TUANZ Telecommunications Day 2006
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The TUANZ Telecommunications Day 2006 was attended by 180 of New Zealands' key ICT stakeholders and was watched via Web Cast by a further 120+. Presentations and speech notes from the day can be found below. The recorded webcast can be found by clicking here.
Programme
8:00am Registration and arrival tea and coffee
The TUANZ vision for New Zealand's telecommunications
8:25am Graeme Osborne, Chairman, TUANZ - presentation.
The vision for telecommunications in New Zealand
8:45am Theresa Gattung, CEO, Telecom New Zealand - Speech notes
9:05am Russell Stanners, CEO, Vodafone New Zealand
9:25am Michael Boggs, CFO, TelstraClear
9:45am Minister Cunliffe
Speech notes available online.
10:10am Panel Discussion — Theresa Gattung, Russell Stanners & Michael Boggs
10:30am Agile
10:35am Morning Tea
Keynotes: Our problems and opportunities — as others see us 1
10:55am Taylor Reynolds, Telecommunications Statistician, Science, Technology and Industry Directorate, OECD, Paris - presentation.
Korea has led the OECD in broadband penetration since 2000. Now, a number of countries have matched Korea's success through policies aimed at stimulating competition and encouraging the take up of broadband. This progress was highlighted in December 2005 when Iceland overtook Korea in broadband penetration in the OECD. Iceland's success and that of other countries at the top of the broadband table emphasises that strong competition and effective broadband policy are more important than geography in determining broadband development. OECD research has carefully examined these differences and developed a set of best practices for promoting broadband connectivity and competition.
11:50am Commissioner Webb
Speech notes available online.
12:15pm AGM — (Members only) and Lunch
Leading-edge case studies
1:30pm Government: The census online
Graeme Osborne, Group Manager, Information and Business Services, Statistics New Zealand - presentation.
In March 2006, Statistics New Zealand created a first, by providing an on-line option for completing the 2006 census forms. It was a first of its kind in global terms (Canada and Australia will follow with their censuses later in 2006) and a first amongst government agencies engaging with New Zealand citizens on one day, paving the way for future government-to-citzen interactions. Like any successful event there was a great deal of hard work behind the scenes and lessons learned. Come and hear from the Sponsor of the investment - Graeme Osborne.
2:00pm Private Sector: Beyond the cities
Barry Payne, Founding Director, BayCity Group - presentation.
You don't see that many pin stripes or high heels out in the back paddock. And for BayCity Founding Director Barry Payne, moving from Auckland several years ago to a rural address in South Canterbury presented an unexpected telecommunications challenge - that of bridging the digital divide experienced daily by many isolated rural folk.
Quickly finding that one size definitely does not fit all when it comes to rural telecommunications, Payne and his fellow investors have sown significant private funds into the Farmside rural broadband network; now delivering high quality, high speed internet to every corner of rural New Zealand. Hear how Barry Payne has achieved this, why rural telecommunications delivery differs so markedly from the urban experience and how one man’s vision can have a direct impact on New Zealand’s rural economy.
2:30pm Afternoon Tea
Key briefings for users
2:50pm Telecom’s Next Generation Network — What it means for users
Matt Crockett, General Manager, Wired Telecom New Zealand
This session was replaced by one led by Rob Spray, Nortel Networks and TUANZ Board member. The session was entitled - "What users want from NGN".
3:40pm "MUSHy" thinking or the future of Telecommunications?
Chris O’Connell, Director, Radar Guidance
While it might sound like his brain has turned to MUSH, Chris O'Connell has spent the last couple of years deeply immersed in one of the most radical new ideas to hit the NZ Telecommunications scene - the rise of local MUSH networks. Can local authorities and large local anchor tenants such as Schools, Universities and Hospitals really build and run their own public open access, high speed urban fibre networks?
Chris will share with us the story of NMi (the Nelson Marlborough inforegion) and how the top of the South Island will soon have some of the most advanced and independent infrastructure in New Zealand, learn how the Governments Digital Strategy is accelerating this trend and where its heading.
Keynotes: Our problems and opportunities — as others see us 2
4:10pm Paul Budde, Managing Director, Paul Budde Communications, Bucketty, NSW - presentation
We are seeing a tectonic shift in telecommunications, away from voice driven structures to applications driven models. The industry needs to structurally change and reconstruct itself along the lines of convergence. Key developments here include: digital media based on Internet business models and personal wireless mobility driven by WiMAX and 4G. Well over two thirds will be driven by video based communication. New Zealand is clearly running behind. Paul Budde will put these developments in the global context indicating what needs to be done to secure New Zealand’s participation.
5:00pm Closing comments, questions and discussion
5:10pm Networking drinks
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