The following is a list of the 4 transcripts of speeches and 54 presentations that are available.  If you would like to purchase these for Euro 195 ex VAT, please contact Sara Russell at srussell@ectaportal.com or on +44 (0) 118 979 3338.  Workshops - 26th November 2008 10:00 - 13:00 Workshop: Workshop A 'Infrastructure Sharing'   Sponsored by: Workshop Leader: Morten Nissen Partner, Bird & Bird Feyo Sickinghe Partner, Bird & Bird - Presentation available Including: Jos Huigen - Presentation available Director of European Affairs, KPN BV Hendrik Rood - Presentation available Senior Consultant, Stratix Consulting Enrico Pietralunga - Presentation available Service & Design Planning Manager, Fastweb Grant Forsyth - Presentation available Head of EMEA Regulatory & Global Interconnection, BT Global Services Adelino Santos - Presentation available Director Major Sales Division Germany, COLT Telecom José Ferrari Careto - Presentation available Member of the Board, Anacom Markus Reinisch - Presentation available Head of Regulatory Affairs (Fixed Line), Vodafone Javier Ayuso - Presentation available Head of Unit, CMT    10:30 - 13:00 Workshop B: 'MVNO' 'The potential of MVNOs to create more competition in the mobile market in a changing regulatory environment' Workshop Leader: Thierry Bouffioux - Presentation available Benelux Director, Greenwich Consulting Including: Stan Miller - Presentation available CEO, KPN International Reinald Krueger - Presentation available Head of Unit,Procedures related to National Regulatory Measures, European Commission, DG Infso Boštjan Makarovič - Presentation available Head of Telecommunications Division, APEK Belizar Keršič - Presentation available Customer Care Director, Mobitel Frédéric Palomino - Presentation available Rapporteur, Conseil de la Concurrence Gérard Lambert - Presentation available Directeur Services Marchands, Carrefour    14:30 - 17:00 Workshop C: ‘The Termination Conundrum: Is there a simple solution?’ Sponsored by: Workshop Leader: Ann LaFrance Coordinating Partner, European communications law and data privacy practice, Squire Sanders & Dempsey Including: Mario Filipponi - Presentation available Director EU Affairs, Verizon Business John Blakemore - Presentation available Director European Regulatory Affairs, Hutchison Jim Niblett - Presentation available International Policy Director, Ofcom Scott Marcus - Presentation available Senior Consultant, WIK Consulting Daniel Kirk - Presentation available Partner, Spectrum Value Partners George Houpis - Presentation available Director, Frontier Economics    14:30 - 17:00 Workshop D: 'IPTV, Access to Content and Net Neutrality' Workshop Leader: Nico Grove - Presentation available Assistant Lecturer, Institut for Information, Organisation & Management, University of Munich Including: Karim Lesina - Presentation available Executive Director, European Affairs, AT&T Lisa Di Feliciantonio - Presentation available Head of Content Regulation, Fastweb Thomas de Meese - Presentation available Advocat, Crowell & Moring Ken Ducatel Member of Reding Cabinet, European Commission, DG Infso Simon Hampton Director of European Public Policy & Government Relations, Google Jean-Jacques Sahel - Presentation available Director, Government and Regulatory Affairs, Europe, Skype

Thursday 27th November 2008

Conference Day 1

Morning Session:

09:20 - 09:30 Introduction by ECTA Chairman 09:30 - 10:50 - KEYNOTE ADDRESSES

Luis Álvarez Satorre - Transcript of speech available
President EMEA & Latin America, BT Global Services

Neelie Kroes - Transcript of speech available
Commissioner, DG Competition, European Commission

Matthias Kurth- Presentation available
Chair Elect IRG/ERG 2009 and President, BNetzA

10:50 - 11:15 Coffee break

(To Top)

- European Parliament views on the Telecoms Framework Review
Catherine Trautmann, MEP- Transcript of speech and interviews available
Vice Chairwoman ITRE Committee, rapporteur Better Regulation Directive

14:45 - 16:30 SESSION B: 'NEXT GENERATION ACCESS REGULATION - FIBRE ACCESS, COMPETITION AND INVESTMENT'

- Duct access and pricing issues
António Lobo Xavier- Presentation available
Member of the Board, Sonaecom

- The Econonics of Next Generation Access
Dr. Karl-Heinz Neumann- Presentation available
General Manager, WIK Consult GmBH

- The French experience
Gabrielle Gauthey- Presentation available
Commissioner, ARCEP

- NGA and separation
Tim Cowen- Presentation available
General Counsel and Commercial Director, BT Global Services

- Pricing and risk
James Allen- Presentation available
Partner, Analysys Mason

Moderator: David Thomas, Partner, KPMG

Followed by Q&A

16:30 - 17:00 Coffee break (To Top)

17:00 - 18:00 SESSION C: 'UNIVERSAL BROADBAND AND STATE AID'

- Public Funding Models
Commissioner Ed Willett - Presentation available
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission

- Bringing broadband to Greece
Claudio Campanini
Vice President, A.T.Kearney - Presentation available

- State Aid developments, proposals and the view of the European Commission on these issues
Herbert Ungerer - Presentation available
Deputy Director General, European Commission, DG Competition - State Aids, Sector Inquiries, Services of General Interest

Moderator: Peter Alexiadis, Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

Followed by Q&A

18:00 - 19:30 Cocktail Reception

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  Friday 28th November 2008

Conference Day 2

Morning Sessions

Harri Koponen - Presentation available
CEO, Tele2

Dániel Pataki
Chairman ERG 2008/RSPG 2009

'Priorities for the Czech Presidency in 2009'
Jan Duben - Presentation available
Director of Electronic Communication Division, Czech Ministry of Economics

10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break (To Top)

- Commission proposals for data roaming
Stephen Banable
Manager of Market Operations, COMREG

- How to establish long term sustainable competition in the roaming market
Marc Van Asbroeck - Presentation available
Director Legal and Regulatory Affairs, KPN International

- A single market for mobile
Esa Parjanen - Presentation available
CEO, TDC Oy

- International roaming charges - large mobile operator perspective
Richard Feasey - Presentation available
Director of Public Policy, Vodafone

Giorgio Rino Tibaldi - Presentation available
Retail and Wholesale International Roaming Director, WIND

Moderator: tbc

Followed by Q&A

18.00 Conference Close

Please note that ECTA reserves the right to modify any details on the conference agenda in the event that the original speakers are not subsequently available or timings need to be altered to fit requirements.

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