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Outline Agenda

This Global Press Summit commences with breakfast on Friday 1st December at the Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong, 8 Finance Street, Central, Hong Kong and ends on Saturday December 2nd.

Friday 1st December 2006

7:15am Registration desk open til 9am
7:20 - 8:20am Breakfast briefings - Chinese Restaurant
8:30 – 8:40am Conference introduction -The Harbour View Ballroom 2 and 3
8:40 – 9:00am Special Guest Speaker presentation – A. Reza Jafari, ITU Telecom Board member and Chairman ITU World 2006 Forum Advisory Committee & Senior Vice President and Managing Director, International, NeuStar

The dream of one-world government – realized in the network?

Mr. A. Reza Jafari is Chairman of the ITU’s World 2006 Forum Advisory Committee, whose list of current “hot topics” includes “Reaching the next billion users”, “Ubiquitous networks” and “The digital home”, “ Leadership and Innovation” and “Multiple play”. All of these amount to a vastly more complex and far-reaching networked future. The next billion users will increase the breadth of coverage while ubiquitous networks creating an “Internet of things” reaching into every home, will multiply the depth. Meanwhile, as distinct phone, TV and data services converge into a single multi-play network, the complexity will soar.

The service potential for users – both business and domestic – is boundless. But how will it be managed? When every device at work or home – from burglar alarms to refrigerators to phones – are in communication, will messages get crossed and orders go astray? What are the security implications? What will keep the CEOs of these companies awake at night? Who are the knowledge workers of these companies? Let alone the challenge of making it all work and deliver expected results and user experience?

Mr. Reza Jafari is also Senior Vice President and Managing Director, International, NeuStar – a company responsible for customer-responsive technologies to deliver essential clearinghouse capabilities for service providers. Their services help to manage such critical activities as record exchanges, subscriber growth, network optimization, value added services, interworking, content management, and inter-network call origination and termination. Their automated solutions are designed to evolve to meet future needs, including VoIP, wireless data.

So he is in a unique position to describe the thinking and the strategy for organizing and managing a global network that is rapidly reaching into every life and further, down into every object in every life. Can automated processes be trusted to evolve along the right lines, or is fallible human intervention the better bet? Might it all bog down in its own complexity and be abandoned? Not if Mr. Reza Jafari’s vision is upheld.
Day 1 Guest speaker presentation: The dream of one-world government – realized in the network? – DRAFT transcript

A Reza Jafari ITU Telecom Board member and MD International, Neustar

9:00 – 9:20 am Special Guest Speaker Interview & Audience Q&A
Dr. A. Reza Jafari interviewed on-stage by Michael Howard, Principal Analyst & Co-Founder, Infonetics Research

Day 1 Guest speaker interview :– DRAFT transcript

Dr. A. Reza Jafari(right) interviewed on-stage by Michael Howard, Principal Analyst & Co-Founder, Infonetics Research(left)

9:20 – 10:00 am Debate Session I
Where's the Money? - New Carrier Business Models In the Age of Declining Greenfield Markets
Introduced & Chaired by: Camille Mendler, VP, Telecoms Strategies International, Yankee Group

Telecoms makers and growth-oriented carriers have different business models depending on conditions in a local market. Into a crowded market, they can offer upgrades and extended services. In a recently deregulated market, they can help set up competitors to entrenched national carriers. But the best margins, and the biggest opportunities, are in greenfield markets: being the first to bring wireless to a country or region, or cable television, or even basic telephony. This first-mover advantage has created some of the biggest telecoms deal of the past two decades, particularly in parts of Asia, eastern Europe, and selected parts of Africa. But the world is fast running out of untapped markets, leaving carriers and equipment makers to battle in established markets, many of which are already saturated by hardware, software and services. That could mean lower margins and slower growth, as well as consolidation. Alternatively, the dearth of greenfield markets might inspire innovation, as carriers and equipment makers become forced to be creative in order to sustain their revenue and attract new customers. Come hear a debate about where the market opportunities are going to be for network operators, as they look past greenfields. We’ll cover Voice over IP, metro wireless, IMS and seamless mobility, triple play, IPTV, IP/MPLS, and more…
Panellists: Allen Ma, President, BT Asia Pacific; Marco Limena, President and Chief Executive Officer, Sylantro Systems Corporation; Charles R. Kenmore, President & CEO, Anda Networks; Laura Howard, Chief Marketing Officer, ECI Telecom; Larry Ma, Director, Technical Marketing, ZTE, Zvika Pakula, VP Portfolio Management, Comverse
Where's the Money? - New Carrier Business Models In the Age of Declining Greenfield Markets – Powerpoint presentation
Where's the Money? - New Carrier Business Models In the Age of Declining Greenfield Markets – FINAL transcript

Camille Mendler, VP Telecoms Strategies International, Yankee Group

Debate I panellists (pictured left to right): Panellists: Laura Howard, Chief Marketing Officer, ECI Telecom; Zvika Pakula, VP Portfolio Management, Comverse; Larry Ma, Director, Technical Marketing, ZTE; Charles R. Kenmore, President & CEO, Anda Networks; Allen Ma, President, BT Asia Pacific; Marco Limena, President and Chief Executive Officer, Sylantro Systems Corporation

10:00 - 10:15 am Coffee break

10:15 – 10:55 am Debate Session II
Keeping Out of Prison: Rethinking Network Security in the Era of Increased Regulatory Pressure, Data Privacy Issues, Emerging Threat Patterns and Global Insecurity
Introduced & Chaired by: Martyn Warwick, Editorial Director, Telecom TV

In the United States, the fraud trials around Enron and Worldcom, and the release of regulations like the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, have had global ramifications: they’ve made governments sensitive to security, and in some cases, privacy, in regard to corporate communications. Acts like the U.S. HIPAA regulations, which demand patient privacy, stipulate criminal penalties for violations. Each country’s laws are different, but in some cases, while demand privacy, they forced carriers to turn over customer records to law-enforcement officials. Wireline carriers, wireless carriers, even VoIP carriers like Skype, must comply with both privacy regulations and government overrides. Equipment makers, too, must cope with being asked for “back doors” by government security agencies. Meanwhile, attackers use tools to break encryption and subvert data systems, with the goals of industrial espionage, identity theft, and fraud. So, not only does a telecoms equipment maker or carrier have to worry about competition and technology, but he also needs to make sure that he and his fellow managers stay out of prison. How much does this factor into business planning and decision making? A lot more than you think, and you’ll learn in this timely panel on a sensitive, not-often-discussed topic.
Panellists: Abby Tang, Enterprise Solutions Manager, Asia Pacific, Juniper Networks; Jerry Cox, Director, Security Solutions, Asia Pacific and Japan, CA; James Yeh, Regional Sales Director for Asia Pacific Region, TippingPoint/3Com; Leo Chan, Regional Manager, Hong Kong & Taiwan, McAfee Inc, Tim Hartman, Senior Director, Compliance Solutions of Symantec Asia Pacific/Japan
Keeping Out of Prison: Rethinking Network Security in the Era of Increased Regulatory Pressure, Data Privacy Issues, Emerging Threat Patterns and Global Insecurity– Powerpoint presentation
Keeping Out of Prison: Rethinking Network Security in the Era of Increased Regulatory Pressure, Data Privacy Issues, Emerging Threat Patterns and Global Insecurity – DRAFT transcript

Debate II panellists (pictured left to right): Abby Tang, Enterprise Solutions Manager, Asia Pacific, Juniper Networks; Jerry Cox, Director, Security Solutions, Asia Pacific and Japan, CA; James Yeh, Regional Sales Director for Asia Pacific Region, TippingPoint/3Com; Leo Chan, Regional Manager, Hong Kong & Taiwan, McAfee Inc, Tim Hartman, Senior Director, Compliance Solutions of Symantec Asia Pacific/Japan

Martyn Warwick, Editorial Director, Telecom TV

10:55 – 11:15 am New Emerging Technologies for Service Providers
an overview by Nan Chen, President, Metro Ethernet Forum

It has been a triumphant year for Carrier Ethernet and the MEF. No doubts remain that this is the technology for our times and, as the Forum celebrates its hundredth member, the MEF is definitely the place to be. Time to sit back and enjoy the fruits of success? Not a bit of it – for Nan Chen the stage has merely been set for a new wave of technological innovation, with wireless coverage emerging as a major factor. Today he shares these insights with a clear focus on even greater service provider benefits to come.
New Emerging Technologies for Service Providers– Powerpoint presentation
New Emerging Technologies for Service Providers – DRAFT transcript

11:15 – 12:00 Global Carrier Network Interoperability & Standards
Introduction: Importance of Next Generation Network Interoperability for Service Providers
- Presentation by Roger Ward, President, Multi-Service Forum

Importance of Next Generation Network Interoperability for Service Providers – Powerpoint presentation

Debate Session III: ’Tried, Tested and… Proven?’
Chaired by: Bob Mandeville, President & Founder, Iometrix
       
Bob Mandeville, President and Founder of Iometrix test laboratories, knows the challenges of conformance testing. For example, the Test Plan for Traffic Management recently developed by Iometrix to test conformance to the Metro Ethernet Forum’s (MEF) global Carrier Ethernet service definitions included no less than 183 test cases and engaged complex policing algorithms applied to the user/network interface (UNI), the Ethernet virtual circuit (EVC) and classes of service within the EVC.

With today's announcement of the results of the first major interoperability test on IMS & Fixed Mobile Convergence, managed by UNH’s InterOperability Labs, involving some of the world’s largest Service Providers, Bob has some “hot-off-the-press” material to analyse and discuss. He launches this debate with his account of what it means to take the idealised parameters of network interoperability specifications, to hammer out real world test procedures and to see commercial systems put through their paces. He will then introduce a truly heavyweight panel to discuss today's hottest new technologies for Service Providers and how they plan to meet the challenges of global interoperability.
Panellists: Roger Ward, President, Multi-Service Forum (MSF) & Office of the CTO, BT Group; Jim McEachern, Carrier VoIP Standards Strategist, Nortel (and MSF Board Member); Henry He, Senior Principal Engineer at the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL); Jeff Ganek, Chairman & CEO, NeuStar; Nan Chen, President, Metro Ethernet Forum
Debate Session III: ’Tried, Tested and… Proven? – Powerpoint presentation
Debate Session III: ’Tried, Tested and… Proven?’– DRAFT transcript

Bob Mandeville, President & Founder, Iometrix

Debate III (pictured left to right): Panellists: Nan Chen, President, Metro Ethernet Forum; Jeff Ganek, Chairman & CEO, NeuStar; Henry He, Senior Principal Engineer at the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL); Jim McEachern, Carrier VoIP Standards Strategist, Nortel (and MSF Board Member); Roger Ward, President, Multi-Service Forum (MSF) & Office of the CTO, BT Group and Debate Chairman – Bob Mandeville, President & Founder, Iometrix

Roger Ward, President, Multi-Service Forum (MSF) & Office of the CTO, BT Group

12:00 - 1:00 pm Lunch - Harbour View Ballroom 1

1:00 - 5:00 pm Scheduled press & analyst meetings - Harbour View Ballroom 3
A series of pre-scheduled press & analyst meetings for each delegate

5:15pm Buses collect delegates at the front of the Four Seasons Hotel for transfer to Victoria Peak for informal networking & cocktail reception, followed by dinner at The Peak Lookout Restaurant with fantastic panoramic views of Hong Kong – we would like to give special thanks for this evening hospitality sponsored by Iometrix Systems.
 

Saturday 2nd December 2006

7:20 - 8:20 am Breakfast briefing for participating vendors - Chinese Restaurant

8:20 -10:20am Scheduled press & analyst meetings - Harbour View Ballroom 3
A series of pre-scheduled press & analyst meetings for each delegate

10:20 - 10:30 am Coffee break

10:30 - 12:30 Scheduled press & analyst meetings
Final series of pre-scheduled press & analyst meetings for each delegate

12:30 - 1:20 pm Lunch and guest speaker - Harbour View Ballroom 1

1:20 – 1:30 pm Conference Introduction - The Harbour View Ballroom 2 and 3

1:30 – 2:10 pm Keynote Presentation - Nicholas Negroponte, Chairman Emeritus, MIT Media Laboratory; Chairman, One Laptop per Child

No Lap Un-Topped – the Bottom-Up Revolution That Could Re-Define Global IT Culture

In focussing on a laptop for every child, has Nicholas Negroponte abandoned his role as a prophet and decided that the time has come to create the future rather than predict it?

Some claim that the 1981 BBC computer literacy project – and Acorn’s BBC micro machine – gave birth to a whole generation of software skills in the UK. How much more potential is there for a wireless networked laptop to be shipped in millions to developing countries across the globe?

Which governments are welcoming this project and which are stalling - and why? Everyone publicly praises education, but is it also seen as a threat to cultural stability? How are IT software giants responding to an open-source initiative that could threaten their future growth markets? When the pace of technological development accelerates, the late comers gain the advantage – how might this erode the West’s industrial dominance?

Nicholas Negroponte has been on the MIT faculty since 1966 and was the founder of their Architecture Machines Group. In 1981 he co-founded the Media Lab with Jerome Wiesner. Negroponte was also co-founder of Wired Magazine, and in 1995 he published the bestselling guide to our digital future ”Being Digital”, which was translated into more than 40 languages. He has been an 'angel investor' in more than 40 start-ups, and serves on the board of directors for Motorola, Inc. His latest project, the sub-$100 laptop for every child, brings together recent technological innovation and state-of-the-art production skills. It has won praise as a charitable and an educational project offering open-ended social benefits, but just how big an influence might it have way beyond the IT skills arena?

Nicholas Negroponte looks at some of the points of resistance already addressed by this project, and the light they cast on its wider social and political implications.
Keynote Presentation - DRAFT transcript
One laptop per child

Nicholas Negroponte, Chairman Emeritus, MIT Media Laboratory; Chairman, One Laptop per Child

2:10 – 2:30 pm Keynote Interview & Audience Q&A
Nicholas Negroponte interviewed on stage by Duncan Clark, Chairman, BDA China

Keynote Interview and Audience Q&A - FINAL transcript

Nicholas Negroponte, Chairman Emeritus, MIT Media Laboratory; Chairman, One Laptop per Child (left) interviewed on-stage by Duncan Clark, President, BDA China (right)

Nicholas Negroponte, Chairman Emeritus, MIT Media Laboratory; Chairman, One Laptop per Child (left) interviewed on-stage by Duncan Clark, President, BDA China(right)

Nicholas Negroponte, Chairman Emeritus, MIT Media Laboratory; Chairman, One Laptop per Child (right) interviewed on-stage by Duncan Clark, President, BDA China(left)

Nicholas Negroponte, Chairman Emeritus, MIT Media Laboratory; Chairman, One Laptop per Child

2:30 – 3:10 pm Debate Session IV
Making the Most of FTTH Opportunities: GPON, EPON or Active Ethernet?
Introduced & Chaired by: Graham Finnie, Senior Analyst, Heavy Reading

Fiber to the home is going to be a huge opportunity for many carriers and of course, for equipment makers. FTTH offers the promise of not only high bandwidth and reliability, but the ability to bundle extensive, high-margin services for the consumer or business customer, such as high definition video on demand, photo and image sharing, even secure remote data storage. But which technology is the best one: passive or active? Passive optical networking, which first appeared the mid-1980s, shares optical feeds and optical line terminals between many subscribers to drive down capital costs. The original PON systems were slow, but newer varieties, such as Ethernet PON (EPON) and the newest Gigabit PON (GPON) offer much greater performance with lower deployment costs by carriers. But should carriers opt for GPON, backed by an ITU standard, or EPON, backed by an IEEE standard? The third technology is Active Ethernet, which extends classic Ethernet technology throughout the metro area, without all the mucking about with optical line terminals and other aspects of PON technology. However, some believe it more expensive to deploy and harder to scale. So, EPON, GPON or Active Ethernet? It’s a hot topic in of the most exciting growth areas in metro telecoms today – some listen and throw your questions into this debate.
Panellists: Michael Howard, Principal Analyst & Co-Founder, Infonetics Research; Umesh Kukreja, Director of Marketing, Atrica; Charles R. Kenmore, President & CEO, Anda Networks; John Wuu, President, ImmenStar
Making the Most of FTTH Opportunities: GPON, EPON or Active Ethernet? – Powerpoint presentation
Making the Most of FTTH Opportunities: GPON, EPON or Active Ethernet? – DRAFT transcript

Graham Finnie, Senior Analyst, Heavy Reading

Debate V panellists (picture left to right): Panellists: John Wuu, President, ImmenStar; Charles R. Kenmore, President & CEO, Anda Networks; Umesh Kukreja, Director of Marketing, Atrica; Charles R. Kenmore, President & CEO, Anda Networks; Michael Howard, Principal Analyst & Co-Founder, Infonetics Research and Debate Chairman Graham Finnie, Senior Analyst, Heavy Reading

Tim Dillon, Research Director, Business Telecom Services-Asia Pacific, Current Analysis

3:10 - 3:50pm Coffee break

3:50 – 4:00 pm Debate Session V
NGN - Clever Marketing for Necessary Capex
Introduced & Chaired by: Tim Dillon, Research Director, Business Telecom Services-Asia Pacific, Current Analysis

Conservative estimates suggest that service providers will spend over USD100 billion on NGN build over the next five years. Ranging from overlay networks to new IP-only deployments, whichever path followed, such activity is complex, expensive and time-consuming... but a necessary evil. With no abatement in competitive pressure service providers have little alternative but to continue investment in new services and capabilities. Is this a case of running to stand still or does NGN activity really enable new levels of service, flexiblity and customer satisfaction? Join us for this topical debate session.
Panellists: Jeff Gannett, Chairman & CEO, NeuStar; Ezra Yehezkel, AVP - Optical Networks Division, ECI Telecom; Marco Wanders, Chief Marketing Officer, Redback Networks, Kunal Bajal, Analyst, BDA India
NGN - Clever Marketing for Necessary Capex – Powerpoint presentation
NGN - Clever Marketing for Necessary Capex – FINAL transcript

Debate V: (Picture left to right) Panellists: Ezra Yehezkel, AVP - Optical Networks Division, ECI Telecom; Kunal Bajal, Analyst, BDA India; Jeff Gannett, Chairman & CEO, NeuStar; Marco Wanders, Chief Marketing Officer, Redback Networks & Debate Chairman – Tim Dillon, Research Director, Business Telecom Services-Asia Pacific, Current Analysis

4:10 - 4:20pm Event round-up and close

Please note: all conference sessions are conducted in English and simultaneous translation provided for the press.