08:30–09:00

Registration

09:00-09:15

OPENING SESSION

   Opening remarks by:

• Mr. Chinzorig Gonchig, Chairman and CEO, Communications Regulatory Commission
• Mr. Ashish Narayan, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, ITU
• GROUP PHOTO

09:15–10:30

SESSION 1 (A):  CONVERGENCE: TRENDS, ISSUES AND CHALLENGES

Objective: To provide an overview of the trends in the digital economy, the underlying technology, business, market and regulatory issues.

Ashish Narayan

Session 1(B):  Presentation from Mongolia [CRC]

SESSION 1 (C): Introduction to the economics and regulation of the app economy

Objective: To provide an overview of App Economy especially with reference to two-sided markets and zero priced services.

Simon Molloy

10:30–11:00

COFFEE BREAK

11:00–12:30

SESSION 2: INTRODUCTION TO COMPETITION ANALYSIS AND THE CHALLENGES OF THE NEW DIGITAL ECONOMY

Objective: To understand how markets are currently defined in the telecom sector by regulators and competition authorities? How significant market power analysis is carried out? What are the key regulatory issues pertaining to competition regulation in the converged environment? How is collaboration and coordination being implemented?  This first part of the session will concentrate on ex-ante regulation.

12:30–14:00

LUNCH BREAK

14:00–15:30

SESSION 3:  COMPETITION REGULATION IN THE BRAVE NEW WORLD OF ONLINE SERVICE PROVIDERS AND THE APP ECONOMY

Objective: To understand possible regulatory approaches to regulating competition in the digital economy including with online service providers and share international experiences.  Issues to be addressed include:

• Comparing the App economy and legacy competition rules for the sector 
• Global and exemplar approaches to competition and SMP issues in the App Economy
• Possible lessons and approaches for regulators in a collaborative environment
• Possible structural and other remedies in relation to anti-competitive conduct (including extraterritoriality)

15:30–15:45

COFFEE BREAK

15:45-17:00

SESSION 4 (A): COMPETITION CASE STUDY –MERGER IN SOUTH EAST ASIA

Objective: To understand competition issues in the digital economy by assessing the competition and extraterritoriality associated with a merger in South East Asia.

SESSION 4(B): DISCUSSION ON KEY ISSUES RELATING TO APP ECONOMY IN MONGOLIA

24 October (Day-2)

09:00-10:30

SESSION 5 (A): INTRODUCING THE SSNIP TEST TOOL

Explanation and discussion of the spreadsheet tool for market definition assessment for regulatory intervention.

SESSION 5 (B): COMPETITION AND REGULATORY CHALLENGES IN THE DIGITAL ECONOMY – SMALLER MARKET CONSIDERATIONS

Objective: To understand the competition and regulatory challenges in digital economy for smaller Asian and Pacific markets including suggested key policy objectives

SESSION 5 (C): DIGITAL ECONOMY ISSUES – REGULATION, TAXATION, TWO-SIDED MARKETS, BROADER POLICY ISSUES

Objective: To understand what a two-sided market is; to identify the features that make traditional market analysis difficult and regulatory intervention potentially counter-productive; to determine an effective approach to regulation in two-sided markets. To understand the taxation challenges created by the global app economy – both to collect taxes and to ensure their fair distribution as well as broader issues such as copyright, and institutional and sovereign integrity.

10:30–11:00

COFFEE BREAK

11:00-12:00

SESSION 6: PRESENTATION ON POSSIBLE OTT FRAMEWORK AND STAKEHOLDER DISCUSSION ON WAY FORWARD

12:00-13:30

lunch break: