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As fully recognised by the EU 2020 Strategy and the Digital Agenda, the Internet is increasingly changing our daily lives in a positive way and used as a key enabler for industry sectors and contributor to societal challenges such as climate change and an ageing population. High performance networks providing fast access to innovative, quality services and products are essential for the success of the Digital Agenda for Europe.
The exponential growth in data traffic over fixed and mobile broadband networks, driven mainly by over-the-top (OTT) applications such as video, requires huge investment in order to deploy additional network capacity. A new equilibrium will be essential to ensure that players generating large amounts of data traffic also contribute to the investment challenge ahead. Without clear economic and investment incentives, network congestion will increasingly affect innovation and growth.
At this crucial time, ETNO and the Financial Times are proud to present a Summit to foster dialogue between all actors of the Internet eco-system to debate how to allow innovative services to be launched, how the current commercial model may need to evolve and how new revenues can be generated to justify infrastructure investments. It will also look at the role policy makers can take in supporting these initiatives to achieve a viable, sustainable Internet for the benefit of all.
Decisions taken now will affect the way the Internet is developed and used and we are proud to convene a distinguished speaker line up to discuss the way forward. The Summit will feature a keynote presentation from European Commissioner Neelie Kroes and two high-level CEO panel debates. Proceedings will be chaired by the Financial Times.
Agenda
08:30 Registration and refreshments
09:30 Welcome by the Chair
Michael Skapinker, Assistant Editor and Editor, Special Reports, Financial Times
09:40 Introductory remarks
Luigi Gambardella, Executive Board Chairman, ETNO
09:55 Future Internet models and trends
Jonathan Liebenau, Reader in Technology Management, London School of Economics
10:10 Keynote presentation: Enabling a sustainable digital economy
Neelie Kroes, European Commissioner for Digital Agenda, European Commission
10:30 Networking refreshment break
11:00 Panel session I:
Making the Internet more sustainable: How should the current commercial model evolve?
Without the necessary investment in infrastructure, traffic congestion will inhibit innovation and internet usage. This panel session will examine what conditions may attract investment in networks and how more balanced economic incentives may address the current imbalance of economic relationships along the value chain. What are the benefits and drawbacks of potential options to address the current imbalance, such as modifying end-user pricing and introducing new models involving traffic- or quality dependent payments at wholesale level? What form could cooperation between network and services providers and OTT players take? What role can policy makers take in supporting new commercial initiatives?
César Alierta, Chairman, Telefónica
Hannes Ametsreiter, CEO, Telekom Austria Group
Jon Fredrik Baksaas, President and CEO, Telenor Group
Jim Balsillie, co-CEO, Research In Motion
Franco Bernabè, CEO, Telecom Italia
Vittorio Colao, CEO, Vodafone Group
Jean-Bernard Lévy, Chairman, Vivendi
Jo Lunder, CEO, VimpelCom
Hans Vestberg, CEO, Ericsson
12:30 The European Digital Agenda: View from US
William E Kennard, US Ambassador to the EU
12:50 Networking lunch
14:10 Panel session II:
Enabling a sustainable global digital society: Meeting the demand for services and products
This panel session will look at how telecom service providers are enabling sustainable economic development and social progress whilst also generating new services revenue to help justify their network infrastructure investments. What are the product and service innovations, in the areas of, for example, e-mobility (such as NFC services), e-energy and e-health? What challenges need to be overcome to safeguard future investment in these services and products? To what extent are interoperability, openness, user-friendliness and security critical in making products viable? What other strategies will create new, long-term revenue opportunities? How can policy makers support these innovations to enable a truly sustainable global digital society?
Zeinal Bava, CEO, Portugal Telecom
Didier Bellens, CEO, Belgacom
Eelco Blok, CEO, KPN
Chris Dedicoat, CEO, Europe, Cisco
Hakam Kanafani, CEO, Türk Telekom Group
Sunil Bharti Mittal, Founder, Chairman and Group CEO, Bharti Enterprise
Rajeev Suri, CEO, Nokia Siemens Networks
Ben Verwaayen, CEO, Alcatel-Lucent
René Obermann, CEO, Deutsche Telekom (tbc)
Stéphane Richard, CEO, France Telecom (tbc)
Eric Schmidt, Executive Chairman, Google (invited)
15:40 The European Digital Agenda: View from Brazil
H.E. Paulo Bernardo, Minister of Communication, Federative Republic of Brazil
16:00 Final remarks by the Chair
Michael Skapinker, Assistant Editor and Editor, Special Reports, Financial Times
16:10 Networking afternoon tea
16:30 Close of Summit