PROGRAMME
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| 8.00am |
Registrations and arrival tea and coffee |
| 8.20am |
Welcome from the Chair and Premier Sponsor |
| 8.30am |
Keynote: David S. Isenberg
Four Paths to Kiwi Internet Leadership
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The Year Ahead
What will the next 12 months bring for the major user? Listen to TUANZ, TelstraClear, Vodafone and Telecom on the year ahead. Hear about the Government's strategy for shaping the future of telecommunications and find out more about upcoming regulatory changes being spearheaded by the Commerce Commission. |
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| 9.20am |
Ernie Newman, Chief Executive Officer, TUANZ |
| 9.40am |
Dr Allan Freeth, Chief Executive Officer, TelstraClear |
| 10.00am |
Russell Stanners, Chief Executive Officer, Vodafone |
| 10.20am |
Matt Crockett, Chief Executive Officer, Telecom Wholesale |
| 10.40am |
Morning Tea |
| 11.00am |
CEO Panel Discussion:
Dr Allan Freeth, Russell Stanners, Matt Crockett and Ernie Newman |
| 11.30am |
Ministerial Address
Hon. David Cunliffe, Communications and Information Technology Minister |
| 12.00pm |
Commissioners Insight
Dr Ross Patterson, Telecommunicaitons Commissioner, Commerce Commission |
| 12.20pm |
Lunch
TUANZ Annual General Meeting
(TUANZ Members Only) |
| 1.20pm |
The National Party's perspective
Hon. Bill English, Deputy Leader of the National Party and Spokesperson for Finance |
| 1.50pm |
Buying bandwidth as a Major User
Tom Cotter, General Manager Content & Delivery, TVNZ
How do you procure bandwidth when you are a major user on a par with organisations such as TradeMe? How do you mitigate data cap issues? Tom Cotter will enlighten us on TVNZ's role as a major suer in the complex Peering debate. He'll tell us what TVNZ have learned about online customer behaviour and how to create a great user-experience in a data-cap environment.
Tom Cotter has over 10 years technology and new media experience, which has included senior management positions with leading international and national brands such as Sony Computer Entertainment Group, Telewest/Flextech Television (now Virgin Media) and Telecom New Zealand. |
| 2.20pm |
United we prosper, divided we pay
Carl Penwarden, Solutions Manager, State Services Commission
Demand Aggregation - or pooling the buying power of many separate agencies - is a powerful mechanism by which the Government can leverage its spending on telecommunications services, in order to encourage new capital investment in broadband network infrastructure.
Carl Penwarden is currently managing the Common Framework for State Sector Broadband Procurement. In his presenation Carl will explain how the Common Framework is intended to drive the adoption of open access models. And he'll explain how a concerted move by government agenciesto combine their telco spend will ultimately benefit major users in the private sector. |
| 2.50pm |
Afternoon Tea |
| 3.10pm |
When broadband became a defining Election issue
Rosemary Sinclair, Chief Executive, Australian Telecommunications Users Group (ATUG)
Last year, when the then Australian Leader for the Opposition Kevin Rudd promised to spend billions to bring Broadband to the Nation, it was a defining moment in his (successful) bid for the Prime Minister role. So why did broadband become an election issue and what can NZ users learn from the Aussie experience?
During her seven years heading ATUG, Rosemary Sinclair has seen vast changes in the political, regulatory and commercial aspects of Australian telecommunications. In this presentation she will summarise the current state of the industry, talk of how broadband and rural telecommunications services became a significant issue during the 2007 Australian federal election campaign, and update the role of the Australian government going forward. |
| 3.40pm |
The rise and rise of mobile and unified communications
Mike McLaughlin, Managing Director Mimac Marketecture
Companies up and down the country are tripping over themselves and enthusiastic vendors to acquire and deploy new telecommunications technologies. Since there is so much hype about the latest must-have, unified communications, it can be difficult to know what to do. In its simplest form, a telecommunications device allows social interaction - taling (real time), or messaging (non-real time). A mobile device means that the device is almost always with the subscriber. Combining the two has caused a revolution in how society operates.
A specialist consultant in the provision and operation of telecommunications, telephony and contact-centre services, Mike McLaughlin is also the founder and former publisher of IT Brief, a monthly publication for senior executives on the procurement, deployment and use of ICT systems and services. |
| 4.10pm |
Lessons from Finland
Dr Stuart Corson, Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand
Finland could teach New Zealand when it comes to creating a vibrant, informational society on the edge of the world. A country whose crowning jewel, Nokia, shines among an economic cluster of 3000 ICT companies at the cutting edge of new organisational thinking; and mobile and open software development.
According to Dr Corson - a regular visitor to Nordic countries since 1975 - the Finns have similar values and behaviours to New Zealanders but have taken their country to the forefront of global innovative capability. With just a modest R&D spend in the 1980s they have transformed their poor, agrarian economy into a technology powerhouse. Find out how they did it, while building their social welfare programme to secure their gains.
Dr Corson is widely experienced in technology development and commercialisation, nationally and internationally. He has been a member of both the Academy and Society Councils of The Royal Society of New Zealand, with a responsibility fore excellence in New Zealand science and technology. Dr Corson presently has a portfolio of consulting and business development activity that includes knowledge sharing, commercialisation of transformational forest and papermaking technologies with NZ, Nordic and South American interests, and specialist advice to the venture captial sector. |
| 4.50pm |
Closing comments, questions and discussion |
| 5.00pm |
Alcatel Lucent Networking Drinks |