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2009 TUANZ Rural Broadband Symposium
hosted in partnership with IDC
12 – 13 November 2009
Distinction Hotel, Rotorua |
Presentations
| 11.40am |
BUILDING THE BITS AND BYTES, Stefaan Vanhastel, Head of Product Marketing DSL, Alcatel-Lucent |
| 12.10pm |
NEW ZEALAND'S BROADBAND REVOLUTION - WHAT WILL IT DELIVER?, Rosalie Nelson, Research Manager, Telecommunications, IDC New Zealand Ltd |
| 12.40pm |
ULTRA-FAST BROADBAND EDUCATION - 'LEVELING THE RURAL PLAYING FIELD', Charles Newton, Educational Consultant, Charles Newton Consulting |
| 2.10pm |
BROADBAND CAPABILITY DOES HELP INCREASE THE BOTTOM LINE, Gavin McEwen, Business Manager Farm Sodtware, Livestock Improvement Corporation |
| 2.40pm |
RURAL SECTOR SUPPORT THROUGH INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND SERVICES, Marni Cavis, Information & Applications Manager & Lynley Lee, Information & Communications Technology Manager, AsureQuality Ltd |
| 3.10pm |
BROADBAND HELPS FARMERS BEAT THE EFFECTS OF THE CREDIT CRUNCH, Brian Eccles, Managing Director, CRS Software Ltd |
| 4.10pm |
SATELLITE BROADBAND - THE ANSWER FOR MORE COST EFFECTIVE RURAL COMMUNICATIONS, Tony Baird, Managing Director, BayCity Communications Ltd |
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| DAY TWO |
| 8.45am |
BROADBAND FOR RURAL NEW ZEALAND - IT IS NOT A $48M OR EVEN A $300M SOLUTION!, Dr Murray Pearson, Chief Technology Officer, Rural Link |
| 9.05am |
RURAL VOICE AND BROADBAND - VODAFONE'S VISION AND OPTIONS, Steve Rieger, General Manager Wholesale & New Business, Vodafone |
| 9.25am |
ULTRA FAST RURAL BROADBAND - A REALITY. TODAY!, Brendon Quinn, Network Manager, Electricity Ashburton |
| 9.45am |
RADIO AND MOBILE TECHNOLOGY - A BIG PART TO PLAY IN FUTURE RURAL NETWORKS, Elliott Bonnett, Principal Engineer, Chorus |
| 10.30am |
IF THEY'RE NOT DOING IT FOR YOU, DO IT YOURSELF - WHAT HAPPENS WHEN RURAL USERS FIND A PARTNER AND JUST GET ON WITH IT?, James Watts, Managing Director, The Inspire Group |
| 10.50am |
CONNECTING BUSINESSES IN THE FIELD, John Easton, Sales Manager, BayCity Communications Ltd/Farmside |
| 11.10am |
SAVING LIVES AND PROPERTY IN RURAL COMMUNITIES, Mike McDonald, Managing Director, Terralink International Ltd |
| 11.30am |
RURAL ICT APPLICATIONS - UNLOCKING THE BUSINESS VALUE, Brian Shackleton, Service Line Manager Rural & Transactions & David Walker, Rural Market Manager, Gen-i |
| 11.50am |
FARMERS AND FIBRE - A PERFECT FIT?, Bridgit Hawkins, Farmgate Programme Manager, Harmonic |
| 1.10pm |
BROADBAND ENABLED RURAL HEALTH CARE, Ross McKenna, Portfolio Manager for Health System Infrastructure, Ministry of Health |
| 1.40pm |
FIBRE IS ONLY ONE PIECE OF THE JIGSAW, Maurice French, Director, Spirit Wireless Limited |
| 2.00pm |
BROADBAND NEEDS NOT NUMBERS, Rei Sciascia, Chief Operations Officer, Swiftnet |
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