24 Forum Radio frequency spectrum is a precious and vital resource. Every wireless technology depends on it and governments continue to allocate this valuable commodity in response to the competing needs of different users. But space in the airwaves is getting increasingly scarce. With ever-increasing swathes of the world’s population trying to access rich content wherever and whenever they want it, this essential, yet finite, resource of the mobile industry is running out. How can we make sure everyone gets a fair share? What are the new innovative models for efficient allocation to increase the carrying capacity of the increasingly-overburdened airwaves? The issue of spectrum is a truly global issue that applies to key decision-makers across every country, and will also be high on the agenda at ITU’s upcoming World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-12) in 2012. Wednesday 26.10.2011 14:00-15:30 DebateSpace #2 The Spectrum Edge Forum Session The speed of technological evolution necessitates fundamental changes in business strategies and processes within companies, between companies, and between companies and their consumers. The ability to forecast and adapt to change determines the success or failure of technology companies. Constant and integrated innovation is key to success in this fast moving marketplace. In the networked world, new methods of harnessing collective intelligence to find design solutions to business challenges are emerging. With the right corporate structures and cultures in place, employees and wider networks can be encourage to innovate and top management can learn from the floor. Successful organisations are learning how to capitalize on crowd intelligence to create profitable and sustainable innovation. Achieving the right conditions for sustained innovation in traditionally top down organisations, however, is not without challenge. Large companies are often paralysed by bureaucracy, analysis paralysis and technological inertia. Turning these tankers to face, and take advantage of, the winds of globalisation and change can be a turbulent process. In this dynamic story-led session, 6 industry leaders will share their stories of their sometimes difficult, but always beneficial, journeys toward integrated innovation. Wednesday 26.10.2011 11:00-12:30 DebateSpace #3 Storytelling #1: Turning the Tanker Forum Session