• 08.50

    • Speed Networking - A chance to get to know your peers before the start of the conference and set a relaxed and informal atmosphere

  • 09.00

    • Chairpersons' Introduction: Collaboration to Compete in a Global Economy

  • Walter Weigel, Director General, ETSI, France
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    • KEYNOTE: ACHIEVING SUSTAINABLE GROWTH AND COMPETITIVENESS THROUGH INNOVATION

  • 09.10

    • Achieving Sustainable Growth and Competitiveness through Innovation

  • Dr. Joao Schwarz Dasilva, Director of the Converged Networks and Services Directorate, European Commission, Belgium

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    • How to effectively stimulate world-leading innovation
  • 09.35

    • Refining Strategic Research and Development in Mobile Access and Wireless Systems

  • Magnus Madfors, Director R&D Policy, Ericsson

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    • What are the Market trends?
    • Addressing the Mobile Internet and applications
    • Creating a bridge from FP6 IST towards FP7
    • How to establish peer-to-peer relations with Asian and American research programme
  • 10.00

    • Addressing the Road Map towards the Wireless Network of the Future

  • Dr Hossein Moiin, Mobility Fellow, BT, UK

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    • How mobile and fixed networks are dependent on each other and how the fixed network can be used for wireless
    • Convergence: synergising wireless and wireline networks
    • Achieving end-to-end convergence
  • 10.25

    • Panel: Setting the Scene for the Wireless Network of the Future

  • Panel Moderator: Adrian Scrase, Vice President International Partnership Project, ETSI
  • Panellists: Dr Mike Short, VP R&D, O2, UK
  • Dr Hideo Okinaka, VP/GM, Strategic Planning Division, KDDI, Japan
  • Prof Ed Candy, former CTO, 3, UK
  • JohanWickman, Head of R&D, Business AreaMobility, TeliaSonera AB, Sweden
  • Dr. Heinrich Arnold, VP, Head of Innovation Development, Deutsche Telekom AG, Germany

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    • How to understand what will be the winning future wireless trends and how to seize these opportunities and include them in your future business strategy
    • How can you develop leading innovation strategies to consolidate future wireless research into viable business propositions
    • How to bridge effectively between research and development into commercially profitable products and services
    • How to drive profitability for a maturing wireless industry
  • 11:00

    • Networking Coffee Break

  • Topic

    • ASSESSING CURRENT TECHNOLOGY TRENDS AND HOW WILL THEY DEVELOP TO MEET CUSTOMERS' NEEDS AND THE MARKET DRIVERS?

  • 11.30

    • Case Study: "Internet of Things" and Future Wireless

  • Gerald Santucci, Head of Unit for RFID, Directorate General Information Society and Media, European Commission, Belgium

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    • Effectively bringing the Internet of things into commercial use
    • Demonstrating the exciting future interlinking the physical world and cyberspace
  • 11.50

    • What will be the Role of LTE and its Evolution to LTE Advanced in the Wireless Network of the Future?

  • Marc Grant, Principal Technical Architect, Radio Standards, A&T, Austria

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    • Current overview of 3G wireless networks
    • What has LTE achieved that makes it a better solution?
    • How can operators leverage on these improvements?
  • 12.10

    • Panel: What will be the Role of Current Technologies in the Wireless Network of the Future?

  • Panellists: Jean-Pierre Bienaimé, Chairman, UMTS Forum & Strategic Partnerships, Orange, France
  • Ramjee Prasad, Director, Center for TeleInFrastruktur (CTIF), Aalborg University, Denmark
  • Eric Nicollet, Co-Chair, Technical Committee, SDR Forum, France
  • Marc Grant, Principal Technical Architect, Radio Standards, A&T, USA
  • Mark Pecen, VP Advanced Research, Research in Motion, Canada

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    • Evaluating today's current technologies: for example, LTE, Femtocells, SDR, WiMAX, MBWA, voice evolution -how to achieve quality VoIP and move away from 2G voice, IMT-Advanced
    • What role will these technologies have in the wireless network of the future?
  • 12:40

    • Networking Lunch

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    • DEMONSTRATING HOW NEW TECHNOLOGY AREAS ARE DESTINED FOR GROWTH

  • Chairperson:Magnus Madfors, Director R&D Policy, Ericsson
  • 14.00

    • Enabling Overall Mobility with the Wireless Network of the Future

  • To be confirmed, check later

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    • Putting the customer at the heart of the wireless network of the future is integral to success
  • 14.20

    • Case Studies: Satellite Galileo - Developing an Independent Worldwide Satellite Navigation System

  • Ignacio Fernandez, Head of Standardisation, GNSS, DG-TREN Galileo Unit, European Commission, Belgium

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    • The importance of standardisation to ensure good market penetration and promotion to the end user
    • Complimentary or in competition to GPS, GLONASS and other navigation systems?
    • How can this technology be made into a viable business proposition?
  • 14.40

    • Case Studies: Effectively Evolving Intelligent Transport Systems

  • Søren Hess, General Manager, Car2Car Consortium, Denmark

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    • ITS includes telematics, in car communication and between car communication, rail, water and air communication
    • How can this technology be made into a viable business proposition?
  • 15.00

    • Panel: Discussing New ICT Enabled Applications - are these Destined for Growth? For example:

  • Panel Moderator: Dr Howard Benn, ETSI Board Member, and Director
  • Cellular Standards, Motorola Mobile Devices, UK
  • Panellists: Chris Johnson, Vice Chair-EU, Marketing Working Group, Continua Health Alliance, Sweden
  • Prof Rahim Tafazolli, Head of Mobile Communications Research Group, University of Surrey and Board Member, Emobility, UK
  • Dr Howard Porter, Managing Director, European Smart Metering Industry Group (ESMIG), UK
  • Mats Nilsson, Vice President and Head, Ericsson European Affairs Office

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    • Smart Energy/ Smart Metering/ Smart Grid
    • Energy efficiency/sustainability within ICT
    • M2M
    • eHealth
    • Sensor Web
    • RFID/NFC
    • Wireless robots
    • Cognitive radio
    • Aeronautical
    • Wireless robots
    • Cognitive radio
  • 15.30

    • Networking Tea Break

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    • DEMONSTRATING HOWTO LAUNCH INNOVATIVE PRODUCTS SUCCESSFULLY AND EXPLORING INNOVATION IN DEVICE CAPABILITIES

  • 16.00

    • Demonstrating the Importance of Collaboration for the Wireless Network of the Future

  • Johan Wickman, Head of R&D, Business Area Mobility, TeliaSonera AB, Sweden

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    • How to deliver a track record in excellence, international co-operation, knowledge dissemination and translation to business
    • How to effectively coordinate the interests of each party?
    • How to deliver successful network services such as LTE
  • 16.20

    • Demonstrating How to Launch Innovative Services Successfully

  • Werner Wiedermann, Manager, Technology and Innovation, Business Development, Research & Development Team, mobilkom austria AG

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    • What are the preconditions for establishing innovative services?
    • Is there any added value from involving other stakeholders?
    • Can Innovation be outsourced?
    • What are the related businesses?
  • 16.40

    • Panel: Exploring Innovation in Device Capabilities

  • Panel Moderator: Dr Tony Milbourn, Managing Director, Cognovo Ltd, UK
  • Panellists: Roberto Lattuada, Terminal Strategy and Innovation, T-Mobile International, UK
  • Dr Fabio Ricciato, Mobile Terminal Evolution Manager, Telecom Italia, Italy
  • Atul Asthana, VP for Global Standards, Research in Motion, Canada

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    • How technology enables services and applications with interconnected devices
    • Device penetration, consumer needs, how easy the service is to take into use, innovativeness, battery life
    • Is SDR the way to go? What are the barriers and how would SDR in the terminal restructure the industry?
    • What is the impact of open modem platforms?
    • Social impact of growth of wireless networks
  • 17.10

    • End of Day One

    Your chance to network with your peers in an informal environment