Agenda

08:30 – 09:10

Registration and Welcome Coffee

09:10 – 09:15

Welcome and Introduction

Aarti Holla , Secretary General, ESOA

09:15 – 11:00

Session 1: Taking concrete steps towards bridging the digital divide - political perspectives

Moderator: Andrea Renda , Senior Research Fellow, Centre for European Policy Studies

09:15 – 09:30

Keynote Presentation

Neelie Kroes , European Commissioner for Digital Agenda, European Commission

09:30 – 09:45

Presentation

Edit Herczog MEP , Member, European Parliament

09:45 – 10:00

Presentation

William E. Kennard , US Ambassador to the EU, US Mission to the EU

10:00 – 10:15

Presentation

Brendan Nelson , Australian Ambassador to Belgium, Luxembourg and the EU

10:15 – 11:00

High-level round table discussion

Neelie Kroes , European Commissioner for Digital Agenda, European Commission
Edit Herczog MEP , Member, European Parliament
William E. Kennard , US Ambassador to the EU, US Mission to the EU
Brendan Nelson , Australian Ambassador to Belgium, Luxembourg and the EU

11:00 – 11:20

Morning Coffee Break

11:20 – 13:00

Session 2: Achieving Broadband For All by 2013 - an industrial perspective

11:20 – 11:30

Status of Broadband connectivity in the EU: where will we be by 2013?

Peter Dunn , Principal Analyst, Cullen International

11:30 – 11:40

Can spectrum provide the answer?

Richard Womersley , Director, Helios Technology

11:40 – 11:50

How to come closer to achieving the objective? - Implementation options

Matt Yardley , Partner, Analysys Mason

11:50 – 13:00

Panel Discussion: What options provide the best solution for achieving the 2013 targets?

Panellists to include all speakers above, plus:
Michel de Rosen , Member of the Board, ESOA & CEO, Eutelsat
Manuel Kohnstamm , President, Cable Europe
Bridget Cosgrave , Director General, Digital Europe

13:00 – 14:10

Lunch

14:10 – 15:25

Session 3: The Importance of Broadband for Regional Development

14:10 – 14:20

Introduction by moderator

Danuta Hübner , MEP, Chair, REGI Committee, European Parliament

14:20 – 14:45

Keynote Presentation

Johannes Hahn , European Commissioner for Regional Policy, European Commission

14:45 – 15:05

Presentation: The socio-economic imperatives of achieving broadband for all

Chris Doyle , Apex Economics & Department of Economics, Warwick University

15:05 – 15:25

Case Study: Enabling e-Inclusion in France - Leveraging broadband by satellite to achieve the objective of "Broadband for All"

Matthieu Levisse , Director of Marketing and Media, NordNet
Vianney Hennes , Director of Brussels Office, Orange Group France Telecom

15:25 – 15:45

Coffee Break

15:45 – 17:10

Session 4: Funding For Broadband For All

15:45 – 15:50

Introduction by moderator

Edit Herczog MEP , Member, European Parliament

15:50 – 16:00

Connecting Europe’s remote regions – implementation challenges

Aarti Holla , Secretary General, ESOA

16:00 – 17:10

Panel Discussion: Finding the funding

Rudolf Niessler , Director for Policy Coordination, DG REGIO, European Commission
Jose Manuel Sousa Uva , Director - Horizontal aspects of rural development, European Commission
Harald Gruber , Head of ICT and Economy Division, Projects Directorate, European Investment Bank
Jacques Derenne , Partner, Hogan Lovells

17:10 – 17:30

Conference Conclusions & Wrap Up

Edit Herczog MEP , Member, European Parliament
Danuta Hübner , MEP, Chair, REGI Committee, European Parliament