| 08.00 |
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Registration open |
| 09.30 - 10.30 |
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Session Room 1 Press Conference |
| 09.30 |
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Opening of the Congress Floor and Exhibition |
| Plenary Sessions |
| 10.45 - 11.00 |
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Plenary Room Official Opening of Cable Congress 2010
Manuel Kohnstamm, President, Cable Europe |
| 11.00 - 11.30 |
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Plenary Room Keynote
Duco Sickinghe, CEO, Telenet
Duco Sickinghe will cover the state of affair of cable in Belgium versus the competition. He will share Telenet’s perspectives on customer needs today and tomorrow, how we choose to serve them. Telenet’s slogan ‘Follow the customer not (only) the cable’ will also be explained. In addition he will offer a perspective on TV as it relates to the broadcasters. |
| 11.30 - 12.30 |
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Plenary Room A View From The Top: “Beyond Speed”
Cable is rapidly rolling out its +100 Mbps residential broadband Internet service all over Europe. How is superior speed enabling the cable industry to drive its business more successful? Or is it a threat as super fast Internet enables over the top entertainment services? Where is the growth going to come from in new markets and services? Going East, mobile or B2B? How to keep a customer pay for content in an increasingly fragmented entertainment landscape? And how are cable, TV companies and device manufacturers building partnerships to continue their interdependent success in a fast changing market?
| Speakers: |
Mike Fries, CEO, Liberty Global
Anu Nissinen, CEO & President, Sanoma Entertainment
Hans Holger Albrecht, CEO, Modern Times Group
Bob Stanzione, CEO, Arris |
| Moderator: |
Martin Weiss, Managing Director, Solon Management Consulting | |
| 12.30 - 14.00 |
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Exhibition Area Lunch |
| 14.00 - 14.30 |
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Plenary Room Keynote
Media Companies Affecting Positive Change Through Responsible Business
As Discovery Communications celebrates 25 years of responsible business, Mark Hollinger, President and CEO of Discovery Networks International, will dicuss the role media companies can play in affecting positive change on issues such as the environment and corporate social responsibility. He will also share news of what can be expected from Discovery in 2010 and beyond.
Mark Hollinger, President and CEO, Discovery Networks International |
| 14.30 - 15.30 |
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Plenary Room Mobile Strategies
Will 2010 be the year of mobile broadband, and how much of a threat is it to cable? How important is it to follow the customer outside the home and how do you extend the current cable experience to the mobile world? Is portable entertainment a friend or a foe? Can cable successfully break into the market of mobile services as a reseller or should cable go for a more disruptive strategy?
| Speakers: |
Graeme Oxby, Managing Director, Mobile, Fixed Telephony and National Broadband Virgin Media
Martin Varsavsky, CEO FON
Ronny Verhelst, CEO Telenet Mobile, Telenet NV
Beppe Donagemma, Head of South West Europe Region, Nokia, Siemens Networks |
| Moderator: |
Martin Weiss, Managing Director, Solon Management Consulting | |
| 15.30 - 16.00 |
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Exhibition Area Coffee Break
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| 16.00 - 17.00 |
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Plenary Room From the CTO Suite: What’s Coming in Technology?
As demand for higher bandwidth grows, how far ahead can cable stay in front of telco DSL? How key is speed? And what else will make cable stand out? The future of the set top box is being rocked by connected devices and broadband-enabled games consoles. A standards war is breaking out with proprietary widgets and technology platforms like hbbtv coming to the forefront. Should cable embrace them all? Maybe controlling the CPE is game over and if so, what is the retail strategy for pay TV?
| Speakers: |
Tony Werner, CTO, Comcast Cable
Lorenz Glatz, CTO, Kabel Deutschland |
| Moderator: |
David Eades, Presenter, BBC World News | |
| 17.00 - 17.15 |
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Plenary Room Concluding Remarks Day One of Cable Congress 2010
Caroline Van Weede, Managing Director, Cable Europe
A short summary of the highlights and key findings of the first day of Cable Congress |
| 17.15 |
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End of the congress sessions day one. Exhibition Floor open until 17.30 |
| 19.00 |
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Palais de la Bourse  Cable Congress Party - Hosted by Telenet
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| Policy Sessions |
| Please note that the number of seats for the policy sessions are limited. Cable Europe requires delegates to personally apply for admission to the policy sessions. Please send an email to: info@cable-europe.eu |
| 12.30 - 14.00 |
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Policy Session Room Policy Lunch
with guest speaker Matthias Kurth, President, Bnetza, interviewed by Robert McLeod, Founder, Editor-in-Chief, Mlex
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| 14.00 - 15.00 |
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Policy Session Room Policy Session : Safeguarding Digital Innovation – E Commerce & Copyright Challenges
- Rapid change and innovation mean that policy-makers and industry must track and remain up-to-date with the latest trends. Does the current policy landscape provide enough support for digital innovation?
- What are the main barriers to reach a European Digital Single Market in the short and the long term?
- In the digital environment how should copyright holders and industry respond to the threat from illegal downloading?
- Is there scope for clarifying the rules on the liabilities of intermediaries in the e-Commerce Directive?
- What should be the best copyright management regime to be put in place to help music and audiovisual digital products development?
- Can the management of the audiovisual distribution value chain be streamlined?
| Speakers: |
Detlef Eckert, Director Lisbon Strategy and Policies for the Information Society, European Commission
Christian Engström, Member of the European Parliament, European Parliament
Rene Summer, Director Government and Industry Relations, Ericsson
Dimitri Oosterlynck, Independent Producer, MagicWorlds |
| Moderator: |
Patrick Van Eecke, Partner, Intellectual Property and Technology Group, DLA Piper UK LLP | |
| 15.00 - 15.30 |
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Keynote speech
Ed Richards, Chief Executive Officer, OFCOM |
| 15.30 - 16.30 |
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Policy Session Room Policy Session : Digital Agenda: EU – US dialogue on infrastructure policies
- The broadband industry today is based on intensive competition between facilities-based operators and those with their own infrastructures. Do the drivers of innovation and investment differ between Europe and the US?
- Is there a correlation between infrastructure investment, broadband penetration and competition?
- What lessons can be learned from each model? How to ensure best the right incentives for network operators to compete and innovate? What is the impact/ role of the consumers in this context?
- What is the best way forward for future infrastructure regulation? Can the same system be applied in both regions or do local specificities require different solutions?
| Speakers: |
Antti-Ilmari Peltomäki, Deputy Director-General European Commission, DG Information Society & Media
Christer Kinch, Director of Strategic Development and Public Affairs, Com Hem
Ignacio Redondo, Secretary General and Secretary of the Board, CMT
Scott Marcus, Director and Department Manager, WIK-Consult Gmbh
Scott Wallsten, Economics Director for the FCC’s national broadband taskforce, Federal Communications Commission |
| Moderator: |
Stanley Pignal, Brussels Correspondent, Financial Times | |
| 16.30 |
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Policy Session Room Policy Session Networking Time
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