Convergence & Customer Experience Conference

 
 
 
 
 

Sophia Antipolis, 26 June 2008
  
Download: Event agenda & speakers' biographies, presentations, press release

OPENING ADDRESS AND WELCOME TO ETSI

  • Welcome
    Jorgen Friis, Deputy Director-General, ETSI
  • FMCA welcome and conference objectives
    Steve Andrews, FMCA Chairman, Managing Director, Convergence, Stragegy and Products at BT Plc

CONVERGENCE: A GLOBAL VISION
Chair: Steve Andrews, FMCA Chairman, Managing Director, Convergence, Stragegy and Products at BT Plc 

  • FMCA vision on convergence - FMCA customer needs and market drives thought Leadership Paper
    Frank Seifert, Swisscom - Head of Voice and Messaging Propositions
  • ETSI Tispan vision on Convergence
    Richard Brennan, ETSI Tispan Vice Chair 
  • Experience and hopes on IMS based approach to FMC
    Dr. Enrico Scarrone, 3GPP TSG SA WG1 Chairman, Telecom Italia, Innovation, Technology Planning, Standards and IPR
  • Wimax: a catalyst for Fixed-Mobile Convergence
    Gilles Karolkowski, INTEL, Director of Market Development EMEA

KEYNOTE SPEECH 

  • Wi-Fi: Strengthening the Subscriber-Carrier Connection
    Greg Ennis, Technical Director, Wi-Fi Alliance
  • Keeping it simple for the customer
    Johann Georg Gross, Chairman Alliance Workgroup, Wireless Broadband Alliance


THE IMPORTANCE OF INTEROPERABILITY FOR THE CUSTOMER
Chair
Andrew Haworth, FMCA Managing Director

  • Industry Analyst View of Convergence
    Mark Newman, Senior analyst from Informa
  • KEYNOTE: Achieving Interoperability - the ETSI Approach
    Anthony Wiles, Director of Centre for Testing and Interoperability
  • FMCA Product Requirements for Convergence
    Andrea Lagana, Project Manager, Home Networks & Terminals Telecom Italia, FMCA Board Member

THE FMCA INTEROPERABILITY WEEK EXPERIENCE
Andrew Haworth, FMCA Managing Director, Stephan Schulz, Senior CTI Officer