Monday 24 May 2010

• 07:00 - 18:00
  BADGE PICK-UP AND ONSITE REGISTRATION
  Hotel Lobby - Marriott Wardman Park
• 08:00 - 17:00
  EXHIBITION AND BILATERAL TABLES
  Halls A, B and C, Exhibit Level
• All Day
  MEETINGS IN MEETING ROOMS
• 07:10 - 08:20

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  ITW 2010 WELCOME BREAKFAST AND COFFEE
  Marriott Ballroom Salon 1, Lobby Level
  All ITW delegates are invited
  The ITW 2010 Opening Plenary Session will follow in the Marriott Ballroom Salons 2 & 3.
  08:20 - 09:40
  OPENING ITW 2010 PLENARY SESSION
  Marriott Ballroom Salons 2 & 3, Lobby Level
• 08:20
  Opening Welcome
  Ros Irving, Managing Director, CAPACITY MEDIA 
• 08:25
  Welcome Address on Behalf of the Founders
  Helmut Angst, Senior Vice President, DEUTSCHE TELEKOM ICSS
  
• 08:35
  OPENING PLENARY SESSION
  MODERATOR: Emily Green, President & CEO, YANKEE GROUP
  
  GLOBALISATION OF THE INTERNET: OPPORTUNITIES PRESENTED BY THE EMERGING MARKETS
  PANELLISTS:
  Daniel Kurgan, CEO, BELGACOM ICS
  Alexandre Pebereau, Executive Vice President, International Carriers, ORANGE
  Chris Wilson, Senior Vice President Business Development, PACNET
  Owen Best, President, Asia-Pacific,  RELIANCE GLOBALCOM
  Rafael Arranz, EVP Marketing Capacity & IP Sales America & Pacific, TELEFONICA INTERNATIONAL WHOLESALE SERVICES
  
  DELIVERING NEXT GENERATION SERVICES AND APPLICATIONS
  PANELLISTS:
  Adrienne Scott, Vice President, Global Service Provider Management, AT&T WHOLESALE
  Diarmid Massey, Vice President, Carrier Services, Global Markets, CABLE&WIRELESS WORLDWIDE
  Helmut Angst, Senior Vice President, DEUTSCHE TELEKOM ICSS
  Marc Halbfinger, CEO, PCCW GLOBAL
  Mike Millegan, President, VERIZON GLOBAL WHOLESALE
  
• 09:30 - 11:00

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  MORNING COFFEE BREAK
  Atrium, Exhibit Level
  All ITW delegates are invited
• 09:00 - 17:00
  

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  EXHIBIT HALL COFFEE BREAK
  Hall C, Exhibit Level
  All ITW delegates are invited
• 10:15 - 10:30
  i3FORUM
  TAKING OUR FUTURE IN OUR OWN HANDS: TRANSITIONING THE INDUSTRY TO AN ALL-IP WORLD
  How the i3forum and its 37 members are working to help the carrier industry transfrom itself to face the challenges and leverage the new opportunities of an all-IP world
  Philippe Millet, Chairman, I3FORUM
  Marriott Ballroom 3, Lobby Level
  
  REGIONAL SPOTLIGHTS
  - Meet the who's who in wholesale from a specific region through a dedicated networking environment
  - Benefit from the latest research and market data from a leading analyst
  - Gain valuable insight from the leading players in the market through an informative panel debate on the key issues of the day in the region
  All registered ITW delegates can attend any of the sessions
• 10:45 - 12:15
  AFRICA: INTERNATIONAL, CROSS-BORDER AND INTRA-AFRICAN CONNECTIVITY
  Marriott Ballroom Salon 3, Lobby Level
• 10:45 - 11:00
  Analyst presentation market demand, drivers and market data
  Southern Africa – Central Africa – West Africa – East Africa
  John Krzywicki, Partner, ANALYSYS MASON
• 11:00 - 12:15
  Executive question time with key market players
  Sub-sea cable investment and impact on international connectivity for opening up the market; pricing
  Intra-Africa connectivity and cross-border connectivity; challenges and opportunities; satellite and terrestrial connectivity; convergence of fixed and mobile
  How can African operators monetise demand for services and applications
  Key challenges to overcome in the region
  MODERATOR: Matthew Whalley, Editor, CAPACITY MAGAZINE
  PANELLISTS
  Frederic Salmon, Regional Vice President, Africa, BELGACOM ICS
  Mike van den Bergh, Chief Executive Officer, GATEWAY COMMUNICATIONS
  David Hartshorn, Secretary General, GVF
  Aidan Baigrie, Head of Buisness Development, SEACOM
  Nicolas Baravalle, Vice President Sales Africa, SES WORLD SKIES
  Alphonzo Samuels, Managing Executive: Wholesale Services, TELKOM SA
  James Wekesa, Chief Commercial Officer, WIOCC
  Coffee and networking
• 14:00 - 15:30
  THE MIDDLE EAST: GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITY
  Marriott Ballroom Salon 3, Lobby Level
• 14:00 - 14:15
  Analyst presentation on market drivers, demand and market data
  Tim Stronge, Vice President, Research, TELEGEOGRAPHY
• 14:15 - 15:00
  Executive question time with key market players
  Liberalisation and emergence of new competition in the Middle East; MVNOs and their role; role of pan-regional operators; issuing of new licenses
  Impact of the global economic crisis on the development and investment in the region
  Impact of new subsea cable systems on pricing and potential price erosion; is there the demand?
  Growth expectations for content and media services; platforms needed to deliver content
  MODERATOR: Tim Stronge, Vice President, Research, TELEGEOGRAPHY
  PANELLISTS
  Ali Amiri, Executive Vice President, Carrier & Wholesale  Services, ETISALAT
  Ahmed Mekky, Board Member and CEO, GULF BRIDGE INTERNATIONAL (GBI)
  Joel Bonneau, VP Carrier Sales Africa & Middle East, International Carriers, ORANGE
  Taher Bouzayen, Vice President, Global Wholesale & International, QTEL INTERNATIONAL
  Chris Bayly, Managing Director, Middle East and Africa, RELIANCE GLOBALCOM
  Carl Roberts, Group Vice President - International, VERIZON GLOBAL WHOLESALE
  Coffee and networking
• 14:00 - 16:00

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  CARRIER ETHERNET INTERCONNECT: REALISING THE REVENUE OPPORTUNITIES
  Virginia A, Lobby Level
  Global Carrier Ethernet Report
  - HIghlighting gkobal Carrier Ethernet trends, milestones
  - MEF key program initiatives for 2010
  - The emergence of MEF Certification Programs as an enabler of global standardisation and interconnect
  - Importance of MEF Global Interconnect Program for wholesale and retail services strategies - revenue impact of Global Interconnect
  Nan Chen, President & CEO, CENX and MEF, President and Board Director
  
  Global Interconnect Tutorial
  - Interconnect drivers and business challenges
  - Interconnect defined: Technical, operational and business elements
  - Preparing your wholesale business to leverage interconnect
  - OAM implementation/standards overview and impact
  - MEF 26: External Network to Network Interface (ENNI) overview
  - Multi-provider Class of Service Implementation Agreement (MEF 23)
  - Carrier Ethernet Exchanges - the new interconnect option
  Mark Fishburn, VP Marketing, CENX and Co-Chair, MEF GLOBAL INTERCONNECT WORKING GROUP
  Somnath Ojha, Group Director, TEJAS NETWORKS
  Zeev Draer, VP Marketing, MRV COMMUNICATIONS
  
  Global Interconnect Service Provider Roundtable
  - Reviewing the state of Ethernet existing interconnect implementations
  - Assessing the impact of MEF 26 (ENNI) and Carrier Ethernet Exchanges on global Ethernet services coverage
  - Global SLAs - are they meeting customer needs?
  - Reducing provisioning times - industry actions to speed time to turn on new services across multiple operators
  MODERATOR: Rafael Francis, AVP of Product Management, ECI TELECOM
  PANELLISTS:
  Fred Owen, VP of Product and Technology, BCE NEXXIA
  Peter Hutchings, Director, Wholesale Voice, COLT TELECOM
  Felipe Alvarez, President, RCN METRO
  John Hoffman, Head of Ethernet Product Management, TATA COMMUNICATIONS
  Jim Poole, General Manager, Global Networks & Content, EQUINIX
  Michael Boehlert, Director Technology & Consulting, ANCOTEL
  Eric Gillenwater, VP Worldwide Development, CENX
  All ITW delegates are invited
  
• 14:30 - 16:00

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  AFTERNOON COFFEE BREAK
  Atrium, Exhibit Level
  All ITW delegates are invited
• 10:00 - 17:00

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  Complimentary Shoe Shine
  Bag Pick Up, Lobby Level