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CONFERENCE DAY ONE: 17 March 2009, Tuesday
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8am | Registration
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8.50am | Chairman’s opening remarks
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| GROWTH AND SUSTAINABILITY STRATEGIES OF THE ASIAN TELECOM MARKET IN A GLOBAL ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN |
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9am | Opening keynote address:
The Asian telecom outlook – Assessing the growth opportunities in Asia despite a challenging economic environment
- With slowdown in the European and US telecom markets, should international carriers be looking to Asia seriously – Identifying the challenges and prospects of the Asian telecom markets
- Assessing the impact of the global economic slowdown on the Asian telecom markets, resilience and sustainability and what upside it presents in times of volatility?
- Successful case study – learning from an astute telecom operator on how to succeed and thrive in Asia
- Key strategies to tapping on the opportunities offered in the many untapped markets of Asia
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9.30am | CXO investment round table:
Weathering Asia’s current economic climate – what does it mean for Asian telecoms industry?
- How do the CEOs of Asian telecoms operators view the road ahead? What are the opportunities, what are the threats that they foresee?
- What is the key to sustained growth in these markets, how can they stay one step ahead of their competitors?
- Do the latest technological developments and disruptive technologies present challenges or opportunities?
- With the fantastic growth rates experienced in some emerging markets here beginning to slow down, what new opportunities exist for international expansion into the new regions in Asia?
- Will the tough competition for acquisitions and new licenses prohibit all but the biggest players from succeeding in new markets?
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10.30am | Morning refreshments sponsored by
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| INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN ASIA’S EMERGING MARKETS |
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11am | Identifying key investment and growth areas in Asia telecoms in years to come
• What are the current and impending key investment growth areas in Asia?
• Does voice still have a future in Asia – can operators still make money from the traditional voice model?
• Would providing enterprise and carrier services be the new revenue model? |
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11.30am | A critical moment – Transitioning to an all IP world – changing your business models to derive revenue from new services
- Charting the industry transformation – assessing the evolution towards an all IP
- Building a full IP industry transformation – the highway to new solutions and new territories
- Accelerating the speed of innovation: simple, scalable and effective and effective integration
- Fully implementing new services and business models by measuring the challenges that lay ahead
- What the traditional players can bring to the industry
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12pm | South East Asia opportunities:
Capitalizing on the fastest growing markets of Asia – evaluating growth and expansion opportunities
- Overview of the telecoms market in the respective country
- What are the current and impending developments in SE Asia? How can an operator identify and capitalize on these opportunities?
- Dealing with the different market dynamics and gaining a successful foothold in the region - Assessing future trends and factors that will invite more private and foreign sector participation
- Discussing the challenges involved in strategic acquisition and partnership in the region
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| | Chirawat Mahawat, General Manager, Thailand, Hutchison Global Communications Limited
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12.45pm | Power lunch sponsored by
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| FINANCING ASIA’S TELECOM GROWTH – PROJECT FINANCING MODELS AND LEGAL ASPECTS |
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2pm | Financing growth in emerging markets and raising capital to invest in the future of Asia’s telecom sector
- Identifying the impact of global economic meltdown on telecom infrastructure players in Asia – The credit crunch is putting pressure on capital expenditure and the demand for faster return on investment
- Understanding the strategies that can be employed to raise capital – M&A, VC or private equity investments
- Finding financing in a tight credit condition – evaluating the state of lending and borrowing to fund increased capex spending
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2.30pm | Asian regulators dialogue:
Assessing current and impending regulatory developments to attract foreign participation
- Reviewing the updates in the country’s regulatory developments
- Modernizing Asia’s regulations to create a more competitive market – what are the Asian governments’ plans?
- Assessing the regulatory climate for M&A in Asia’s major telecom markets
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| | Mr Wangay Dorji, Head – Telecommunications, Bhutan InfoComm and Media Authority (BICMA) Mr Ha Yung Kuen, Deputy Director, General of Telecommunications, Office of the Telecommunications Authority, Hong Kong Andrew J Haire, Deputy Director General, Telecom & Posts, Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore
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3.15pm | Speed networking, followed by afternoon refreshments
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| REFINING BUSINESS MODELS TO THRIVE IN CURRENT TIMES THROUGH FTTX NETWORKS – NEXT GENERATION FIBER OPTICS NETWORKS |
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4pm | Examining broadband service future potential in Asia
- Assessing the new VAS applications of broadband in Asia
- Determining the market drivers and content drivers
- Effects on FTTx take up rates
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| | Anke Gill, Vice President - Marketing, Broadband Network Systems
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4.30pm | Successfully rolling out FTTx in Taiwan – Chunghwa Telecom
- Identifying the market factors that lead to FTTh roll out in Taiwan
- Advanced broadband services (IPTV, VOIP and high speed data services)
- Challenges and lessons learnt
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| | Dr Yuan Kuang Tu, Senior Managing Director, Corporate Planning Department , Chunghwa Telecom
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5pm | Closing remarks by Chairman
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5.15pm | Welcome cocktail
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6.30pm | Networking dinner sponsored by Rostelecom
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CONFERENCE DAY TWO: 18 March 2009, Wednesday
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9am | Networking breakfast
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9.20am | Chairman's opening remarks
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| INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN THE CHINDIA TELECOM MARKET |
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9.30am | China Panel:
Perspectives on China: Designing a robust investment strategy for succeeding in Asia’s largest telecom market
- Identifying the emerging trends and technologies in the Chinese telecom sector
- Analyzing the current investment climate of the China telecom market - How lucrative is the Chinese telecom market for the domestic as well as foreign players? What are the experiences of the market entrants?
- Examining the challenges faced by the industry - What are the strategies for growth of telecom sector in China?
- Analyzing the future outlook of the telecom market in China
- Audience Participation - Q&A session with panel of experts
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| | Moderator: Stephen Pang, Senior Vice President, Asia Pacific, PCCW Global Vikki Tam, Partner, Greater China Telecom Practice, Bain & Company Inc Mr Andrew Kwok, Senior Vice President, International Business, Hutchison Global Communications
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10am | Morning refreshments
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10.45am | India and South Asia Panel:
Spotlight on India and South Asia: Understanding the challenges and opportunities faced by operators in Asia’s 2nd largest telecom market
- Comparing investing in South Asia with other regions – why South Asia?
- Understanding why there is an increasing trend of telecom operators from emerging markets in Asia venturing into the Indian market
- Profiting from Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka – understanding the regulatory environment, new licenses, competition, demand drivers and business models and rising subscriber numbers
- Understanding key investment options, evaluation criteria and country entry strategies that would help foreign operators succeed in this hugely untapped telecom market
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| | Mr Rajesh Kumar, Joint Deputy Director General (CMTS), Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (BSNL)
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| MAIXMIZING NEW REVENUE OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH CAPACITY, CONTENT & TECHNOLOGY DRIVERS |
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11.30am | Identifying the current issues faced in the realization of fully integrated home networks and their impact on QoS across the home network -HGI case study
- What are the objectives, context and deliverables of the HGI?
- Examining the HGI's 2nd and 3rd phase development programmes and understanding the business cases covered by them
- Understanding the HGI's initiatives on QoS
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| | Duncan Bees, Chief Technology Officer, Home Gateway Initiative
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12pm | Venturing into Asia – The great big telecom shift
- Eyeing the Asian pie – Are Russian operators increasingly moving investments into Asia?
- Appetite for investing in Asia versus Europe
- Examining the key demand drivers for Asia and the ability of this sector to sustain continuous high growth and yield
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2pm | Capitalizing on Asia’s propensity to technology to generate new business and increase revenue growth
- Staying ahead – successfully identifying key drivers of demand in the Asian telecom market and delivering these new services and applications to meet the demand
- Does voice still have a future in Asia – can operators still make money from the traditional voice model?
- What about the data market? Would data be the source of new revenue for Asia operator?
- Exploring infrastructure and capacity challenges to meet growth and expansion plans
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2.30pm | Transforming your wholesale business to maximise new revenue opportunities
- Investment into next generation networks – what might be the consequences of the paradigm shift to NG interconnection for Asia’s wholesale business
- Exploring next generation applications – Understanding market readiness and new revenue opportunities
- Analysing alternative business models – service, technology, new markets, outsourcing, infrastructure sharing, partnerships, managed services
- Key considerations; operational efficiency, customer services, innovation, changing customer base
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| | Mr Byron Clatterbuck, Senior Vice President, Global Transmission Services, Global Carrier Solutions, Tata Communications
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3pm | Networking lunch
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3.30pm | Panel discussion:
Maximising capacity utilitisation through content drivers - Meeting the capacity demand and service requirements of content providers
- Assessing the content drivers of increased bandwidth requirements - gaming, user driven content, new services and applications
- Understanding the content provider business model and their business needs
- Understanding the ISP business models and driving capacity to meet these needs
- New opportunities for mobile and fixed line operators to meet the needs of content companies and ISPs
- Audience Participation - Q&A session with panel experts
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| | Rosemary Tan, Executive Director - Digital Asia, SONY Entertainment
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4.15pm | Roundtable discussion: Meeting increased capacity demands in Asia
- Mapping Asia’s current and estimated future capacity demands
- Technology trends and drivers and their ability to ease capacity bottlenecks in certain regions
- Creating efficient inter-connectivity networks
(Audiences will be grouped into groups where they will have the opportunity to share their views with their industry peers. Each group will then appoint a group leader who will lead and facilitate the discussions.)
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5pm | Chairman closing and close of conference
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