Telecommunication
Development Bureau (BDT)
Ref.: BDT/DKH/RME/NUM/055 Geneva, 5 April 2024
His Excellency
Mr. Tiit Riisalo
Minister
Ministry of Economic Affairs and
Communications
Estonia
Subject: Global Symposium for Regulators (GSR-24), 1-4 July 2024, Kampala, Uganda
Sir,
I am pleased to invite you to participate in the 2024 Global Symposium for Regulators (GSR-24) under the
theme: Regulation for impact and to take part in the Ministerial segment and share your perspectives on
maximizing digital opportunities. GSR-24 will be organized by the International Telecommunication Union
(ITU), in collaboration with the Government of Uganda. The event will be held from 1-4 July 2024 at Speke
Resort and Convention Center, Munyonyo, Kampala, Uganda and be chaired by Mr George William Nyombi
Thembo, Executive Director of the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC).
Built around interactive high-level panels on topical and cutting-edge policy and regulatory issues, GSR-24
provides regulators and policy makers and decision makers from the private sector from around the world
with a unique platform for discussions among peers and other digital stakeholders. As part of GSR-24, we will
hold the Executive Heads of Regulators’ Roundtable (upon invitation only), the Regional Regulatory
Associations Meeting (RA) and the Industry Advisory Group on Development Issues and Private Sector Chief
Regulatory Officers’ (IAGDI-CRO) meeting on 1 and 2 July 2024 just before the main sessions of GSR.
The proposed topics for discussions are mainly based on suggestions by the membership following GSR-23.
The other sessions will feature discussions on the space economy; connecting everyone, everything,
everywhere, all at once; mastering digital transformation; Artificial Intelligence (AI) and robotics for positive
impact; safe and inclusive digital financial services; agile regulation for innovation and harnessing digital for
climate action. The GSR-24 consultation to identify best practice guidelines on Charting the course of
transformative technologies for positive impact was recently launched with contributions to be sent to
[email protected] by 15 April 2024. More information is available at: https://www.itu.int/gsr24/.
I hope that you will be able to participate and make a valuable contribution to a successful Global
Symposium for Regulators 2024.
Accept, Sir, the assurances of my highest consideration.
Cosmas Luckyson Zavazava
Director
International Telecommunication Union • Place des Nations • CH-1211 Geneva 20 • Switzerland
Tel: +41 22 730 5111 • Fax: +41 22 730 5484 • E-mail:
[email protected] • www.itu.int/itu-d
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Annex 1
Panel participation
In line with past procedures, there will be no formal presentations apart from those made by keynote
speakers, as appropriate. Active participation of executive level participants in panels is welcomed and
encouraged. Those wishing to participate as panellists in one of the sessions identified in the provisional
programme will be requested to complete the online panellist registration form, presenting an outline of
their potential contribution to the topic, and selected participants will be informed.
Registration
Registration to participate in GSR-24 is mandatory.
An ITU User Account is required to register. If you don’t already have one, please follow the instructions
here by selecting “I am a new user”. For participants who already have created an ITU User Account when
registering to another ITU meeting, login with your credentials.
• For ITU Member States Administrations, Palestine (Resolution 99 (Rev. Dubai, 2018)) and
Regulatory Associations, please register here.
• For ITU-D Sector Members, Regional and International Organizations, ITU affiliated academic
and research Institutes, and United Nations Funds and Programs, Specialized Agencies, and IAEA,
please register here.
All registration requests for participation in these meetings must be validated by the Designated Focal
Points (DFPs) of administrations and entities entitled to participate.
The list of Designated Focal Points is available here. If your Entity does not have a Focal Point, or wishes to
modify the contact details and/or change a focal point, you are kindly requested to provide details of
his/her last name, first name and e-mail address and submit this information on your organization’s
letterhead by e-mail to
[email protected].
The participation of women and young people in delegations is encouraged.
For assistance, please contact:
[email protected].
Interpretation
Interpretation for the GSR core sessions from 1 to 4 July 2024 will be provided based on the requests from
participants. At the time of registration, participants who require a language other than English must select
their choice from the list on the registration form (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish). The
deadline to request interpretation through the registration system is 14 April 2024 (23h59 Hours, Geneva
Time).
Practical information
Please note that participants shall cover their own travel and accommodation expenses. Practical
information on accommodation, including logistical details, will soon be available on the GSR-24 website.
Due to visa requirements, and in order to ensure that your visa is processed in time for the meeting, I
encourage you to follow the visa instructions available on the GSR-24 website. The Regulatory and Market
Environment Division (e-mail:
[email protected] or tel.: +41 22 730 6256/5443) is at the disposal of participants who
require assistance.
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Regulation for Impact
1-4 July 2024, Kampala, Uganda
Overall Programme
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday
1 July 2 July 3 July 4 July
9h00-12h00 9h00 -10h30 9h00-10h15 9h00-10h15
Industry Advisory Group Session 3 - Connecting Session 7 - Regulatory
Regional Regulatory on Development Issues everyone, everything, sandboxing for innovation
Associations/Digital and Private Sector Chief everywhere, all at once
Regulation Network Regulatory Officers’
(DRN) Meeting (IAGDI-CRO) meeting
Development of
10h15-10h45 Coffee
harmonized national 10h30-11h00 Coffee break 10h15-10h45 Coffee break
break
broadband mapping
systems across Sub- 11h00-12h00 10h45-12h00 10h45-12h00
Saharan Africa
GSR Opening Ceremony Session 4 - Mastering Session 8 - Harnessing
digital transformation digital for climate action
Group photo
Press conference
12h00-14h00 Lunch 12h00-14h00 Lunch 12h00-14h00 Lunch 12h00-12h30
12h45-13h45 NoW (tbc) Closing
14h00-16h00 14h00-15h15 14h00-15h15
Heads of Regulators High Level Segment: Session 5 - AI and
Executive Maximizing digital robotics for positive
Roundtable: opportunities for impact impact
Charting the course - Ministerial conversation
of transformative - Regulators and digital
technologies stakeholders’ conversation
(by invitation only)
Adoption of the GSR- 15h15-15h45 Coffee break 15h15-15h45 Coffee
24 Best Practice break
Guidelines
15h45-17h00 15h45-17h00
Session 2 - Space economy Session 6 - Safe and
inclusive digital financial
services
Cocktail for Heads of 17h00 Side event (Space 17h00 Side event
Regulators (by Workshop, tbc) (GovStack Initiative, tbc)
invitation only)
19h00 Gala dinner (tbc)
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Dear Sir/Madam,
Please find attached a letter from Dr Cosmas Luckyson Zavazava, Director of
the Telecommunication Development Bureau of the International
Telecommunication Union.
Thank you and best regards,
BDTMAIL
Telecommunication Development Bureau
International Telecommunication Union
Place des Nations
CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland
Tel : + 41 22 730 6300
Fax: + 41 22 730 5484
[email protected]
www.itu.int/itu-d