ECTA Ultra-Fast Broadband Conference

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ECTA Ultra-Fast Broadband Conference

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Date

20 May 2012 22:00

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Conference Programme

Event Type

L - Conference, forum

Organiser type

Federations / Associations

Section

InfoSociety

Event Location

Brussels

Event Description

CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

08.00-09.00

Registration and networking

09.00

INTRODUCTION

Tom Ruhan, Chairman, ECTA

09.00-09.15

SETTING THE SCENE: TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN FIXED AND MOBILE BROADBAND

Dr. Robert Pepper, Vice President, Global Technology Policy, Cisco Systems

09.15-10.30

SESSION 1: CAN ENTRANTS WIN THE FIBRE RACE? PERSPECTIVES FROM VARIOUS COUNTRIES OF THE FIBRE ROLL-OUT EXPERIENCE

Most of Europe's FTTH has been installed by entrants, but in what circumstances can they get ahead and is the business case sustainable? We hear from four countries where entrants triggered the race for fibre

Chair: Magnus Franklin, Chief Correspondent, MLex ITM

Maxime Lombardini, CEO, Iliad Group

Miroslaw Godlewski, President & CEO, Netia SA

Ana Marques, ExecutIve Board Member, Optimus

Norbert Westfal, Member of the board of BREKO and VATM and Chief Financial Officer of EWE TEL GmbH

10.30-11.00 BREAK

11.00-12.30 SESSION 2: ENABLING FIBRE ROLL-OUT: FINANCING AND DEMAND

Equity investors have reacted strongly to proposals by the Commission to incentivise fibre roll-out through a proposed Recommendation on cost methodologies. Are their fears well-founded? Can the interests of shareholders and "the public" be reconciled?

Chair: Anna Krzyżanowska, Head of Unit, Evaluation & Monitoring, DG Infso Unit C3, European Commission

Stephen Howard, Head of Global Telecoms, Media & Technology Research, HSBC Bank Plc

Stuart Gordon, Senior Analyst Telecoms, Berenberg Bank

Bridget P. Cosgrave, Founder & President, EveryEuropeanDigital

Marco Pierani, Head of Public Affairs, Altroconsumo and member of BEUC

Dr. Karl-Heinz Neumann, General Manager and Director, WIK Consult

12.30-13.00

KEYNOTE SPEECH

Neelie Kroes, Vice President and EU Commissioner for Digital Agenda, European Commission

13.00-14.30

LUNCH

14.30-16.00 SESSION 3: DO WE NEED INDUSTRIAL POLICY TO ACHIEVE THE DIGITAL AGENDA TARGETS?

Will the market deliver the digital agenda targets on its own or should policy makers be more proactive in delivering the digital agenda targets? Should policy-makers favour "fibre-to-the-home" or be "technologically neutral"? Should pricing be used to incentivise investment in NGA? Should policy-makers favour "infrastructure competition" or a "one network" approach?

Chair: Wolter Lemstra, Senior Research Fellow, Delft University of Technology

Sean Williams, Group Director Strategy, Policy and Portfolio, BT Group

Philippe Distler, Director General, ARCEP

Dr. Karl-Heinz Neumann, General Manager and Director, WIK Consult

Tiziana Talevi, Regulatory Affairs Director, Fastweb SpA

16.00-16.30

BREAK

16.30-18.00 SESSION 4: OWNERSHIP, SEPARATION AND EQUIVALENCE: BUSINESS MODELS AND OUTCOMES

How have different models for "separation" influenced NGA roll-out and policy regimes? Where should the dividing line be to maximise competitive potential? Does separation affect the approach to pricing legacy copper and fibre? Can equivalent results be achieved without separation - if so what is the role of the Commission's Recommendation on non-discrimination?

Chair: Craig Lonie, Associate Director, Oxera

Stuart McIntosh, Group Director Competition, Ofcom

Eduardo Martinez Rivero, Head of Unit – Antitrust Telecoms, European Commission, DG Competition

Richard Feasey, Public Policy Director, Vodafone Group

Gordon Moir, Partner, Webb Henderson

REFLECTIONS AND NEXT STEPS

18.00-18.10

Ilsa Godlovitch, Director, ECTA Brussels office

18.10-18.20

Dr. Iris Henseler-Unger,Vice President, BNetza

18.20-18.30

Gerard de Graaf, Director for Electronic Communications Policy, European Commission