Program

2^nd edition, November 3rd, 2011, Willbrook Platinum, Eucalyptus Hall

 09:00 – 09: 30 – Guest registration

 09:30 – 11: 15 – Panel discussions

• What measures will the government implement to protect and foster the telecom industry?
• The National Broadband Strategy and what is being done to bridge the gap between urban and rural areas and provide Internet access to teh public:

 – The need for specter in the context of the exponential growth in traffic

 – The application of strategies regarding the frequency bandwidth for mobile services with a view to establishing medium and long term predictability

•  New technologies and new licenses (LTE)
•  New bandwidth for future 4th generation mobile services

Speakers:

• Andrei Savulescu, Director of Policies and Programs Directorate, Ministry of Communications and Information Society

• Catalin Marinescu, President, National Authority for Administration and Reglementation in Communications (ANCOM)

• Inaki Berroeta, Chief Executive Officer, Vodafone Romania

• Jean-François Fallacher, Chief Executive Officer, Orange Romania

• Raoul Ros, Chief Executive Officer, Alcatel Lucent East Europe & Romania

Moderator: Paul Renaud, Managing Partner, Renaud Investments

 11:15 – 11: 30 – Coffee break   

 11: 30 – 13.00 –  Panel discussions

• New value added proposition over mobility:

 – Near filed communication into mobility and alternative ways to generate revenue (mobile payments)

 – Mobile applications gold rush (Android/IOS/Windows app market). In app purchases; In app market

 – New developments in mobile based advertising

 – QR codes

 – What is the status of value added SMS? What are the extensions?

• Smart phone market

 – How are equipment providers coping with all the extensions?

 – Forecasts of the types of applications used on 4G platforms

• What do consumers want?

Speakers:

•  Julien Ducarroz, Chief Commercial Officer Business to Consumer, Orange Romania
• Cristian Herghelegiu, Business Development & Strategy Director, ePayment
• CatalinCretu, Country Manager, Visa – Europe Romania
• Sorin Manea, Telecom Division Manager (Romania&Bulgaria), Samsung Electronics Romania 
• Cristian Fota, Deputy Chief Commercial Officer, Radiocom
• Dragos Chivu, Data Marketing Director, Vodafone Romania
• Antonio Eram, Founder & CEO, mobilPay.com and NETOPIA Sistem

  Moderator: Nicu Pana, Managing Partner, Telsign

 13.00 – Networking Lunch  – offered by