The 5th CIS & CEE Spectrum Management Conference

Mr. Mario Maniewicz was elected Director of the ITU Radiocommunication Bureau at the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference 2018 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. He took office on 1 January 2019.

Mario Maniewicz is an electronic engineer specialized in telecommunications. He has been with the ITU for over 30 years, where he has held various positions of responsibility in the Radiocommunication and Development Bureaux as well as in ITU Regional Offices.

As Director, Mr. Maniewicz is responsible for the management of the Radiocommunication Bureau, which organizes and co-ordinates the work of the Radiocommunication Sector whose aim is to ensure the rational, equitable, efficient and economical use of the radio-frequency spectrum and satellite orbits.

Education:

Moscow state Institute of electronics and mathematics (Technical University), Faculty of Informatics and telecommunications,

Speciality: Projecting and technology of radio-electronic means, 2002.

MTUCI postgraduate studies 2003-2007.

Department of Economics of communication

Candidate of economic Sciences (MTUCI, 2007)

Specialty 08.00.05 – Economics and national economy management

Honorary radioman of the Russian Federation (2014)

Participated in the work on following directions as an executing officer:

• The implementation of major infrastructure projects (Federal program “Development of broadcasting in the Russian Federation for 2009 – 2018”, the Program on elimination of digital inequality in Russia, the Creation of an integrated departmental system of radio communications, Conversion events for the development/replacement/upgrade of telecommunications equipment)
• The prospects assessment of Internet of things (IoT) technology development and their frequency support in Russia.
• Execution complex of works aimed for obtaining GKRCH decisions for implementation new/perspective radio technologies (Intelligent transport system-ITS, short range devices-SRD, LTE, DVB-T, etc.)
• The concept development of cellular mobile communication in Russia.
• The concept development of telecommunication market of the Russian Federation.
• The concept development of the radiofrequency spectrum conversion in the Russian Federation.
• Research and development/modernization of radio electronic equipment for military and civilian purposes.
• The development of methods for evaluation of electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) and conditions of joint use of the radio equipment in different frequency bands
• Implementation of locally-territorial principle of radiofrequency spectrum (RFS) conversion to provide development opportunities in different frequency bands for national digital TV broadcasting in the regions of the Russian Federation.
• Analysis of current and assessment of future frequency bands usage by various radio equipment on the constituent entities territories of the Russian Federation.
• Assessment of the technical and economic feasibility of the cognitive radio systems introduction.
• Development proposals in the position of Russia Administration at the world Radiocommunication conference (WRC-03-07-12-15-19) to protect the interests of domestic users of radio spectrum, in particular a study on the prospects of harmonization of RFS for different systems.

Main tasks are to study scientific-technical and economic-legal problems of management RFS, as well as technical, economic and regulatory issues implementation and development of perspective radio technologies in the Russian market.

Professional skills and research interests:

• Legal regulation and Economics of telecommunications;
• Innovative management technologies and ICT services;
• Strategic analysis of the radio-communication and broadcasting use;
• Quality of service in modern networks and communication systems;
• Planning and efficient use of radio spectrum.

Have extensive experience (including as chair of the meeting) in the international organizations of standardization and regulation in telecommunications, such as ITU, CEPT/ECC, ETSI.

Work experience:
1990-2006 Service in the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus Official duties and responsibilities: RF planning and provision of the electromagnetic compatibility of radio electronic devices.
2006-2011 Secretary of the State Radio Frequency Commission under the Security Council of the Republic of Belarus. since 2011 The Ministry of Communications and Informatization of the Republic of Belarus, Head of the Radio Frequency Spectrum Regulation Department.
Official duties and responsibilities: development and implementation of policy for planning, allocation and effective use of the radio spectrum by radio-electronic devices and services, development of normative legal acts, participation in the maintenance of activity of the State Radio Frequency Commission under the Security Council of the Republic of Belarus, preparation proposals for the international frequency coordination of land and satellite systems, development draft position of the Administration of the Republic of Belarus for WRC of ITU and other international meetings, relationship with BR of ITU.

Mr. Poskakukhin is an expert in Russian mobile industry, being involved in many national and international efforts on spectrum harmonization for IMT systems. For almost 15 years he has been working as part of NIIR, a national think-tank for spectrum matters, on mobile communications development in Russia, as well as participating in the activities related to short range devises, PMR and fixed service. He has also a long experience in ITU-R, ECC and RCC on different agenda items and topics related to IMT. Currently, he is working with LTE Union (an association of major Russian MNOs) on a timely deployment of 5G systems in a complex and tricky spectrum landscape of the Russian Federation.

Mr. Ivashkin has been educated in Higher State College of Communications
and Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics, Republic of Belarus. In 2003-2006 Mr. Ivashkin worked in Department of radio broadcasting and radio communications of the Ministry of Communications and Informatization of the Republic of Belarus in various positions. Since 2007 Mr. Ivashkin has been working in State Supervisory Department for Telecommunications of the Republic of Belarus.

Zeina Mokaddem has successfully championed and introduced a number of pioneering communication technologies globally and in the Middle East and North Africa in particular. Prior to Inmarsat, Ms Mokaddem worked as a consultant for a number of international communication players assisting them in opening new markets and shaping favourable regulatory frameworks in different jurisdictions. Zeina is currently co-chair for ITU’s Network of Women NOW-WRC23 for the Arab region.

Ms Mokaddem has an MSc in Engineering Management from the American University of Beirut.

Abdullayev Gulam Nadir ogly graduated from Polytechnic University of Mingechaur (1996), Azerbaijan Technical University (1999).

Working experience:
Leading engineer at PU “Teleradio” – 1996-2000 Teacher at Azerbaijan Technical University – 1997-2001 Chief adviser on radiofrequency management and broadcasting at Telecommunication sector, the MTCHT – 2000-present

Duties and responsibilities: development of the TV/radio Broadcasting in the Republic of Azerbaijan, international frequency coordination, implementation of policy for planning, allocation and effective use of the radio spectrum by radio-electronic devices and services, development draft position of the Communication Administration of the Republic of Azerbaijan for WRC of ITU and other international meetings, relationship with BR of ITU.

Dr. Mindaugas Žilinskas is Deputy Director at the Communications regulatory Authority of the Republic of Lithuania, holds Doctor’s degree in science (PhD) from Vilnius University (1989) and since 2004 is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Physics, Vilnius University, an author or co-author of more than 70 publications and reports in scientific journals and conferences.
Dr. M. Žilinskas has acquired over 30 years of scientific experience and practical knowledge in radio communication management, nationally, regionally (Europe) and internationally. He has led a number of bilateral and multilateral negotiations on radio spectrum coordination with the neighbouring countries on fixed and mobile, broadcasting services, is a key person in the national radio frequency management system and programs for planning and coordination of broadcasting and mobile stations.
On the European level, since 2005 Dr. Žilinskas has been a member of Electronic Communications Committee (ECC) and Conference Preparatory group (CPG) of the European Conference of Posts and telecommunications Administrations (CEPT), in 2005-2014 – member of radio Spectrum Committee of the EC, since 2014 – member of Radio Spectrum Policy Group (RSPG). Now he is Co-Chairman of Good Office group of RSPG (since 2015).
Dr. Žilinskas has more than 15 years’ experience of involvement in the work of International Telecommunication Union ITU (since 2004), including participation as a Member of the Lithuanian Delegation in World Radio Conferences of WRC-03, WRC-07, WRC-12, Deputy Head of Lithuanian delegation in WRC-15. He also held membership and managerial positions in ITU Radio Regulation Board (RRB): Chair (2010) and Vice-Chair (2009, 2014) ITU Radio Regulations Board (RRB), with ITU RRB membership in 2007-2014 he contributed in solving issues related to radio spectrum assignments, esp. for terrestrial applications and spectrum use.
Dr. Žilinskas was a member of the Lithuanian delegation of ITU Plenipotentiary Conferences in PP-02, PP-06, PP-10, PP-14, PP-18. At PP-18, he was nominated as a candidate of Lithuania for the post of the Director of the ITU Radiocommunication Bureau.

Mr. Mario Maniewicz was elected Director of the ITU Radiocommunication Bureau at the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference 2018 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. He took office on 1 January 2019.

Mario Maniewicz is an electronic engineer specialized in telecommunications. He has been with the ITU for over 30 years, where he has held various positions of responsibility in the Radiocommunication and Development Bureaux as well as in ITU Regional Offices.

As Director, Mr. Maniewicz is responsible for the management of the Radiocommunication Bureau, which organizes and co-ordinates the work of the Radiocommunication Sector whose aim is to ensure the rational, equitable, efficient and economical use of the radio-frequency spectrum and satellite orbits.

urrently (since 2002) Albert Nalbandian is the Adviser to Minister of Transport, Communications and IT of the Republic of Armenia.

Armenian delegate at ITU Plenipotentiary Conferences (2002, 2006, 2010) and ITU Radiocommunication Conferences (1993 – 2015, at WRC-03 and WRC-07 – as Committee Chairman, WRC-12 – as Vice-Chairman), Chairman of the ITU-R Conference Preparatory Meeting for WRC-12).

He is actively participating in the RCC work (Council of the Heads of Administrations, Commission on Spectrum management, etc).

From 1985 to 2002, Mr. Nalbandian was a Counsellor of the CCIR and later since 1993 of the ITU Radiocommunication Bureau and was responsible for the work of ITU-R Study Group 1 “Spectrum management”, ITU-R Study Group 7 “Science services” and preparation for radiocommunication conferences (CPM) held in 1995, 1997, 2000 and 2003. During the 1985 – 2001 Albert assisted 50 ITU-R Chairmen in preparing, organizing and conducting more than 180 meetings.

Glyn Carter’s expertise spans a range of areas, including technology strategy, spectrum and other regulatory issues, standards, and the specification and procurement of voice and data terminals and services. Glyn’s knowledge of mobile telecoms technologies includes LTE, UMTS/HSPA, CDMA/EV-DO, GSM/GPRS and TETRA.

Glyn currently works in the Future Spectrum team at GSMA, preparing for the next ITU World Radio Communication Conference (WRC). In particular, Glyn is developing technical studies into compatibility and sharing between mobile and other services in spectrum bands. Before joining the GSMA in February 2012, Glyn spent over 10 years working for mobile operators in countries including Portugal, Romania and the UK.

As a consultant, Glyn has participated in numerous projects for regulators, operators and users of telecommunications, including replanning the radio spectrum in South Africa and other spectrum management projects for regulators in the UK, Japan, Sweden and Jordan. Glyn also undertook spectrum compatibility studies in CEPT and was editor of ECC Report 42 on spectrum efficiency. Before this, Glyn designed communication terminal products for Racal Electronics. Glyn has a bachelor of science degree in mathematics and a PhD in cryptography from London University.

Since 2007 Galina has been working at RTR, Russia’s largest TV and radio broadcasting company. In her role as a Deputy Director of the RTR Distribution Network Department, Galina contributed greatly to the launch of digital terrestrial broadcasting in Russia. As a member of working groups of the Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation Galina participated in the development of the regulatory framework for digital broadcasting in Russia.

In Galina’s current role as RTR’s Deputy Director of Foreign Affairs she works in Working Bodies of the RCC. Galina is a member of the ministerial Project group on preparation for WRC-23. Since 2014 Galina has been a member of the EBU Technical Committee.

Dr. Alexandre Kholod is Head of International Frequency Planning at the Swiss Federal Office of Communications OFCOM. Upon joining OFCOM in 2001, he had been managing different national and international tasks related to the analogue switch-off, introduction of digital broadcasting services and implementation of the digital dividend. Since 2012, his responsibilities cover the preparation of the Swiss positions for World Radiocommunication Conferences and international satellite coordination.

Alexandre has assumed various chairing and drafting tasks in both CEPT and ITU. He serves currently as Vice-chairman of CEPT Conference Preparatory Group and Chairman of CPG Project Team D.

Alexandre holds a PhD degree in mathematics and physics from the Belarussian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics and a Dr. Habilitation degree from the Aix-Marseille University.

Alexander is an expert on international radio spectrum regulations. He holds Ph.D. from Moscow Technical University of Communications and Information since 2002. In 1997-2003 he worked for the Russian Radio Research and Development Institute (NIIR) focusing on spectrum sharing and co-existence issues and representing Russian Federation at international level (in ITU-R and CEPT). Alexander was a leading regulatory expert of the Russian Skylink CDMA-450 mobile operator in 2004-2006 and he joined the European Communications Office (ECO, then ERO) in 2006 where he served as an IMT expert until 2014. Since then Alexander is a senior expert on European Spectrum Policy in Huawei Technologies.

Victor Strelets is member of the ITU Radio Regulation Board (RRB). He was elected to the Radio Regulations Board at the 2010 and 2014 ITU Plenipotentiary Conferences (2011 – Vice-Chairman RRB, 2012 – Chairman RRB).
He is today advisor to Director General, at Federal State Unitary Enterprise “Morsviazsputnik” and Consultant to various Russian Satellites Companies.
Victor Strelets has 34 years’ experience of scientific-research and technical and administrative work in the field of spectrum management.
Since 1993, he participated in the ITU-R activities and also in the of the European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations and Regional Commonwealth in the field of Communications.
He has taken part in various sets of negotiations and has headed bilateral and multilateral coordination meetings dealing with frequency planning and coordination issues.
In 2004, Strelets assumed direct responsibility for the Russian Administration’s preparations for the 2007 World Radiocommunication Conference and 2006 Regional Conference for the planning of digital terrestrial broadcasting, and provided practical leadership for the Russian Administration’s delegations to those events. From 2004 to 2013, he served as Chairman of the State Radio Frequency Committee’s working group handling preparations for the World Radiocommunication Conference.
Victor Strelets has played an active role in the development of a spectrum management system in the Russian Federation. From 2004 to 2008, as an administrative head in the State Radio Frequency Committee.

Head of frequency planning laboratory and VHF FM broadcasting. Graduated from the Moscow Technical University of Communications and Informatics. He has been working at EMC Analysis Center of Radio Research and Development Institute (NIIR) since 1998. He engaged in terrestrial services frequency planning, international activity and spectrum engineering. Andrey Lashkevich participates in the work of the ITU study groups and Working Parties; he is vice-chairman of ITU-R Study Group 6.

More than 25 years of professional career are dedicated to regulation, development, operation and researches of the latest advances in telecommunication with the emphasis on radiocommunications. The primary area of expertise is spectrum management in government and private sector including socio-economic trends in telecommunications on global, regional and national basis. The comprehensive experience in spectrum management gained through direct participation in development of strategies, implementation of economic aspects in regulation, researches of spectrum re-allocation and re-farming, spectrum sharing as well as spectrum pricing and other related topics.
Experience and Competencies
26 years of professional engagement in telecommunications, radiocommunications and spectrum management, of which twelve years of research and analysis practice with R&D centres, seven years of regulatory practice with the Telecommunication Administration, and seven years of operational spectrum planning with mobile operator company.
More than 18 years of participation in ITU activities resulting in the strong knowledge of spectrum regulatory procedures, allocation methods, legal instruments, software tools and issues at the international level. The qualified ITU’s expert. Six missions on Spectrum Management and ICT Development in developing countries to carry out surveys of national spectrum regulatory institutions, development of spectrum management master-plans.

Ivan Zaitsev is a Director, Market Access at OneWeb, where he works since 2017. Prior to joining OneWeb Mr. Zaitsev worked for 11 years at Veon and held various legal and regulatory management positions including Director Legal & Regulatory for International Wholesale Business of Veon and Chief Regulatory Officer – CIS. Mr. Zaitsev served at the Boards of CIS countries operating subsidiaries. Mr. Zaitsev’s experience in telecommunications regulation spans over 15 years of working as in-house and outside legal counsel on the matters of national telecommunications law and regulation of CIS countries including licensing, networks access, spectrum management, as well as on certain aspects of international public law, including ITU Radio Regulations. Ivan is a qualified attorney with 20 post-qualification experience and has also worked as a senior legal counsel at international law firms McGuireWoods and Salans serving anchor clients in telecommunications sector in CIS region. As a lawyer he has performed various comparative law and international law implementation studies in the field of telecommunications for his organizations and clients, including matters of market access, landing rights, spectrum authorization for foreign satellite systems, use of spectrum for maritime services in a cross-border context, allocation of spectrum for LTE, regulation of international roaming and mobile termination rates, use of centralized platforms for LTE-roaming in a cross-border context. He co-authored several drafts of resolutions and international treaties in CIS region. Mr. Zaitsev has been actively involved in the work of various working groups and taskforces at the Regional Commonwealth of Communications (RCC) and other regional bodies in CIS, including ITU-T Regional Study Group 3 RCC/CIS, International Working Group on Tariffs of RCC, International Working Group on Roaming of Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service, International Working Group on Harmonization of Telecommunications Regulations of Eurasian Economic Union. He also participated in the working groups of GSM Association with respect to wholesale international telecommunications and dealt with European Commission on telecommunications and antitrust matters. He is also knowledgeable in the matters of communications data lawful interception and data retention, electronic communications security and data privacy and is a Certified Information Privacy Professional in European Union. Ivan Zaitsev is a graduate of Faculty of Law of Eastern Kazakhstan State University and has been awarded Jurisprudence Diploma with honors. He is also Edmund Muskie Fellow and holds Master of Laws from Maurer School of Law at Indiana University in Bloomington, IN in the U.S.Ivan speaks English, Russian, Dutch and Portuguese.

• More than 25 year experience in spectrum management, EMC analysis, simulation of interference environment for space and terrestrial systems, radio monitoring, automation of frequency coordination and notification process, frequency planning for mobile and fixed services, development of automated spectrum management systems;
• More than 15-year experience in CEPT and ITU activity. Participation in ECC, WG FM, CPG including various PTs, ITU-R SG1 and its Working Parties and Task Groups, ITU-R SG4;
• In ITU was elected as a Chairman of ITU-R Study Group 1 “Spectrum management & Radiomonitoring” (2012-up-to-now) and Chairman of ITU-R Working party 1B “Spectrum management including economic aspects” (2008-2012);
• In CEPT was elected as Chairman of CEPT/WGFM “Frequency management” (2008-2014) and Vice – Chairman of Electronic communications committee (2014-up to now);
• More than 160 papers on spectrum management, EMC analysis, radio network planning, etc. published in Russian scientific and technical journals.

Lidia Varukina is Head of Technology, Eastern & Central Europe, Central Asia, Nokia. Lidia possesses Ph.D. degree in the field of telecommunications, she has been in the telecom industry for nearly 30 years and has gained broad expertise in various areas, including digital signal processing, HW and SW development, radio network planning.

Tuck is part of the Spectrum Engineering team in the Spectrum Group within Ofcom, the UK regulator. He has worked on various national spectrum related projects such as TV white spaces, mobile data strategy, shared access licence, etc. Tuck has also been actively contributing to international groups (e.g. ITU-R and CEPT) on technical and regulatory subjects including coexistence analysis between IMT (International Mobile Telecommunications) and other services e.g. satellite, fixed, etc. These are mainly in preparation for the International Telecommunication Union – World Radiocommunication Conference (ITU WRC).

Before joining Ofcom, Tuck has over a decade of experience in Research and Development (R&D) on wireless communication for broadcast applications – system level simulation, algorithm development, hardware prototyping, and experimental field trials. He graduated with an Electrical and Electronics Engineering degree from Imperial College, University of London.

Jonas Eneberg is Vice President of Regulatory Engineering at Inmarsat, where he has worked since 1995. He is responsible for Inmarsat’s spectrum regulatory matters, including ITU-R activities, such as WRC participation and frequency coordination of Inmarsat’s satellite networks. Before joining Inmarsat, he worked at the National Post and Telecom Agency in Sweden.

Rodney Croft is Professor of Health Psychology at the School of Psychology, University of Wollongong, Australia. He obtained degrees in Philosophy and Psychology before completing his PhD in Psychology at the University of Wollongong in 2000, and then worked in the area of cognitive neuroscience as a postdoc at Imperial College, London, and then at Swinburne University, Australia. His research focuses on the delineation of human brain function, particularly as it relates to agents that might affect it (e.g. electromagnetic fields, illicit and medicinal drugs), as well as psychiatry more generally. He has been involved in research on ELF and RF non-ionising radiation since 2000, primarily utilising the electroencephalogram as a means of observing subtle alterations in brain function. He participates in a variety of national and international scientific and government committees, was Executive Director of the Australian Centre for Radiofrequency Bioeffects Research (2004-2011) and is currently Director of the Australian Centre for Electromagnetic Bioeffects Research. Croft was appointed in 2014 an Associate Editor of the BEMS journal, and joined the ICNIRP Biology Standing Committee in 2008 and Main Commission in 2012. Rodney Croft is the ICNIRP Chair since May 2020.

Jack Rowley, Ph.D is the Senior Director for Research & Sustainability and works in the Advocacy Department of the GSMA. He is responsible for technical and policy activities related to the safety of mobile communications and responsible environmental practices. In this role, he manages relationships with major stakeholders such as the WHO and the ITU, develops technical advice for members and coordinates GSMA communications strategy related to EMF. Jack has been a member of national and international working groups and contributed to the UNEP activity that lead to the first international guidelines for environmentally sound management of used and end-of-life mobile phones. He has also given expert evidence in planning hearings related to base station siting and made submissions to government panels. He has more than 30 years of experience in the telecommunications industry and joined the GSMA in 2000. Prior to that, he worked for 10 years with Telstra (Australia) primarily in the Research Laboratories, where he rose to the position of manager of radio communications research with special responsibility for EMF issues. He holds an Electronics Engineering Degree with first class honours from the University of Limerick (Ireland) and a Ph.D. from the RMIT University (Australia). He is a senior member of the IEEE and a member of the Bioelectromagnetics Society.

Dr Péter Vári attended Széchenyi István Technical College, from 1987 to 1990, majoring as wireless networking technology engineer. He then graduated from the Budapest University of Technology in 1994 as Electrical Engineer in telecommunications. In 2001 he earned the postgraduate certificate at the Budapest University of Economic Studies as an Engineer-economist. In 2003 he completed the postgraduate course at Eötvös Lóránd University (ELTE), Budapest as an Engineer-lawyer. He received his Ph.D. in 2017 at Corvinus University of Budapest on the topic of Digital Television and Switchover.
Dr Vári worked as an engineer from 1992 to 1993 for Matáv Rt., the largest telecommunications operator in Hungary. From 1993 to 2004 he worked for Antenna Hungária Rt., the Hungarian Broadcasting and Radio Telecommunications Limited Company, where he started as Head of Unit and worked his way up to become Director of Operational Matters. In 2004-2006 he was Head of Department in the Ministry of Informatics and Communications of Hungary, and in 2006-2008 he was Senior Counsellor of the Government at the Hungarian Prime Minister’s Office. In 2009, as a project manager, he began to coordinate the digital switchover at Antenna Hungária Rt., and in 2011 he started working in the National Media and Infocommunications Authority of Hungary (NMHH). Currently, as a Deputy Director General of NMHH, he is responsible for the fields of frequency and identifier management, measurement affairs and technology analysis.
Dr Vári is a forensics expert of electronic communications and broadcasting, and an ITU expert on digital switchover.
Dr Vári is a senior lecturer of the Department of Telecommunications at Széchenyi István University of Győr and gives courses in the field of radio systems and satellite telecommunications .
He is married with two children.

Farid Nakhli received his Master of technical sciences degree in the Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics in 2009.

From 2008 to 2015 Farid worked in the system of the Ministry of Communication and Informatization of the Republic of Belarus managing projects on nation-wide ICT strategy and policy analysis, monitoring of ICT infrastructure and e-government development, regulation and standardisation, and development of relevant software.

In 2015 he joined the Corporate Strategy Division of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) as Planning and Management Consultant. Since 2016 Farid works as Programme Officer at the ITU Regional Office for CIS based in Moscow, where his responsibilities include ICT strategy and policy advise, management of projects on ICT development and organization of regional events.

Recognized profession credentials include:
• CCNP (Cisco certified network professional) – 2012
• PMP (Project management professional) – 2014

Speaks Russian, English, French and Belarusian.

Farid Nakhli received his Master of technical sciences degree in the Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics in 2009.

From 2008 to 2015 Farid worked in the system of the Ministry of Communication and Informatization of the Republic of Belarus managing projects on nation-wide ICT strategy and policy analysis, monitoring of ICT infrastructure and e-government development, regulation and standardisation, and development of relevant software.

In 2015 he joined the Corporate Strategy Division of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) as Planning and Management Consultant. Since 2016 Farid works as Programme Officer at the ITU Regional Office for CIS based in Moscow, where his responsibilities include ICT strategy and policy advise, management of projects on ICT development and organization of regional events.

Recognized profession credentials include:
• CCNP (Cisco certified network professional) – 2012
• PMP (Project management professional) – 2014

Speaks Russian, English, French and Belarusian.

Mr. Poskakukhin is an expert in Russian mobile industry, being involved in many national and international efforts on spectrum harmonization for IMT systems. For almost 15 years he has been working as part of NIIR, a national think-tank for spectrum matters, on mobile communications development in Russia, as well as participating in the activities related to short range devises, PMR and fixed service. He has also a long experience in ITU-R, ECC and RCC on different agenda items and topics related to IMT. Currently, he is working with LTE Union (an association of major Russian MNOs) on a timely deployment of 5G systems in a complex and tricky spectrum landscape of the Russian Federation.

Work experience:
1990-2006 Service in the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus Official duties and responsibilities: RF planning and provision of the electromagnetic compatibility of radio electronic devices.
2006-2011 Secretary of the State Radio Frequency Commission under the Security Council of the Republic of Belarus. since 2011 The Ministry of Communications and Informatization of the Republic of Belarus, Head of the Radio Frequency Spectrum Regulation Department.
Official duties and responsibilities: development and implementation of policy for planning, allocation and effective use of the radio spectrum by radio-electronic devices and services, development of normative legal acts, participation in the maintenance of activity of the State Radio Frequency Commission under the Security Council of the Republic of Belarus, preparation proposals for the international frequency coordination of land and satellite systems, development draft position of the Administration of the Republic of Belarus for WRC of ITU and other international meetings, relationship with BR of ITU.

• More than 25 year experience in spectrum management, EMC analysis, simulation of interference environment for space and terrestrial systems, radio monitoring, automation of frequency coordination and notification process, frequency planning for mobile and fixed services, development of automated spectrum management systems;
• More than 15-year experience in CEPT and ITU activity. Participation in ECC, WG FM, CPG including various PTs, ITU-R SG1 and its Working Parties and Task Groups, ITU-R SG4;
• In ITU was elected as a Chairman of ITU-R Study Group 1 “Spectrum management & Radiomonitoring” (2012-up-to-now) and Chairman of ITU-R Working party 1B “Spectrum management including economic aspects” (2008-2012);
• In CEPT was elected as Chairman of CEPT/WGFM “Frequency management” (2008-2014) and Vice – Chairman of Electronic communications committee (2014-up to now);
• More than 160 papers on spectrum management, EMC analysis, radio network planning, etc. published in Russian scientific and technical journals.

1991 – 1996 : Graduated from Telecommunication University, St.Peterburg, Russia;
1996 – 1997 : MPEG Digital Signal Processing Laboratory, DSP Programmer;
1997 – 2013 : JSC MegaFon, 2rd Largest Cellular Operator in Russia, various positions in technical division, with focus on radio and core network;
2013 – 2015 : St.Petersrbug State University Of Telecommunication, Research division, Wireless Networks Researcher;
2015 – up to now : Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., CA&C Wireless Solution Sales Department, Executive Product Manager.
Key responsibilities: wireless product promotion, high level customer communication, marketing research.

Jean-Pierre Faisan is spectrum policy advisor for TDF, and has been a Board Member of the association Broadcast Networks Europe since 2013.
A graduate from Ecole Polytechnique and Telecom Paris-Tech, he has more than 29 years of experience in the telecommunications industry where he held a series of engineering then managing positions at Intelsat, CCETT (now Orange Labs), Sofratev and Gobé and TDF. He is also the founder and managing partner of Leader Wave, a consulting company specialized on spectrum policy.

Since joining Aetha in 2015, Kiril has worked on a wide range of strategic projects for telecoms operators around world. These projects have spanned across various topics, including spectrum auction strategy, quantitative modelling, valuation of spectrum portfolios, benchmarking and consultation support.

Notably, Kiril has extensive expertise in auction strategy. He has supported operators to prepare and bid in a number of high-profile spectrum auctions, helping to identify and refine the most appropriate bidding strategy, develop bid tracking and other software tools, running mock auctions, and providing on-site support to clients.

Prior to joining Aetha, Kiril completed a BSc degree in Economics from the University of Warwick.

Head of spectrum management department, National Service for the Radio Frequencies Management (Republic of Moldova).

Starting from 2010 worked for National Center for Radio Frequencies of the Republic of Moldova as a telecommunications engineer, currently head of spectrum management department. Main duties and responsibilities: EMC analysis, frequency coordination, activities within ITU, providing expertise for development of national policy for planning, allocation and effective use of the radio spectrum and normative legal acts.

Alexander Kuhn is a Senior Government Official at the German Federal Network Agency (BNetzA).

He is Deputy Head of Section “International Frequency affairs, frequency utilization concepts and the frequency usage plan” and the preparation for World Radiocommunication Conferences is under his responsibility. He lead the European countries (CEPT) at WRC 2015 and 2019.

Mohaned Juwad is responsible for assisting Intelsat’s strategic long-term spectrum position in the marketplace. In his role, he works closely with the company’s vice president on corporate and spectrum strategy and the spectrum strategy team to analyze and identify emerging spectrum opportunities and risks for Intelsat. In addition, he is responsible for managing efforts from Europe, Middle East and Africa that protect, optimize and leverage the company’s spectrum assets in support of Intelsat’s broader long-term growth strategy.
Dr Juwad has over 10 years’ experience within the satellite industry where he held various roles in the past. Prior to rejoining Intelsat in 2016, Dr Juwad served as manager, regulatory licensing and market access, at Avanti Communications Group Plc where he was responsible for managing and acquiring licensing and authorization for Ka-band geostationary satellite services across Europe, Middle East and the Africa region, in addition to overseeing regulatory activities at the ITU, CEPT, and other regulatory bodies. Before that, he worked as a consultant where he worked in ESA funded projects to develop the DVB-S2 standard operating in Ka-band, and also developed Ka-band mortised terminals where he was instrumental in developing a commercial self-aligned antenna.
Dr Juwad earned a Philosophy of Doctorate (PhD) from Isambard Kingdom Brunel University and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering at Herefordshire University.
Intelsat S.A. (NYSE: I) is the world’s leading provider of satellite services, delivering high-performance connectivity solutions for media, fixed and mobile broadband infrastructure, enterprise and government and military applications for more than 50 years. Intelsat’s satellite, teleport and fibre infrastructure is unmatched in the industry, setting the standard for transmissions of video and broadband services. From the globalization of content and the proliferation of HD, to the expansion of cellular networks and mobile broadband access, with Intelsat, envision your future network, connect using our leading satellite technology.

Deputy General Director on Innovation Technologies of JSC «National Research Institute of Technologies and Communications», Doctor of Economics Science (2003), Ph.D. Degree in Radio engineering (1988), Professor of Moscow Technical University of Communications and Informatics (MTUCI) and Plekhanov University of Economics (2013). Visit-Professor of Tunisian Telecommunication Institute (IsetCom, Tunisia) (Since 2005) and International Information Technologies University (IITU, Kazakhstan), the Government Prize laureate (2003), published over 330 scientific papers on Economic-legal, QoS – problems of telecommunications, Spectrum Management and EMC issues, author of 14-th books on Economic-legal and Technological issues of 2G/3G/4G/5G and IoT.
More than 35 years conducting research & development works in Research Authority of Ministry of Defense and Ministry of Information Technologies & Communications. Chief Editor of «T-Comm» Journal (Since 2008), Editorial Board Member of ITT Journal (Kazakhstan) and Electrosvyaz, «First Mile», «Mobile Communications» Journals in Russia.Scientific and professional fields of activity:
• Development of IoT, NGN and 2G/3G/4G/5G;
• Efficient utilization and Spectrum reforming of Radio Spectrum;
• Economical and Regulation issues of Radio communications;
• Quality of Service for Mobile communications
• Radio communication systems interference;
ITU Field Expert (ITU-D Seminars: Erevan-2001(Armenia), Sana’a-2005(Yemen)). Actively participated in the work of International regulatory and standardization telecom bodies as representative of the Russian Federation, namely, in ITU (ITU-R SG1), CEPT/ECC (EСC/WG RA, EСC/WG/FM), ETSI (TC/SmartM2M, TC/ERM, TC/STQ), GTI TDD Association and oneM2M Partnership Project.

Luigi Ardito is currently working as a Senior Director of Government Affairs EMEA at Qualcomm. He is contributing to driving the Qualcomm spectrum and regulatory policy agenda in Europe dealing with various government entities and industry organizations.

He is also the Chairman of Digital Europe Spectrum Group and a part of GSA Spectrum management team.

Prior to joining Qualcomm, Luigi worked at Sony Corporation both in Japan and in the UK for over a decade. He has additionally gained a professional experience at France Telecom and at the Italian Public Broadcaster RAI. Luigi has extensive experience in the Media and Telecom industry as well as the Semiconductor Industry gained through his assignments at Qualcomm, Sony, France Telecom and RAI.

Amy Mehlman leads Viasat’s government relations efforts in the United States and helps determine its global policy strategies.

Amy is well-known and respected by government leaders as an effective advocate, navigating the public policy environment and anticipating trends likely to impact the global marketplace.  She brings more than two-and-a-half decades experience representing innovators before the U.S. Congress, Federal Agencies, and the Executive Branch.

Most recently, Amy served as a U.S. delegate to the 2019 World Radiocommunications Conference in Egypt.  She founded and ran a boutique telecommunications consulting firm in 2004 that advised business leaders across satellite, wireless and telecom equipment sectors.

Amy started her career at the premier Washington, DC law firm specializing in telecommunications policy as the U.S. Congress wrote the historic Telecommunications Act of 1996 and the Internet bubble transformed the marketplace.  She remains politically engaged and volunteered for several Presidential campaigns and FCC transition teams.

urrently (since 2002) Albert Nalbandian is the Adviser to Minister of Transport, Communications and IT of the Republic of Armenia.

Armenian delegate at ITU Plenipotentiary Conferences (2002, 2006, 2010) and ITU Radiocommunication Conferences (1993 – 2015, at WRC-03 and WRC-07 – as Committee Chairman, WRC-12 – as Vice-Chairman), Chairman of the ITU-R Conference Preparatory Meeting for WRC-12).

He is actively participating in the RCC work (Council of the Heads of Administrations, Commission on Spectrum management, etc).

From 1985 to 2002, Mr. Nalbandian was a Counsellor of the CCIR and later since 1993 of the ITU Radiocommunication Bureau and was responsible for the work of ITU-R Study Group 1 “Spectrum management”, ITU-R Study Group 7 “Science services” and preparation for radiocommunication conferences (CPM) held in 1995, 1997, 2000 and 2003. During the 1985 – 2001 Albert assisted 50 ITU-R Chairmen in preparing, organizing and conducting more than 180 meetings.