WORKSHOPS & SEMINARS - 22 november 2005

1st Transatlantic Telecom Industry Forum

The Transatlantic Telecommunications Forum will address the metamorphosis of the Telecom Industry on both sides of the Atlantic; the Forum will move away from the traditional US- or euro-centric debates. Beyond different industry structures and regulatory frameworks, the face of the telecommunications industry is rapidly changing in Europe as in North America, with the same drivers of growth via broadband and mobile, with the spread of a variety of technologies and applications – FTTx, 3G, WiMax, VoIP, IPTV… What are the implications for the firms in the industry? Does this foreshadow more consolidation? What are the regulatory implications? How can conflicting policies among platforms, services, and technologies be reconciled or removed?

This First Seminar will explore the scope of the transition that has only just begun in the telecommunications sector, “the Industry Convergence” (industry successes and failures on both sides of the Atlantic, the growth issues, investments, disruptive technologies, mergers and consolidation processes, content integration, …), and

discuss the necessary adaptations of the regulatory frameworks, “ the Policy Convergence” (broadband wireline & wireless regulation, including unbundling, IPTV, DRM & media access, mobile TV, frequencies management …), and

integrate the presentations and offer lessons, forecasts, and recommendations with a round-table panel.

9:30 am Introduction:
» James ALLEMAN, Professor, University of Colorado,Boulder USA
» Yves GASSOT, General Manager, IDATE

Welcome Keynote : » Michel FENEYROL, Membre du Collège, ARCEP

10:15 am Industry Convergence

Discussant: » Erik BOLHIN, Associate Professor Chalmers University

Speakers:
» François BAR, Associate Professor, Annenberg School for Communication
» Johannes BAUER, Professor, Michigan State
» Alain BOURDEAU de FONTENAY, Columbia University
» Georg ERBER, DIW
» Gilles LE BLANC, Professor, CERNA, Ecole des Mines
» Jonathan LIEBENAU, London School of Economics
» Didier POUILLOT, Head of Telecom Operators and Service, IDATE
» Julien SALANAVE, Head of Telecom Equipment & Practice, IDATE
» Howard SHELANSKI, Professor, University of California – Berkeley
» Dimitri YPSILANTI, Economist, OCDE

1:00 pm Lunch

2:30 Policy Convergence - Industry Round-Table

Discussant:
» Bruno JULIEN IDEI, Toulouse, France

Speakers:
» Giovanni AMENDOLA, Head of Regulatory Strategy & International Affairs, Wind Telecomunicazioni
» Jacques CHAMPEAUX, Executive Vice-president Public & Regulatory Affairs, France Telecom
» Richard FEASEY, Public Policy Director, Vodafone Group Plc
» Wolfgang KOPF, Executive Vice President Public & Regulatory Affairs, T-Mobile International,
» Richard LALANDE, Directeur général adjoint SFR, Président Afors
» Dennis WELLER, Chief Economist, Verizon, Arlington

4:00 pm Coffee break

4:15 pm The National Regulatory Administrations’ Views

Discussant: » Ulrich STUMPF, Director, WIK

Speakers:
» Gabrielle GAUTHEY, Membre du Collège, ARCEP
» John LEWIS, Manager, Market Intelligence, Ofcom
» J. Scott MARCUS, Senior consultant, Wissenschaftliches Institut für Kommunikationsdienste (WIK)
» Eric VAN HEESVELDE, Président du Conseil, BIPT

6:30 pm Closing keynotes
» Michel PAULIN, General Manager, Neufcegetel

Scientific coordinators:
• James Alleman, Professor, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA
email: james.alleman@colorado.edu
• Yves Gassot, General Manager, IDATE
email: y.gassot@idate.org

For information:
Aïda Soumaoro - Tel. : +33(0)467 144 406
email: a.soumaoro@idate.org

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