Oct to Nov 2010 - Teletimes

Internet Governance Forum
annual meeting held
Pakistan Telecommunication
Authority (PTA) in collaboration
with NUST School
of Electrical Engineering and
Computer Science (SEECS) and
Internet Society (ISOC) Pakistan
Chapter hosted an exclusive
remote participation hub
for fifth annual IGF Meeting at
SEECS, Islamabad. The event
organized keeping in view the
dire need of Internet Governance
issues understanding
and capacity building among
the youth and Internet professionals.
IGF holds its annual meeting
to invite participants across
the globe; reflecting governments,
International organizations,
telecommunication
companies, Internet content
providers, software developers,
the private sector, civil society
and the media. The fifth
Pakistan
Telecommunication
Authority (PTA) and
COMSATS Institute of Information
Technology have
signed a Memorandum of Understanding
(MoU) in order to
promote the telecom research
that would be beneficial not
only for both the organizations
but also for the country. It is
expected that this MoU would
also boost mutual cooperation
in the relevant fields and would
enhance the industry academia
linkage. Representatives of
PTA and Comsats signed the
MoU. Chairman PTA Dr. Mohammad
Yaseen and Rector
COMSATS Dr. S.M Junaid Zaidi
were present during signing
Dr. Arshad Ali
PTA and Comsats sign MoU
for mutual cooperation
ceremony held at COMSATS
today. This MoU would be valid
for (five) 5 years and would
be renewed after completion
of the period.
It is expected that the concerned
organizations would be
benefited from this collaboration
as the young researchers
would be conducting research
in the relevant fields of telecom
with expert guidance of
the faculty and the PTA. Main
objectives of this collaboration
are to support research activities
and to equip the future
leadership with theoretical
training as well as practical
experience in policy and regulatory
issues of telecom sector.
On this occasion, Chairman
PTA Dr. Mohammed Yaseen
said that PTA would provide
data on telecom sector and expertise
to COMSATS, reciprocally
COMSATS would encourage
its students to undertake
research in different areas of
Gulraiz Khalid
Dr. Mohammed Yaseen
annual IGF Meeting was held
in Vilnius, Lithuania, on 14-17
September 2010. The meeting
brought through discussion on
multifaceted public policy issues
related to Internet governance.
The hub remotely offered a
number of workshops which
took place at IGF in during four
days. These workshops covered
topics like ‘Internet for Youth
Activism’, ‘IPv6’, ‘Cloud Computing’,
‘Freedom of Speech on
Internet’, ‘Developing Civil Society
and Youth Participation
in Internet Governance in Asia’,
‘Open Knowledge Environment
in Bridging Digital Divide’ and
Deploying DNSSEC.
Chairman PTA, Dr. Mohammed
Yaseen and Director General
SEECS, Dr. Arshad Ali endorsed
this joint effort. They said that
these kind of arrangements assist
our industry participants to
discuss the themes covered by
the IGF from a local perspective,
a stimulus or a starting
point for the debate of local issues
and implications, and for
the development of a network
of interested people.
Mr. Muhammad Amir Malik,
Director (ICT), PTA and Mr.
Naveed Ul Haq, ISOC Pakistan
Chapter acting as primary
organizers participated in
the forum. Remote hub was a
great success, acting as a local
meeting point where the participants
were able not only to
watch the web and audio cast
proceedings of the IGF but
also to interact with the International
experts on IG issues.
There were a number of questions
asked by the participants
to the workshops panelist. T
Representatives of PTA and Comsats CIIT are signing MoU.
Chairman PTA, Dr. Mohammed Yaseen and Rector Comsats Mr.
S.M. Junaid Zaidi are also seen
telecom sector. He said that
under the MoU, PTA would
help COMSATS in identification
of research areas. Similarly
COMSATS would cooperate
with PTA on different issues
related to trade, business and
economy. T
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