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WITSA Board of Directors Meeting 09: 00 - 4: 00 PM-Sunday, October 6, 2019 Venue: Marriott Hotel Room: Tigran The Great Hall Yerevan, Armenia (V 22) www. witsa. org

• WI-FI Network: – Password: WCIT 2019 • Meeting web site: – https: //witsa. org/witsa-bod-related-meetings-march-29 -2019 -minskbelarus/ – Or “Members-Only” at https: //witsa. org/membersonly/ Password: witsa 123 2 www. witsa. org

BLOCK 1: INTRODUCTIONS/ROLL CALL

Board of Directors # Name & Title Association & Country Attending 1 Mr. Sean Seah PIKOM, Malaysia ü Yes 2 3 Mr. Yannis Sirros Mr. Francis Fong SEPE, Greece HKITF, Hong Kong ü Yes 4 5 6 Ms. Yvonne Chiu Mr. John Kyle Dr. Boris Komrakov CISA, Taiwan BTD, Bermuda Info. Park, Belarus ü Yes regrets ü Yes 7 8 Dr. Raul Colcher Mr. Antonio Cimorra ASSESPRO, Brazil AMETIC, Spain by phone ü Yes 9 Ms. Martha Dorris PSC, USA by phone 10 Mr. Hamano JISA, Japan regrets 11 Mr. Woo Keon Park FKII, Korea regrets

Board of Directors # Name & Title Association & Country Attending 12 Mr. Anibal H. Carmona CESSI, Argentina regrets 13 Mr. Olutayo Adeniyi ITAN, Nigeria ü Yes 14 EITESAL, Egypt ü Yes 15 16 Eng. Tarek Abd-elmonem Taha Mr. Abdullah Kafi Mr. Santiago Gutierrez BCS, Bangladesh CANIETI, Mexico regrets 17 Mr. Shivendra Singh NASSCOM, India regrets 18 CAN, Nepal regrets 19 Mr. Hemant Kumar Chaursaia Mr. Julian David tech. UK, United Kingdom regrets 20 21 Dr. Vasile Baltac Mr. Alexander Yesayan ATIC, Romania UATE, Armenia by phone ü Yes

Member Attendees # Name & Title Association & Country Attending 1 Constantine Vasuk IT Ukraine ü Yes 2 Iryna Grygoryeva IT Ukraine ü Yes 3 Yulia Malich IT Ukraine ü Yes 4 Paul Moorby tech. UK ü Yes 5 David Wright teck. UK ü Yes 6 Alberto Patron CESSI, Argentina ü Yes 7 Md. Shahid Ul Munir BCS, Bangladesh ü Yes 8 Suzie Azoyan UATE, Armenia ü Yes

Member Attendees # Name & Title Association & Country Attending 9 Armen Shahnazaryan UATE, Armenia ü Yes 10 Vahagn Poghosyan UATE, Armenia ü Yes 11 Manuk Hergnyan UATE, Armenia ü Yes 12 Arman Poghosyan UATE, Armenia ü Yes 13 Artak Chopuryan UATE, Armenia ü Yes 14 Vahram Merangulyan UATE, Armenia ü Yes 15 Gevorg Safaryan UATE, Armenia ü Yes 16 Sophie Mehrabyan UATE, Armenia ü Yes

Member Attendees # Name & Title Association & Country Attending 17 Irina Dumanyan UATE, Armenia ü Yes 18 Arsen Gevorgyan UATE, Armenia ü Yes 19 Hayk Yesayan UATE, Armenia ü Yes 20 Tigran Nazaryan UATE, Armenia ü Yes 21 Armen Kocharyan UATE, Armenia ü Yes 22 23 24 Karen Vardanyan Chin Zen Ben Ja UATE, Armenia CISA, Taiwan ü Yes 25 Steve Won CISA, Taiwan ü Yes 26 Ron Gauci AIIA, Australia by phone

Secretariat Office Attendees # Name & Title Association & Country Attending 9 Dr. Jim Poisant WITSA ü Yes 10 Mr. Anders Halvorsen WITSA ü Yes 11 Mrs. Molly Waldron Poisant WITSA ü Yes 12 Mrs. Alicia Standridge WITSA ü Yes

WITSA BOARD OF DIRECTOR’S MEETING Chairman’s Welcome Ms. Yvonne Chiu

Call to Order & Approval of Minutes Dr. Jim Poisant

Welcome Remarks Mr. Alexander Yesayan UATE

STATUS: Mr. Nizar Zakka Dr. Jim Poisant 13 www. witsa. org

Treasurer’s Report Eng. Tarek Monem Taha http: //witsa. org/financials/

WITSA’s Summary of Financial Position/Balance Sheet (As of AUGUST 31, 2019) ASSETS Current Assets Cash Accounts Receivables Net of Allowance Prepaid Expenses Investments – CD’s Net Fixed Assets Total Assets LIABILITIES & EQUITY Current Liabilities Accounts Payable Credit Card Payables Accrued Expenses Deferred Revenue TOTAL LIABILITIES 797, 523. 80 35, 340. 00 27, 613. 48 268, 359. 46 1, 939. 39 1, 130, 776. 13 18, 172. 40 2, 681. 55 34, 841. 06 38, 212. 5 93, 907. 51 EQUITY Unrestricted Net Assets Net Income Total Equity 660, 901. 95 375, 966. 67 1, 036, 868. 62 TOTAL LIABILITIES & EQUITY 1, 130, 776. 13

WITSA’s Statement of Activities – Budget vs. Actual (For Eight (8) Months Ending August 31, 2019) ACTUAL BUDGET $ OVER BUDGET Total Revenue 792, 551. 87 453, 533. 00 339, 018. 87 Total Expenses 416, 585. 20 492, 026. 42 (75, 441. 22) 375, 966. 67 (38, 493. 42) 414, 460. 19 Changes in Net Assets

Status on WCIT Licensing Payments (2019 -2021) Dr. Jim Poisant 2019 Armenia Fee 750 K (Paid in full) 2020 Malaysia (Balance of $187, 500 to be paid by end of December, 2019) 2021 Bangladesh Fee 750 K (Paid in full)

BLOCK 2: DECISION BLOCK

WITSA Director Change Requests FKII Korea requests that Mr. Woo Kean Park be replaced by Ms. Choi, Min-Hee JISA requests that Mr. Hamano be replaced by Mr. Toshio Iwamoto BCS requests that Mr. Abdullah Kafi be replaced by Md. Shahid Ul Munir 19 www. witsa. org

Ms. Choi, Min-Hee July, 2019 ~ President & CEO, The Federation of Korean Information Industries 2018 ~ Member of The Presidential Commission on Policy Planning 2017 - Chair of Digital Communication Committee, Democratic party of Korea 2012 ~ 2016 Member of the National Assembly 2006 ~ 2008 Deputy Commissioner, Korea Broadcasting Commission 20 www. witsa. org

Mr. Toshio Iwamoto • Principal Executive Advisor of NTT DATA Corporation, a leading global IT company with more than 120, 000 employees across over 50 countries. • Graduate of Tokyo University’s School of Engineering • 2012 – 2018: President and Chief Executive Officer of NTT DATA Corporation • Author of IT Kofuku-ron (2013) or The Never-Ending Progress How Information Technology is Making the World a Better Place, and “Working for Yourself” 21 www. witsa. org

Md. Shahid Ul Munir Leadership at Bangladesh Computer Samity • President (At Present) • Secretary General (2012 -2013) • Director (2010 -2011) • Treasurer (2008 -2009) Convener of International Events in Bangladesh • BCSICTWORLD 2012 • BCS Digital Expo 2009 • BCS Digital Expo 2010 Entrepreneurship • Chairman of Epsilon Systems & Solution Ltd. 22 • CEO of Unicom Bangladesh www. witsa. org

Board Discussion & Vote 23 www. witsa. org

Board Certificate Presentation 24 www. witsa. org

WITSA BECP Status of WITSA’s Business Excellence Certification Program Dr. Jim Poisant 25 www. witsa. org

WITSA’s Business Certification Program (BECP) Officially Launched! • WITSA launched its new Member program in Taiwan, Jordan and Malaysia; • The Business Excellence Certification Program (BECP) is designed for its member associations and their affiliate member companies to be internationally recognized; • Program recognizes business professionalism and integrity 26 www. witsa. org

Annual Cost Structure For Certification The annual fee for each company varies depending on the number of employees in each company. • • 1 -9 Employees - USD 99. 00 (per company) 10 -19 Employees- USD 199. 00 (per company) 20 -49 -Employees- USD 250. 00 (per company) 50 + Employees - USD 500. 00 (per company) WITSA PROPOSES A 50/50 SPLIT IN REVENUE 27 www. witsa. org

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Live BECP Demonstration 29 www. witsa. org

WITSA BECP Call for New Member Countries 30 www. witsa. org

STATUS ON WITSA’S WORLD CONGRESSES WCIT 2019 -ARMENIA WCIT 2020 -MALAYSIA WCIT 2021 - BANGLADESH WCIT 2022 – STATUS UPDATE 31 www. witsa. org

WCIT 2019 - Armenia Status: WCIT 2019 Armenia Alexander Yesayan

WCIT 2020 - Malaysia Status: WCIT 2020 Malaysia Mr. Sean Seah

WCIT 2021 - Bangladesh Status: WCIT 2021 Bangladesh Md. Shahid Ul Munir

WCIT 2022 Status: WCIT 2022 Dr. Jim Poisant

Standing Committee Updates 1. Finance Committee Mr. Sean Seah 2. GPAC Committee Mr. Alexander Yesayan Mr. Anders Halvorsen 3. Education & Training Committee Dr. Boris Komrakov

Finance Committee Mr. Sean Seah

Finance Committee Mr. Sean Seah Finance Committee Report (As of August 31, 2019) Investments Certificate of Deposit -Middleburg Bank (36 months) $111, 151. 17 Certificate of Deposit- Middleburg Bank (30 Months) $157, 208. 29 Capital One Bank Money Market (Savings) $1, 091. 22 Wells Fargo (Checking) $247, 415. 82 Wells Fargo Savings $549, 016. 76 *This total represents the cash & investment accounts (liquid assets). Total WITSA assets, as reported on slide 15 are: $1, 130, 776. 13

Global Policy Action Committee Mr. Alexander Yesayan Mr. Anders Halvorsen

Global Policy Action Committee WITSA Policy Activities

Activities: UNCTAD Ecommerce Week 2019 (Geneva) • Organized Main Session on Globalization (Moderator Jim Poisant) April 3, 2019 • Meeting with the International Organization on Migration (IOM) April 1 (Bilateral) • The World Economic Forum (WEF) April 2 (Bilateral) • The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) April 4 (Bilateral) For more information, see: https: //witsa. org/wpcontent/uploads/2019/10/Trip. Report_April 2019 -Geneva. pdf 41 www. witsa. org

Activities: G 7 Summit Recommendations Issued Joint Statement with DIGITALEUROPE and other organizations, providing recommendations to the governments participating in the August 24 -26 G 7 Summit in Biarritz, France: • Data Free Flow with Trust (DFFT) • AI for All For more information, see: Press release: https: //witsa. org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/G 7 -Press-release-final. pdf Joint Statement: https: //witsa. org/wpcontent/uploads/2019/10/G 7 -Biarritz-Joint-Statement. pdf 42 www. witsa. org

Activities: Digital Trade Network (DTN) Recent activities: • DTN held a seminar Entitled “International Transfers of Data: What the digital economy needs, and how that relates to existing WTO obligations, ” at the WTO in Geneva attended by digital trade negotiators of over 50 countries on 19 th July [see summary] • UNCTAD DE-Commerce Week, Geneva (April) Workshop Session: Free Flow of Data and Data Protection: How do we square the circle? DTN Funding The DTN activities require substantial funding. All partners are required to seek sponsorships among their memberships. There are three levels available: Bronze £ 7, 000; Silver £ 17, 000; and Gold £ 27, 000. A sponsorship brochure is available here. ACTION: Circulation of DTN Sponsorship brochure to WITSA members with request for wide distribution among corporate memberships. [If WITSA can get some companies to join, we’ll get to keep 50% of the revenue first year, and 30% the second] 43 www. witsa. org

Global Policy Action Committee DISCUSSION & APPROVAL

For Discussion & Approval: Draft Statement on Digital Trade • Supporting Digital Trade Rules for Innovation and Sustainable Economic Development: A Case for a Trade Agreement • Draft circulated Oct. 2 nd. • At the 11 th WTO Ministerial Conference in December 2017, 70 countries agreed to work together on developing new digital trade rules. The last two decades have seen the exponential growth of domestic and cross-border electronic commerce. Despite this fast increase in electronic transactions, there are no specific multilateral rules in the WTO regulating this type of trade. • The statement seeks to provide input into the ongoing negotiations in Geneva, seeking consensus on the scope and particulars of a future WTO plurilateral ecommerce agreement, having now expanded to include some 80 WTO members by the July 2019 round, accounting for more than 90 percent of global digital trade • WITSA also works closely with its partners of the Digital Trade Network (DTN), a new initiative providing a permanent private sector resource for digital trade policy makers in Geneva. Through DTN, WITSA works to build an impartial, broad base of international supporters to work with the WTO, the UN Conference for Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the International Trade Centre (ITC), and related economic policy agencies in Geneva with a focus on the networked economy. 45 www. witsa. org

Global Policy Action Committee SEEKING DRAFTING GROUP VOLUNTEERS Policy Recommendations for Big Tech • Anti-trust & competition • National Security & encryption • Political interference (ads) • Misinformation & accountability • Privacy concerns/rights

Further GPAC Activities • Statement: Connecting the Next Billion (drafting volunteers requested) • Annual WITSA membership & policy survey (Dec/Jan) 47 www. witsa. org

Education & Training Committee Dr. Boris Komrakov

STATUS WITSA’S REGIONAL OFFICES 49 www. witsa. org

Status of Minsk, Belarus Office European Regional Office Dr. Boris Komrakov 50 www. witsa. org

Status of Taiwan Office Asia/Pacific Regional Office Ms. Yvonne Chiu

WITSA Regional Vice Chairman Presentations 52 www. witsa. org

Regional Reports & Issues of Interest in Each Region Roundtable Discussion 53 1. North America 2. Latin America 3. Caribbean 4. Africa 5. Middle East/North Africa 6. European Union 7. Europe (Non-EU) 8. Asia Pacific www. witsa. org

LUNCH 60 MINUTES

WITSA MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN (2019) Ms. Molly Poisant & Ms. Alicia Standridge WITSA’S SECRETARIAT (SEC)/Regional Vice Chairs (RVC): • SEC continues to work with each (RVC) to identify existing and potential WITSA association members • RVC is being presented with specific action/s be taken to communicate with each prospective member • SEC updated membership recruitment marketing package to include additional value propositions for 2020 • SEC and RVC will work together to reach out to Associate members in order to reestablish them as full-paying members • A summary report will be presented by the RVC and the SEC at each BOD meeting. 55 www. witsa. org

WITSA’s MEMBERSHIP MANAGEMENT PORTAL (CRM) Ms. Molly Poisant • In June, WITSA Sec launched new Member Portal to all administrative main contacts • In early September, the Member Portal was launched to all individual members • Response rate over 50% • Real time updates to WITSA Membership info • New system will issue 2020 invoices directly & receive online payments • Additional functionality (member-to-member connections, etc. ) 56 www. witsa. org

WITSA MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN (2019) – Historical Data Mr. Anders Halvorsen With the increased revenue from WCIT licensing fees over the past few years, WITSA dues have been markedly reduced: Level 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 57 Dues 2012 20, 000 10, 000 7, 500 5, 000 3, 750 2, 500 1, 250 1, 000 500 2019 5, 000 2, 500 1, 000 500 250 N/A N/A www. witsa. org

MEMBERSHIP PAYMENT UPDATE Ms. Alicia Standridge • 29 member associations have paid dues for 2019 • Total 2019 dues collected YTD: $25, 868. 00 • An additional 7 member association paid their 2018 during this calendar year • Total 2018 dues collected YTD: $8, 150. 00 • Total collected by September 30, 2019, $34, 018. 00 • 21 member associations have not paid for 2019 • 5 member associations still yet to pay. • 7 member associations indicated they do not intend to pay 2019 dues (most wish to stay as Associate Members for this term. ) • 9 member associations have been unresponsive 58 www. witsa. org

WITSA’s GLOBAL OUTREACH & BRANDING MAJOR AGREEMENTS Dr. Jim Poisant Memorandum of Understandings: – UNCTAD (UN Agency) Geneva - ITU (UN Agency) Geneva - US International Council on People w Disabilities - Source America (US Agency for People w Disabilities - ASOCIO (ASIA) - Inclusite Working on: - World Health Organization - Global Business & Disability Network (Geneva) - Digital Europe Regional Association MOU - Aficta Global Partners: (Confirmed) III Taiwan (Thank you, Yvonne) 59 www. witsa. org

BLOCK 3: DISCUSSION & PRESENTATIONS

WITSA Awards Mr. Anders Halvorsen 2019 WITSA ICT Global Excellence Awards Eminent Persons Award /Nominations and Selection Mr. Anders Halvorsen 61 www. witsa. org

WITSA Awards: 2019 Winners CHAIRMAN'S AWARD Bangladesh Vision 2021: Nominated by: BCS Bangladesh PUBLIC/PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP AWARD Io. T Augmented Airfield Service System: Nominated by HKITF Hong Kong DIGITAL OPPORTUNITY/INCLUSION AWARD Lifelong Learning for Persons with Disabilities: Nominated by Ei. TESAL Egypt SUSTAINABLE GROWTH AWARD Give 543: Nominated by CISA Taiwan INNOVATIVE E-HEALTH SOLUTIONS AWARD ACE VR Limited: Nominated by HKITF Hong Kong DIGITAL INNOVATION AWARD “A. I. powered vessel monitoring”: Nominated by: SEPE Greece E-EDUCATION & LEARNING AWARD Sunnet Co. : Nominated by CISA Taiwan 62 www. witsa. org

WITSA Awards: 2019 Merit Awards • • • • 63 Scooter 2 Infra Safety System Chipside “Genius Pocket” (by Affin Bank Berhad, Malaysia) Dr. Yi-Bing Lin – Smart Farming Ever. Comm Uni-Tech Singapore Blockcord (by Agmo Studio Sdn Bhd) ICT Innovation for Self-Service Ophthalmoscope Electronic Health Record (EHR) M-POWER Information Corporation LTD CXA Group Pte. Limited SMART Maintenance platform (by Serba Dinamik IT Solutions) Yoti Start. Evo KIDIBOT (by Kuantero Srl) www. witsa. org

WITSA Awards: 2019 Awards Selection Committee Many thanks for your valuable contributions and support! • • • 64 Dr. Jim Poisant, Committee Chairman Yvonne Chiu, Chairman Mr. Stan Singh (Malaysia) Mr. Yannis Sirros (Greece) Ms. Nancy Volesky (Bermuda) Mr. Simon Spier (UK) Mr. Gary Beach (USA) Mr. Colley Hwang (Taiwan) Mr. Ben Jai (Taiwan) Francis Fong (Hong Kong) www. witsa. org

WITSA Awards: 2019 Eminent Persons Award • WITSA established its highest award called WITSA’s Eminent Persons Award in 2010. The award recognizes those individuals who have made a significant and profound positive difference in the lives of others. • Since establishing the award in 2010, its recipients have included Dr Nelson Mandela, Dr Mike Lazaratis, Dr Vint Cerf, Dr. Robert Khan, Dr John O’Sullivan & Dr Percival, as well as Dr. Miguel ngelo Laporta Nicolelis, a scientist best known for his pioneering work in "reading monkey thought", and Dr. William Magee, Jr. , CEO and Co. Founder of Operation Smile, who has dedicated the past 32 years to helping improve the health and lives of children and young adults around the world. • The intent of the Award is to recognize individuals who have made or continue to make significant contributions to mankind. These contributions are not necessarily ICT related. 65 www. witsa. org

WITSA Awards: 2019 Eminent Persons Award Mr. Karen Vardanyan 66 www. witsa. org

WITSA Awards: 2019 Eminent Persons Award Anders Halvorsen • 2019 Winner: Mr. Karen Vardanyan, Executive Director of the Union of Advanced Technology Enterprises of Armenia (UATE) • The award acknowledges Mr. Vardanyan’s life-long service to the development of the Armenian ICT/high tech sector, absolute dedication and commitment to championing the design, introduction and scaling up of “Armath” engineering laboratories in Armenia, as well as his personal pledge to replicate this successful model in other countries facing developmental challenges and aspiring to achieve better livelihoods via the utilization of breakthrough educational technologies. • More info at: https: //witsa. org/wpcontent/uploads/2019/10/WITSA_2019_Eminent_Persons_Award _request. pdf 67 www. witsa. org

WITSA DIRECTOR’S TRAVEL ALLOCATION PROGRAM 2019 Ms. Molly Poisant 68 www. witsa. org

Director Travel Financial Allotment Dr. Jim Poisant & Ms. Molly Poisant a) For 2019: Budget allocation of $1, 000. 00/year (max), per Director to attend physical BOD and BOD/GA meetings (BOARD APPROVED) b) Governance standards for the program: WITSA will pay for lodging expenses for each director up to (Max) 1 K per year (Upon Director’s request) (No personal expenses) c) Status d) Suggested Change for 2020: WCIT 2020 Travel Only 69 www. witsa. org

WITSA Board of Directors Meeting Calendar Dates: ØMarch 24/25, 2020: Penang, Malaysia ØSeptember 13, 2020: Penang, Malaysia ØSpring 2021 (Open) 70 www. witsa. org

Network Readiness Report Dr. Jim Poisant 71 www. witsa. org

OPEN DISCUSSION

Adjournment Thank You

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