08:00   Registration opens


MORNING SESSION                                           

09:00-09:15   KEYNOTE:

ED RICHARDS, Chief Executive, OFCOM (click here for bio)                                 Download pdf copy of conference programme 
                                                                                                                               
09:15-10:05   Open Access Business Models                                                            Note: Requires Adobe Reader v9 click below 
                                                                                                                                      
Fibre as an infrastructure investment
Jan van Rooijen, Financial Director, Reggefiber (click here for bio)                              Download Word version
                                                                                                                               
The functional separation model
Olivia Garfield, Director Strategy and Portfolio, BT Group (click here for bio)

Co-investment strategies
Richard Feasey, Public Policy Director, Vodafone Group Services Ltd (click here for bio)


10:05-10:35  The Multi-fibre approach

The regulatory situation and approaches in Switzerland
Marc Furrer, President, ComCom - Swiss Telecoms Regulator (click here for bio)

A private investor's perspective
Kurt Lanz, Director Public Affairs, Sunrise Communications AG (click here for bio)


10:35-11:15  Assessing risk sharing proposals

Dr Karl-Heinz Neumann, General Manager & Director, WIK Consult (click here for bio)

Dr Rainer Nitsche, Managing Director, ESMT Competition Analysis (click here for bio)


11:15-11:30   Coffee Break (Patio area)


11.30-12:00   Entrants perspectives on migration and access      
                                                                                                                                                                                            
The Italian situation
Tiziana Talevi, Regulatory Affairs Director, Fastweb (click here for bio)

The British experience
Andrew Heaney, Executive Director of Strategy & Regulation, Carphone Warehouse (click here for bio)


12:00-12:30   National approaches to NGA regulation and migration from copper

The Belgian Approach
Catherine Rutten, Member of the Council, BIPT (Belgian Telecoms Regulator) (click here for bio)

The Dutch Approach
Gerard Boogert, NGA Programme Manager, OPTA (Dutch Telecoms Regulator) (click here for bio)

Discussion: including Alex Blowers, International Director, OFCOM


12:30-13:00   KEYNOTE:

COMMISSIONER VIVIANE REDING, DG Information Society & Media, European Commission (click here for bio)


13:00-14:30   Lunch (Patio area)


AFTERNOON SESSION:

14:30-15:00   Presentation of the Commission's state aid proposals
Philip Lowe, Director General, DG Competition, European Commission (click here for bio)

15:00-16:30   Commission's NGA Recommendation: discussion

ERG's NGA common position
John Doherty, Chairperson ComReg and Chair Elect IRG and ERG 2010, European Regulators Group (ERG) (click here for bio)

Reaction from incumbents
Roland Doll, Executive Board Member, European Telecommunications Network Operators' Association (ETNO) (click here for bio)

Reaction from entrants
Ilsa Godlovitch, Director, Regulatory Affairs, European Competitive Telecommunications Association (ECTA) (click here for bio)

Reaction from business users
Nick White, Executive Vice President, International Telecommunications Users Group (INTUG) (click here for bio)


16:30-17:00   Coffee Break


STATE AID AND UNIVERSAL BROADBAND

17:00-17:30   The Australian model for state funded fibre deployment
Senator Kate Lundy, Parliament of Australia (click here for bio)

17:30-18:00   KEYNOTE: Belgium's Broadband Strategy
Minister van Quickenborne, Belgian Ministry of Economics (click here for bio)

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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