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Latin America-EU Symposium on ICT Regulation
Brussels
Monday, November 15, 2010
Co-organised by Madariaga Foundation, EUBrasil and Cullen International
Morning session - European Parliament
9.00 |
Registration |
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9.30 |
Welcome address |
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Valerie Willems, Managing Director, Cullen International
Luigi Gambardella, President of EUBrasil |
9.45 |
Opening address: The road ahead: EU-Latin America cooperation agenda for the next decade |
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Mario Campolargo, Director, Emerging Technologies and Infrastructures, DG Information Society and Media, European Commission |
10.00 |
Presentation of morning session: Benchmarking ICT: key regulatory developments in EU and Latin America |
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Ezequiel Domínguez, Cullen International |
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Optimising risk and infrastructure development and removing obstacles that adversely affect ICT in times of crisis |
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Moderator: Fabio Colasanti, President, International Institute of Communications |
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- Squaring the circle of sustainable growth, competition and welfare: EU vs. Latin America
- Ensuring open access: the active layer bottleneck
- Broadband strategies in EU and Latin America
- Trade barriers and ownership restrictions: the way forward
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- Cristhian Lizcano, Executive Director, CRC, Colombia
- Sheba Chacko, Head of Global Operational Regulation and Americas Regulation, BT Global Services
- Giovanni Battista Amendola, Head of European and Relevant Markets Regulation, Equivalence and Regulatory Affairs - Telecom Italia
- Inmaculada Lopez, Board Member, CMT, Spain
- Sonia Agnese, Regulatory Evolution Manager, Telecom/Personal, Argentina
- Jose Martinez, Head of Government Relations, Latin America, Nokia
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12.15 |
Q&A session |
12.30 |
Networking lunch: Marriott Renaissance, Rue du Parnasse 19 |
14.00 |
Opening remarks of the afternoon session |
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Elena Scaramuzzi, Cullen International |
14.15 |
Moving a step closer to next-generation mobile networks (NGMN) and services |
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Moderator: Kaisu Karvala, Chair, GSMA Europe |
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- Regional spectrum policies
- LTE: approaches in EU and Latin America
- Broadband for all: expansion, modernisation and accessibility
- Affordability and trade of mobile handsets. Total cost of mobile access and ownership
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- Chris Woolford, Director Spectrum & International Policy, Ofcom, UK
- Rafael del Villar, Commissioner of Cofetel, Mexico
- Luís Alveirinho, Director Network Planning and Implementation, Portugal Telecom, Portugal
- Mats Nilsson, VP and Head Ericsson European Affairs Office, Ericsson
- Luis Lucatero, Wireless Policy, Global Government & Public Affairs, Alcatel-Lucent, Mexico
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16.00 |
Refreshments |
| 16.15 |
Net neutrality, convergence and consumer protection |
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Moderator: Philippe Defraigne, Director, Cullen International |
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- Net neutrality – EU, Latin America, and US perspectives. Pros and cons for industry and end-users
- Consumer protection: regulating portability, win-back activities and fair use policies
- Copyright and online content: EU vs Latin America
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- Eduardo Cardadeiro, Board Member, Anacom, Portugal
- Daniel Arias, Regulatory and Public Policy Director, Telefónica International
- Ivana Kriznic, Regional Regulatory Counsel, The Americas, Orange Business Services, France Telecom Group
- Sylvie Forbin, Vice President Public and European Affairs, Vivendi, France
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17.15 |
Q&A session |
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17.30 |
Conclusion of the symposium |
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Lorena Boix Alonso, Deputy Head of Cabinet for the EU Commissioner for Digital Agenda, European Commission |
17.45 |
Networking cocktail reception
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