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Conference Day One: Monday 7 June 2010 Conference Day One: Monday 7 June 2010
8.30am Registration and coffee8.50am Chairman’s opening remarks
Chief Executive Officer, Varkon Group
9am Official Inauguration
H.E. Dr. Tarek Kamel, Minister, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology
Liberalisation, regulation and licensing9.15am Keynote: The Transformation of the telecoms industry
- Resilient but not immune – opportunities presented by the downturn
- Achieving sustainable growth by extracting more value from existing business
- The impact of a changing environment on telecom operators
Chief Executive Officer, du
9.45am Panel session: Creating growth through liberalisation and
effective regulation
- Building a regulatory framework which supports competition and drives efficiency
- Balancing protectionism with policies that stimulate economic growth
- The upside of an increasingly liberalised market for new entrants
- Regulating new service offerings from operators – VoIP, Broadband
Issa Nasser, Vice President & Managing Partner MENA, Detecon Consulting – Deutsche Telekom Group
Executive President, NTRA, Egypt Mr. Brahim Chamam, Head of Interconnection & Regulation, Algerie Telecom Mr Bahjat El Darwiche, Vice President – Media, Communications & Technology, Booz & Company Mr. Robert Middlehurst, Deputy General Director, Telecommunications Regulatory Authority, Bahrain
10.30am Panel session: Financing expansion in North Africa
- Mapping the road ahead – liberalisation as an enabler of international competition and investment
- Equity vs. debt financing to expand your global footprint
- The role of a potential local partner in cementing your position as a global player
- The impact of expansion on group financials
Ekrem Yener, Chief International Expansion Business Officer, Turkcell
Executive Director & Head of MENA Equity Research, JP Morgan
11.15am Morning refreshments and networking break Creating investor appetite in North Africa11.45am Identifying and capitalizing on pockets of demand through
strategic WiMAX deployment
- Rolling out WiMAX in growth markets to meet demand for high bandwidth services
- Collaboration between operators and regulators to ensure growth and adoption of WiMAX
- Using WiMAX to create a competitive edge by quickly launching new services
- Tapping into to rural areas – WiMAX as a economical network to ensure ROI
Chief Executive Officer, Etihad Atheeb Telecom - GO
Building tomorrow’s network infrastructure12.15pm Panel session: Fuelling service innovation through Next Generation Networks
- The role of smart phones in driving customer demand for content services
- Fibre-optic networks as a gateway to innovative services and greater consumer reach
- Delivering seamless converged services through an advanced network platform
- Managing growing data and voice traffic
Mr. Ravi Gorur, Vice President Product Line Management, GENBAND
Mr. Yasser Shaker, Director of Network Engineering, Mobinil
Executive Vice President - Investments (Special Projects), du Executive Vice President - Global Sales & Marketing, Verscom Solutions
1pm Case study: Connecting Africa to the rest of the world with the EASSy submarine cable system
- Creating the backbone of Africa’s network infrastructure
- Fibre optic technology as an enabler of growth and flexibility
- Delivering high-speed, fibre optic connectivity to satisfy growing consumer demand
- Revolutionizing African markets through affordable pricing, an open access structure and cost-effective international connectivity
Mike Last, Director of Business Development & International Marketing, WIOCC 2.30pm Panel session: The future of mobile broadband in North
Africa
- Making mobile broadband a reality in North Africa
- Monetizing mobile broadband – strategies to best extract value from broadband services
- Overcoming roadblocks to deliver quality content based services
- Strategic telecom and media partnerships for convergence in new services
Corporate Vice President - Strategy & Development, Vivendi Mr. Wael Fakharany, Regional Manager: Egypt & NA, Google Senior Analyst, Europe Middle East & Africa, Pyramid Research
3.15pm Creating a sustainable business model by monetizing
broadband services
- Launching broadband services as an enabler of increased profitability as voice revenue declines
- Ensuring your competitiveness in an economy of scale by diversifying your service offering to generate new revenue streams
- Building the capability to host broadband services – the proliferation of 3G networks
- Acquiring and retaining migrating customers through diverse service offerings
Managing Director, TE Data
Innovative business models3.45pm Cloud Computing- the technology and how to participate in the emerging market opportunity
- Recognizing the benefit of cloud computing with regard to efficiency, smart service delivery and cost control\
- Commercializing cloud computing and driving end-user capabilities
- Building innovative delivery models to incorporate cloud computing services
Tim Griffin, Global Sales Leader for Cloud Computing, Telecommunications, IBM 4.15pm Afternoon refreshments and networking break4.30pm Generating revenue through telecom advertising
- Generating Monetizing operator’s subscriber touch-points with relevant and interactive ads
- Integrating an advertising platform to various channels owned by operators: Call, SMS, Web TV, IPTV, femtocells
- Growing revenues by creating a one-stop-shop for communication and entertainment: Web TV
Selim Sarper, Vice President Business Development, Argela 5pm Panel session: Building the business case for MVNOs in North Africa
- Collaboration or competition – MVNOs as a niche player with specific consumer targets and regional scale
- Removing regulatory hurdles to grow MVNO business
- Extending your service offering through collaboration with MVNOs
- Structuring your business model to capitalize on MVNO entry
Mr. Fayez Husseini, Senior Vice President, FRiENDi Mobile Group
Q&A: Hamid Alipour, Chief Technical Officer, Varkon Mobile
5.30pm Improving efficiency and performance through infrastructure sharing
- Creating a win-win scenario – avoiding network duplication, optimizing costs and increasing capability
- The role of policy-makers to incentivise infrastructure sharing
- Real competition is service competition
- Devising a roadmap to sharing – the viability of infrastructure sharing in North Africa
Senior Technical Consultant, Saudi Telecom Company
6pm Chairman’s closing remarks and close of Day One |
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