This event launches a new ITU Report <https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Technology/Pages/LMC/LMC-Home.aspx> on Last Mile Connectivity aka LMC. ITU Regional Director Atsuko Oksuda was a participant in the recent CNXAPC Roundtable Summit <https://isoc.live/13322/>, where she expressed some fairly progressive views. ISOC's Naveed Haq is on the panel, REAL TIME TEXT https://bit.ly/apaclastmile ISOC Live posted: "On Monday 22 February 2021 at 10:30-12:00 BKK/JKT Time (03:30-05:00 UTC) the ITU Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific will host a webinar 'Last-Mile Connectivity in Asia-Pacific: planning tools to address the Gaps'. This webinar will feature the launc" [image: livestream] <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/apaclastmile>On *Monday 22 February 2021* at *10:30-12:00 BKK/JKT Time* (03:30-05:00 UTC) the *ITU Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific <https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Regional-Presence/asiapacific/Pages/default.aspx>* will host a webinar '*Last-Mile Connectivity in Asia-Pacific: planning tools to address the Gaps <https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Regional-Presence/AsiaPacific/Pages/Events/2021/Last%20Mile%20Connectivity%20in%20Asia-Pacific/LMCASP.aspx>*'. This webinar will feature the launch of *ITU Last Mile Connectivity Solutions Guide <https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Technology/Pages/LMC/LMC-Home.aspx>* which is designed to assist efforts to extend affordable and sustainable connectivity service to under-connected localities. Invited experts will discuss technical, business, and regulatory considerations for implementing last mile connectivity solutions to connect the unserved and underserved populations, especially in rural and remote areas. *SPEAKERS* *Atsuko Okuda*, Regional Director (Asia and the Pacific), ITU *Aamir Riaz*, Programme Officer, ITU *John Garrity*, Independent Consultant *Ihar Shchetko*, GIGA Project Officer, ITU *PANEL* *Bill Lan*, Vice President, Wireless Network Development, Huawei Technologies *Naveed Haq*, Asia-Pacific Regional Director for Infrastructure and Connectivity, Internet Society (ISOC) *Imran Malik*, Vice President Global Sales, Fixed Data, SES networks *Yasuhiko Kawasumi*, Vice Chair, ITU-D Study Group 1 *MODERATOR* *Thomas E. Abell, *Advisor SDCC / Chief of Digital Technology for Development, Asian Development Bank *LIVESTREAM http://livestream.com/internetsociety/apaclastmile <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/apaclastmile>* *PARTICIPATE https://bit.ly/2NGSJHU <https://bit.ly/2NGSJHU>* (TIES account required) *TWITTER #lastmile #apac <http://bit.ly/lastmileapac> @ITU @aokuda @ITUAsiaPacific Aamir Riaz @JohnDGarrity @NaveedHaq @ISOCapac Bill Lan @Huawei Yasuhiko Kawasumi @SES_Satellites @ADB_HQ* *SIMULCASTS* *https://www.pscp.tv/ISOC_Live/ <https://www.pscp.tv/ISOC_Live/>* *https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive <https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive>* *https://www.facebook.com/isocasiapacific/live* <https://www.facebook.com/isocasiapacific/live> (AI captions) *ARCHIVE https://archive.org/details/apaclastmile <https://archive.org/details/apaclastmile>* *Permalink* https://isoc.live/13774/ - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -