Highlights from the 10th edition of the Asia Pacific Spectrum Management Conference in Indonesia

The Forum Global team were delighted to take this year’s Asia Pacific Spectrum Management Conference to Indonesia for the first time since the event launched 10 years ago. Working alongside the event co-hosts, the Ministry of Communication and Informatics, Indonesia, and Telkom University, the conference welcomed over 200 delegates to Jakarta, and 1000+ participants online, on 23-24 April 2024.

During the opening ceremony of the conference, we had the honour of welcoming Minister Budi Arie Setiadi of the Ministry of Communication and Informatics, Indonesia, Prof. Dr. Adiwijaya, Rector, Telkom University and Masanori Kondo, Secretary General, Asia-Pacific Telecommunity (APT). 

Following these welcome keynote presentations, sessions on the first day of the event covered the outcomes from WRC-23 and looking ahead to WRC-27; the future of the 6GHz band and the emerging mid-band ecosystem below 6GHz; as well as the challenges and opportunities of 5G in the APAC region. Delegates then enjoyed a networking reception, kindly hosted by Intelsat. 

Day Two welcomed more high-level speakers to discuss spectrum roadmaps and award plans; spectrum pricing, licensing, and renewals; tackling the digital divide; direct-to-device connectivity and hybrid networks; managing the coexistence of GSO and NGSO satellite systems; and spectrum sharing. 

You can replay all of the conference proceedings at the following links:

Day One

Day Two

Since the event took place during the same week as ITU’s Girls in ICT Day (25th April 2024), we were pleased to also celebrate this initiative with remarks from Ms Nurmala Dewi of MCI, Indonesia, followed by a networking break. 

Take a look at a few of the highlights from the conference:

Forum Global would once again like to express our sincere gratitude to the Ministry of Communication and Informatics, Indonesia and Telkom University for kindly hosting the event and welcoming us to Indonesia. 

A huge thank you to all our speakers, sponsors, partners and attendees as well.

Check out more upcoming events:

• 19th European Spectrum Management Conference | 19-20 June
• 11th Latin America Spectrum Management Conference | 22-23 September
• 13th Americas Spectrum Management Conference | 1-2 October

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