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London '06

  • Dates: September 25-26, 2006
  • Location: London, United Kingdom



Day 1: Monday, September, 25, 2006
09:00 AM - 10:00 AM Registration, Coffee & Tea
    10:00 AM - 10:45 AM Opening Session
    • Stephen Dodson, Program Director, U.K. Digital Challenge and Inclusion Network; Co-Chair
    • Daniel Aghion, Executive Director, Wireless Internet Institute; Co-Chair
    • Chris Vein, Executive Director, Department of Telecommunications and Information Services, San Francisco, California

    Keynote Address
    • Rizwan Khaliq, Global Business Executive, Digital Communities, IBM Global Government
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    10:45 AM - 12:15 PM Panel I: Early Impact of Existing Broadband Wireless Networks on Government Operations

    This panel gathers together project leaders from three leading-edge broadband-wireless communities—two in the U.K., one in the U.S.—for an overview of the project origin, scope and goals as well as an inquiry into the range of applications and services enabled by broadband-wireless infrastructure. The panel places special emphasis on how local-government workforces can be made more effective and provide better value to citizens and the community with ubiquitous broadband-wireless capability.

    • Dan Jellineck, Editor, E-Government Bulletin
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    • Ann Carey, Client Side Manager, e-Service Directorate, Norfolk County Council
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    • Kurt Frary, Integration Authority, Norfolk County Council
    • Pete Davis, Business Development Director, Synetrix
    • Leonard Scott, MIS Business Unit Manager, Corpus Christi, Texas
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    • Andrew Snellgrove, Network Manager, Westminster Council
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    12:15 PM - 12:30 PM Special Event: HP and Simdesk partnership introduces world wide population based Utility Computing

    'Going Beyond Internet Access' - HP and Simdesk are providing fixed to wireless computing and communications as a new 'utility' service to communities throughout the world. This presentation will discusses how wired to wireless networks can converge, using HP NonStop data centers and Simdesk product solutions for ubiquitous access to data and information, to deliver highly scalable computing services to enhance economic impact for small to large populations.
      12:30 PM - 02:30 PM Luncheon Provided Courtesy of HP and Simdesk in the Technology Showcase
        02:15 PM - 02:45 PM Keynote Address
        • Stephen Rayment, Chief Technology Officer, BelAir Networks
        02:45 PM - 04:00 PM Panel II: Public-Private Agreements: A Diversity of Models

        Chaired by a leading analyst of broadband-wireless infrastructure, applications, and services, this general-session panel of local-authorities representatives and emerging and incumbent network-provider executives explores the range of approaches to public-private partnership models, with an emphasis on leveraging local assets to meet local-government needs and improve citizen satisfaction.

        • Chair: Berge Ayvazian, Chief Research Officer, Yankee Group
        • Jim Baker, Founder & CEO, Telabria
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        • Stephen Bage, Strategic Infrastructure Advisor, City of London
        • David Hughes, Chief Technology Officer, BT Retail
        • Steven Jewell, Head of IT, Milton Keynes Council
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        • Niall Murphy, Chief Technology Officer, The Cloud Networks
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        04:00 PM - 04:15 PM Break
          04:15 PM - 04:45 PM Keynote Address: "Defining a Realistic Business Model for Municipal Broadband"
          • Paul Budgen, Area Sales Director and Business Development, Motorola
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          04:45 PM - 06:15 PM Panel III: Servicing the Community: The Intelligence Behind Neighborhood Portals, Intelligent Transport, CCTV

          This panel of field practitioners and industry experts explores the emerging public-service systems enabled by broadband-wireless infrastructure and examines their benefit to and impact on local communities.

          • Chair: Gabriel Vizzard, Director of Marketing, LastMile Communications
          • John Domblides, Principal, Foster Markof Associates, Former Team Leader, Intelligent Transport Systems, Portsmouth
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          • James Farstad, President, rClient
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          • Steven Harris, Vice President of Sales, EMEA, Simdesk Technologies
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          • Joëlle Richert, Mobility Project Chief, RATP - Paris Subway
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          • Peter Sewell, Director of Wireless, Cityspace
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          06:15 PM - 08:00 PM Reception in the Technology Showcase Area
            Day 2: Tuesday, September, 26, 2006
            08:00 AM - 08:30 AM Coffee & Tea
              08:30 AM - 09:00 AM Keynote Address
                09:00 AM - 12:15 PM Breakout Sessions
                TRACK 1

                Structured Brainstorm Workshop:
                Scaling Networks for High-Density Populations (9:00 - 10:30)
                • Chair: Stephen Rayment, Chief Technology Officer, BelAir Networks

                Structured Brainstorm Workshop:
                Private Network Vs. Public Access or Coexisting Solutions? (10:45 - 12:15)
                • Chair: Paul Budgen, Area Sales Director and Business Development, Motorola

                		TRACK 2

                Structured Brainstorm Workshop:
                How Can Wireless Infrastructure Improve Digital Inclusion? (9:00 - 10:30)
                • Co-Chairs: K. Anne-Rivers Forcke, IBM Research, WW Human Ability & Accessibility Center; & Kevin Carey, Director, HumanITy

                Structured Brainstorm Workshop:
                Broadband Wireless, T-Government and Operations Reengineering (10:45 - 12:15)
                • Chair: Evelyne Rys, Sales and Business Development Manager, Cisco Systems

                		Service Provider Executive Roundtable

                Co-Moderators:
                • Berge Ayvazian, Chief Research Officer, Yankee Group
                • James Farstad, President, rClient; Consultant to the City of Minneapolis

                This special seminar and roundtable (by invitation only) draws on the Yankee Group’s extensive research on service-provider strategies for municipal and metropolitan broadband-wireless networks. The roundtable is a forum for service providers to discuss business and market strategies and to examine the potential for cooperation among emerging broadband-wireless service providers and existing cable, telco, cellular, and Internet service providers.
                • Evelyn Rys, Introduction to Track 2, Cisco Systems
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                12:15 PM - 02:00 PM Luncheon in the Technology Showcase
                  02:00 PM - 03:00 PM Panel IV: European Success Stories

                  This panel brings together overseers of large-scale projects for the purpose of comparing and contrasting planning and implementation models.

                  • Chair: Bharat Jain, Nomad Wireless Project Manager, London Connects
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                  • Oscar Alarik, Deputy Officer, Congestion Charge Secretariat, Stockholm
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                  • Naiara Goia, Deputy Manager, ITELAZPI, Basque Country, Spain
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                  • Chris Newby, Forum Chair and Councillor, Liverpool City Council, President, The Knowledge Society Forum - Telecities
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                  03:00 PM - 04:00 PM Panel V: Structured Brainstorm Workshops and Service Provider Roundtable Reporting Session
                  • Chair: Chris Newby, Liverpool City Council, President, The Knowledge Society Forum - Telecities
                  • Stephen Rayment, Chief Technology Officer, BelAir Networks
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                  • Anne-Rivers Forcke, WW Human Ability & Accessibility Center, IBM Research
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                  • Kevin Carey, Director, HumanITy
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                  • Paul Budgen, Area Sales Director and Business Development, Motorola
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                  • Evelyn Rys, Sales and Business Development Manager, Cisco Systems
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                  • Berge Ayvazian, Chief Research Officer, Yankee Group
                  • James Farstad, President, rClient
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                  04:00 PM - 04:15 PM Closing Remarks
                    04:15 PM - 04:45 PM Coffee & Tea in the Technology Showcase Area