Monday 7th December 2009

Select from one morning and one afternoon workshop

10:30 - 13:00 Workshop AM: Workshop A 'Data Protection'	10:30 - 13:00 Workshop AM: Workshop B 'State aid in broadband networks'
- Evaluation of the Data Retention Directive - Review of the EU's Data Protection framework - Breach notification regime in the draft e-privacy directive Workshop Leader Karin Retzer, Of Counsel, Morrison & Foerster Including:   Jacques Verraes, Policy Officer - Access to information, European Commission, DG Justice, Freedom & Security Peter Hustinx, European Data Protection Supervisor Sue Daley, Government Relations Manager, Symantec UK & Ireland Cristina Vela, Senior Advisor, EU & International Regulatory Affairs, Telefonica SA, Chairperson ETNO Working Group on Data Protection and Information Security        ROOM C/D	- Introduction to the Commission's guidelines and case law on broadband state aid - The Commission's case law and the latest guidance on NGA/broadband state aid - The Amsterdam Citynet and Hauts-de-seines cases - A new role for state aid: Greek state funding for a competitive NGA network - Government support for NGA rollout in NZ Workshop Leader Bernard Amory, Partner, Jones Day    Including: Lambros Papadias, Deputy Head of Unit - H3 State aid network, transparency and fiscal aid DG Competition, EU Commission Jaap Doeleman, Partner, Regulated Markets & Competition, Houthoff Buruma NV Olivier de Baillenx, Public Affairs Director, Iliad Professor Sokratis Katsikas, General Secretary for Communications, Ministry of Infrastructures, Transports & Networks, Greece Ernie Newman, Chief Executive, Telecommunications Users Association of New Zealand Sponsored by: Jones Day ROOM E/F
14:30 - 17:00 Workshop PM: Workshop C 'Net Neutrality/Network Management Policy Issues for the future of Net-Based Service Provision'	14:30 - 17:00 Workshop PM: Workshop D 'Legal and regulatory challenges in Central & Eastern Europe'
- Regulatory perspectives on Net Neutrality/Network Management - VoIP, Premium services, IPTV and Business Services - Provision of TV services over the net in a competitive way - The open internet perspective - How to build a truly sustainable internet Workshop Leader: Ann LaFrance, Coordinating Partner - EU Telecoms Squire Sanders & Dempsey LLP Including: Willy Jensen, Director General, Norwegian Post and Telecommunications Authority (NPT) Stina Levin, Economic Analyst, PTS Tom Kiedrowski, Principal, Strategy, Ofcom Karim Lesina, EU Affairs Director, AT&T Jean-Jacques Sahel, Director, Government and Regulatory Affairs EMEA, Skype Lisa Di Feliciantonio, Head of Content Regulation, Fastweb Catherine Smadja, Head of Special Projects, Policy & Strategy, BBC Richard Feasey, Public Policy Director, Vodafone	Regulatory issues facing Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia including: (i) Implementation EU Telecoms Package & NGA (ii) Digital Dividend/spectrum issues (iii) state aid (iv) state of competition and market opportunities Workshop Leader Feyo Sickinghe, Senior Regulatory & Policy Advisor, Bird & Bird    Including:   Stephen Kines, Head of Central Europe, Bird & Bird Patryk Galicki, Senior Associate, Bird & Bird Julia Martusewicz-Kulinska, Director of Department of Telecommunications, Office of Electronic Communications (UKE) Tom Ruhan, Director, Board Member, Netia SA
Sponsored by: Squire Sanders & Dempsey ROOM C/D	Sponsored by: Bird & Bird ROOM E/F

 Opening night cocktail reception

Kindly sponsored by KPMG

Conference Sponsor of
ECTA's 10th Annual Regulatory Conference 2009

Please note this Cocktail Reception is only open to those attendees who have paid for Conference or Workshop delegate passes

 
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