Webit Congress Telco Conference

The Telco Conference of Webit Congress is to be held in strategic partnership with Arthur D Little:



Dr. Karim Taga

Managing Partner and Global Practice Leader TIME at Arthur D. Little

 

The 2012 Webit Telco Conference is an invitation-only event. 

The Telco Conference is a new addition to Webit and will feature themed talks and discussions on untapped innovative business models, smart solutions, OTT video and voice and many others.

Explore the vast possibilities for cooperation synergy between telecoms and

  • Brand advertisers
  • Content providers
  • Online retailers
  • Developers
  • Government

Main theme

The Telco conference will focus on the challenges and opportunities nestled into the future of the telecom industry. We will deep dive into the pressing issues for telcos from a consumer, business and administrative perspective and elaborate on opportunities for further growth in all streams.


Program

Day 1 – 10 October
From To Theme Speakers Stream
10:30 10:40 Keynote:
Welcoming Speech - The future of the telco industry

Presentation
Karim Taga Managing Partner and Global Practice Leader TIME at Arthur D. Little Executive Stream
10:40 11:00 Presentation:
Show Me the Money: Business transform

Presentation
Yves Gauthier CEO, Mobinil
11:00 12:00 Discussion panel:
Business transformation in the telco industry towards 2020
Georg SerentschyCEO Telecommunications of RTR-GmbH and Chair of BEREC for 2012 Yves Gauthier CEO, Mobinil Yorgos IoannidisChairman of the Board at Azerfon LLC Harri Koponen COO of Rovio
12:00 12:15 Keynote:
A Telco case study with practical customer lifecycle management examples, a CMO's dream come true

Presentation
Henrik Bruun RasmussenVP EMEA Sales Agillic by Digital Ecosystems EMEA
12:15 12:45 - Networking Break -
12:45 12:55 Keynote:
Opening speech - Telcos and OTTs at the crossroads of capabilities and service developoment. What's next?
Stanislav Georgiev International wholesale strategy at Telekom Austria Group B2C Stream
12:55 13:15 Presentation:
To be announced
Raghu Venkatarama Chief Strategy & Investments Officer, du
13:15 14:15 Discussion panel:
Telcos and Over-the-top players – Friends or Foes?
Michael Schöpfer CEO and founder of forfone Henri Moissinac Head of mobile EMEA at Facebook Stanislav Georgiev International wholesale strategy at Telekom Austria Group Elmar Grasser CTO at Orange Austria Khalifa Al Forah EtisalatRaghu Venkataraman Chief Strategy & Investments Officer, du
14:15 14:30 Keynote:
Convergence - Leave pre-conceptions at the door

Presentation
David RoseCEO and Co-Founder We R Interactive by Digital Ecosystems EMEA
14:30 15:30 - Lunch Break -
15:30 15:40 Keynote:
Opening Speech - the new business models for telcos

Presentation
Ansgar SchlautmannAssociate Director at Arthur D. Little's TIME B2B Stream
15:40 16:00 Presentation:
M2M – Going beyond connectivity. Deutsche Telekom’s M2M market approach.

Presentation
Jürgen  HaseVice President M2M Competence Center, Deutsche Telekom AG
16:00 17:00 Discussion panel:
The real time enterprise service space – the next “big thing” for Telcos?
Jürgen  HaseVice President M2M Competence Center, Deutsche Telekom AG Michael Kaartinen Kaasa Home Automation Tauseef Riaz Group Director, New Businesses Qtel Group Christian SammutCEO BMIT
17:00 17:30 - Networking Break -
17:30 17:40 Keynote:
Opening speech
Karim Taga Managing Partner and Global Practice Leader TIME at Arthur D. Little B2G Stream
17:40 18:00 Presentation:
Cloud computing, broadband quality and Government

Presentation
Peter Ford Managing Director Cisco
18:00 19:00 Discussion panel:
Smart, Open, Trusted, Connected Government
Ekrem YenerChief Special Project Officer , TurkcellPeter Goldscheider Managing Partner at Epic Peter Ford, Managing Director Cisco Bugra Karabey National Technology Officer - Microsoft Turkey

* The organizers retain the right to make changes in the congress conference agenda at any time.


Speakers

CEOs, CTOs, CMOs of CEEMEA Telco Operators, Google, Facebook, local governments, utility providers, etc

Dr. Karim Taga

Managing Partner and Global Practice Leader TIME at Arthur D. Little

Michael Schöpfer

CEO and founder of forfone

Dr Georg Serentschy

CEO Telecommunications of RTR-GmbH and Chair of BEREC for 2012

Yves Gauthier

CEO at Mobinil

 

Imad Hoballah

Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Lebanon (TRA)

Khalid Al Kaf

CEO at Mobily

Peter Ford

Senior Director, Emerging Markets, Cisco

Yorgos Ioannidis

Chairman of the Board at Azerfon LLC

Jurgen Hase

Vice President M2M Competence Center, Deutsche Telekom AG

Henrik Bruun Rasmussen

VP EMEA Sales, Agillic

Stanislav Georgiev

International wholesale strategy at Telekom Austria Group

Henri Moissinac

Head of mobile EMEA at Facebook

Elmar Grasser

CTO at Orange Austria

Ansgar Schlautmann

Associate Director at Arthur D. Little's TIME

Tauseef Riaz

Group Director - Qtel Group

Raghu Venkataraman

Chief Strategy & Investments Officer, du

Michael Kaartinen

Kaasa Home Automation

Peter Goldscheider

Managing Partner at Epic

Harri Koponen

COO of Rovio

Bugra Karabey

National Technology Officer - Microsoft Turkey

Visitors

 400+ delegates
40% telco reps
40% mobile marketing / advertising professionals
20% utility providers, government representatives


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