| 09.00 – 10.30 | Session 3: Big data - an opportunity or a threat? • Maximizing the potential of data and why it matters for consumers, industry players and governments
• Understanding the issues at stake
• The link with open data (crowd sourcing, cloud computing, etc.)
• Is there a need to regulate data management and service providers?
• How to prevent market dominance in this area and protect the rights of the data owners?
• Addressing privacy, copyright and IPR, transparency and digital security issues Presentation: GSR discussion paper on Big data (co-authored by Mr Viktor Mayer-Schönberger)│Presentation , Mr Andy Haire, Chairman, AJH Communications, Ilc
Moderator: Mr Mohamed Al Ghanim, Director General, Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA), United Arab Emirates, GSR07 Chair.
Panelists:
• Dr Vijayalakshmy K. Gupta, Member, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)
• Mr Zhigang Ma, Deputy Chief Engineer, Institute of Economy and Policy Research, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), China
• Dr Mustafa Aykut, Coordinator, International Affairs and Policy Coordinator, Türk Telekom
• Mr Khaled Koubaa, Head of Policy, Google
• Mr Peter Pitsch, Executive Director, Intel |
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| 10.45 – 12.00 | Session 4: Is it time to rethink spectrum licensing?• Taking into account the need for more spectrum, spectrum sharing and refarming: how to balance licensed spectrum obligations and costs with those of license-exempt operators?
• How to ensure a level playing field among licensed and license-exempt operators providing mobile services?
• Is it time to rethink the licensing framework, mechanisms and fees? Is auctioning still the way forward? Presentation: GSR discussion paper on New Frontiers in Spectrum Licensing │Presentation , Mr John Alden, vice President, Freedom Technologies
Moderator: Mr Jacques Stern, Board Member, Autorité de Régulation des Communications Electroniques et des Postes (ARCEP), France
Panelists:
• Mr François Rancy, Director, Radiocommunication Bureau (BR), ITU
• Mr Piro Xhixho, Chairman, Electronic and Postal Communications Authority, Albania
• Mr Hideo Fuseda, Director of Mobile Communications, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Japan
• Mr Luigi Gambardella, Vice President and Head of Relations with international organizations, Telecom Italia
• Dr Robert Pepper, Vice-President, Cisco Systems, Inc. |
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14.00 – 15.30 | Network Debate: Meeting the demand for capacity, are we getting there?• Rolling out ultra-high speed wired and wireless broadband, where are we?
• What are the main barriers to reduce network deployment costs?
• Innovative regulatory, policy and commercial approaches (e.g. telco-built CDNs, Network Functions Virtualization (NFV))
• Infrastructure sharing approaches and cross border cooperation Moderator: Mr Kamal Shehadi, Chief Regulatory Officer, Etisalat and GSR09 Chair
Panelists:
• Prof. João Confraria, Member of the Board, Autoridade Nacional de Comunicações (ANACOM), Portugal
• Mr Gonzalo Ruiz Días, president, organismo Supervisor de Inversión Privada en Telecomunicaciones (OSIPEL), Peru
• Mr Paarock VanPercy, National Communications Authority (NCA), Ghana
• Mr Deepak Mathur, Senior Vice President APMA, SES
• Mr Pablo Pfost, Head Group Regulatory Affairs, Telefonica |
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| 15.45 - 17.00 | Session 6 : New business models driven by digital communications and services
• A financial perspective on the business case of application providers, OTTs, cloud providers, start-ups, etc.
• Understanding their business models
• How to generate revenues in the digital ecosystem? Shifting revenue streams
• Is cost sharing a solution?
• In light of the call for light regulation, is there a need to regulate? How to do so in a globalized world?
Presentation: GSR discussion paper on The impact of data on ICT business models │Presentation, Mr René Arnold, Head of Department Markets and Perspectives, WIK-Consult GmbH
Moderator: Mr Mohamed Bubashait, General Director, Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA), Bahrain
Panelists:
• En Hesham El Alaily, Executive President, National Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (NTRA), Egypt
• Mr Mohamed Sharil Tarmizi, Chairman, Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC), Malaysia
• Mr Jim Beveridge, Director, International Technology Policy, Microsoft
• Ms Lauren Van Wazer, Vice President, Global Public Policy, Akamai Technologies |
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