Asian Telecommunications Regulator' Council (ATRC) Workshop on Anti-SPAM Strategies ANTI-SPAM STRATEGIES- THE WAY FORWARD FOR ATRC 3-5 MAY 2005 CYBERJAYA, MALAYSIA At the last ASEAN Telecommunications Regulators’ Council (ATRC) meeting in Vientiane, Laos in July 2004, the ATRC agreed to the setting up of a Working Group (WG) to work on anti-spam measures, led by the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC). In furtherance to this, Malaysia through the MCMC organized a workshop for ATRC members from 3-5 th May 2005, at MCMC’s headquarters in Cyberjaya, Malaysia with the theme “Anti-Spam Strategies – The Way Forward for ATRC.” The objective of the workshop was three fold:- - To do a stock take of where the ATRC is on anti-spam measures implemented in their economies; - To build capacity among ATRC members by sharing experiences and expertise; and - To raise the level of cooperation amongst ATRC members in moving forward in the fight against spam. The workshop had a total of 96 participants with 81 being local participants comprising of IASPs, government agencies, higher learning institutions, banking sector etc. The rest were international participants from Singapore, Brunei, Thailand and Indonesia, from their respective information and communication agencies. Representatives from the ITU (who participated via recorded video), the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) of United States of America, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the Australian Communications Authority (ACA), the Australian Department of Communications, IT & Arts (DCITA), the Ministry of Internal Affairs & Communications of Japan (MIC) and Microsoft also participated in the workshop. A total of 18 papers were presented during the two day workshop and the presentation covered from the basics of what is spam to approaches to be taken to curb it including legislative measures.   On 5 th of May 2005 a closed meeting was held between the ATRC members comprising of regulators from Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei and Indonesia to discuss the proposed cooperation on information and network security and anti-Spam measures. The ATRC will convene in Penang, Malaysia in August 2005 to discuss and finalize the proposed cooperation activities on information and network security and anti spam measures. To view the presentation slides and related documents, please click here Related documents Report of the Workshop Final List Of Participants Final Program Presentations Session 1: Understanding Spam and the Multi Prong Approach to combating it Presentation 1 Stock take of anti spam regulatory framework within ATRC economics Mr. Shamsul Jafni Shafie MCMC (Malaysia) Presentation 2 Spam 101 Mr. Mahizzan Mohd Fadzil JARING, ISP (Malaysia) Presentation 3 Awareness/ Education – Empowering Users against Spam Mr. Mohd Nazeem Md Nasir TMNet, ISP (Malaysia) Presentation 4 Techni al Measures to Combat Spam Mr. James Seng IDA (Singapore) Presentation 5 Management by Service Providers Mr. Alan Lee NTT MSC, ISP (Malaysia) Session 2: International Presentation 1 OECD’s Action Plan  Ms. Claudia Sarrocco OECD Presentation 2 The London Action Plan Ms. Elena Gosal Ramos FTC (USA) Presentation 3 APECTel Action Plan on Anti-Spam Mr. Tom Dale DCITA (Australia) Presentation 4 International Cooperation to Combat Spam ITU pre-recorded presentation Session 3: Industry Strategies Presentation 1 Microsoft’s strategy to combat Spam – Sender ID Initiatives Mr. Meng Chow Kang Microsoft Session 4: Country Strategies Presentation 1 SPAM: Sharing Singapore’s Experience Ms. Suryahti Abdul Latiff IDA (Singapore) Presentation 2 Japan ’s Strategy to Combat Spam Mr. Toshihiko Shibuya MIC (Japan) Presentation 3 M alaysia ’s Strategy to Combat Spam Mr. Toh Swee Hoe MCMC (Malaysia) Presentation 4 Addressing Spam Issues in Brunei Darussalam Mr. Ak . Izham Pg Hj Abd Rahman (AITI (Brunei) Presentation 5 Spam Handling – Activities and Strategies in Indonesia Mr. Noor Iza MCIT (Indonesia) Session 5: Legal Approaches Presentation 1 Legislation – Opt In Mr. Anthony Wing ACA ( Australia) Presentation 2 Legislation – Opt Out Ms. Elena Gasol Ramos FTC (USA) Presentation 3 MOU – Experiences and Challenges Anthony Wing & Meg Mundell ACA ( Austr alia) Workshop on Anti-Spam Strategies – Photo		Legislation International Activities Spam Framework for Development Papers Public Enquiry Reports Glossary Contact Us Feedback Links