ITU Regional Radiocommunication Seminar 16 and Caribbean Spectrum Management Forum
July 18, 2016 – July 22, 2016

ITU-ATU RRS-16 Americas2

More Information
Information Note RRS 16
Draft Agenda
Documents for Download
International Telecommunications Union, Radiocommunications Bureau, World Radio Conference, 2015 Caribbean Telecommunications Union Member States Common Positions to CITEL Proposals
Mr. Nigel Cassimire:- Caribbean Regional Regional Experience: Utilising Caribbean Spectrum Harmonisation Project to Build WRC Build WRC -15 Consensus
Presentations for download

Day 4
Presenter Title Presentation
Session 1: Keynote speeches
Mr. Francois Rancy Director, Director of Radiocommunication Bureau, ITU Keynote speech: WRC-15 Outcomes and WRC-19 Agenda
Mr. Nigel Cassimire Telecommunications Specialist, CTU Keynote speech: DTT and DD: Status in the Caribbean
Session 2: DTT: Regional Status, Switchover and Beyond: Stakeholder perspective
Mr. IIham Ghazi Head, Broadcasting Division, Radiocommunication Bureau, ITU DTT: Regional Status, Switchover and beyond (Terrestrial Radiocommunication Service)
Mr. Christopher Peru Director, Committee Chair for Technical Issues, CBU (TTPBA; T&T) The Original Presentation was Presented in 2015 by C.B.U.DTT: Deployment and Switchover WRC-15 Agenda Follow-up Forum ITU RRS-14 Americas
Ms. Diana Gomez Chief, International Policy Department Digital Terrestrial Television Transition – The Mexican Experience
Mr. David McBean Ph.D. Managing Director, SMA, Jamaica Digital Switchover Jamaica
Mr. Ryan James Manager Wireless and Broadcasting, TATT DTT: Regional Status, Switchover and Beyond Stakeholder Perspective
Session 3: Digital Dividend
Ms. Diana Tomimura Spectrum Regulation and Policy Officer, ITU WRC-15 Digital Dividend
Mr. David McBean Ph.D. Managing Director, SMA, Jamaica Digital Dividend Jamaica
Mr. Nigel Cassimire Telecommunications Specialist, CTU Digital Dividend: A Mirage in the Caribbean ?
Ms. Veena Rawat Senior Spectrum Advisor, GSMA Digital Dividend – challenges and opportunities
Session 4: Dynamic Spectrum Access and White Space
Mr. Sean Rocke Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, UWI TVWS & DSA: Caribbean Investigations
Mr. Aaron Simon Telecommunications Engineer, TATT Planning for Dynamic Spectrum Access and White Space Technology in Trinidad and Tobago
Prof. H Sama Nwana Executive Director, DSA Dynamic Spectrum Access, Whitespaces & 5G

Day 5
Session 1: IMT: Present and Future Bands: Regional Status, Harmonization
Mr. Kirk Sookram Executive Officer, Technical Services and Development, TATT IMT Bands: Regional Status, Harmonization – Caribbean Perspective
Mr. Gonzalo De Dios Associate General Counsel, ESOA (INTELSAT) Satellite Industry Challenges at WRC – 19 IMT – Present and Future Bands
Ms. Veena Rawat Senior Spectrum Advisor, GSMA IMT: Present and Future Bands
Session 2: C band and other satellite services
Mr. Gonzalo De Dios Associate General Counsel, ESOA (INTELSAT) C-band Challenges
Ms. Veronica Ramdath Manager, Communication Navigation Surveillance, ICAO (TTCAA) ICAO Vision to protect safe operation of Civil Aviation
Ms. Alejandra Ornes Director, International Regulatory, INMARSAT Broadband and Mobility in Space
  • 18 Jul 16 - 22 Jul 16