ViB Events - Eighth Annual Telecoms Regulations and Competition Law 2007

Discover new ways to protect your revenue streams while complying with the latest regulations at the annual Telecoms Regulation and Competition Law conference, held in Brussels on the 30th to 31st October 2007.

Back for its eighth successful year the Telecoms Regulation and Competition Law conference will enable you to expand your understanding of regulation and competition law and give you an opportunity to question those directly involved in formulating legislation and regulations that govern your organisation’s tactical and strategic development.

REGULATIONS AND REMEDIES IN THE TELECOMS INDUSTRY

With the evolving telecoms regulatory environment and the imminent release of the new framework review. Now is the time to gain detailed awareness of the latest regulations and remedies in the telecoms industry:

• The regulation for next generation networks and protecting ROI
• Regulatory compliance and harmonisation
• An evaluation on new and existing markets
• New EC remedies for competition law
• Protecting and managing revenue streams in a converging market

ALL NEW SPEAKER PANEL

This year the event will give you the most comprehensive update, featuring presentations and case studies from an all new speaker panel consisting of over a dozen European operators, European telecoms associations (ECTA, ETNO and GSME) as well as The European Commission.

Industry speakers across the regulatory landscape include:

• Viviane Reding, European commissioner for information society and media, EC
• Michael Bartholomew, director of ETNO
• Ilsa Godlovitch, head of regulatory affairs for ECTA
• Antonello De Tommaso, network chair of EU regulatory affairs, ERG  
• Luc Herminjard, vice president mobile regulatory affairs, Orange-FT Group
• Pavol Kukura, executive vice president strategy and regulation, Slovak Telecom
• Finn Petersen, deputy director general, NTA 
• Robert Mourik, head of regulatory affairs, O2

INTERACTIVE PRE-EVENT WORKSHOP - MONDAY 29TH OCTOBER

Network with your fellow peers at this established event designed to keep you ahead of the latest developments in the industry, by tailoring your experience through attending one or both of the pre-event workshops in the stunning location of the Jolly Hotel du Grand Sablon, Brussels, Belgium.

Morning session will be led by Mr. Markus Steingroever, managing partner and head of wholesale strategies, Detecon International. He will explore the considerations for access and interconnection in an NGN environment.

This will be followed by the afternoon session led by Mr. John Galizan, head of group regulatory compliance for BT Group and Ms Nancy Johnson, chief counsel, regulatory and competition law, Openreach. Their topic will be, evaluating functional separation, and the consideration for network investment protection strategies.

Both the workshops will allow delegates to discuss, benchmark, question, and explore their needs and concerns regarding functional separation, regulatory compliance structures and revenue protection.