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The digital landscape has been transformed over the past decade. New
communication technologies, modern media, the Internet and a whole host
of devices with new functionalities are expected to meet consumers’
demand for seamless, converged and user-friendly digital tools providing
access to a broad range of services and content. In order to respond to
the challenges of convergence, media players and standardization bodies
need to have a clear understanding of trends in the creation and
delivery of content. Soon, there will be a wide range of alternatives
for delivering content, which are rapidly converging, and it is not yet
clear which of these systems and services will succeed. |
Thursday, 21 June 2007 |
08:30 – 09:00 |
Meeting
Registration |
Opening Session and Executive Round Table |
09:00 -
11:00 |
Session 1
Opening of the Meeting
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Welcoming Address:
Mr. Jean
Réveillon, Secretary General, European Broadcasting Union
(EBU)
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Opening
Remarks:
Mr.
Houlin Zhao,
Deputy Secretary General, ITU
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Chairman’s Opening Address: Dr. Peter Knight,
President of Telemática e Desenvolvimento Ltda,
Brazil and Coordinator of the e-Brasil Project
Executive
Round Table –
Content
Without Frontiers: What Needs to be Done to Make it Happen?
To build a
better world, and achieve the ‘information society’, content
needs to be able to flow freely and fairly across the world. A
distinguished panel of leaders will analyse the major barriers
today to achieving the dream.
Moderator:
Dr. Peter Knight,
President of Telemática e Desenvolvimento Ltda,
Brazil and Coordinator of the e-Brasil Project
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Mr. Sami Al-Basheer
Al Morshid, Director, ITU
Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT)
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"A
perspective on trends and policy challenges in the digital
content delivery environment",
Mr. Don
Whiteside, Vice President,
Technical Policy & Standards, Intel Corporation
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"Digital TV over NGN by IPTV Technology", Mr. Masao
Matsumoto,
Director-General
for Technology Policy Coordination, Ministry of Internal
Affairs and Communication, Japan
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Mr. Stephen
Collins, Director, Government and
Regulatory Affairs, Skype
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Mr. Laszlo
Toth, Strategic Director, National
Communications Authority, Hungary
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Mr. Mark de
Jong , Vice-Chairman, OPTA,
Netherlands
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Mr. Andreas
Weiss, Chair of EBU Digital Strategy Group
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11:00
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11:15 |
Coffee Break |
Keynote Speech - Can Digital
Platforms All Coexist? |
11:15 -
11:45 |
Session 2
The number of options for delivering digital
media continues to multiply – broadcast, cable, broadband IPTV,
Open Internet, Wi-fi, Mobile, Satellite and more. How do they
work together in an open marketplace? How can we simplify the
consumer’s life and enable easy access to a broad array of
content that is easy to acquire, easy to consume and easy to
manage?
Moderator: Dr. Peter
Knight, President of Telemática e
Desenvolvimento Ltda, Brazil
and Coordinator of the e-Brasil Project
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What Can Technology Offer in a
Converged World? |
11:45 -
13:00 |
Session 3
A major determinant of convergence will be
the features offered by different technologies. In this Session
speakers will be invited to provide insights into:
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The future of mobile
systems and services
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The future of
broadband systems and services
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The future of
broadcast systems and services
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The future of
converged systems (cooperative networks)
This will be followed by an interactive
discussion
Moderator: Mr.
Andreas Weiss,
Head of International Relations, ARD
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"A
Converged World is where Technology brings Connectivity", Mr. Thomas Nogues , Director, Standards
Coordination, NDS Ltd
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"Broadband
with NGN enabling Convergences", Mr. Chae-Sub
Lee, ETRI, Korea and Vice-Chairman
of ITU-T Study Group 13 on Next Generation Networks
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"IPTV-Market,
Services, Regulation, Standards", Mr. Reinhard
Scholl, Deputy Director, ITU-T
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"What
Can Technology offer in a Converged World", Mr.
Roberto Blois, Director
of Institutional Relations, Brasil Telecom
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"The
Future of Converged Systems", Mr.
Mark Jeffrey,
Standards
Architect, Entertainment and Devices International Policy
Team,
Microsoft Corporation
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13:00
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14:30 |
Lunch |
What Will be the ‘Message’ and
How Viewers Access Content? |
14:30 -
16:00 |
Session 4
Different delivery media will serve different needs, and have
different capabilities for doing so. In this Session,
speakers will be invited to provide insights into:
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The direction of content for mobile systems
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The direction of content for broadband systems
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The direction of content for broadcast services.
This
will be followed by an Interactive discussion.
Moderator: Mr. Jonathan Marks,
Director, Critical Distance BV,
"No Single Future for Radio, TV or Mobile"
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"The
Network as The Platform: The Digital Revolution is Now", Ms. Monique Morrow,
Distinguished Consulting Engineer, Cisco
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“Competitive
Platforms in a Converging World”, Ms. Cristina Bueti,
Project Officer and Mr. Marco Obiso, Programme Manager,
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
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"Competitive Services for the Delivery of Digital Content", Mr. Leonardo Chiariglione,
President Digital Media Project
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"The Voice
of Mobile Entertainment", Mr.
Patrick Parodi, Chairman of Mobile Forum
Entertainment
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16:00
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16:15 |
Coffee Break |
User Generated Content: A Journey
into Social Networking |
16:15 -
17:30 |
Session 5
The rise in
public interest and use of ‘User Produced Content’ has been
phenomenal, and many see this as part of a new world of ‘Web
2.0’ – a new age of ‘Internet with Attitude’. The Web 2.0 which
has been described as a set of technologies and innovations have
transformed the internet, triggering an array of new business
models, shifting internal communication, and providing powerful
new marketing opportunities. The Session will ask what size is
the oncoming train.
This will be
followed by an interactive discussion.
Moderator: Mr. Greg Lowe,
Professor, Department of Journalism and Mass Communication in
the University of Tampere, Finland,
"User Generated
Content: from Information Society to Interaction Society"
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"Competitive Platform for Digital
Content", Ms.
Nicoletta Iacobacci, Head of Eurovision TV Interactive,
EBU
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"VRT Feat.
User Generated Content" ,
Ms. Bettina
Geysen, General Manager Market
Development and New Media, VRT
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"Participative Web: User Generated Content", Mr. Graham
Vickery, Head, Information Economy
Group, OECD
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Panel Discussion
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17:30
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18:00 |
Panel
discussion among the above-mentioned speakers moderated by
Session Chair as well as questions from the floor. |
Friday, 22 June 2007 |
08:30 – 09:30 |
Meeting
Registration |
Opening Session and High
Level Panel |
09:30 -
11:00 |
Session 6
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Welcoming
Address: Mr. Sami Al-Basheer Al Morshid, Director ITU
Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT)
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Welcome and Summary: Dr. Peter Knight,
President of Telemática e Desenvolvimento Ltda,
Brazil and Coordinator of the e-Brasil Project
Building the Information Society Together: What is the role of
International Organizations in a convergent media world?
All
organisations need goals, objectives, structures, and
procedures. These are necessarily defined by the times
when they are established. High-level
representatives from international organizations will be invited to discuss how they
are contributing to foster the convergence.
Moderator:
Mr.
Thomas Crampton, Technology
and Media Correspondent for the
International Herald Tribune (IHT)
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Mr. Jéan
Reveillon, Secretary General, European Broadcasting Union
(EBU)
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Mr. Haoulin
Zhao, Deputy Secretary
General, ITU
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Ms. Ruth
Hieronymi,
Member of the European Parliament, Committee on Culture and
Education of the European Parliament
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Mr.
Alan
Bryden, Secretary General,
International Standardization Organization (ISO)
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Dr. Akossi
Akossi, Secretary General, African
Telecommunications Union (ATU)
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Mr. Philippe
Petit, Deputy Director General,
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
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Mr.
Mogens Schmidt,
Deputy Assistant Director-General for Communication and
Information, United Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
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Keynote Speech- Can Digital
Platforms All Coexist? - A Regional Perspective |
11:00
– 11:30 |
Session 7
Moderator: Dr. Peter
Knight, President of Telemática e
Desenvolvimento Ltda, Brazil
and Coordinator of the e-Brasil Project
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11:30
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11:45 |
Coffee
Break |
Regulation and Economics: What
are the Emerging Business Cases in the Convergent World? What
are the New Challenges for Media Regulation? |
11:45
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13:00 |
Session 8
The
equation of the user experience being enough to justify the use
of revenue, or to bring enough new revenue, to make the content
and delivery it will always have to be solved. This Session
will examine:
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Options for ‘business case’ for mobile services
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Options for ‘business cases’ for broadband services and
broadcast
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When does advertising become spam? The borderline between
media and telecommunication regulation
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Regulatory frameworks for linear and non linear services.
This
will be followed by an interactive discussion.
Moderator: Mr. David Wood,
Head of New Media, EBU,
"The Regulation Layer Cake"
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"Digital
Content Delivery: Challenges and Opportunities for Telecom
Operators and Operators", Mr.
Lorenzo Pupillo,
Executive Director, Telecom Italia
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Intervention by
Mr. Michael Bartholomew,
Director, European Telecommunications Network Operators'
Association (ETNO)
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"Regulatory
Frameworks
for Linear and Non Linear Services",
Ms. Joanna
Wrona, Policy Officer,
Audiovisual Policy Unit, (Directorate General for Education
and Culture. European Commission)
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"Competitive Platform for Delivery of
Digital Content", Dr.
Tracy Cohen,
Councilor, Independent Communications Authority of South
Africa (ICASA)
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13:00
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14:30 |
Lunch |
14:30
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16:00 |
Continuation of Session 8
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16:00
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16:15 |
Coffee
Break |
Analysis, Case Studies and
Conclusions |
16:15 -
17:30 |
Session 9
What has been found in practice from real life convergence
experiments, and from circumstances where platforms compete head
to head for viewer’s loyalty? What factors influence success and
failure? What lessons can be learned for the emerging
converging world?
The Session will include case studies from ITU and EBU member
states with a special focus on developing economies.
Moderator:
Dr. Peter Knight,
President of Telemática e Desenvolvimento Ltda, Brazil
and Coordinator of the e-Brasil Project
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"Knocking the Door of Digital Heaven:
What could Make them Open", Mr. Tomas Lamanauskas,
Deputy General Director, Telecommunications Regulatory
Authority (TRA), Kingdom of Bahrain
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"Digital Content: Critical challenge
towards building information society in developing
countries", Mr. Shahid Uddin Akbar,
Coordinator, ICT4D, Society for Economic and Basic
Advancement (SEBA) Dhaka, Bangladesh
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"Case Study: A Development Analysis of
the Proposed WIPO Treaty for the Protection of Broadcasting
and Cablecasting Organization", Ms. Viviana Munoz Tellez,
Innovation and Access to Knowledge Programme, South Centre
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"The visioning Group. The First
Reflections", Mr. Huw Williams,
Head of Research BBC, and Mr. David Wood,
Head of New Media, EBU
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"AWO
Digital Content", Ms. Suha Osman,
Responsible for IT Department, Arab Women Org
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17:30
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18:00 |
Open discussion
This
session will provide an opportunity for questions and comments
from the meeting participants. |
18:00 -
18:30 |
Closing Plenary and Wrap-up
This
session will give an overview of the meeting. It will draw the
main conclusions and messages from the previous sessions and in
particular identify key issues to be followed-up.
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Mr. Marco
Obiso, Programme Manager,
General Secretariat, ITU
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Mr. David
Wood, Head of New Media, EBU
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Chairman's Closing Remarks: Dr. Peter Knight, President of Telemática e
Desenvolvimento Ltda, Brazil and
Coordinator of the e-Brasil Project
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