Day 2 Wednesday 23rd April 2008

08:50 Chairman’s Welcome

09:00 Keynote CIO Roundtable
Insight from major enterprise information leaders
We gather three of the UK’s top 50 CIOs to debate how well (or not!) they think the telecoms industry is serving them. Are they able to acquire and deploy the services and applications they want to. And what issues are occupying the mind of the CIO?

Peter Hambling, CIO, Lloyds of London
Ian Campbell, Chairman, IT Forum

09:40 Panel –WiMAX
Hype or happening?
WiMAX is a technology widely touted to beat off both WiFi and 3G mobile networks, but will regulatory, security, spectrum and investment problems limit the widespread adoption of it? With Ofcom auctioning off spectrum in the appropriate bands, who will take the plunge and lay significant bets on WiMAX as a serious contender? Can it rival fixed access networks? Will we see a fast and ubiquitous mobile Internet?

Brendan O’Rourke, COO, FREEDOM4

10:25 Vendor Viewpoint
A cutting edge vendor takes the stage to share their industry vision.

10:35 The Firestarter
Grrrrrrr! Now he’s really agitated…

10:45 Networking Break

11:15 Vendor Viewpoint
A cutting edge vendor takes the stage to share their industry vision.

Babak Fouladi, Vice President, Multimedia & Systems Integration, Ericsson

11:25 Panel – Content Kings
Is the content game going the same way as telco?
Whilst telco technology is significant in providing and developing new channels to market for content, content also plays a big part in driving the development of the telco industry. Consumer habits are changing; mobile content is seeing significant revenue growth. But just how big a growth area for the content kings is mobile? And do the content owners think that ad-funded business models can change the way they think and behave?

Mark Selby, Senior Vice President, Nokia
Sunil Gunderia, Head of Mobile, EMEA, Walt Disney Internet Group
Al Russell, Head of Content Services, Vodafone

12:10 The TEN2008 Barometer
Some real user-generated content! We present results and analysis from the”TEN2008 Telecoms Barometer” survey, conducted in association with Yankee Group. A senior analyst provides top-level insight into current attitudes among senior telecoms executives, and their hopes and fears for the future.

Camille Mendler, Vice President, Yankee Group

12:35 Panel – Next Gen Broadband Networks
Who will deliver next generation broadband access?

For many customers, current broadband access speeds are sufficient for the services they consume now and are likely to consume in the near future. But there are those who already feel confined by the speeds they are getting; it’s surely only a matter of time until the complexity and richness of services delivered over broadband networks demand significantly higher speeds. Who can move the UK into the next era of broadband. And is this exclusively a fixed line conversation?

John Cunliffe, CTO, Ericsson
Neil McArthur, Managing Director, Networks, Carphone Warehouse
Emin Gurdenli, Technology Director, T-Mobile
Alireza Mahmoodshahi, CTO, COLT

13:20 The Firestarter
Signing off in a blinding flash of light.

13:25 Chairman’s Closing Remarks
The Chairman wraps up proceedings with their views on the day.

13:30 Networking Lunch and Close