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January 2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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APT Young Professional and Student Programme 2018

22 December 2018, Myanmar

APT Young Professional and Student Programme 2018 (APTYPS 2018) was organized under topic ‘University Robotic Challenge’ by Myanmar Computer Professional Association (MCPA) in Myanmar.

 

The competition was open for undergraduate students from all universities, private and international school in Myanmar under the age of 25. The competition was carried under two topics: “Fire Fighting” (Autonomous type) and “Search & Rescue” (Remote Control).

 

·         “Fire Fighting”: Participants must build an autonomous, self-contained mobile robot that is able to enter every room in the arena, identify a candle with fire and extinguish it with any type of extinguisher.

·         “Search & Rescue”: Participants must build a remote controlled robot that has to search and rescue the objects in the given arena. The robot must place back the rescued objects back to the given container. 

 

The competition which was held on 22 December 2018 in Yangon, Myanmar awarded two teams for each topic. The first prize worth USD 200 was for the winning team and the second prize worth USD 100 was for best concept and innovation design.

 

At the end of this programme, the participants not only practiced and improved technical skills but also brought home an experience of building a community of university network in Myanmar.

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The 4th Meeting of the APT Conference Preparatory Group for WRC-19 (APG19-4)

7 - 12 January 2019, Busan, Republic of Korea

The 4th Meeting of the APT Conference Preparatory Group for WRC-19 was held from 7 to 12 January 2019 in Busan, Republic of Korea. The meeting was hosted by the Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT), Republic of Korea.   

 

The meeting was attended by 410 participants representing Members, Associate Members, Affiliate Members, International/Regional Organizations and other organizations. H.E. Mr. Young Min You, Minister, Ministry of Science and ICT, Republic of Korea graced the meeting and delivered the inaugural address.

 

APG19-4 reviewed the outcomes of PP-14, the draft CPM Report for WRC-19 and results of studies on WRC-19 Agenda Items by ITU-R Study Groups. It also considered more than one hundred input contributions from APT Members and information documents from Affiliate Members and Regional organizations and extensively discussed all those contributions in over 80 meeting sessions in six working days of the Working Parties and Drafting Groups. APG19-4 updated the APT Preliminary Views of each WRC-19 Agenda Items based on the discussion at the meetings and on consensus. APG19-4 also developed and approved APT’s contributions to the 2nd Session of the Conference Preparatory Meeting for WRC-19 (CPM19-2) which will be held from 18 to 28 February 2018 in Geneva, Switzerland.   

 

In addition, APG19-4 discussed the preparations of APG for the ITU Radiocommunication Assembly (RA-19). The ITU-R Resolutions that might be revised at the RA-19 were identified and sought for the comments and nominations to be office bearers for various positions of the organs of ITU-R.

 

APG19-4 noted that both Vice-Chairmen of APG-19, Mr. Neil Meaney (Australia) and Mr. Gao Xiaoyang (People’s Republic of China), were not able to continue serving their remaining period of term. In recognizing the contribution of both Australia and People’s Republic of China as the Vice-Chairmen of APG-19 since 2015, APG19-4 agreed that Australia and People’s Republic of China would serve as Acting Vice-Chairmen of APG-19 for the remaining period of the incomplete term of the Vice-Chairmen until a fresh election to be organized at the next cycle of APG. Accordingly, APG19-4 agreed to appoint Mr. Christopher Hose (Australia) and Ms. Zhu Keer (People’s Republic of China) as the Acting Vice-Chairmen of APG-19.

 

APG19-4 further appointed Mr. Jia Huang (People’s Republic of China) replacing Ms. Zhu Keer (People’s Republic of China) as Chairman of Working Party 1, and Dr. Jaewoo Lim (Republic of Korea) replacing Dr. Kyungmee Kim (Republic of Korea) as Chairman of Working Party 2.      

 

The next meeting (APG19-5) will be held from 31 July to 5 August 2019 in Tokyo, Japan.

 

From left: Dr. Kyu-Jin Wee, Chairman of APG-19; Ms. Areewan Haorangsi, Secretary General of APT; H.E. Mr. Young Min You, Minister, Ministry of Science and ICT, Republic of Kore; and Mr. Kavouss Arasteh, Special Senior Adviser to APG

 

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Interview with Ms. Aileen Chia
Deputy Chief Executive, Policy, Regulation & Competition Development and Director General, Telecoms & Post of the Info-communications Media Development Authority (IMDA), Singapore

 

The 1st Meeting of the Correspondence Group for the Asia-Pacific ICT Ministerial Meeting 2019 (CGMM-1)

15 - 17 January 2019, Bangkok, Thailand

The 1st Meeting of the Correspondence Group for the Asia-Pacific ICT Ministerial Meeting 2019 (CGMM-1) was held from 15 to 17 January 2019 at APT Headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand. CGMM-1 was attended by 42 participants including 31 experts from 19 APT Members and APT Secretariat.

 

The Correspondence Group for the Asia-Pacific ICT Ministerial Meeting 2019 (CGMM) was established by the 42nd Session of the Management Committee of the APT (MC-42) held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia in October 2018 to develop the draft Ministerial Statement and draft Press Release for the Asia-Pacific ICT Ministerial Meeting 2019 to be held in Singapore. Mr. Charles Chew (Singapore) was appointed as the Chairman of CGMM by MC-42.

 

CGMM-1 discussed the zero draft of the Ministerial Statement including priority areas, strategic goals, and theme of the Ministerial Meeting. Based on extensive discussion, the meeting identified twenty priority areas tentatively such as Digital Connectivity, Interoperability of Data, Embracing Emerging ICT and Smart Communities, Digital Inclusion for All, Local Contents and Applications, Online Protection for All Citizens, Regional Collaboration, etc. The meeting also categorized those priority areas into the possible five Strategic Goals which are as follows:

 

a)     Digital Transformation

b)    Innovation/Creativity

c)     Digital Community/Inclusiveness

d)    Cybersecurity/Digital Trust/Trust

e)     Collaboration/Capacity Building.

 

CGMM-1 agreed on the timeline for consultation of the draft Ministerial Statement. CGMM will further review and provide feedback on the draft and the clean version after compilation of all feedback will be circulated as the first draft for consultation with APT members for comments for three weeks from 18 March to 5 April 2019.

  

The meeting also agreed on the schedule of the 2nd Meeting of CGMM which will be held from 15 to 18 April 2019 to finalize the draft Ministerial Statement and draft Press Release.

 

From left:  Ms. Areewan Haorangsi, Secretary General of APT; Mr. Charles Chew, Chairman of CGMM; and Mr. Masanori Kondo, Deputy Secretary General of APT

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Click here for Tentative Calendar of APT Events for the year 2019 (as of 23 January 2019)

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Title

Duration (day)

Tentative Schedule

Venue

Remarks

1

Meeting of the SATRC Working Group on Policy, Regulation and Services

2

1Q/2Q

Sri Lanka

EBC-SATRC

2

SATRC 4 Meeting of the SATRC Working Group on Spectrum

2

2Q

Islamic Republic of Iran

EBC-SATRC

3

The 2nd Meeting of the Correspondence Group for the Asia-Pacific ICT Ministerial Meeting 2019 (CGMM-2)

4

15-18 April

APT Headquarters

 

4

12th Policy and Regulation Forum for Pacific (PRFP-12)

3

May (tbd)

Palau (tbd)

EBC-A

EBC-J

5

The 1st Meeting of the APT Preparatory Group for WTSA-20 (APT WTSA20-1)

1

11 June

Japan

BTB with ASTAP-31

6

31st APT Standardization Program Forum (ASTAP-31)

4

12-15 June

Japan

 

7

Senior Official Meeting for the Asia-Pacific ICT Ministerial Meeting 2019 (SOM 2019)

1

24 June

Singapore

 

8

Asia-Pacific ICT Ministerial Meeting 2019
(APT-MM 2019)

2

25-26 June

Singapore