Programme
Day 1, Tuesday, 20 September 2011 |
08:30 - 09:30 |
Registration |
09:30 - 10:00 |
Opening
Welcome Address
- Mr. Osman Sultan, CEO, du EITC , Dubai, UAE
- H.E. Mr. Mohamed Ali Al Wahaibi, Under-Secretary for Communications, Ministry of Transport & Communication, Oman, and President of AICTO Council
- Mr. Houlin Zhao, Deputy Secretary-General, ITU
- Mrs. Khédija Ghariani, Secretary-General, AICTO
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10:00 - 11:00 |
Keynotes
- Mr. Masahito Kawamori, ITU-T IPTV-GSI TSR Coordinator, NTT, Japan
- Mr. Karim Taga, Managing Director Arthur D. Little’s German, Austrian & CEE operations – Austria
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11:00 - 11:15 |
Coffee break |
11:15 - 12:45 |
Session 1: Regulatory Issues & Business Models
- "IPTV over Bitstream", Mr. Rashid Al-Ahmedi, Director Fixed Access Network – Planning, du EITC, UAE
- "How IPTV and Broadcast networks need to cooperate, Connected TV as an example", Mr. Bernard Pauchon, Chairman of Broadcast Networks Europe
- "IPTV development as a vehicle for Broadband adoption: Role of Governments", Mr. Slim Saidi, International Telecommunications expert, Dubai, UAE
- "IPTV Challenges Egypt perspective", Mr. Mohannad El-Megharbel, NTRA, Egypt
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12:45 - 13:45 |
Lunch break |
13:45 - 15:15 |
Session 2: Standardization
Chair/Moderator: Mr. Bilel Jamoussi, Chief SGD, TSB-ITU
- "ITU-T Study Group 16 – General Overview", Mr. Yushi Naito, Chairman of the ITU-T Study Group 16, Mitsubishi Electric, Japan”
- "General overview of ITU IPTV standardization", Mr. Masahito Kawamori, ITU-T IPTV-GSI TSR Coordinator, NTT, Japan
- "ITU-T MAFR Series (H.760) and Ginga-NCL (H.761)", Mr. Marcelo Moreno, Federal University of Juiz de For a, Brazil
- "ITU-T H.762 (LIME) IPTV Multimedia Application Interoperability", Mr. Fernando Masami Matsubara, Mitsubishi Electric, Japan
- "IPTV audience measurement standardization for future IPTV", Mr. Hideki Yamamoto, OKI Electric, Japan
- "IPTV Standards in China", Mr. Miao Chuanyang, ZTE, China
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15:15 - 15:30 |
Coffee break |
15:30 - 17:00 |
Session 3: Technology
Moderator: Mr. Saleem Al-Balooshi, Senior Vice President, Customer Operations, du EITC, UAE
- "Evolution of TV Viewing", Mr. Mike Armstrong, Sales Manager EMEA, Microsoft
- "IPTV, the Way forward", Mr. Ali Dernaika, Senior Manager Video Core Planning, du EITC, UAE
- Mr. Mondher Makni, Telnet group, Tunisia
- "Putting The User At The Centre Of The Television Experience" Mr. Mohamed El Ebiary, ALCATEL
- "Ericsson TV Vision and Trends" Mr. Souhail Khouaja, Head of Commercial Engagment TV and Media, ERICSSON
- "IPTV : Technical aspects and case", Mr. Mohesen Ghommam, Senior engineer, ONT, Tunisia
- "Hybrid IPTV and infrastructure challenges in the Arab region", Mr. Ossama Suleiman,
Head of Content at TE Data-Hybrid
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17:00 |
IPTV Showcasing visits at Majlis Al Mina |
20:00 - 22:30 |
Gala Dinner |
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Day 2, Wednesday, 21 September 2011 (AM) |
09:00 - 11:00 |
Session 4: e-Content “Developing digital Arabic content and applications”
Chair/Moderator: Mrs. Salha Amara
- "Content Proliferation and the Regional IPTV Scene", Mr. Thomas Wilson, CEO & Executive Managing Director, SAMENA Telecommunications Council, Dubai, UAE
- "Insights into Arab consumers online consumption habits", Mr. Jawad J. Abbassi, Founder and General Manager of Arab Advisors Group, Jordan
- "Children’s Publishing Goes Digital: New Markets, Players and Platforms", Mrs. Sana Ghenima, CEO Sanabilmed, Tunisia
- "E-contents industry in Arab Universities habits", Mr. Adel Rizk, CEO GAMA LEARN, Abu Dhabi, UAE
- Mr. Janis Karklins, Assistant Director-General for Communication and Information, UNESCO (Remote participation)
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11:00 - 11:15 |
Coffee break |
11:15 - 12:45 |
Session 5: e-Accessibility aspects
Chair/Moderator: Mr. Hiroshi Kawamura, President of the DAISY Consortium
- "IPTV for All: Opportunities and Challenges" Mr. Hiroshi Kawamura, President of the DAISY Consortium
- "E-accessibility, basic concepts and current situation in the Arab region", Mr. Mohamed Jemni, Head of ICT laboratory research, University of Tunis, Tunisia
- "Making IPTV Accessible", Mr. Peter Looms, Chairman of the ITU-T Focus Group on Audiovisual Media Accessibility
- "ITU-T IPTV for Accessibility -- IPTV as an Inclusive Technology--" Mr. Masahito Kawamori, ITU-T IPTV- GSI TSR Coordinator, NTT, Japan
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12:45 - 13:00 |
Closing session
Wrap up and conclusions
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13:00 |
Lunch break |
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IPTV Showcasing visits at Majlis Al Mina |
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