Agenda: Day 1 | Day 2 |
Registration & Networking Breakfast
Chair’s Opening Remarks
Conference Chair- John Higgins CBE, Director General, Intellect
Keynote Addess
Speaker(s)- Jon Fredrik Baksaas, President and CEO, Telenor
Session 1: Emerging Markets – Is The Boom Over Or Is It Just Beginning?
During the last five years, the emerging markets have grown at breakneck speed as both fix-lined and mobile services have been rolled out to millions of new customers, but are these fantastic growth rates beginning to slow down as the majority of the demand is already serviced? What new opportunities exist for international expansion in new regions and sectors? Will the tough competition for acquisitions and new licenses prohibit all but the biggest players from succeeding in new markets?
Speaker(s)- Doug Richard, Founder, Cambridge Angels, and Chairman & CEO, Trutap
- Michael O'Brien, Director and Senior Analyst, Standard and Poors
- Carlos Winzer, SVP and Senior Analyst for the Telecoms Sector, Moody’s Investors Service
- Bashar Arafeh, COO East Africa Region, Zain
Coffee Break
- Michael Joseph, CEO, Safaricom
- Chris Gabriel, Chief Executive, Celtel International
- Michael Hecker, VP, Strategy and Corporate Development, Mobile TeleSystems OJSC
- Sanjay Gupta, Chief Marketing Officer, Airtel
Session 3: Convergence – Opportunity and Disruption
The convergence of web delivery technologies represents a key growth opportunity in the emerging markets, especially since a higher proportion of user access the internet through a mobile handset than through a PC. How is the convergence of internet delivery devices and the rise of VoIP disrupting the mobile and fixed line industries and reshaping network strategies? How does the direction and pace of convergence differ in the emerging markets? How to manage Digital rights in emerging markets? What partnership models will deliver the ideal mix of converged services that will generate mass appeal?
Speaker(s)- Josh Silverman, President, Skype
- Joachim Horn, CTO, T-Mobile International
- Marc Selby, VP Industry Collaborations, Nokia
- Andrew Gilbert, EVP and President, MediaFLO Technologies and Qualcomm Europe
Tea Break
Session4: Emerging Markets Leadership Panel
How do the CEOs of the leading emerging markets telecoms firms view the road ahead? What opportunities and threats do they foresee? During the next year, what do they consider to be the key to sustained growth and staying one step ahead of their competitors?
Speaker(s)- Boris Nemsic, CEO, Telekom Austria Group and mobil austria
- Jan Edvard Thygesen, Head of Telenor's Central/Eastern European operations, Telenor
- Jose Maria Alvarez-Pallete, Managing Director, Telefónica, Latin America
- Cenk Serdar, Deputy CEO, Turkcell