EBRD Communications Sector Assessment Conference

Friday 29^th May 2009, Courtyard Marriott Hotel, Tbilisi, Georgia

Agenda

with links to corresponding presentations

09.00 Welcome by Ms. Sofia Britanchuk, Chairperson, National Communications Commission of Georgia.

Opening remarks by EBRD representatives and conference Chairman Philippe Defraigne, Director, Cullen International

09.15 Presentation of European View: (English only) Cindy van den Boogert, International Relations Unit, European Commission, Information Society and Media Directorate-General

09.45 Presentation of Background and Assessment Methodology: (Jan H. Guettler, Cullen International) (Russian version)

10.30 Presentation of Investor’s View: (English only) Oleg Yakymchuk, Deputy Country Manager,
Telenor Ukraine)

11.00 Coffee break

11.30 EBRD Investment: (English only) (Sebastien Bourillon, Principal Banker, EBRD Telecoms Informatics and Media)

12.00 Presentation of Case Study 1: (English only) (Thea Tkeshelashvili, National Communications Commission of Georgia)

12.15 Presentation of Results for Confederation of Independent States and Mongolia: (Mr Peter Lundy, Development Dynamics Ltd) (Russian version)

13.00 Buffet lunch

14.00 Presentation of Case Study 2:( Russian only) (Narantungalag Tsendayush, Communications Regulatory Commission of Mongolia)

14.15 Presentation of Results for South-eastern Europe: (Jan H. Guettler, Cullen International) (Russian version)

15.00 Presentation of Case Study 3 English only) (Altin Rrapaj, Agency for Electronic Communications and Posts, Albania)

15.15 Presentation for Results for EU Countries: (Jan H. Guettler, Cullen International) (Russian version)

16.00 Coffee break

16.30 Presentation of Report Recommendations: (Peter Lundy, Development Dynamics Ltd) (Russian version)

17.15 Conclusions and Next Steps: (Paul Moffatt, Senior Counsel, EBRD)

17.30 Discussion

18.00 Relaxation before Conference Dinner

19.30 Conference Dinner