James Allen, Partner, Analysys Mason James Allen is Head of Regulation at Analysys Mason's Cambridge office. He has led projects dealing with a wide variety of current networking technologies, for clients spanning the telecoms industry - private equity, banks, equipment manufacturers, new entrant operators, incumbents, regulators, and policy makers. He has recently worked on a range of topics such as FTTx business cases; a top-down regulatory cost model of a DSL network; structural separation; the impact of the recent Commission draft recommendations; the revision of the EU Framework; commercial due diligence on an incumbent telco; bottom up local loop cost modelling; cost modelling of voice in an NGN; the economics of large scale deployment of DSL; price benchmarking and tariff design for FMC; and the regulation of VoIP in Europe. He trained as a physicist and has a PhD (1991) from Durham University.                Luis Álvarez Satorre, President EMEA & Latin America, BT Global Services

Luis Álvarez joined BT in April 1999 as multimedia and internet director, responsible for the scoping and development of BT’s internet services. Since January 2001, Luis has managed BT’s Spanish and Portuguese operations as country manager, where he has overseen a period of significant business growth. In May 2005, Luis also took over responsibility for BT’s Latin American operations. Luis started his professional career at Ericsson and later moved to IBM. In 1987, Luis joined Banco de Santander, where he held several management positions in IT, including data processing and systems development. Luis then became director of Electronic Banking at Banesto until he joined BT. In May 2007, Luis was appointed president of BT EMEA. As part of his role in Spain, he will continue to lead BT´s operations in Latin America and will be responsible for BT´s Global Telecommunications Markets (GTM) internationally. Luis holds a telecommunications engineering degree from UPM, Madrid. He is a member of various business associations in Spain and is frequently called upon to speak at ICT sector international conferences and forums.           Javier Ayuso, Head of Unit, CMT Javier Ayuso graduated from Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros de Telecomunicación de Barcelona (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya) in 1995 with a master’s degree in Networks and Telecomunications Services. He started his career in 1996 at Sony España, where he was involved during 3 years in R&D activities related to the design of terminal devices for digital TV. After working with Ericsson España as Senior Network Designer from 1998 until 2000, he joined Abertis Telecom, where he was Head of Advanced Services with responsibilities in the development of new audiovisual services. As of January 2006, Javier Ayuso is working for Comisión del Mercado de las Telecomunicaciones (CMT) as Head of Audiovisual Unit; he has been involved in regulatory tasks with a major focus in markets 4 and 5 and has chaired the ERG Convergence Project Team during 2007 and 2008.                          Michael Bartholomew, Director, ETNO Michael Bartholomew is Director of the European Telecommunications Network Operators’ Association (ETNO), the trade association for Europe’s largest e-communications operators. ETNO’s 41 members in 34 European countries account for a total turnover of more than 250 billion € and up to one million employees. Mr. Bartholomew is a key interlocutor with European and International institutions for all policies impacting on the EU telecoms industry. As main spokesman for the industry, he is a frequent speaker on telecoms related regulatory and market developments at European and international conferences and events. The ETNO Director runs the Brussels secretariat and coordinates the work of ETNO’s 20 expert groups, developing common industry positions on key issues such as economic regulation, spectrum management, fraud and security, data protection, sustainability, content related issues, Internet Governance and social dialogue. He represents these positions at the EU and international level. Prior to joining ETNO, Mr. Bartholomew served as Director for European Affairs for the Motion Picture Association that represents the global interests of Hollywood’s major studios. Earlier, Mr. Bartholomew also funded and managed for nine years a Brussels public affairs consultancy and worked with major EU and international clients in the audiovisual and publishing sectors. Mr. Bartholomew is member of the Cercle Royal Gaulois, the Centre for European Policy Studies and former board director of the International Press Association. For the past three years, he is a member of the Jury for the annual World Communications Award and is listed in Who’s Who in the World and in Who’s Who in Science and Technology. With a master's degree in journalism from Northwestern University in Illinois, he began his career as a journalist and has worked for the Associated Press, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. His columns on European affairs have been published in the Wall Street Journal and other leading international newspapers.    John Blakemore, Director European Regulatory Affairs, Hutchison John Blakemore is Director of European Regulatory Affairs for the 3 Group, part of the Hutchison Whampoa Limited telecommunications division.  In this capacity, he is responsible for representing the 3 Group businesses in Europe and has day-to-day contact with the European Institutions.  John reports directly to Christian Salbaing, Managing Director - European Telecommunications of Hutchison Europe Telecommunications Limited.  John coordinates the work of the 3 Group’s European Regulatory Forum, which comprises the regulatory directors from each of the Group’s 6 operating companies in the EU.  In that role, he co-ordinates Group positions on regulatory topics and Group responses to consultations at the EU level.    John has worked in the telecommunications industry for 6 years.  Prior to that he was at the UK’s competition authority, the Office of Fair Trading, where he was Chief Financial Analyst.  There he was responsible for the financial analysis of competition cases involving abuses of dominance, anti-competitive agreements and mergers. John has a first degree in economics, an MSc in finance and is a qualified accountant.  John is a British citizen.                Yves Blondeel, Managing Director, T-Regs  Professional Activities Yves Blondeel is the Chairman of the ECTA Implementation Group since its formation in 2003. The group monitors the transposition and implementation of EU directives, the market analysis process in the Member States, etc. and escalates major issues where this is deemed appropriate by ECTA members. - 1995-present: Founder and Managing Director of T-REGS b.v.b.a. Specialist consultancy in telecommunications regulation, focusing on national telecommunications regulations in the EU Member States and in Switzerland and Norway, as well as EU-level regulation. T-REGS conducts work for: o Network operators and service providers developing/implementing regulatory strategies, launching new products, seeking regulatory clearance, rights-of-way, frequency rights-of-use, numbering resources, etc. wishing to negotiate interconnection and local loop access, etc. o Regulatory authorities seeking an independent review of drafts of regulations o Equipment suppliers and financial investors in the telecommunications sector - 1991-1994: Partner at Cullen International S.A. Company specialised in ongoing monitoring and periodic reporting on telecommunications regulatory affairs. - 1990-1991: Student employment: Citicorp N/A. Produced a set of reports on national telecommunications regulations, taking the perspective of an investor interested in privatization opportunities and the perspective of a large financial services company requiring top-quality telecommunications services throughout the world. Diploma Licentiaat Communicatiewetenschappen. Vrije Universiteit Brussel (1989)     Thierry Bouffioux, Benelux Director, Greenwich Consulting Thierry Bouffioux is founder and senior Partner at Greenwich-Consulting. Engineer from Louvain-la-Neuve and MBA from MIT, Thierry has developed particular consulting expertise in Telecommunication and Media around the world. He specializes in convergence between media, TV, internet and mobile network. New advertising models, OTT impacts, Google-Search strategy and new type of MVNO are his fields of expertise. He is a frequent guest speaker and panelist in numerous media and telecom forums as well as guest lecturer for international universities in Europe. Thierry has more than 15 years of experience as management consultant and worked in US-Canada, Europe, Asia, and Africa.                                                     Claudio Campanini, Vice President, A.T.Kearney Claudio Campanini is a partner of A.T. Kearney Management Consulting, responsible for the Communications & High Tech practice in the Mediterranean region. Within his 15-year consulting experience he has been advising leading telecom and media players, regulators, governments in Italy, U.K., Greece and Egypt on the most relevant topics of the industry. His activity has spun along various areas: start-up of new operators, strategic advisory and business planning, M&A support, marketing management & pricing, sales channel review, organizational re-design, bid for license applications, network/technology strategy, cost reduction programs, regulatory and government interventions. He owns a bachelor degree in electronic and telecommunications engineering at Politecnico of Milan and a Master in Business Administration at INSEAD in Fontainebleau.                    Fabio Colasanti, Director General, DG Information Society and Media, European Commission European Commission Director General for “Information Society and Media” since July 2002, Fabio Colasanti, born in 1946, of Italian nationality, was previously Director General of the European Commission’s “Enterprise” Directorate General from January 2000 to June 2002. Prior to this appointment, from June 1999 to the end of 1999, he was Deputy Head of the Office of Commission President Romano Prodi and from the beginning of 1996 until June 1999 a Director in the European Commission’s “Budget” Directorate General, with responsibility for the “Resources” Directorate. Previously, from 1988 to the end of 1995, he served successively as Head of the “Economic Forecasts” and “Macro-economic policy analysis” units of the Commission’s Directorate General for “Economic and Financial Affairs”. Meanwhile, he studied local development issues in the USA during a three month trip across 18 states, thanks to an Eisenhower Fellowship in 1992. Before returning to the Directorate General “Economic and Financial Affairs”, he was a member of the Commission’s Spokesman’s Group with responsibility for economic and monetary affairs, regional policy, credit and investment, small and medium-sized enterprises (the portfolios of Commissioners Aloïs Pfeiffer and Abel Matutes), from 1985 to the end of 1987. From October 1977 to 1984, he worked as an economist in the Commission’s Directorate General for “Economic and Financial Affairs” (budgetary policies, Italian economy, short-term forecasts, European Monetary System and the Ecu). From 1971 to 1977, he held various positions with Italcable Spa of Rome (an international telecommunications company which is now part of Telecom Italia). Fabio Colasanti holds diplomas in economics from the University of Rome and the College of Europe in Bruges. He works regularly in English and French and is fluent in German and Spanish.   Tim Cowen, General Counsel, BT Global Services Since November 2002 Tim has been General Counsel for BT Global Services.  Prior to that he was General Counsel of BT Ignite. He became General Counsel and Commercial Director in May 2004 to reflect his expanded responsibilities for the worldwide commercial contracts teams in BT. He is a member of the BT Global Services Executive Team, with director-level responsibility.  He leads and manages Commercial Legal and Regulatory teams across 20 business locations in continental Europe, the US and Asia Pacific and is responsible for all law and regulation covering a wide variety of issues involving Commercial Contracts with customers and suppliers, Telecoms Law and Regulation litigation, etc. He has personally led the negotiations of some of BT’s largest corporate transactions and commercial deals, in particular the outsourcing and ICT deals for which BT Global Services has become renowned. Tim originally joined BT in 1991 from private practice as a European lawyer in the Regulatory, Competition and Public Law Division. From 1994 to 1999, he was Head of European Law, responsible for all aspects of EU law and Telecommunications Regulation affecting the BT Group and was the Head of the Legal and Regulatory team dealing with deregulation and worldwide alliances. He was an integral member of the BT team involved in BT’s first wave of international expansion, with much of the 1990s being spent on one deal or another; BT/MCI(1), FT/DT/Sprint, Global One, BT/MCI(2), BT/Viag Interkom, BT/Telfort, BT Banco Santander, BT/Telenordia, BT/AT&T and BT/AT&T Concert Unwind.  From 1999 to 2000 he was promoted to Chief Counsel for Competition Law and Public Policy, managing teams lobbying on EU and UK legislation as well as leading transactional work on BT's major transactions and oppositions to deals and developments.  He led the combined BT/AT&T team making representations on the Worldcom MCI/Sprint transaction, one of the few decisions blocked by the European Commission; which changed the shape of the communications industry. Tim read Law at Cambridge University and holds an MA in law. He won the prestigious De Somogyi Award for European Law.  Whilst training to become a Barrister he gained the Geoffrey Vere Scholarship and the Inner Temple Award.  Following qualification at the Bar, Tim worked for 5 years in private practice in the City of London law firms of Lovell White Durrant and Baker McKenzie. From early work on deregulation and liberalisation of markets during the 1980’s Tim has been involved in the International Chamber of Commerce working groups and is now BT’s ICC Council member.  Tim has been a member of the Ad-hoc Council for Europe for about 5 years and represents BT on the Competition Working Group at the European Round Table. He is on the Advisory Board of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) and Chairs the CBI Competition Panel. In 2006 he was elected to the Board of the International Association of Commercial Contract Managers (IACCM). In 2007 Tim was elected to the Chairmanship of IACCM. In 2007 he was appointed as a Visiting Professor at City University in London lecturing on Competition law  and Regulation. He is regularly invited to speak at International conferences on management of commercial/legal departments, and issues relating to multinational trading, liberalisation of markets regulation and  competition law in a global economy. He has written a number of papers, most recently on Commercial Methodology ( as Keynote for the IACCM EU conference in London on 7th November 2007) and on the Rule of Law at the Salzburg Seminar in September 2007. Tim qualified at the English Bar in 1986, holds a current practising certificate and is a member of the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple.  He is a member of the Athenaeum, and, when he has any free time likes to spend it with his family.      Peter Culham, Chief Economist, OFCOM Peter joined Ofcom as Director of Competition Economics in 2003 and was made Chief Economist in 2005.   Before  joining Ofcom he was Chief Economist at Oftel.  He joined the Government Economic Service (GES) in 1979 and before joining Oftel he previously worked  as an economist in a number of Government Departments (Environment, Transport, Defence).                     Thomas de Meese, Advocat, Crowell & Moring Thomas De Meese is a partner in the Brussels office of Crowell & Moring and has been a member of the Brussels bar since 1993. He specializes in competition, telecommunications, media and technology law. Thomas' expertise includes day to day counseling on distribution issues, technology licensing, patent pools, joint bidding, standard setting, pricing strategies by dominant companies, the activities of trade associations, etc. He has developed and implemented pan-European antitrust compliance and training programs for multinational companies. He represents complainants and defendants in competition investigations with both the Belgian Competition Council and the EC Commission. Thomas regularly litigates competition cases before national courts. He has also worked on several merger filings with the Belgian Competition Council. Thomas assists clients on ecommerce and Internet-related issues such as ISP-liability, data protection, online services, distance selling, and e-advertisement. He is involved in complex litigation in the media and telecommunications sector. He regularly represents one of the main players in the field of internet, telephony and interactive digital TV in Flanders in contentious and non contentious matters. He has also represented the Belgian federal telecommunications regulator (BIPT-IBPT) in a number of appeals against its regulatory decisions. Thomas is a qualified lawyer in Belgium and obtained his law degree, magna cum laude, at the University of Antwerp. He also obtained a Master of Advanced European Studies (MA), magna cum laude, at the College of Europe (Bruges-Warsaw). He frequently speaks at professional and academic conferences and published several articles on e-commerce, commercial communications.                  Lisa Di Feliciantonio, Head of Content Regulation, Fastweb Lisa is Head of content and IPTV regulation at Fastweb, the first alternative telecom operator in Italy to roll out an all-IP network and a triple play offer in the country. In her current position she is charge of guaranteeing the compliance of operations with the existing regulatory framework as well as monitoring the evolution of policy and regulatory environment to identify opportunities for the further development of Fastweb IPTV offer. Before joining Fastweb, Lisa has since 1998 worked for the Italian Regulatory Authority for Communications (AGCOM) as counsellor to one of the Commissioners and, later, as executive officer in the Regulatory Department, where she was in charge for the implementation of the regulatory framework for electronic networks in the television sector.  In her role, Lisa has directly taken part to the drafting of existing regulation for licensing, content regulation, obligation of broadcasters and the transition to digital television. Before then, she was in charge for strategic planning and network development at Orbit, the first digital satellite network for Middle East and North Africa. She has extensive experience in teaching, has written a number of articles for specialized economic publications and published two books, “I media della convergenza”, Perugia 1998 and “Switchover”, Milan 2004.                                              Jan Duben, Director of Electronic Communication Division, Czech Ministry of Economics Education Czech Technical University in Prague /ČVUT/, Faculty of Civil Engineering, 1976 - 1981 Special courses: many courses focused on HW and SW of mainframes, PCs and peripheral devices Additional Education: State Exams from Pedagogy, Didactics a Psychology, Czech Technical University in Prague /ČVUT/, The Research Center for Engineering Studies , 1990 Juridical Authority in Cybernetics  Juridical Authority in Economics – branch: value of HW and coherent SW, net components etc. Experience in  the field University of Economics /VŠE/ / - IT Center since 1988  Secondary Technical School for Civil Engeneering - teacher of computer science The Office of the Czech Government – Director of the Administration Department, since 1994 The Office of the Czech Government – director of the Administration Department and director of the State Information Department, since 1996 The Office for the State Information System - Deputy Chairman, since1996 The Office for the State Information System - acting Chairman,from January 1998 until June1998 The Office for the State Information System – Chairman from June 1998 until November 1998 The Advisor of the Czech Telecom /SPT Telecom  Independent advisor in ICT and juridical authority in Economics – branch: value of HW and coherent SW, net components etc. The Office of the Government of the Czech Republic, Section of Administrative Affairs – Director Now The Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic, Section of Administrative affairs – Director of Section Electronic Communications and Postal Services Membership Member of CAGI, Czech Association for Geoinformation, since its foundation in 1997 Member of the Information Society Forum EU, until 1998 Member of CFIS,Czech Forum for Information Society, until 2003 Head of the Czech branch of CODATA       Ken Ducatel, Member of Reding Cabinet, European Commission, DG Infso Ken Ducatel, British, holds a PhD in economic geography from Bristol University and an MSc in transport policy from Cranfield University in the UK. He has worked on information society policy for twenty years. He was a member of the faculty of University of Manchester for 14 years. His first experience in the European Commission was in DG Employment in 1995, providing secretariat to the High Level Group on the Information Society led by Professor Luc Soete. From 1997 to 2003, he worked at the European Commission's Institute for Prospective Technological Studies in Seville, where he led the institute's flagship "Futures Project." At the end of 2003 he moved to DG Information Society to become head of sector for eEurope. In November 2004 he was invited to join Commissioner Viviane Reding's Cabinet, where he is responsible for economic policy issues including the i2010 strategy.                             Frédérique Dupuis-Toubol, Partner, Bird & Bird Frédérique Dupuis-Toubol is a lawyer (member of the Paris Bar since 1983) who specialises in information technology and telecommunications law and was one of the first lawyers in France to become specialised in this field. Her main areas of work include: assistance to telecommunications operators on their strategic development including regulatory, anti-trust and litigation issues. Frédérique provides advice including the drafting and negotiation of various types of contracts in the telecommunications sector (interconnection and access agreements, MVNO agreements, network supply contracts, agreements for the leasing of optical fibres, infrastructure and installation sharing agreements and installation of telecommunications agreements and installation of telecommunications agreements (sites, antennae, wireless capacity etc). She advises operators to obtain 'right of way' and facilities sharing agreements; regulatory advice with the French and European regulatory authorities; assisting local governmental authorities and operators for the financing and the deployment of local networks and submarine cable networks, dispute resolution relating to interconnection and access agreements (both for mobile and fixed line operators); advising many operators in commercial disputes. Frédérique is also a regular speaker and contributor to articles on Electronic Communications law issues, a member of the editorial board of 'Computer and Telecommunications Law Review' and co-head of the international Communications practice group of Bird & Bird.         Pascal Dutru, Head of Regulatory and Competition Law department, Bouygues Telecom WORK EXPERIENCE Since 1999: BOUYGUES TELECOM - Mobile and fixed telephony – 4, 8 billion € - 8.000 employees. - IN-COUNSEL, Head of the "Regulatory and competition law department” - IN-COUNSEL, "Corporations business unit" (Jan. 1999 – July. 2000): - 1996 - 1998 THIEFFRY & Associés – Attorneys at law specialized in arbitration and competition law - 1995 - 1996 BIGLE, CARBONNIER, LAMAZE et RASLE – Attorneys at law specialized in intellectual property and audiovisual law (4 Partners and 10 associates). 1991 - 1995 Audiovisual sector EDUCATION Finance: MS Finance and control– ESSEC (2006) - Thesis: “WACC as a regulatory tool”. Law: PhD (Paris II University); LLM in European Law (College of Europe); Attorney at Law (Paris Bar). MISCELLANEOUS - 42 years old - Lecturer at Paris II University in telecom law; speaker at various international events.         Richard Feasey, Director of Public Policy, Vodafone Richard is the Public Policy Director for the Vodafone Group, coordinating global public policy and regulatory affairs throughout Vodafone’s operating companies including Europe, the Americas, and the Asia-Pacific. Richard has over fifteen years experience in international telecommunications in fixed, internet and wireless sectors; having been responsible for public policy at MCI Worldcom International, Ionica plc and TeleWest Communications plc. He has chaired worldwide industry bodies and is currently chair of the Regulatory Advisory Board of the GSM Association.                   José Ferrari Careto, Member of the Board, Anacom Name: José Manuel Ferrari Careto  Nationality: Portuguese    Date of Birth: 22 July 1962   Academic Qualifications 1985 - Universidade Nova de Lisboa: Economics Degree 1992 - AESE - Escola de Direcção de Negócios: Corporate Management 1996 - Universidade Católica Portuguesa: Advanced Finance for Executives 2005 - INSEAD EDP Top Management Programme 2005 - Oxford University: The Oxford Programme on Negotiation Professional Experience October 1986 - October 1989: CTT - Correios de Portugal (Portuguese Post Office) Responsible for forecasting models. Head of Research and Forecasting Division October 1989 - December 1996: ICP - Instituto das Comunicações de Portugal Research and Planning Manager. January 1997 - January 1998: MAXITEL Institutional Relations Manager. Executive Director of Maxistar and member of the executive commission responsible for obtaining the license for Optimus. January 1998 - August 2000: SONAE Group Client manager and Regulation Manager of Optimus. Executive Director of SONAE Data Network, Novis Telecomunicações and of IP Global. August 2000 - May 2003: ONI Group Director of Oni Way. Coordinator of Terrestrial Digital Television Project. Director of Oni Multimédia and of Oni Plataformas. May 2003 - June  2006: EDP Manager of Gas Business Integration project. Member of EDP’s gas committee. Director of Portgás, Setgás, NQF PTE SGPS, SA., NQF Energia SGPS, SA, and of NQF Gás SGPS, SA. EDP Representative to WG Gás of Eurelectric. Director of EDP Commercial Solutions.   Other Activitites Vice-Chairman of APDC - Portuguese Communications Development Association (1997 - 2002 and in 2006-2007). Member of ICP-Anacom Advisory Council 1997.   Mario Filipponi, Director EU Affairs, Verizon Business Mario Filipponi is Director EU affairs at Verizon Business.  In this capacity is responsible for EU telecom policy and international antitrust. Prior to joining Verizon Business 1999, Mario worked at the Directorate General for Competition of the European Commission, where he was part of the team in charge of developing the Commission policy in the field of vertical restraints of competition. Mario graduated in 1993 from Bologna University Law School.                        Grant, Forsyth, Head of EMEA Regulatory & Global Interconnection, BT Global Services Grant Forsyth currently works for BT Global Services, Vice President, Global Interconnection & Regulation, based in London.  BT provides services to its global customers in over 170 countries.  The diverse regulatory demands and government affairs requirements in those countries outside of the UK are addressed by his team as part of the BT Global Services, Commercial Legal and Regulatory group.   Prior to moving to London in 2006 Grant was Manager of Industry & Regulatory Affairs for TelstraClear in New Zealand for seven years.  TelstraClear is the major entrant in New Zealand having been the first challenger to enter the market upon liberalisation in 1990.  Prior to that he held the role of CEO of TUANZ (the Telecommunications Users Association of New Zealand) for five years following a career in IT in NZ, UK and USA.   Grant holds an MBA from the University of Auckland and MSCE from the University of Washington in Seattle.               Emmanuel Gabla, Director of the Service for IT & Information Society, French Ministry of Economics Born in 1969 in Strasbourg Education Graduated from Ecole Polytechnique (promotion 88) and from Ecole nationale supérieure des télécommunications (ENST) Background 1993-1995: Advisor at the General Directorate for Posts and Telecommunications, Ministry of Industry, Posts, Telecommunications and foreign 1996-1997: Head of European and Multilateral Affairs Department, Ministry of Industry, post and telecom 1998-1999: Assistant-deputy director for International Affairs at the Service for information technologies and Information Society, State Secretary for Industry 1999-2002: As Counsellor for industrial affairs at the Permanent representation of France before the European Union,, Emmanuel Gabla was in charge of telecommunications, posts, and information society (Bruxelles) July 2002-April 2004: Counsellor for telecommunications, Posts and intellectual property affairs to the Prime Minister, M. Jean-Pierre RAFFARIN. April 2004-June 2005: Deputy Director of the Cabinet of , M. Patrick DEVEDJIAN, Minister of Industry. Since August 2005, Director of the Service for Information Technologies and Information Society, General Directorate for Enterprise, Ministry of Economy, Finances and employment.         Gabrielle Gauthey, Commissioner, ARCEP Gabrielle Gauthey has been Member of the Board of the French Regulatory Authority for Electronic Communications and Posts (ARCEP) since January 2003. Gabrielle Gauthey, is a graduate of the Ecole Polytechnique and holds a postgraduate degree in economic analysis. She began her career with France Telecom and joined DATAR in 1992 as head of the foreign investment department in France and as General Secretary of the "Invest in France" network. From 1995 to 1997 she worked at the office of the Minister for Posts, Telecommunications and Space Affairs as a technical adviser on telecommunications and information technologies. From 1998 to July 2000 she was Deputy Director-General of Sofirad and Director-General of "Le SAT", the first satellite-based operator of French-language digital TV and radio services in Africa. Until January 2003, she was Director of the Information and Communication Technologies Department at the Caisse des Depots et Consignations, responsible for investment in the" regional digital development" programme by mandate of the state.             Ilsa Godlovitch, Director Regulatory Affairs, ECTA Ilsa is responsible for developing and delivering on the regulatory and policy agenda at ECTA, the trade association representing 150 competitive (non-incumbent) operators across Europe. Prior to joining ECTA in June 2005, she was EU Affairs Director at Cable & Wireless and also represented C&W's international businesses in developing countries outside Europe during a period of widespread liberalisation in the sector. Whilst at Oftel (the UK Telecoms Regulator), Ilsa was responsible for European Affairs and negotiated for the UK Government on the current EU Framework forCommunications. She was previously a technology journalist. She holds an MA in Classics from Oxford University and a Postgraduate Diploma in Economics from London University.               Nico Grove, Assistant Lecturer, Institut for Information, Organisation & Management, University of Munich Nico Grove is Assistant Lecturer at the Institute for Information, Organization and Management of the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München under the direction of Prof. Dr. Dres. h.c. Arnold Picot. His responsibilities beside lectures focusing on TIMES Industries are consulting projects within the area of market entry, regulation, restructuring and growth. In his dissertation he engages to explore interdependencies between infrastructure based network markets, regulation and firm-specific core competencies. Before joining the institute, he was working in strategy consultancy at Accenture and A.T. Kearney within the communication/high-tech practice, as well as for media/entertainment and resources customers. From 1999 on, he gained experience in media production for TV broadcasters, where co-founded companies were among. Nico Grove studied Business Administration and Economics. He holds a Master in Business Administration degree from the Munich School of Management, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, and a Master in Economics of the Macquarie University Sydney.                     Simon Hampton, Director of European Public Policy & Government Relations, Google Simon joined Google as Director for Public Policy & Government Relations inApril 2008. Prior to that Simon had worked for Time Warner, AOL and for Belgacom. In the years 1993-1995 Mr. Simon Hampton was an administrator for the European Commission, and before then had worked in the British government and as a stockbroker. Simon holds a BSc in Maths from the University of Bristol, an MPhil in Economics from Oxford, and a Post-Graduate Diploma in Competition Law.                      Maxime Herrmann, Assistant to Catherine Trautmann MEP, European Parliament Maxime Herrmann has been parliamentary assistant for Catherine Trautmann MEP since 2006. Amongst all the subjects falling under the competence of the European parliament's ITRE committee, he focuses mostly on energy and telecoms, two hot topics tackled recently in the context of the 3rd energy liberalisation package and climate change package, as well as the 2nd telecom package of course, on which Catherine Trautmann is rapporteur. Maxime was born in Strasbourg (France) in 1982. Before being an assistant he was a law student at the Université Robert Schuman (Strasbourg, FR) and Universiteit Leiden (NL); in a former life he held some responsibilities within the French Young Socialists, and also interned at the International Criminal Tribunal for former-Yugoslavia (The Hague) in 2004. In 2006 he obtained a LLM from SOAS (University of London).                   George Houpis, Director, Frontier Economics George's main areas of expertise are the theory and application of regulation and competition policy, market research and forecasting in the telecoms, postal and other sectors. Examples of his recent project work include advising regulatory authorities and operators on the application of the EU telecommunications regulatory framework, fixed and mobile interconnection, regulation and costing of NGNs, margin squeeze cases in the broadband internet services market, and advice on auctioning of spectrum. George has also advised on postal sector reform, including advice on access pricing and costing, competition issues in the postal sector, and costing and funding of universal service. George has also extensive quantitative experience, including the production and review of forecasts for fixed and mobile revenues, penetration and usage and has provided support to a number of bids for telecommunications, TV and radio licences.                        Dr. Jos Huigen, Director Regulatory and European Affairs, KPN Jos Huigen has been active in the communication and IT sector since 1995 in various capacities. He held various senior positions within the Dutch government (Ministries of Transportation and of Economic Affairs) and within the Dutch regulator OPTA, e.g., for interconnection issues, for broadband and broadcasting markets and consumer issues. He has also worked for companies in the IT sector, currently as director of Regulatory and European Affairs with KPN. Jos Huigen holds a doctorate in social and political sciences and a Masters in Public Administration and Public policy.                 Maximo Ibarra, Mobile Marketing and Customer Management Director, WIND After completing his Economics Studies in Rome, Mr. Ibarra achieves a Master in “Business Administration” and also a Master in “Marketing Telecommunications” in Paris ( Insead). Since then He spent two years in Telecom Italia Mobil as Marketing Analyst & Product Manager; four years in Vodafone as Marketing Manager and Marketing Director for Consumer Market. He also worked for DHL International as Commercial Director; for Fiat Auto as Strategies & Business Development Vice President and for Benetton Group as worldwide Marketing Vice President. Today Mr. Ibarra is in Wind the Mobile Marketing & Customer Management Director.             Belizar Keršič, Customer Care Director, Mobitel Belizar Keršic was born in 1947 in Ljubljana, where he also finished high school. He graduated in 1971 at the Faculty of Chemical Engineering and took a job as a development engineer immediately after that. He managed the company Kemicna tovarna Moste for 17 years as Managing Director, during which he took additional courses at home and abroad. One of the important achievements for him was gaining an ISO 9001 certificate, which enabled the company to become a supplier of important and renowned companies, such as VW, BMW. After changes in the company ownership structure, he took a job at Mobitel and became Chief Marketing Officer in the beginning of 1999. Position: Customer care and wholesale director Formal education: B.Sc. in Chemistry Previous employment record: Kemicna tovarna Moste                        Daniel Kirk, Partner, Spectrum Value Partners Dan Kirk is a Partner at Spectrum Value Partners, and has worked on projects across the convergent sectors. In the last 12 months his projects include: developing the 3G licensing approach for several regulators across Europe, developing a media rights strategy on behalf of a major UK content owner and building the detailed business plan for mobile data services on behalf of a major European telecoms operator. Dan has also worked with investment banks and legal advisers on a range of transactions. Dan has four and a half years experience in the telecoms and media sectors. Prior to joining Spectrum Strategy Consultants Dan worked at the Competition Directorate of the European Commission. Dan has an MBA from INSEAD, a PhD from London and an MA from Cambridge.                            Neelie Kroes, Commissioner, DG Competition, European Commission Neelie Kroes, born on 19 July 1941 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, is a Dutch politician and businessperson. In 1971 she was elected to the lower house of parliament, forcing her to stop her fellowship. In parliament, she became spokesperson for education. She remained a member of parliament until 1977, when she became junior minister of Transportation and Water Management in the First Van Agt Cabinet, responsible for Postal and Telephone Services and Transportation. In 1981 she briefly returned to the lower house of parliament, while her party, VVD, was in the opposition. In 1982 she returned to office in the First and Second Lubbers Cabinets, now as the minister for Transportation and Water Management, a post that she held until 1989. As a minister she was responsible for the privatization of the Post and Telephone Services, as well as the commissioning of the Betuwe-railway. After her time as minister, Ms Kroes became a member of the Rotterdam Chamber of Commerce, furthermore she served as a board member for Ballast Nedam (shipping), ABP-PGGM (a pension fund), NIB (an investment bank), McDonald's Netherlands, Nedlloyd, and Nederlandse Spoorwegen (the privatized Dutch railroad company). In 1991 she became chairperson of Nyenrode University, a private business school. In 2004 Neelie Kroes was appointed European Commissioner for Competition.   Reinald Krueger, Head of Unit, Procedures related to National Regulatory Measures, European Commission, DG Infso Reinald Krueger is Head of Unit in the Information Society and Media Directorate-General of the European Commission and responsible for the Article 7 Consultation Mechanism on national regulatory measures in the electronic communications sector. Reinald started his career in the European Commission in 1995. Until 2000, he worked as Administrator in the Industry Directorate-General on trade and industrial policy related tasks. He then moved to the Competition Directorate-General where he headed until 2004 the Task Force “Telecom Consultation Mechanism” which scrutinised draft regulatory measures notified by national authorities. Until 2008, he was Deputy Head of Unit “Antitrust Telecoms” and Case manager of major antitrust telecoms cases under Article 82 of EC Treaty. Before he joined the Commission, Reinald was Head of the Research Group “Industrial Economics and Competition Policy” at one of the leading German economics research institutes, the HWWA-Institute in Hamburg. In 1989, he was a Consultant with the US antitrust authority Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and in 1990 a Competition Expert to the World Bank. Reinald is an economist by training and author of 34 publications in the areas of industrial economics, competition policy and transition economics.                Harri Koponen, CEO, Tele2 2008 TELE2 AB - President and CEO 2004 - 2008 WATANIYA TELECOM, KUWAIT - General Manager and Chief Executive Officer 2002 – 2004 TELIA SONERA AB FINLAND / SWEDEN - Deputy CEO and President of International Operations 2002 – 2003 Telia Sonera AB - Deputy CEO and Head of Marketing, Products, Global Accounts and Services MPS Unit at HQ 2001 – 2002 Sonera Corporation Ltd. - President and CEO 1998 – 2001 Ericsson Inc. - Executive Vice President and GM Consumer Products North America. 1998 – /2000 Ericsson Inc. - Managing Director and Global Account Executive 1994 – 1998 Oy LM Ericsson AB - Head of the business unit & Director of Sales at Ericsson Finland 1989 – 1994 Hewlett-Packard Oy - Area Sales Director 1985 – 1989 OY SHELL AB - Manager of Business Operations

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

Matthias Kurth, born 1952 in Heidelberg, Germany, finished his Law Studies at Frankfurt am Main University in 1978 with first and second state examination magna cum laude. After his studies he was entitled to serve as a judge at the Darmstadt Regional Court. Then working as a lawyer in Dreieich with admission to the Darmstadt Regional Court from 1978 to 1994 and during the same time Member of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) Group in the Hesse State Parliament. From 1991 to 1994 Matthias Kurth was Parliamentary Secretary and Deputy Chairman of the SPD Group in the State Parliament and Member of its Presidium. In 1994 he became Permanent Secretary in the Hesse Ministry of Economics, Head of Administration, and Permanent Deputy of the Minister (until April 1999). From 1994 to 1997 he also was the Representative of the state of Hesse in the Regulatory Council for Posts and Telecommunications, where he cooperated in framing the German Telecommunications Act, and a Member of the Supervisory Board of the Deutsche Ausgleichsbank. In 1997 and in 1998 Matthias Kurth was Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Administration of the Ministries of Economics at federal and state level. Then from July 1999 to February 2000 Member of the Board of Directors of COLT Telekom GmbH, where he was responsible for Business Development, Law and Regulation. In March 2000 Matthias Kurth was made Executive Vice President of the German Regulatory Authority for Telecommunications and Posts, becoming President in 2001.  Since June 2005, he has been President of the Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway.

Ann LaFrance, Coordinating Partner, European communications law and data privacy practice, Squire Sanders & Dempsey Ann LaFrance is Coordinating Partner for the Squire Sanders communications law team in EMEA and leader of the firm's European data protection and privacy practice. Ms. LaFrance has over two decades of experience working on regulatory, policy, competition and commercial matters involving the TMT sector in Europe, the United States and key emerging markets around the globe. She began her career as a telecommunications lawyer in Washington, DC, and from 1996-2004, she served as Chief International Counsel for MCI Communications Corp. (since acquired by Verizon) in Brussels and London/Reading. Now based in London, Ms. LaFrance's practice covers a wide range of telecommunications and media issues involving EU, UK and international law and regulation.

Gérard Lambert, Directeur Services Marchands, Carrefour Gérard Lambert has worked and progressed through the same group of companies: GIB-Group for nearly 30 years. He has been Merchant Services Director at Carrefour Belgium since July 2005 where defines and implements new commercial strategy to introduce Carrefour Belgium into new services. Previous roles have included Regional Manager (Commercial Board and Management Board member); Hypermarkets Business Controller where he was responsible for sales of € 2.3 billion and Board member, Administration and Finance Manager of BIGG’s, a joint-venture established between GIB Group and Promodes in order to operate the two biggest hypermarkets of GIB Group in Belgium with sales of €200 million. From 1993-1996 Mr Lambert was General Manager of KIPA, a start-up hypermarket chain in Izmir, Turkey.  Mr Lambert has a Degree in Applied Economics from IAG, UCL Louvain-La-Neuve Belgium and a Bachelor in social and politic sciences from Facultés Universitaires St Louis, Brussels, Belgium

Karim Lesina, Executive Director, European Affairs, AT&T Karim Antonio Lesina is the EU Affairs Executive Director of AT&T. He leads AT&T's advocacy in Brussels towards the EU Institutions. Prior to joining AT&T, Karim held senior positions with another leading US-headquartered ICT company, and a number of leading public affairs agencies in Brussels.  Karim has worked on external affairs projects in several countries across the EMEA region. Born in Dakar (Senegal) Karim is an Italian-Tunisian national and has a Master Degree in Economics of development at the Catholic University of Louvain-la-Neuve.

Tim Lord, Regulatory Director, 3 UK

Tim is trained as a lawyer and specialises in media and competition law.  He became Regulatory Director of Hutchison 3G UK Limited in June 2004 where he is responsible for interconnection, roaming, regulation and government affairs. Tim read Engineering and then Law at Trinity College, Cambridge and completed his LLM at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville.   He completed his legal training with Linklaters and has had a number of in house positions including the BBC, Cable and Wireless, Videotron Corporation and ITV.

 

Dr. Joachim Lücking, Head of Unit C1, Antitrust: Telecoms, DG Competition, European Commission

Dr. Joachim Lücking is the Head of Unit responsible for Antitrust – Telecommunications in the Competition Directorate-General of the European Commission since February 2008. He joined the European Commission in 1995 and has held several positions in the Competition DG, including Head of Unit – Mergers, Deputy Head of Unit – Telecommunications, Policy coordinator and Case handler for merger cases. Joachim studied business administration and economics and holds a Ph.D. in Business Administration from Erlangen-Nuremberg University (1994), an MBA (Diplom-Kaufmann) from the same university (1989), and an M.A. (Economics) from Wayne State University, Detroit (1986).

 

Boštjan Makarovič, Head of Telecommunications Division, APEK Boštjan Makarovič is the head of telecommunications division with APEK, the Slovenian electronic communications market regulatory authority. He is involved in the management of market analysis and other regulatory proceedings conducted by the regulator. Previously, he worked as legal expert in the regulatory department of Telekom Slovenije. In addition, he acted as an external advisor to the Slovenian Ministry of justice in the preparation of the Slovenian Data Protection Act provisions related to the Internet. In the course of the Slovenian Presidency of the EU Council, he has been involved as expert to the Presidency in the preparation of the EU electronic communications regulatory framework. He also acts as an arbitrator in alternative domain name ’.si’ dispute resolution proceedings. He has obtained his LLM degree at Queen Mary, University of London in 2001 and is currently conducting his PhD research in communications law with the same institution. He has published articles in UK communications law reviews and is co-author of two Internet law textbooks.

Scott Marcus, Senior Consultant, WIK Consulting J. Scott Marcus is a Senior Consultant for WIK-Consult GmbH (the consulting arm of the WIK, a research institute in economics and regulatory policy for network industries, located in Bad Honnef, Germany).  Previously, he served as Senior Advisor for Internet Technology for the FCC.  Prior to that, he was the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Genuity, Inc. (GTE Internetworking). Scott holds a B.A. in Political Science (Public Administration) from the City College of New York, and an M.S. from the School of Engineering, Columbia University. Scott also works as an independent consultant. Recent clients include the Jamaican regulatory authority (the OUR), the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and the International Telecommunications Union (ITU). In 2004, Scott was attached to the European Commission (DG INFSO) as a Transatlantic Fellow of the German Marshall Fund of the United States. Scott is also a newly appointed Fellow of GLOCOM (the Center for Global Communications, a research institute of the International University of Japan), and a Visiting Fellow of the University of Southern California's Center for Communication Law and Policy. He is co-editor for public policy and regulation for IEEE Communications Magazine. He served on the board of the American Registry of Internet Numbers (ARIN) from 2000 to 2002, and on the Meetings and Conference Board of the IEEE Communications Society from 2001 through 2005, and as Chair of IEEE CNOM. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE. He is the author of numerous papers and of a book on data network design: Designing Wide Area Networks and Internetworks: A Practical Guide, Addison Wesley, 1999. Much of Scott's published work is interdisciplinary, combining economic, public policy, and technological analysis. Areas of specialization: · Network interconnection (including PSTN,NGN and Internet; Europe and the U.S.) · Regulation in a converged or NGN environment (including VoIP) · International comparative analysis of markets and of legal and regulatory institutions (especially Europe and the U.S.) · Security, trust and privacy for electronic communications networks · Spectrum management policy · Cable networks: market analysis, evolution to triple play · Data network design; capacity planning and performance analysis; and operations and management

Vivi Michou, Head of Unit - Implementation of Regulatory Framework, DG Information Society and Media, European Commission

Ms Michou joined the Commission in 1992.  Since May 16th 2008 Ms MICHOU is the Head of Unit B2 "Implementation of Regulatory Framework" in DG Information Society and Media, Directorate B. From August 1st 2004 until May 15th 2008 Ms Michou was the Head of Unit B5 "Procedures related to national regulatory measures" in DG Information Society and Media, Directorate B. Prior to that and since February 2003, the activities at Unit B5 (Article 7 activities) were carried out by an ‘ad hoc’ Task Force, also headed by Ms Michou. She joined Information Society DG in November 2002 as “Head of Sector” in the Policy and Regulatory Framework Unit of the Communications Services and policy Directory. In the Commission she previously worked in DG Enterprise and DG Internal Market.  Prior to joining the Commission she occupied different positions in the private and public organisations (such as Bank of Investments, Ministry of Technology and National Economy, ICL Hellas) in Athens. She graduated from Athens University where she studied Law and Economics. She then obtained a Masters Degree in Computer Science from Imperial College, London.

Stan Miller, CEO, KPN International Stan Miller is member of the Board of Royal KPN N.V. and CEO of the international Mobile activities of KPN. KPN is a leading European Telecommunication company. He has broad (20 years) experience in start up, turnaround, acquisition and disposal of companies in both the Telecom and Media (television) sections.

Jim Niblett, International Policy Director, Ofcom Jim Niblett is International Policy Director of Ofcom.  He directs the development of Ofcom policy on new European communications legislation and is particularly involved in current discussions on the revision to the Framework and the Roaming Regulation.  He is very much involved in the work of the European Regulators Group and chairs ERG Project Teams on roaming and on regulatory remedies.  Jim joined the previous UK regulator Oftel in 1996 and transferred to Ofcom at its inception.  Before he took on his current role, he had broad experience of applying regulatory remedies in the fields of fixed, mobile and broadcasting transmission networks.

Levi Nietveldt, Economic Officer, BEUC

Levi Nietvelt joint BEUC in 2006 and works as an Economic Officer, representing consumers during debates and meetings in the European Parliament, at the European Commission and in external meetings. Within BEUC, which represents 41 independent consumer organizations in more than 30 countries, he works on network industries in general and telecom and energy liberalization in particular. He has dealt with the liberalization of the postal services, the revision of the telecom framework and has given written and oral evidence at the House of Lords Inquiry on the international roaming regulation. Prior to joining BEUC, he worked as a trainee in the European Parliament for the Belgian MEP Ivo Belet and as a business analyst at Philips Medical. Levi Nietvelt studied Economics at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and European Political Economy at the London School of Economics. He represents BEUC in the Communication Committee (COCOM), an advisory body on telecoms to the European Commission and the European Consumer Consultative Group (ECCG) working group on energy, an informal working group focused on retail energy markets.

Dr. Karl-Heinz Neumann, General Manager, WIK Consult GmBH

Dr. Karl-Heinz Neumann, born November 24, 1953, is a graduate of the University of Bonn with a Ph.D. in Economics, he rejoined WIK in April 2001 as General Manager and Director of WIK GmbH and WIK-Consult GmbH, a position he had previously held until 1995. From 1995 to 2001 he worked for RWE Telliance AG as Executive Director for strategy, regulation and national projects. In the last two years he was Member of the Management Board of the Company. In this position he also acted as Member of the Board and as Member of the Supervisory Board of several national and international telecommunications companies. Besides his telecommunications industry experience, Karl-Heinz Neumann has a broad experience in the consultancy of regulatory authorities, governments and telecommunications companies. He acted as a member of many expert and advisory commissions, related to German telecommunication authorities. Dr. Neumann has led and is leading WIK-teams in more than 50 European regulatory policy consultancy studies. His main focus of work is related to cost modelling licensing, pricing policy, interconnection and ULL pricing, market structures and regulatory policy. Since 1990 Dr. Neumann is Member of the Board of Directors of the International Telecommunications Society and since 1992 he is Member of the Research Committee of the Münchner Kreis – Supranational Association for Communications Research. Since 2001 Dr. Neumann is Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the German NRA BNetzA. From 1992 to 1995 Dr. Neumann was the editor of Information Economics and Policy. Since 1999 he is member of the Editorial Advisory Board of Info – The Journal of Policy, Regulation and Strategy for Telecommunications, Information and Media and since 2001 member of the Scientific Council of Communications and Strategies. Dr. Neumann has written more than 150 articles in journals, books and readers on telecommunications economics, policy and regulation. He was editor/coeditor of 7 books on telecommunications and postal policy topics and author of 4 books on telecommunications economics and policy. He has given more than 250 speeches or presentations on telecommunications policy and regulation, information and communications, postal policy.     Morten Nissen, Partner, Bird & Bird Morten Nissen joined Bird & Bird in 2008.  His practice focuses primarily on anti-competitive practices, abuse of dominance, merger control and State aid.  He acts for a wide range of (including IP rich) companies in cartel and anticompetitive practices cases and has obtained clearance of a multitude of merger transactions both from the European Commission and national competition authorities.  He has particular experience with the aviation, electronic consumer goods, energy, media, banking and railway industries. He also provides extensive advice on EU regulatory matters, in particular as regards gas and electricity. Prior to joining Bird & Bird, Morten was a partner in the Brussels office of McDermott Will & Emery. Morten has written numerous articles and spoken on competition law issues. He is on the editorial board of World Competition, Law and Economics Journal (Kluwer) and lectures frequently at the College of Europe’s Advanced Community Law Program. Morten studied law at the University of Copenhagen and holds a Master degree from that same University as well as one from the Institut d’Etudes Européennes of the University of Brussels (ULB). A member of the Danish Bar since 1998 and associate member of the Brussels Bar since 2000, he speaks Danish, English and French and has a good knowledge of Swedish, Norwegian and German.             Frédéric Palomino, Rapporteur, Conseil de la Concurrence 1995: PhD Economics, European University Institute 1996-2003: Assistant Professor, then Associate Professor, Dept of Finance and Center for Economic Research, Tilburg University 2003-2006: Associate Professor of Finance, HEC School of Management, Paris Since 2006: Case Handler, French Competition Council   Academic Publications (among others) in: RAND Journal of Economics, Journal of Finance, International Journal of Industrial Organization, International Journal of Game Theory, Economic Theory                          Esa Parjanen, CEO, TDC Oy Nationality: Finnish Date of Birth: 11th of February, 1965 Experience 1.3.2008 - TDC Oy, Helsinki CEO 1.7.2006-28.2.2008 - IBS Nordic, Stockholm President IBS Nordics and Russia Full P&L responsibility of Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway,Russia and Baltic states Develop and implement Nordic organization and business operations  model 600 employees Member of IBS Group Management 1.1.2006 – 31.6.2006 - IBS Finland Oy, Helsinki Vice President IBS Eastern Europe Full P&L responsibility of Finland, Poland, Russia and Baltic states Member of IBS Group Management 22.5.2005 – 31.12.2005 - IBS Finland Oy, Helsinki Managing Director IBS Finland Oy 140 employees Russia business start up 2003 – 21.5.2005 - SAP EMEA HQ, Paris Business Development Director, Mid Market initiative Responsible of business development in mid market segment Area responsibility of Italy, France, Spain, Portugal and Japan Mid Market specific Industrialized Sales Process implementation 2000 – 2003 - SAP Finland Oy, Helsinki Sales Director Overall sales responsibility in Finland 1998 – 2000 SAP Finland Oy, Helsinki Director of European Strategic Business Unit 1996 – 1998 SAP Finland Oy,Helsinki Account Manager 1993 – 1996 Matrex Oy, Helsinki Project Manager and Partner 1989 – 1993 Finnmap Oy, Helsinki Consultant Education 1984 – 1989, Bachelor of Science (Civil Eng.) 2003 - 2004, INSEAD Business School, France, SAP Regional Management Leadership Programme Languages: Finnish, English (fluent), Swedish and some German Hobbies: Family, cooking, outdoors, golf, skiing and fast cars

Daniel Pataki, Chairman ERG 2008/RSPG 2009

Since January 1, 2004, Mr. Pataki has been President of the National Communications Authority in Hungary, appointed for five years. Mr. Pataki is the elected Chairman of the European Regulators Group/Independent Regulators Group (ERG/IRG) for 2008, and also a Vice Chair of the Radio Spectrum Policy Group (RSPG) which he will chair in 2009. In 2002 Mr. Pataki acted as Deputy Secretary of State in charge of communications at the Ministry of Informatics and Communications in Hungary. He was responsible for the elaboration of the Electronic Communications Act. Mr. Pataki graduated from the Budapest University of Economic Sciences specialising in international relations and public services and subsequently completed a postgraduate management programme in Paris.

 

Enrico Pietralunga, Service & Design Planning Manager, Fastweb Enrico Pietralunga is head of Service & Design Planning in Network & System  department at Italian broadband provider FASTWEB. He joined FASTWEB at the beginning and has spearheaded the broadband company’s success in offering full triple play services: VoIP, high-speed Internet and IPTV services to customers in Italy, with prime responsibility to assess the feasibility and development of new products and services. He is also the focal point of FASTWEB Regulatory Affairs department for technical aspects.

Markus Reinisch, Head of Regulatory Affairs (Fixed Line), Vodafone Markus is heading the fixed regulatory function at Vodafone Group, the largest alternative broadband operator Europe's. At Vodafone Markus is responsible for defining the overall fixed regulatory strategy for current and in particular for next generation networks. He ensures the execution of that strategy across all 25 operating companies and provides regulatory support for business development and M&A activities with regards to fixed assets. Prior to working for Vodafone, Markus was the Director, Group Regulatory Development at COLT Telecom.  At COLT he was in charge of defining the group regulatory policy and co-ordinated its implementation across all 13 COLT subsidiaries in Europe. Furthermore he developed and drove strategic business development opportunities for COLT Group Services. Before that Markus held roles at Orange Group and Deloitte Consulting. Markus holds an LL.M. from Warwick University and a Master of Law from Vienna University.

Luis Reis, COO, Sonaecom

Luis Filipe Reis is COO, Sonaecom and President of President. Current responsibilities at Sonaecom: Executive Director and COO of Sonaecom (CEO of the Telecom companies Optimus/Novis and Clix). Sonaecom is the leading challenger to the Portuguese Telecom incumbent with operations on Mobile, Fixed and Internet (turnover - 800 million & employees - 2000). President of APRITEL (Portuguese Telecom Operators Association). Professional Experience: Several top management positions in the Telecom Sector since 2000. COO and Marketing Executive Board member of the largest retailing company in Portugal (1995/2000). Relevant experience in Pharmaceutical Marketing. Associate Professor of Marketing and Strategy - University of Oporto Business School; MBA coordinator. Academic Qualificiations: Phd Economics (University Complutense de Madrid); MBA and Master in Management (EGP - Oporto University); SEP (Stanford University); Degree in Medicine (Coimbra University).             Hendrik Rood, Senior Consultant, Stratix Consulting Hendrik Rood entered the telecommunications industry in 1990 after completing an Applied Physics study with research in submicron semiconductor technology. He worked initially in the development department of KPN Telecom as a systems engineer on projects regarding fibre optic cabling and transmission systems, leased line networks and DSL, as well as Video-on-Demand. He changed to public switching, where he was responsible for developments in numbering, routing, billing and traffic data and management on the 5ESS switch platform. After he joined Stratix Consulting in 1995 he worked on a large range of telecommunications and Internet related consultancy projects. He worked on a large set of projects on numbering and domain name policy, design and purchasing of advanced networks for corporate users, operators and academic research networks. He also provides market research on broadband and policy advisory services with respect to broadband deployment and spectrum policy.   Hendrik has aided clients in finance and the investor community, operators and industry, regulators and government policy makers and local authorities on a range of telecom related questions. He regularly gives expert testimony in court disputes, regulatory and M&A proceedings. From 1998 till 2006 Hendrik has been a senior research fellow at the Economics of Infrastructures Section at Delft University of Technology where he wrote several peer reviewed articles on telecommunications policy subjects and presented at scholar conference with a focus on empirical research. Recently he has been mainly active in the areas of VoIP, peer-to-peer video over IP, large corporate networks, spectrum policy, broadband access research in general and fibre roll out in specific.            Jean-Jacques Sahel, Director, Government and Regulatory Affairs, Europe, Skype Mr Sahel is Director of Government and Regulatory Affairs for Europe at Skype. Previously Mr Sahel was Deputy Director, Services Industries in UK Trade and Investment (UKTI), the British Government’s external trade promotion arm. There he led the initiative to promote overseas the UK’s strength in financial services. Before that, he held senior posts at the Department of Trade and Industry. Among them was head of global communications policy.   Jean-Jacques served UK interests in many telecoms and IT negotiations and forums during his years in public service. They included the OECD - where he was a Vice Chair of the anti-spam task force and Chairman of the Working Party on the Information Economy (2005-2007); the ITU; the UN’s World Summit on the Information Society; and the WTO. He is the current UK signatory of the 2006 UN ITU treaties.   Jean-Jacques brings his public sector experience to a new post at Skype. He made the move because,“Skype is where media, IT, telecoms and the Internet converge”. Also because, “There are acute challenges. We have a 19th century legal framework to deal with a 21st century phenomenon”.  Jean-Jacques holds dual French-British nationality. He read Foreign Languages and Economics at the University of Provence. He also took a BA in European Management and a Master’s in International Peace and Security in the UK, where he’s lived since 1995. He’s fluent in three languages and comfortable in two more.        Adelino Santos, Director Major Sales Division Germany, COLT Telecom Name: Adelino Manuel Monteiro Santos Birth:  01.10.67, Nova Lisboa (Angola) Civil State: Married, 3 daughters 1. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE · 2008 – today, COLT Telecom, Germany In August 2008 appointed as Head of Major Enterprise Division and member of the Managing Board of COLT Telecom in Germany located in Frankfurt. · 2001 – 2008, COLT Telecom Portugal, Lisbon Since July 2001 started up the telecom operator in Portugal.   · 2000 – 2001, Teleweb – Comunicações Interactivas, Lisbon In June appointed as member of the board and managing director. · 1996 – 2000, Compaq Computer Portugal, Lisbon September 99 – May 00, ESSG Director for Portugal (Enterprise Solutions and Services Group). June 98 - August 99, CS & OMS Director for Portugal. March 99 - August 99, HR Director for Portugal (Interim and overlapping). After the former HR director left I had this interim role. April 97 - May 98, ILSS Director for Portugal (Integrated Logistics, Service and Support). April 96 - March 97, Service & Support Manager. · 1997 - 1998, Dados Novos, Lda, Lisbon (Simultaneous to Compaq). Founded his own software company together with one more shareholder 1994 - 1996, EDS Deutschland, Online Services Dept, Operations & Business Development Manager. I was responsible for business development in UK, FR, GE, SW and NL. 1994 - 1998, Commission of the European Communities, Brussels. From Jan 94 to Jul 98 I have been Portuguese representative in the Management Committee of the COST 14 Action (Multimedia technologies) within which research funds are allocated to European projects. · 1990 - 1994, Fraunhofer Gesellschaft e.V., Darmstadt. Actively defined, negotiated, designed and implemented software projects in the roles of software engineer and project manager. · 1991 - 1994, Several companies, External consultant. Consulted externally in software services and telecommunications in the areas of multimedia, multi-user interfaces, LAN/WAN. · 1988 - 1990, Several companies, Lisbon, SW Developer and Teaching Assistant. Cara Schwarz-Schilling, Head of Section, Internet Economics, BNetzA and ERG Since 2002 she has headed the Section for Internet Economics at the Bundesnetzagentur, currently chairing the ERG Project Team on NGN. From 2000-2002 she headed the Section Postal Economics. Prior to joining BNetzA she was Senior Economist at the ‘Wissenschaftliches Institut für Kommunikationsdienste’ since 1996. Main areas of research: Numbering in telecommunications networks, Liberalization, Antitrust and regulation in the telecommunications sector. She studied Economics at the University of Bonn, University of Chicago, the London School of Economics and the University of Cologne. Diplom in 1985 (Bonn), Master of Science in Mathematical Economics and Econometrics 1987 (LSE), Doctoral degree I995 (Cologne). From 1988-1992 Economist with the "Energiewirtschaftliches Institut and der Universität Köln", research and consulting work on competition and regulation in the energy sector. From 1992-1995 Assistant Professor at the Staatswissenschaftliches Seminar der Universität Köln, focusing on Industrial Organisation and Antitrust Policy.         Dr. Georg Serentschy, CEO, Austrian Regulatory Authority for Broadcasting and Telecommunications (RTR-GmbH) Nov 2002 – present  RTR-GmbH CEO of the Austrian Regulatory Authority for Broadcasting and Telecommunications (RTR-GmbH). In addition to its regulatory tasks, RTR-GmbH serves as a public think-tank for telecommunication and electronic media topics. Besides his national agenda, G. Serentschy is actively involved in the coordination of telecommunication issues with the European Commission and 29 national European agencies. He leads a team of 70 experts with an academic background. Before joining RTR-GmbH, G. Serentschy worked for many years in the consulting, the aerospace and the industrial sector. His professional background comprises experience in the ICT sector, corporate strategy and innovation in an industrial and consulting environment. He developed his leadership skills in both, executive and non-executive, functions: 1997 – 2002  Arthur D. Little Austria GmbH (ADL) Managing Director of Arthur D. Little Austria and in charge of business development in CEE / SEE. The focus of his work was on the delivery of top management consulting services in the areas of strategy, marketing and sales concepts and business plans for fixed-line and mobile operators as well as for internet service providers. As a partner of ADL, he was also a member of the company’s selection, hiring and promotion committee. Moreover, he gave lectures and published several articles and books on strategic issues in the telecommunication sector. 1983 – 1996  The Austrian Aerospace Company (ORS) CEO of ORS, specializing in the aerospace industry. ORS once was a subsidiary of Dornier, now EADS. In his role as single executive board member, he was in charge of all technical, commercial and sales tasks as well as of the budget, turnover and high-tech personnel development in an international environment. This position also required an in-depth involvement with national politics. 1978 – 1983 Worked in several industrial companies in the areas of strategy and strategic controlling, energy systems, robotics and software. Before starting his industrial career, G. Serentschy worked as a nuclear physicist in basic research. He graduated at the University of Vienna, Austria, and holds a PhD degree in nuclear physics. Personal Information Born on 22 August 1949 in Vienna, Austria. Married, two sons.       Feyo Sickinghe, Partner, Bird & Bird Feyo Sickinghe (1966) started his career as a business lawyer in Amsterdam and worked several years for UPC and Priority Telecom as Director Regulatory Affairs. Since 2007 he has been Senior European consultant with Bird & Bird and advises on telecom and media regulation. He is chairman to the Dutch Association of Competitive Telecom operators (ACT) and chairman of the Dutch Rights of Way Association (Groep Graafrechten). Feyo chairs the Forum for Interconnect and Special Access (FIST) and is board member of the Telecom Society.                    Marjolijn Sonnema, Director Telecoms Markets, Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs Since 2006 Marjolijn Sonnema has been Director Telecom Markets, Directorate for Energy and Telecom at the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs. Prior to this she worked as interim manager within the Dutch national government at the departments of the Environment, Economic Affairs and Justice. From 1991 to 2003 she worked at the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature Management and Food Quality in different fields: international affairs, HRM and lastly as deputy director Industry and Trade. Before joining the government she worked for the Agriculture Board/Central Farmers Organisation where she was engaged in international affairs Marjolijn Sonnema (1961) studied Social an Economic Geography at the Universities of Groningen, Utrecht and Wageningen.              Tiziana Talevi, Regulatory Affairs Director, Fastweb Tiziana was born in Rome and has a degree in Economics & Business Administration from LUISS University in Rome. Tiziana has always worked in the telecommunications industry with experiences in Telecom Italia, initially as an analyst in the Strategic Planning Dept and later as a researcher on economic and regulatory affairs at the San Salvador Study Center in Venice. In 1997 she worked in the regulatory affairs dept. of Infostrada, the first alternative fixed line operator in Italy in the initial phases of liberalization and therefore followed all aspects related to the liberalization process in Italy and in Europe. She then worked at the Italian NRA for four years as an assistant to one of the commissioners and contributed to the definition of the main regulatory proceedings regarding the liberalization process in Italy with particular emphasis on Unbundling, bitstream and interconnection. From 2002 to mid 2007 she has had international experience with Telecom Italia Sparkle, the international wholesale voice and data division of Telecom Italia in the New York Office, dealing with marketing and regulatory aspects of international voice and data services. Since April 2007, she is Director of Regulatory Affairs of Fastweb, the main alternative broadband and IPTV provider in Italy.           Giorgio Tibaldi, Retail and Wholesale International Roaming Director, WIND Giorgio R. Tibaldi is responsible for the Retail and Wholesale International Roaming of Wind, which encompasses Marketing, Sales and Administration. He has 15 years of experience in the telecommunication field. His former position in the Company was as International Business Development Director where he was in charge of the development of Wholesale Fix and Mobile Operations. Before Wind he served as Consumer Marketing Manager and International Carrier Relation Manager with AT&T.

Catherine Trautmann, MEP, Vice Chairwoman ITRE Committee, rapporteur Better Regulation Directive

Catherine Trautmann (*1951, France) has been a Member of the European Parliament for the Party of European Socialists (PES) since 2004, which she had already been from 1989 to 1994. She is the vice-chairwoman of the Industry, Research and Energy Committee as well as a deputy member of the Culture and Education Committee.  She studied theology in Strasbourg specialising in the history of religion as well as Coptic language and literature. During her political career she has been a member of the French parliament (1986 to 1988), Secretary of State for the Elderly and Disabled (1988) as well as president of the Inter-Ministerial Working Party on (Drug) addiction (1988 to 1989). From 1989 to 1997 as well as from 2000 to 2001 she was Mayoress of Strasbourg. She stepped down from this office in 1997 when the Prime Minister Lionel Jospin appointed her as Minister of Culture and Communications (until 2000) as well as government spokeswoman (until 1998). Since 2000 she has been a member of the French party “Bureau National”. She is currently a member of Strasbourg's city council as well as 2nd Vice President of Strasbourg's urban community, in charge of university and economic development. She is also a Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur, Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres.

Herbert Ungerer Deputy Director General, European Commission, DG Competition - State Aids, Sector Inquiries, Services of General Interest

Herbert Ungerer is  currently Deputy Director General at the EU's Directorate General for Competition in Brussels, the European Union's antitrust department. In this function he is in charge of  control of state aids by EU Member States,  sector wide antitrust inquiries and services of general economic interest.  Ungerer has held a number of senior management positions at the European Commission. He was the author of the 1987 EU telecommunications Green Paper that set the framework for EU telecom liberalization during the nineties. Since, and up to his present assignment, he oversaw the application of EU antitrust law to the deregulation of telecommunications in the European Union up to the full liberalization of telecommunications in Europe. He was also responsible for the EU directives and decisions for the introduction of the GSM system in Europe, and for the application of EU competition rules to a wide variety of sectors, such as  media, basic industries, pharmaceuticals and, most recently, energy and the environment.               Marc Van Asbroeck, Director Legal and Regulatory Affairs, KPN International Since 1998, Marc Van Asbroeck has been employed by BASE N.V., the third mobile operator in Belgium. Until 2006, he was responsible for legal and regulatory matters, interconnection, roaming and wholesale. Since the end of 2005, he is a member of the supervisory board of BASE and within the KPN International group (BASE & e-Plus) he is responsible for the coordination of legal and regulatory matters. Before joining BASE, he worked for 6 years as a legal counsel for Toyota Motor Europe.

Nick White, Executive Vice President, INTUG

Nick has spent nearly forty years in IT, in a variety of roles, principally in telecommunications.  Most recently, during his fifteen years at Unilever, starting as head of Worldwide Telecommunications, he also managed IT Strategy, Ecommerce, and Information Management.   At HSBC, starting as group Telecommunications Manager, he went on to manage all Midland Bank’s computer centres and networks as Group IT Operations Director and to chair a technology subsidiary, Midland Network Services.  In 10 years at Reuters, finishing as Deputy Technical Controller, he managed software and engineering development and production for global telecommunications and information systems. Nick has been a Vice Chairman of INTUG since 1994, and was Chairman of CMA from 1990-1993.

Thomas Walker, Director Business Relations, Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform, UK Government

Thomas is responsible for developing government policy and leading international negotiations in relation to European Information and Communications Technology (ICT) policy, and International ICT policy.  These responsibilities include EU negotiations on regulations such as the Electronic Communications Framework and Mobile Roaming; work with the International Telecommunications Union and OECD; UK input to the global Internet Governance Forum; and bilateral government relations with other countries on telecoms regulatory frameworks. In addition, Thomas has responsibility for UK input into European industrial and enterprise policy, and for UK negotiation and delivery of European Structural and Cohesion Funds. His previous roles within the Department of Trade & Industry (DTI) have included leading on enterprise policy, and as the Small Business Service’s Director for the North West Region.  Prior to joining the DTI in 2000, Thomas worked in coalfield regeneration, heading-up business services and industrial diversification projects in North Nottinghamshire and South Yorkshire.  Before this, he worked in business intelligence for a number of the major accounting firms including KPMG. A graduate in Information Science with an MBA from Warwick Business School, Thomas has a particular interest in how firms achieve a competitive advantage through the use of intangible assets.

 

Commissioner Ed Willett, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission

Edward Willett was appointed in January 2003 for a five-year term and has recently been appointed another 5 years in June 2008. Mr Willett is currently both a commissioner of the ACCC, specialising in communications matters, and an inaugural member of the AER. Mr Willett chairs the Utility Regulators Forum and the ACCC’s Communications Committee. Before being appointed to the ACCC, Mr Willett was the inaugural executive director of the National Competition Council for seven years. Previously he worked as an assistant commissioner with the Industry Commission, helped develop the Commonwealth Department of Industry, Science and Technology’s role in business law and regulation, spent three years as deputy head of the Commonwealth Office of Regulation Review, and was involved in other Industry Commission inquiry work. He also spent three years with the New Zealand Ministry of External Relations and Trade as an advisor on international economics and trade, and eight years as an economist with the Department of Defence. Mr Willett has degrees in law and economics and a post-graduate diploma in international law.

António Lobo Xavier, Member of the Board, Sonaecom

António Lobo Xavier, 49, married, 4 children, has a degree in Law Studies and is Master in Juridical and Economical Science by the University of Coimbra. António is a specialist lawyer in tax and TMT matters and is Senior Partner of one of the most important law firms in Portugal. He is the Chief Legal and Regulatory Officer at Sonaecom and a member of the Executive Management Team. Currently, he is also a Non-Executive Member of the Board of Directors of Banco Português de Investimento (bank sector), of Mota-Engil (construction sector) and integrates the governing bodies of other public and private companies. Previously, he was a teacher in Law School and has various publications on Economical Politics, Public Finance, Fiscal Law and TMT.