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    • Plenary Keynote Session: THE INTEGRATED CONSUMER EXPERIENCE

  • 08.45

    • Chairman’s Welcome & Introduction

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      • Face to Face: The Operator Interview

      Paul Berriman, Chief Technology Officer, PCCW, Hong Kong

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      • Paul Berriman has been the Chief Technology Officer of PCCW Limited since May 2007. Formerly he was Head of Strategic Market Development and prior to that, Senior Vice President of Strategy and Marketing. He is in charge of the Technology Strategy and Development team which is responsible for product development management, billing and operational support systems development, overall service quality, technology strategy, vision and innovation across the telecommunications and media businesses of the PCCW Group. Most recently he has led fixed and wireless projects in Hong Kong and overseas including the successful now TV broadband IPTV service in Hong Kong, and PCCW’s Next Generation Network (NGN) programme and UK Broadband Wireless Project. Prior to joining PCCW in July 2002, he was Managing Director of Arthur D Little’s Hong Kong office and earlier with his own consulting business, Contactica, which he sold to Arthur D Little in 1999. Previously he held executive technical, engineering and operations management roles in New World Telephone, Reuters, HongKong Telecom CSL and the Hong Kong Telephone Company.

      • The Connected TV Revolution: Are You Ready?

      Andreas Mueller Schuber, General Manager, Global Solutions Connected TV Business Group, Microsoft

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      • Andreas Mueller-Schubert brings more than 12 years of telecommunications experience to his current role as General Manager of Global Solutions for Microsoft’s Connected TV Business Group. In this position, Mueller-Schubert is responsible for the deployment of all worldwide customer IPTV projects based on the Microsoft Mediaroom software platform. He is responsible for directing approximately 170 solution experts worldwide and for managing the business’s internal and external system integrator partners within their customer deployment sector.
        Prior to joining Microsoft in 2006, Mueller-Schubert served in several senior management positions within Siemens’ telecommunications division in Germany and Canada. He is most notably recognized for initiating the Siemens’ telecommunication business in Canada.

      • U-Verse : Broadband Content in the Home

      Franz Kurath, Executive Director, Broadband Content, AT&T, USA

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      • Franz Kurath leads broadband content programming efforts for AT&T’s Converged Services. Previously, Mr. Kurath was responsible for business development for AT&T’s U-verse IPTV service, focusing on interactive advertising, audience measurement, on-demand content and applications. His background includes both traditional and new media with over 15 years of studio, network and service provider experience. At AT&T, Mr. Kurath is responsible for broadband content strategy and licensing for AT&T’s online properties as well as premium TV services on U-verse. Before joining AT&T, Mr. Kurath spent six years at The WB Television Network, leading both the On- Air Design and New Media groups. He was responsible for managing the network’s broadcast and online brand, launching the network’s Internet presence, and producing a number of interactive television applications. Mr. Kurath produced program segments for the animated television series “The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest” while at Hanna-Barbera,. During his time at Paramount Pictures, he produced broadcast graphics and effects for network television. Mr. Kurath began his career at TBWA Chiat/Day inc. Advertising.

      • Creating End to End IPTV

      Robert C. McIntyre, Chief Technical Officer, Service Provider Group, Cisco

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      • Robert C. McIntyre currently serves as chief technical officer of Cisco’s Service Provider Group. Previously chief technical officer for Scientific Atlanta, a Cisco Company, McIntyre’s newly extended role will enable him to leverage the synergies of Scientific Atlanta and Cisco intellectual capital and integrated end-to-end technology portfolio to improve the overall service velocity of the ‘quad play’ for service providers and the industry. McIntyre began his career at Scientific Atlanta in 1991 and has held significant leadership roles in the company’s Transmission and Subscriber businesses. While leading the Subscriber business, his team designed the first real-time digital TV systems and held the first digital TV field trials over Hybrid Fiber Coax (HFC). Bob was named Chief Technical Officer in 1999.
    • 10.00

      • Refreshment Break & Exhibition Visit

    • Topic

      • STRATEGIES AND MARKETS

    • 11.00

      • Welcome & Speed Networking

    • 11.10

      • Chairman’s Introduction

      Julian Herbert, Principal Analyst, Broadband, Informa Telecoms & Media
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      • Session One: Asia-Pacific

    • 11.15

      • Country Case Study: ITPV in India

    • Puneet Garg, Head of IPTV, Bharti Aircel, India

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      • Puneet Garg is a General Manager of Bharti Airtel for its IPTV initiative in India. He strives the development of IPTV service, network planning, design and testing of technology and business models in a highly competitive telecom and entertainment market. Recently he has been relocated back from Singapore and is leading the IPTV rollout in the country. He is Electronics and Communications graduate and have over 14 years of rich experience in Sales and Marketing, pre-sales and consulting services in DTH, Network Operations, IP & Broadband services of Telecom Industry. He strives to leverage technology to it fullest potential. Puneet has worked extensively in Asia Pacific region and India in providing consultancy to operators such as PT Telkom in Indonesia, StarHub and Singtel in Singapore, Astro in Malaysia and Telstra, VisionStream in Australia on Broadband and IP related services
    • 11.35

      • Country Case Study: IPTV in China

    • Li Huaiyu, COO, Best TV, Shanghai Media Group, China

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      • The fast growing IPTV market of Shanghai
      • General intro of Chinese IPTV market.
      • Introduction of Services in Shanghai, brand
      • Which services are most popular?
      • The trend of IPTV in Shanghai enjoy IPTV via 3 screens: mobile, pc, TV
      • Development of the Application & Content provider Ecosystem
    • 11.55

      • Country Case Study: IPTV in New Zealand

      Charlie Boyd, Strategy Director, Orcon ISP, New Zealand

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      • Charlie works for Orcon in the role of Head of Strategy, and currently acting Head of Sales and Marketing. Charlie’s mission is to lead the development of Orcon’s brand as the ultimate telecommunications provider. Charlie says, “The true challenge for telecommunications service providers is to understand and embrace the empowerment that the Internet offers, and provide this to the consumer as the ultimate customer experience.” With more than twenty years experience in the telecommunications industry, prior to joining Orcon Charlie has had a variety of roles in R&D, technology and sales and marketing for organizations such as NEC, Telecom New Zealand, Siemens and Nokia Siemens. Charlie holds an Engineering degree from the University of Canterbury, New Zealand.
    • 12.15

      • Lunch, Networking & Exhibition

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      • Session Two: EMEA

    • 13.45

      • Country Case Study: IPTV in Russia

    • Victor Belov, Chief Technology Officer, CJSC “COMSTAR-Direct”, Russia

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      • Victor is Chief Technolofgy Officer for the biggest broadband service provider in Russia and is responsible for retail and SMB broadband services including IPTV since 2004. CJSC “COMSTAR-Direct” launched and successfully operate first commercial deployment of IPTV in Russia. The list of services include broadcast TV, video-on-demand, replay-tv and others. Victor was educatated at the Moscow State Institute of Radiotechnics, Electronics and Automation, and working in the telecommunications area since 1998
    • 14.10

      • Country Case Study: IPTV in Dubai

    • Speaker to be announced
    • 14.35

      • Country Case Study: IPTV in Algeria

    • Ahmed Ossama, Managing Director, TE Data, part of Algeria Telecom, Algeria

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      • Ahmed Ossama was appointed Managing Director at TE Data in August 2008. Ahmed has been with the TE group since 2003 as TE Data’s Product Marketing and Government Affairs Director. Before that, Ahmed co-founded Site Information Consultancy, an Internet application development company in 1998 that was later on acquired by Pyramid Technology in 2000, where Ahmed worked as the ISP Operation Manager until 2003. Before that Ahmed joined InTouch Communications Services in 1996 as a Systems Engineer, where he participated in building the infrastructure of the first ISP in Egypt and later on became the Operations Manager. Before that, Ahmed worked in IBM Egypt as a software engineer. Ahmed holds a B.Sc. in Computer Science and a Minor in Electronics from the American University in Cairo.
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      • SESSION THREE: Americas

    • 15.00

      • Region Case Study: IPTV in Latin America

    • Jose del Valle-Iturriaga, Director of Business Development, Telefónica Internacional, Spain

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      • Jose is Director of Business Development (Telefonica International), responsible for the Digital Home Competence Center in Telefonica Group. He is a current member of the Venture Capital team of Telefonica. He is also member of board of directors of overseas dependencies: "Consumer Board of Advisors" (Intel) and "Gesturetek" (canadian company). He is a former Director of Operational Planning of Terra Networks in
        Madrid (Spain) and Boston (US).
    • 15.25

      • Refreshment Break & Exhibition Visit

    • 16.30

      • Event Close

    • Topic

      • ENHANCED CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE

    • 11.00

      • Welcome & Speed Networking

    • 11.10

      • Chairman’s Introduction

    • Stuart Thomson, Editor, Digital TV Europe
    • Topic

      • Session One: Consumer Behaviours driving the Connected Home

    • 11.15

      • Keynote Case Study: The Vision of the near Future Home

    • Graeme Seabrook, Digital Home & Sustainability Research Programmes, BT, UK

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      • Understanding future usage requirements – the networked information home
      • How networked homes contribute to meeting the challenge of sustainability
      • Ensuring they meets business requirements
      • Connected home, from video-on-demand to
      • Managed home infrastructures
      • Energy monitoring.
    • 11.35

      • Wireline Solutions for In-Home Connectivity

      Victor Dominguez, Co Founder and VP Sales, DS2, Spain

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      • Ease of use and the importance of enhancing the consumer experience
      • The opportunities that home networking represents for operators – IPTV and beyond video
      • Home networking requirements for innovative operator services.
    • 11.55

      • Combining Broadcast, Home Networking, Internet TV and IPTV in a Single Device : what
      added value is brought with this combination?

      Wojciech Doganowski, VP IPTV Business Unit, ADB, Switzerland

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      • Lowering entry barrier for additional content
      • Up-sale potentials with convergent services.
      • Subscriber profiling based on subscribers content library – which in turn can lead to targeted personalised advertising.
      • Limiting churn and increasing subscriber loyalty
    • 12.15

      • Profit Opportunity Think Tank: The Managed Home Environment –
      The Last Untapped Revenue Opportunity for Operators?

      Richard Griffiths, Director of TV and Entertainment, Eircom
      Nuno Afonso, Unit Coordinator, Digital Home Business Unit, Portugal Telecom
      Roy Kirsopp, VP and General Manager, Amino Communications, UK
      Kevin O'Keeffe, Director Software Solutions, Motorola Home & Networks Mobility EMEA

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      • Manager services to the home - what can be offered?
      • USPs for managed services in the home
      • Assessing the consumer's willingness to pay
    • 12.45

      • Lunch, Networking & Exhibition

    • Topic

      • Session Two: Technology in the Home

    • 14.15

      • Is the Set Top Box the Ideal Gateway Device?

    • Duncan Bees, Chief Technology Officer, Home Gateway Initiative

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      • The Intelligent Home Gateway is the critical device for delivering service assurance in the home network.
      • Service provider-led use cases
      • Ultimate operator benefits for delivering true service assurance
      • HGI specifications
      • Service assurance - key to the significant uptake of high-revenue and quality-demanding offerings such as IPTV
      • Encouraging service providers confidence in the delivery of managed and un-managed services
    • 14.40

      • Understanding how Femtocell will influence the home Network environment

    • Enrico Polese, Analyst, Telecom Italia, Italy

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      • Clarifying the business case for femtocell
      • Wireline operator perspective
      • Wireless operator perspective
      • Femtocell as a standalone device vs femto cell embedded into other devices such as Set top box
      • Market penetration issues : price point, ease of self installation etc.
    • 15.00

      • Clarifying the Impact of Mobile – Mobile TV & Mobile Control

    • Speaker to be announced

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      • Worldwide Mobile TV deployments
      • Usage model for Mobile TV
      • Content portability – taking your content with you
      • Content protection and presence considerations
      • Integrating the mobile as a control device in the IPTV system
    • 15.20

      • Panel Session: What is the Ideal Network Gateway in the Home?

    • Speaker to be announced

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      • Pros and cons of the STB as Gateway
      • Assessing the impact of networking solutions
      • Assessing the imapct of Femto technology on home data distribution
    • 15.50

      • Refreshment Break & Exhibition Visit

    • Topic

      • SUBSCRIBER ACCESS STRATEGIES

    • 11.05

      • Chairman’s Introduction

      Malcolm Taylor, Managing Director, Cable Europe Labs
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      • Keynote Session: Resolving the Technical Challenges for the Cable Landscape

    • 11.10

      • What is the Future of Entertainment for Cable?

    • Kevin Baughan, Director of Technical Strategy, Virgin Media, UK

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      • How Cable Operators become multimedia companies
      • The future of entertainment on cable
      • How to drive usage
    • 11.40

      • Panel Session: Delivering Bandwidth and Multi-Services

      Moderator: Arjang Zadeh, Chief Executive Officer, Azdio, UK
      Guido Schwarzfeld, Head of Broadband Communications, Net Cologne, Germany
      Kevin Baughan, Director of Technical Strategy, Virgin Media
      Jean Philippe Gillet, Regional Vice President, INTELSAT, France
      Torkel Aamodt Thoresen, Chief Technologist, Broadcast Systems, Technology & Projects, Telenor Satellite Broadcasting AS, Norway

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      • Comparing the different views and methodologies of DSL operators, satellite and cable operators to deliver the best in interactive IPTV service to the customer
      • Integrating DSL and cable
      • Driving subscriber growth
    • 12.20

      • The Future of Network Neutrality Regulation

      Dan Brenner, Senior Vice President Law & Regulatory Policy, National Cable & Telecommunications Association, USA

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      • Discussing a common issue in the EU and the US
      • Discussing the possibility of major broadband re-write legislation - what to expect
      • What issues are uppermost on the minds of cable in the US
    • 12.45

      • Lunch, Networking & Exhibition

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      • Session Five: Comparing Solutions to Enable IP Cable

    • 14.15

      • Case Study: Rolling out DOCSIS 3.0 in Cable Networks

    • Jørgen Michaelsen, CTO, YouSee, Denmark

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      • About DOCSIS 3.0
      • Planning for Data and for Video on Demand in cable networks
      • Our rationale for the countrywide roll out
      • The offered services within Data and Video on Demand
      • Customer take up and use of services
    • 14.45

      • Case Study: RF-TV and IP-TV co-exist in Hybrid TV

    • Mika Kavanti Business Director, Teleste, Finland

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      • Combining the best of these two worlds full functionality can be provided and future proof networking
      • Seeing a future where both IPTV and broadcast technologies continue to co-exist and hybrid TV is there to bridge the gap between these technologies
      • Hybrid TV gives full advantage of digital TV enabling new kinds of services - VoD and interactive content even the mobile phone as a feedback channel
    • 15.15

      • Case Study: Implementing Modular CMTS

    • Speaker to be announced
    • 15.50

      • Refreshment Break & Exhibition Visit

    • 16.45

      • Panel Session: Regulation and Technology - Identifying the Best Future Solutions for Cable?

    • Manuel Sequeira, CTO, Zon Multimedia, Spain
    • Bartlomiej Kasinski, Strategy and Development Director, Multimedia Polska
    • Andreas Röver, DG Information Society & Media, European Commission, Brussels
    • Daniel Brenner, SVP, Law & Regulatory Policy, NCTA

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      • Is DOCSIS 3.0 the Best IP Solution for Cable? What are the advantages of the 2 way capability of DOCSIS 3.0 for cable operators?
      • What is the future VoD technology for Cable?
      • What is the future STB Software Environment for Cable? Is OCAP is getting traction or is Java not the entire solution?
      • Is IP Head-end a gimmick or has it real value for Cable Operators?
      • What are the needs for HDTV and VoD? How do they stack up with IP?
      • What is the status of DVB-C2?
      • What are the major regulatory issues for the cable industry?
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      • Session Six: All IP Networks - Delivering Next Generation Cable

    • 17.15

      • Panel Session: Delivering Next Generation Cable

    • Jørgen Michaelsen, CTO, YouSee, Denmark
    • Mika Kavanti, Business Director, Teleste, Finland

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      • Identifying the drivers and timescales for a migration to fibre?
      • What should be the future evolution of HFC architecture?
      • Will IP cable be the industry’s biggest change in the near future?
      • What will be the next wave of technologies available to cable operators to compete with IPTV? DOCSIS 4.0?
      • How to achieve effective convergence?
      • Next Generation IP network supporting video, voice and data services to any device, the evolution to the multi-screen environment
      • How to address the demand for bandwidth
    • 17.45

      • End of Conference