Verticals and Emerging Technologies. His unit develops and deploys 5G-enabled digital services and Enterprise use cases for Malaysia. Previously, he had experience serving several domestic and multinational Telco initiatives, and had served as a special officer to the Minister of Communications and Multimedia, Malaysia. He was formerly a rapporteur for ITU-T Study Group 20 – Smart Sustainable Cities. Dr Helmi is an alumni member of Balliol College, Oxford and was formerly attached at Oxford University Communications Research Lab, where he obtained his doctorate degree and completed publications on the Li-Fi technology.

Diptendu is a strategy and business development professional with considerable experience in telecommunications and technology across multiple countries. He is an expert in the sector having worked and consulted for equipment vendors, service providers, industry regulators and investors. In some of his recent work in the technology space he has helped established players to exploit their technology opportunity and emerging players to assess the value of their technology solutions. Diptendu’s professional experience has spanned multiple markets in the Asia–Pacific region, Middle East / Africa and Europe. Diptendu holds two patents that are part of the LTE wireless standard.

Director, Spectrum Data Analytics, Communication and Information Technology Commission, Saudi Arabia. Omar AlSalik has over 15 years of experience in the field of spectrum management, where he specialized in spectrum management and monitoring systems and radio frequency use data analysis and evaluation. He leads many spectrum management activities and projects including an initiative to evaluate the spectrum utilization and efficiency usage in Saudi Arabia as well as auditing and validating spectrum use in the national frequency register. Omar actively participated in developing the National Spectrum Strategy of Saudi Arabia to enable a future transformation of spectrum management toward evidence-based policy, and adopt smart spectrum management tools like distributed databases by 2025. He is co-supervising a national mega project to establish a state-of-art hardware and software systems to manage and monitor spectrum efficiently across the Kingdom. Omar holds a BSc degree in Computer Science from Taibah University, A Data Analytics Certificate from Wharton School.

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).

As Director of Spectrum and Standards for EchoStar, Munira’s focus is on advancing satellite technology to be part of the next generation of integrated networks across the 5G ecosystem. In this capacity Munira plays an active role at 3GPP, ETSI and other global forums in contributing to and advocating for satellite or non-terrestrial networks (NTN) to be included in the 5G specifications and its evolution towards 6G. Along with other satellite stakeholders, she helped lead the successful effort to gain approval for work items resulting in the completion of NTN-NR and NTN-IoT specifications in 3GPP Rel-17. Munira is currently focused on advancing NTN Rel-18 enhancements and leading discussions for the upcoming Rel-19 work.

Munira has a diverse background in both satellite and terrestrial systems. Prior to EchoStar, Munira served as a senior advisor developing business and technical strategy for FirstNet, the US nationwide public safety LTE broadband network, incorporating both terrestrial and non-terrestrial solutions. Earlier in her career Munira held various key positions with telecom and technology organizations including Sprint Nextel, Lockheed Martin, and LCC International. Her work included both management and technical roles in numerous wireless and spectrum management projects. Munira is currently Chair of the Standards Working Group of the Global Satellite Operator Association (GSOA) https://gsoasatellite.com. She received an MBA from the George Washington University and holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering.

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).

Linkedin profile at https://au.linkedin.com/pub/scott-w-minehane/0/1b5/b8b

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.