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9th Digital Regulation Forum
The Juncker Digital Revolution
28-29 April 2015 - The May Fair Hotel, London
Day One
0800-0850: Registration, tea and coffees in exhibition hall
0850-0905
Chairman’s Opening Remarks
Mr Luigi Gambardella, Founder, Broadband4Europe
Session One: The Juncker Commission Plan for the Telecom and Digital Sector
0905-0920
Keynote address – European Commission
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Gain the latest overview of the new priorities of the Juncker Commission
Understand the changing landscape of the telecoms/digital ecosystem
How will regulators need to adapt to the new realities of the market?
How will the 2015 Framework Review manifest itself?
Mr Roberto Viola, Deputy Director General, DG CNECT, European Commission
0920-1020
Panel session - The Juncker Commission Plan for the Telecom and Digital Sector
President Juncker put the digital economy at the top of the new Commission’s political agenda. A
strong commitment is required for the entire private and the public players to reach the goal of
massive fixed and mobile investments.
This panel will stimulate the debate by tackling the following questions:
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How to break the national silos in telecommunications regulations, in copyright and data
protection?
Which policies are needed to maximize the use of spectrum?
How will the approach of competition law change for the telecom sector?
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Calendar and main objectives of the announced 2015 Framework Review and what could
change for national regulators
Moderator:
Mr Daniel Thomas, Telecoms Correspondent ,Financial Times
Panelists:
Mr Roberto Viola, Deputy Director General, DG CNECT, European Commission
Mr Luis Enriquez , Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company
(speaker to be confirmed)Vodafone
Mr Eric Debroeck, Senior Vice-President of Regulatory Affairs, Orange
1020-1100 Networking coffee break in exhibition hall
Session One Continued: The Juncker Commission Plan for the Telecom and Digital Sector
1100-1200
Panel session continued - The Juncker Commission Plan for the Telecom and Digital Sector
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What does the investors’ community expect in terms of new telecom policies for the
Digital Single Market?
Moderator:
Mr Maurice Patrick, Managing Director, European Telecoms Equity Research, Barclays
Panelists:
Mr Harlan Carere, Analyst, Fidelity Management & Research
Mr Aidan Fisher, Senior Analyst, Wellington Asset Management
Mr Bruno Grandsard, Senior Analyst, AXA Investment Management
Mr Dragos Stefanescu, Global Telecoms Analyst, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan
Mr Chad Gex, Equity Research Analyst, Alliance Bernstein
Session Two: Net Neutrality
1200-1215
What is net neutrality?
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What are the aims, objectives, benefits and challenges of net neutrality?
What regulatory framework necessary to achieve a “connected continent”?
What is the impact net neutrality can have on cost management, bundling and future
business models
Mr Andrea Renda, Senior Research Fellow , Centre for European Policy Studies
1215-1230
Net neutrality: Building the business case
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How is the EU regulatory debate shaping up?
To what extent is the EU debate different to the US approach?
How strong is the dialogue between policymakers and stakeholders?
What is the commercial reality?
Marzena Rembowski, Director of Strategic Communications, FTI Consulting
1230-1330
Panel Session Net Neutrality: What the consumer has to gain from the digital revolution
The subsequent panel will address the following questions:
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How do we guarantee that the value created over networks benefits all stakeholders?
To what extent do strict consumer protection rules, including Net Neutrality, block
technological innovation and therefore harm consumer welfare?
Moderator:
Mr Mark Scott, European Tech Correspondent ,The New York Times
Panelists:
Commissioner Ajit Pai, Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Mr Julian Ashworth, Group Industry Policy Director , BT Group
Mr Jos Huigen, Director of European Affairs, KPN
Mr Mark Page, Partner, Communications, Media & Technology, A.T. Kearney
Mr. Guillermo Beltrà, Senior Policy Officer, BEUC
Mr John Strand , CEO, Strand Consult
1445-1530
1330-1445 Networking lunch in exhibition hall
China Internet and Telecom: the Digital Revolution
Today, China is the second largest telco market, and is expected to surpass the US in the next 4 to 6
years. China is also the largest Internet market in the world, producing 4 of the top 10 Internet
players, while online shopping is set to triple by 2017, creating enormous opportunities for ecommerce.
This panel will stimulate debates around the following questions:
 What are the recent policy and regulatory developments in China?
 Is the current regulatory framework helping or hindering domestic and foreign Internet
players and telecom operators?
 Can comparisons be made between the Chinese and the European telecom markets and
respective digital technologies?
 Are Chinese companies ready to move overseas, including to the EU? Would a single digital
market make Europe more attractive?
 What is the investors’ view?
Moderator:
Claudia Vernotti, Director, ChinaEU
Panelists:
Mr Jonathan Liebenau, Associate Professor (Reader) of Technology Management, London School
of Economics
Mr Chi Tsang, Director, Internet & Media Analyst, Asia Pacific, Global Research, HSBC
Ms Laura Lei Zhang, General Manager , China Mobile International UK
Mr Xiao Ming, President, ZTE Europe
Anand Ramachandran, Managing Director of Asian Telecoms Equity Research, Barclays
*representative from Alibaba (tbc)
1530-1600 Afternoon refreshments and networking in exhibition hall
Session three: Emerging markets
1600-1700
Digital Revolution in Latin America
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Hear about the Mexican regulatory revolution and its main elements
What are the benefits of these regulatory developments for the consumer?
Moderator:
Mr Philippe Defraigne, Director, Cullen International
Panelists:
Mr Alejandro Cantu, General Counsel, America Movil
Mr Karim Lesina, Vice President, International Ext Affairs, EU, Caribbean, Central and Latin
America, Trans-Atlantic Relations , AT&T
1700-1745
Speaker hosted roundtable sessions – Emerging technologies; where does that leave the
regulator?
The group will break out into different roundtables and each table is hosted by a speaker who will
lead the conversation – each session will last 45 minutes followed by a debrief
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Regulation vs Unregulation: The current EU regime of telecoms sector
regulation lacks incentives to invest, and shows clear signs of
obsolescence. Has the existing framework outlived its 'sell-by date'?
hosted by David Cantor, Attorney & Advisor, Telecommunications Law & Strategy and
Georg Serentschy, Senior Director, Arthur D. Little
Internet of Things – hosted by Mr Ronald Hendrikx, Partner, Bird & Bird
Switching – hosted by Mr Rickard Granberg, Head of Regulation and Compliance, Talk Talk
Group
1745 - Networking drinks reception in exhibition hall
Day Two
0850-0905
0800-0850 Registration, teas, coffee in exhibition hall
Chairman’s Opening Remarks
Mr Luigi Gambardella, Founder, Broadband4Europe
0905-0920
Opening keynote address: How the EU digital revolution is going to revolutionize our daily lives
Professor Fatima Barros, Chair 2015, BEREC
0920-0935
Keynote address: The challenges for telecoms and digital regulation in Europe
Mr Anthony Whelan, Acting Director, Electronic Communications, Networks and Services, DG
CONNECT, European Commission
0935-0955
Keynote address : Competition law and policy in a changing telecoms environment
Mr Eduardo Martínez Rivero, Head of Unit, DG COMPETITION, Antitrust – Telecoms,
European Commission
Session Four: Data protection in light of convergence and the future of internet and governance
1000-1100
Panel Session – “Big data, Big Impact”
Big data and open data operations, relying on the extensive
processing of large sets of data, represents a new source of immense
economic and social value. Health, smart grids, traffic management
and control, the retail market are only a few examples of sectors
where big data can have a real transformative effect. At the same
time, the harvesting of large data sets and the use of analytics clearly
implicate privacy concerns and the tasks of ensuring data security and protecting privacy become
harder as information is multiplied and shared ever more widely around the world.
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How do you manage access to data?
Does the consumer have a right to be forgotten?
Should online services come under telco regulations?
Moderator:
To be found
Panelists:
Mr Giovanni Buttarelli, European Data Protection Supervisor (tbc)
Commissioner Jeremy Godfrey, Comreg
Mr Joseph Alhadeff, Vice President for Global Public Policy, Chief Privacy Officer, Oracle
Corporation
Mr Felipe Florez Duncan, Partner, Oxera
Mr Karim Taga, Managing Partner and Global Practice Leader TIME (Telecommunications
Information Technology, Media and Electronics), Arthur D. Little
1100-1130 Morning refreshments and networking in exhibition hall
1130-1145
How can OTTs and telcos collaborate now and in the future
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How will regulators respond to the increasing collaboration between OTTs and Telcos
Listen to recent case studies of collaboration and the benefits this has had to the industry
What work is being carried out to encourage future collaboration
Mr Daniel Pataki, Vice President of Regulation, GSMA
1145- 1245
Panel session - OTT and content provider perspective
This interactive session will be led by prominent OTTs and content
providers and addressing insightful issues including:
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What is a typical OTT business model?
Should telcos be regulated less
How can OTTs support the investment in infrastructure?
How do you encourage telco innovation?
How do we avoid Internet congestion as video demand increases?
Moderator:
Mr Matthias Kurth, Executive Chairman, Cable Europe
Mr Theo Bertram, European Policy Strategy Team Manager, Google
Mr Tolga Kilic, Regulatory Director, Avea
Ms Aarti Holla, Secretary-General, ESOA
Mr Sumit Sharma, Senior Consultant, Oxera
Mr Anthony Whelan, Acting Director, Electronic Communications, Networks and Services, DG
CONNECT, European Commission
Mr Robert M McDowell
Partner, Wiley Rein LLP; former Commissioner and Senior Member, Federal Communications
Commission
1415-1445
1445-1505
1245-1415 Networking lunch in exhibition hall
Realising ultrafast broadband – the role of competition and regulation
 What does the experience of superfast roll-out tell us about future networks?
 Investment incentives in ultrafast and ex ante regulation of fixed access – is there a
conflict?
Mr Jonathan Oxley, Group Director – Competition, Ofcom
Imagining the new LTE world – to the next level
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Emergence of new business models
Need for new regulation
New behaviours driving the usage and the networks
And what’s about 5 G – Evolution or revolution
Mr Jack Hamande, Chairman of Council, BIPT Belgium
1505-1535
2015 onwards –How will spectrum evolve?
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Is spectrum now going to be addressed predominantly on a national or European level?
Shared spectrum: will the industry move away from licensed spectrum?
How to ensure enough spectrum availability to cope with the explosion of mobile data and
traffic?
Mr H Nwana, Executive Director, Dynamic Spectrum Alliance
Mr William Webb, CEO, Weightless
1615-1715
1535-1615 Afternoon refreshments and networking in exhibition hall
Speaker hosted roundtable sessions – Impacts on Competition and Consolidation
The group will break out into different roundtables and each table is hosted by a speaker who will
lead the conversation – each session will last 60 minutes.
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1715-1730
Mergers & Acquisitions – hosted by Mr David Cantor, Attorney &
Advisor, Telecommunications Law & Strategy
Net neutrality – hosted by Mr Nick White, Executive Vice President,
INTUG
Spectrum – hosted by Mr Jussi Kahtava, Director, Allied Spectrum
Associates Ltd
Regulation and Investment – hosted by Neil Clements, Managing Director, Economic and
Financial Consulting, FTI Consulting
Questions and Answers and Chairman’s closing remarks
1730 Digital Regulation Forum Closes