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Thank you to all our sponsors, partners, speakers and delegates for their support of this year's event.

For the 8th consecutive year, The European Spectrum Management Conference took place in Brussels and brought together top level speakers and delegates from throughout the European and global spectrum communities.

Speakers include

Roberto Viola

Deputy Director General, DG CONNECT

European Commission

Arijandas Sliupas

Vice Minister for Transport and Communications

Government of the Republic of Lithuania

Gilles Brégant

Chair, RSPG and Director General

l'Agence nationale des fréquences (ANFR)

Luis Lucatero

Chief of Regulatory Policy

Cofetel, Mexico

Andreas Geiss

Deputy Head of Unit, Radio Spectrum Policy

European Commission

Andy Hudson

Group Head of Spectrum Policy

Vodafone

Joaquin Restrepo

Head, Outreach and Publication Services Division, Radiocommunication Bureau (BR)

ITU

Nicholas Blades

Chief Regulatory Officer

Telefónica Europe

Rüdiger Hahn

Head of Department - Legal Aspects of Telecommunications Regulation, Frequency Regulation

BNetzA

Hellen van Dongen

Director, Telecoms Market

Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs

CLICK HERE to view a selection of photos from this year's conference.

More Information

With more than 200 participants this year, the European Spectrum Management Conference has an established reputation as the leading event of the year for spectrum professionals throughout the region and beyond. As in previous years, the 2013 conference brought together representatives from all the major stakeholders for a detailed and interactive discussion on key issues and developments relating to spectrum management policy in Europe.

Sessions at the event this year included:

 - Developing a European Strategy for the 700Mhz band

 - Liberalisation and a market based approach for spectrum allocation and management – Has it worked?

 - Licence Renewals and Pricing - What should be done? Renew or take away and re-auction?

 - Spectrum Inventory - To what extent can it be expected to increase efficiency?

 - Network Sharing - Competition vs Efficiency

 - Preparing for WRC-15: Key Spectrum Issues

 - Finding more higher frequency spectrum for the next generation of wireless broadband, small cells and traffic offloading

 - Whitespace and beyond - Towards a common framework for spectrum sharing in Europe

Plus there was also an option to attend a pre-conference workshop: 'A practical guide to spectrum valuation and auctions' co-ordinated in partnership with Coleago Consulting.

To view the agenda for this year's event please click here.

For further information on this year's conference, or to discuss how your organisation can become involved in next year's event, please contact the event manager Tom Chinnock on tom.chinnock@forum-europe.com or +44 (0) 2920 783 025.