SUNDAY, October 18th, 2009

18:30 - 20:00

WELCOME COCKTAIL RECEPTION
Palace TBD - By invitation only

DAY 1 - MONDAY, October 19th, 2009

08:00 - 09:00

REGISTRATION

09:00 - 10:30

OPENING SESSION

10:30 - 12:30

SESSION 1
New Broadband and dynamic infrastructures for the internet of the future

12:30 - 14:00

LUNCH

14:00 - 14:45

KEYNOTE SPEECHES

14:45 – 16:45

SESSION 2
Smarter Governments: “Empowering Citizens”

SESSION 3
Trustworthy e-ID services in a digital world, Threats and Opportunities

COFFEE BREAK

16:45 – 18:45

SESSION 4
Innovation & Sustainable e-Health

SESSION 5
Telecom and Internet Regulatory
Challenges and Opportunities

20:30

GALA DINNER
By invitation only

DAY 2 - TUESDAY, October 20th, 2009

08:00 - 09:00

REGISTRATION

09:00 - 10:00

OPENING SESSION

10:00 - 12:00

SESSION 6
Digital Content & The media of the future

SESSION 7
Mobile broadband wireless access. Connecting all EU citizens against economic downturn

SESSION 7 LG
Dedicated to Local Government
European programs in the benefit of local and regional development

COFFEE BREAK

12:00 - 13:30

SESSION 8
The Future is Green

SESSION 9 LG
Dedicated to Local Government
Economic growth through ICTs

13:30 - 15:00

LUNCH

15:00 - 17:00

SESSION 10
Euro-mediterranean Innovation network

SESSION 11 LG
Dedicated to Local Government
Strategies & Policies for Innovative Cities Network

DAY 1 - MONDAY, October 19th , 2009

08:00 - 09:00

REGISTRATION

09:00 - 10:30

OPENING SESSION
WELCOMING ADDRESSES
Keynote Speakers

• Traian Băsescu, President, Romania
• Commissioner Thomas Rosch, FTC Federal Trade Commission, USA

OPENING WORKING DAY
Keynote Speakers

• Gabriel Sandu, Minister, Ministry of Communications and Information Society, Romania
• Gerard M. Mooney, General Manager, Global Government and Education, IBM Corporation, USA
• Yorgos Ioannidis, CEO, Romtelecom, Romania

10:30 - 12:30

SESSION 1
New Broadband and dynamic infrastructures for the internet of the future
Topics

• Which infrastructures to support the Internet of the Future?
• Programs and initiatives US, EU, ASIA
• Towards 100 Mbps for everybody: Utopia or the best investment for the future in a difficult time?
• Next Generation Networks: Can we reach a global standard?
• The Role of Satellite in providing Internet in remote areas and developing countries
• Models to deploy fiber in semi rural areas
• Satellite trends in the perspective of LTE (Long Term Evolution)
• Perspectives towards 4G & LTE
• Ecosystems to exploit broadband, New business models
• Impact of Digital Dividend on 4G services
• Opportunities for satellites in “white areas” for TriplePlay

Chair

• Jacquelynn Ruff, Vice-President, International Public Policy & Regulatory Affairs, Verizon, USA

Moderator

• Giorgio Prister, President, Major Cities of Europe

Speakers

• Mario Agati, VP Multimedia and System Integration, Ericsson South East Europe
• Dorothy Attwood, Senior Vice-President - Regulatory Planning and Policy & Chief Privacy Officer, AT&T Services, Inc, USA
•  Joao Da Silva, Director for Network and Communication Technologies, DG INFSO & Media, European Commission
• Margarete Donovang-Kuhlisch, European Government Industry Technical Leader, Executive IT-Specialist, IBM Sales & Distribution, Public Sector
• Maria Kendro, Executive Director, Communications Cooperative International -CCI, USA
• Cătălin Marinescu, President of ANCOM, Romania
• Alin-Vladimir Stănescu, Government Affairs Europe, Qualcomm, Belgium
• Yu Xiao Hui, Deputy Chief Engineer, China Academy of Telecommunications Research (CATR), Ministry of Information Industry, China
• ERICSSON Romania Names TBD

12:30 - 14:00

LUNCH

DAY 1 - MONDAY, October 19th, 2009

14:00 - 14:45

KEYNOTE SPEECHES
Chair

• Jean-Pierre Chamoux, Paris V - René Descartes University, France

Keynote Speakers

• Boaz Dolev, Director e-Government Department, Israel
• Urban Funered, Project Leader for the 5th EU Ministerial Conference on e-Government, Ministry of Finance Sweden
• Florin Lupescu, Director - Directorate H: ICT Addressing Societal Challenges, DG INFSO & Media, European Commission
• Robert Hensler, State Chancellor, State of Geneva, Switzerland
• Thaima Samman, Associate General Counsel, Corporate Affairs, Microsoft EMEA, France
• Mary Tovšak Pleterski, Principal Adviser to the Director General, DG INFSO & Media, European Commission

14:45 – 16:45

SESSION 2
Smarter Governments: “Empowering Citizens”

Topics

• e-Procurement in support of economic recovery
• Contribution of technologies and services to

transformation and e-Inclusion

•  e-Democracy & e-Participation at national, regional & local levels
•  e-Services & e-Content as means  of Governance change
•  Cross border procurement
• Renewing the social contract & Ensuring equality
• Digital cities today and tomorrow
• Social Networking
• The City 2.0
• The City as Platform for Innovation
• Urban Infrastructures Facing 4G
• Educating Citizens

Chair

• Gerard M. Mooney, General Manager, Global Government and Education, IBM Corporation, USA

Moderator

• Hugo Kerschot, Managing Partner, Indigov, Belgium

Speakers

• Danilo Oreste Broggi, Chief Executive Officer, Consip, Italy
• Christos Chrysos, Project Manager, Open Technology Services S.A , Greece
• Vassilis Koulolias, Executive Director Gov2U, Greece
• Jeremy Millard, Senior Consultant, Danish Technological Institute, Denmark
• Kath Moore, Newcastle City Council, The United-Kingdom
• Odisseas V. Raptis, Chief Executive Officer, e-Trikala, The City of Trikala, Greece
• Alan Shark, Executive Director, PTI Public Technology Institute; Assistant Professor, Rutgers University School of Public Affairs & Administration, USA
• Peter Sonntagbauer, Peppol PR Director, BRZ, Austria
• Madeleine Siösteen Thiel, Senior Program Manager

VINNOVA, Sweden & Lars Albinsson, Creative Director Calistoga Springs Research Institute, Vinnova, Sweden

• Jean-François Soupizet, Head of Unit – International Relations DG Infso, European Commission

SESSION 3
Trustworthy e-ID services in a digital world, threats and Opportunities

Topics

• Threats and Solutions:

- Critical Infrastructures
- Attacks Cyber Criminality (denial of services; intrusion; cyber squatting & cyber-fishing etc.)

• Opportunities:

- Safer identity management
- Biometrics for authentication or identification
- RFID - (RFID/NFC: Leading services in industry, transport, health, and retail etc.)

• Governance issues
• Security & privacy issues
• Trust and transparency issues
• How can the user Being Empowered in order to make

        informed decisions on trust and security

Chair

• Denis Gardin, Group Vice-President, Head of EADS System Design Center and Head of EADS CyberSecurity Customer  Solutions Center, EADS Defense and Security division – EADS, France

Moderator

• Michael Stankosky, Professor of Systems Engineering George Washington University, USA

Speakers

• Romanian Intelligence Service  Representatives
• Jacob Arenander, Senior Product Manager, VP Securities A/S, Denmark
• Stewart Baker, former Assistant Secretary for Policy at the Department of Homeland Security, Steptoe & Johnson, USA
• Victor-Emmanuel de Sa, Partner Geneva Solutions, Switzerland
• Frank Leyman, Manager for International Relations, the Federal Public Service for ICT Fedict, Belgium
• Yves Paindaveine, ICT for Trust and Security DG Information Society and Media, IST Programme, European Commission
• Dietmar Thelen, Head of Intelligence Projects Germany, Head of IT & Communications Projects Germany, EADS Defence and Communications Systems
• Vassilia Orfanou, Communication Officer, European

Dynamics, S.A. Greece

• Sezen Yesil, ICT Expert for the Information and

Communication Technologies Authority of Turkey (ICTA) Turkey

COFFEE BREAK

DAY 1 - MONDAY, October 19th, 2009

16:45 – 18:45

SESSION 4
Innovation & sustainable e-Health

Topics

• Mobile Health
• Web 2.0 Solution for e-Health
• Satellites options for e-Health in remote areas
•  Tele-Health Application (ambient assisted living, managing dependency, chronic disease management)
• Electronic medical records and Integration of clinical processes
• Ethics, Responsibilities & Patient Empowerment, data protection mechanisms and policies for patient access

-  the New Business Models for e-Health & innovative solutions 

• Impact of e-Health on the quality of health care
• Transfer from theoretical knowledge to Clinical Practices
• Perspective of Cloud Computing in Bio-Technology
• Knowledge Management of Clinical Data

Chair

• Octavian Purcărea, WW Health Industry Solutions Manager, Microsoft, Franc

Moderator

• Elena Bonfiglioli, Microsoft EMEA

Speakers

• Raed Arafat, State Secretary, Ministry of Health, Romania
• Paolo Balboni, European Privacy Association, EPA, Belgium
• Judith Carr, Founder and CEO Envision Consulting, LLC, USA
• Patrice Cristofini, Vice-President Partnership and Strategic Alliance, Orange Healthcare, France
• Florin Lupescu, Director - Directorate H: ICT Addressing Societal Challenges, DG INFSO & Media, European Commission
• Thomas Osburg, Director Europe – Corporate Affairs, Intel Corp           
• Mario Po’, Executive Director, Azienda ULSS n 8 Asolo, Italy & Alessandro Bruno, Administrative Assistant, Azienda ULSS n 8 Asolo, Italy
• Paolo Barichello, ICT Manager,  Azienda ULSS Asolo, Italy
• Philippe Scheimann, CEO Ayala Alternative Organizational Consulting, Israel
• Michèle Thonnet, Official Representative e-Health France, Responsible for European and International Partnerships and Relations, Ministry of Health, France
• Mary Tovšak Pleterski, Principal Adviser to the Director General, DG INFSO & Media, European Commission

SESSION 5
Telecom and Internet Regulatory
Challenges and Opportunities
New Policy framework for Broadband Ecosystem:
Universal access, Net Neutrality and Internet Governance

Topics

• Net Neutrality / Net Regulation: European, US and Asian Perspectives
• Internet Governance: Do we have to reinvent it?
•  Digital Dividend facing Future of Wireless Services
• A wider digital divide – lack of broadband access in the rural areas.
• Internet Regulation Stakes Facing Terrorism and Cybercrime
• International Domain Names: Openness Change Innovation with New TLD? (ICANN, NTIA, EU, ISOC, AFNIC, ITU)
• Regulate the TV of the Future: preserving national compliances or the end of frontiers

Chair

• TBD

Moderator

• Andrew Lipman, Partner and Head of Telecom Group Bingham McCutchen, USA

Speakers

• Bogdan Dospinescu, Head of Tariff Regulation and Universal Service, ANCOM National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications of Romania
• Ma Yuan, Division Director of Institute of Economy and Policy, China Academy of Telecommunications Research (CATR), Ministry of Information Industry, China
• Thomas Hart, EU-China Media and Communications Policy Advisor, Hart-Consult; Associate, GOPA Consultants, China
• Bonnie Peng, Chairperson of National Communications Commission, NCC, Taiwan
• Jacqueline Ruff, Vice-President, International Public Policy & Regulatory Affairs, Verizon, USA
• Gérald Santucci, Head of Unit “Enterprise Networking and RFID” DG INFSO & Media; European Commission
• Theresa Swinehart, VP, Global and Strategic Partnerships, ICANN The Internet corporation for assigned Names, USA
• FCC Representative

20:30

GALA DINNER
By invitation only

DAY 2 - TUESDAY, October 20th, 2009

08:00 09:00

REGISTRATION

09:00 10:00

OPENING SESSION
KEYNOTE SPEECHES
Chair

• Olin Wethington, President Wethington International llc, USA

Keynote Speakers

• Nicholas Afxentiadis, President, Syntax Information Technology Inc, Greece
• Mark Cleverley, Director for Strategy, Global Government Industry, IBM, USA
• Louis de Broissia, French Ambassador for the Exterior Broadcasting, France
• Gyorgy Csepeli, Public Policy Director, Secretariat of the Commissioner of Infocommunications, Hungary
• John Keogh, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), Canada
• Sebastián Muriel, General Manager of the Public Corporate Company, Red.es, Spain
• Najat Rochdi, Deputy Director Geneva Office, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Switzerland
• Mark Seifert, Senior Advisor, National Telecommunications and Information Administration (Department of Commerce, Adviser of US President Barack Obama) NTIA, USA

10:00 12:00

SESSION 6
Digital content & the media of the future
Topics

• Telecom and Broadcaster: between collaboration and competition
• Digital TV/ IPTV/ Cable TV/ Mobile TV / Sat TV
• Balancing broadcast regulation and IPTV, Web TV, P2P-TV etc.
• Digital Content Platform: the Key point in Ccompetition
• The difficult way towards real convergent TV standards?
• Telecom Players in the TV business: Risk or/and Opportunity?
• The Future of Advertising in delivering digital content services
• Cloud Computing as the architecture of the future for media content services.

Chair

• TBD

Moderator
Jay E. Gillette, Professor, Center for Information and Communication Sciences, Ball State University; Advisory Council Pacific Telecommunications Council, USA

SESSION 7
Mobile broadband wireless access. Connecting all EU citizens against economic downturn
Topics

• Mobile BWA – Work in progress towards bringing EU communications at the next level
• Digital dividend to bridge the digital divide
• US digital switchover – summing up and a first assessment
• A harmonized European approach based on the 790-862MHz band
• Spectrum reframing to boost competition
• Future of Wireless Services in the Wake of the Digital Dividend
• State-of-the-art technologies and most feasible solutions for a fast wireless broadband development
• LTE vs. WiMAX – next generation networks for mobile broadband
• Regulation to speed up mobile broadband development
• Solutions for successfully developing wireless broadband networks

Chair/Moderator
Catalin Marinescu, President of ANCOM, National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications of Romania

SESSION 7 LG
Dedicated to Local Government
European programs in the benefit of local and regional development
Topics

• European programs & project funding
• Smart e-Government Services for Citizens and Enterprises INSTEAD THE TITLE Local Government Services concepts
• Smarter cities: How cities can the lead way into a prosperous and sustainable future INSTEAD THE TITLE Intelligent traffic saves time and money
• European Local and Regional collaboration
• Modern public finance systems
• Local development strategies & city participation through ICTs

Chair

• Marius Fecioru, MCSI Secretary of State, Ministry of Communications & Information Society, Romania

Moderator

• Hellmuth Broda, Information  Technology Advisors, Dr. Hellmuth Broda Consulting, Switzerland

DAY 2 - TUESDAY, October 20th, 2009

12:00 - 13:30

SESSION 8
The Future is Green
Topics

• The carbon cost of ICT and its inefficiencies
• The Potential of ICT to further sustainability in all fields of human activity
• The role of governments in environmental sustainability
• Sustainable public procurement
• Measuring the real cost of ICT— cost and environmental impact of the technology life cycle
• Energy use in telecommunications
• Reconciling business constraints and

environmental responsibility — Green is Profitable

• The role of education in Green ICT
• Reduce the energy consumption of ICT and leverage it for sustainability

Chair

• Peter Hopton, Managing Director, VeryPC, The United-Kingdom

Moderator

• Dani Flexer, Consultant, Datacentre Optimization, United-Kingdom

Speakers

• Lidia Capparelli, Head of the Sustainability Unit Consip, Italy
• Loris Di Pietrantonio, Assistant to the Director of Directorate H ; DG INFSO & Media, European Commission
• Varujan Pambuccian, Member of the IT Comission of the Romanian Parliament, Romania
• Bruno Pennino, Public Sector Marketing Executive North East and South West Europe, Global PS Marketing Leadership Team Lead, IBM, Italy
• Marius Opran, Member of the Executive Bureau European Economic and Social Committee Group IRO / REX & TEN, Romania
• Intel representative TBD

Commentator

• Christos Chrysos, Project Manager, Open Technology Services S.A , Greece

SESSION 9 LG
Dedicated to Local Government
Economic growth through ICTs
Topics

• Local economic growth through ICTs
• Using the latest technology developments & the new European digital city concept
• Global economic promotion of the European areas and regions
• Multi-capital investment planning, new solutions for cities
• Other methods to cut Local Government expenses in difficult times
• Financing local government large projects
• Technology Parks, increasing local revenues by increasing importance of regional innovation and technology
• The role of the top level political leader in the development of modern and efficient public service systems

Chair

• Bror Salmelin, Adviser to the Director ICT addressing Societal Challenges, DG INFSO European Commission

Moderator

• Dan Iscru, FNTM Lecturer/ e-learning project; Senior partner VMB Partners, Romania

Speakers

• Ana Maria Mihăescu, Chief of IFC mission, World Bank Group
• Hervé Rannou, President Items Proposition, General Manager,  Items International, France
• Ionuţ Ţăranu, Development Director, Eurado project, Romania
• Dorin Florea, Mayor Târgu Mureş City, Vice-president of Association Municipalities of Romania
• Valentin Miron, President, VMB Partners, Romania
• Association of Municipalites, Romanian representative TBD
• Financial institution, Romania, representative TBD

13:30 - 15:00

LUNCH

DAY 2 - TUESDAY, October 20th, 2009

15:00 - 17:00

SESSION 10
Euro-mediterranean innovation network

Topics

• Presentation of the Euro- Mediterranean Innovation Network by Senator Pierre Laffitte, in charge of the mission by the French President Nicolas Sarkozy in the framework of the UPM ( Union for the Mediterranean)
• New innovation paradigms for services
• Presentation of the ICPE (Bulgarian Ministry of the Economy)
• Presentation of French Agencies in charge of innovation ( NRA, EDA, ADETEF, OSEO)
• Participation of various countries ( Cyprus, Egypt, Morocco)
• New thematic priorities ( Solar Energy, Eco-Conception, Heritage & Sustainable Tourism, Education)
• Evolution in the context of ecosystems: New Business Models

Chair

• Pierre Laffitte, Honorary Senator, in charge of the mission by the French President Nicolas Sarkozy in the framework of the UPM (Union for the Mediterranean), President Sophia-Antipolis, France

Speakers

• Thierry Bièvre, Managing Director Elithis Ingenierie, France
• Timo Haapalehto, Innovation Policy Development Unit, European Commission
• Candace Johnson, President  Johnson Paradigm Ventures, France
• Jean-Yves Leost, RTE, France
• Maledh Marrakchi, Tunisie Telecom, Tunisia
• Eunika Mercier-Laurent, President, Global Innovation Strategies, France
• Gabriel Mergui,  Director Genopole International
• Elli Pagourtzi, President of the Board of Director, Observatory for the Greek IS, Greece
• Alain Renck, Director of the International OSEO, France
• Christelle Simone, Engineer Eco-conception, Carma, France

SESSION 11 LG
Dedicated to Local Government
Strategies & Policies for innovative cities network

Topics

• Wires are history – Intelligently planed metropolitan communication systems
• Utilizing spatial data and GIS  with integrated local systems
• Local and regional telemedicine; collaboration and association for modern health services
• Public video surveillance - between privacy intrusion and public safety
• The role of the IT manager in the Local Administration structures
• Regional projects funded by EC programs
• How to plan successful development by structural funding

Chair / Moderator

• Giorgio Prister, President, Major Cities of Europe

Speakers

• Raed Arafat, State Secretary, Ministry of Health, Romania,
• Mihai Cristian Atanasoaei, Prefect,  The Bucharest Prefecture, Bucharest City, Romania
• Istvan Besenyei, Country Manager, VAMED, Romania, confirmed as participant, TBC as speaker.
• John Jung, Chairman, Intelligent Communities Forum-ICF, USA
• Eric Legale, Managing Director, Issy Media, City of Issy-Les-Moulineaux, France
• Odisseas V. Raptis, Chief Executive Officer, e-Trikala, City of Trikala, Greece
• Bogdan Savonea, International Relation expert, Ministry of Communications and Information  Society
• Kao Hui Chun Sha, Special assistant General Director Office, Information & Communications Research Lab. (ICL) Industrial Technology Research Institute; Taiwan
• Alan Shark, Executive Director & CEO, PTI Public Technology Institute; Assistant Professor, Rutgers University School of Public Affairs & Administration, USA
• Zoltan Somodi, General Manager, Matrix Business Consulting, former State Secretary in the Ministry of Communications and Information Society, Romania
• Romanian city representative TBD