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    | Draft Programme
 
  | Time | Topic | Speaker |  
      | 15:00 - 15:15 | Opening Ceremony and welcome addresses: |  |  
      | UNI Representative | TBC |  
      | ITU Representative | Paolo Rosa ITU/TSB
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      | 15:15 - 15:45 | ITU: Keynote speech: ITU & ICTs, ITU and Academia | Paolo Rosa ITU/TSB
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      | 15:45 - 16:20 | Optical fibres transmission properties, Optical technology past and 
		future for broadband opportunities | Giancarlo De Marchis TelCon srl, Italy
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      | 16:20 - 16:45 | Optical Fibres and cables: mechanical properties, structures, 
		performance, terrestrial and sub-marine applications | Paolo Rosa ITU/TSB
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  | 16:45 - 17:15 | Coffee Break |  
      | 17:15 - 17:45 | Optical Fibres systems: active and passive solutions for short and long 
		distance, terrestrial and submarine applications | Makoto Murakami NTT, Japan
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      | 17:45 - 18:15 | Conclusions and closing ceremony | Paolo Rosa ITU/TSB
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	  | Representative from University, Mexico (TBC) |  |  |