Program

Summit Day One: 2 September 2008
8.00 Registration
Coffee & Tea
9.00 Welcome Address by Magenta Global
9.05 Welcome Address by Chairman
9.15
Host Government Regulatory Keynote Address
Regulatory Roadmap for Ukraine

Regulator (invited)
Ministry of Transport and Communications, Ukraine
9.55
Industry Address
Selling Fixed-Mobile Convergence in CEE
  • FMC Service offerings: what the customer wants
  • Marketing FMC
Vasyl Latsanych
Marketing Director
MTS Ukraine
10.35
Industry Address
Key Success Factors for 3G Services
  • Services that bring ROI on 3G investment
  • Customer benefits
  • Success-driving enablers in the mobile industry
Karl-Johan Nybell
Director, Products and New Markets
Tele2 Group
11.05 Morning Refreshments
11.35
New Mobile Economy: From Voice to Data & VAS as Revenue Drivers
  • Evolution of the mobile economy – how the mobile customer’s expectations have changed
  • Creating customer offers to match expectations
  • The new business model: taking data & VAS as revenue drivers
  • The new value chain
Özcan Ermiş
Deputy General Director - Sales & Marketing
life:), Ukraine
12.10 Panel Discussion
The New Mobile Economy & Value Chain: Making money with 3G

Invited Speakers from Day One and guests
12.45 Networking Luncheon
14.00
Mobile Advertising in a Mobile Broadband Environment
  • Comparing Mobile Advertising to General Advertising and to Direct Marketing
  • Which channels are possible: SMS, Web, Wap, inside applications and content, and more
  • Hurdles to overcome in setting up the channel capabilities
  • How to set up your sales channel(s)
  • Costing/pricing
Stephanie Jackson
Senior Director, Online and Internet Services
Vodafone, Romania
14.40
Mobile Revenue Drivers: Lessons learnt from new EU Accession Countries

Bernd Paschelke
Director Corporate Development
Era, Poland
15.20 Afternoon Refreshments
15.50
Practical Mobile Advertising – Beyond the Hype
  • Location based marketing: retail offers, restaurants, bars
  • Incentive-based marketing: games for ads, branded gaming
  • Profile-based marketing, according to consumer’s interests
Roberto Nardini
Vice President
Mobyland, Poland
16.30 Mobile Video Streaming
  • Video streaming vs. mobile broadcast
  • Business models and opportunities
  • Offering content that matters
  • The user-experience
Ian Mullins
CEO
Yamgo.tv, UK
17.00 Closure of Day One
Summit Day Two: 3 September 2008
8.30 Morning Coffee & Tea
9.00 Welcome Address by Chairman
9.10
EU Keynote Address
The EU Policies on Mobile Roaming
  • The "Eurotariff" cap for roaming costs - reasons for introduction, consumer benefits
  • Current market failure in data and SMS roaming charges
  • EU policies on data and SMS roaming charges - state of discussion and outlook
Rudolf Strohmeier
Head of Cabinet of Viviane Reding
European Commission
9.40
Securing ROI on Mobile Broadband Network Investments
  • Planning the network to minimize CAPEX and OPEX
  • Profitably roll-out 3G/EV-DO outside largest population centers
To Be Announced
Senior Representative
PEOPLEnet, Ukraine
10.20
A Competitive Strategy Entering a Highly Penetrated Mobile Market
  • Pre-launch considerations
  • How the first year evolved
  • Differentiating in the market
  • Focusing on both growth and loyalty
Štefan Szabó
Chief Strategy Officer
Telefónica O2, Slovakia
11.00 Morning Refreshments
11.30
Azerfon’s Successful Entry into the Azeri Telecom Market
  • The importance of building a brand
  • Market strategy – Pricing
  • Market strategy – VAS
  • Converged Billing as a solution for advanced products
Guido Helbich
General Director
Azerfon, Azerbaijan
12.05 Driving Video Call Adoption with 3G Dating
  • How the 3G dating service works
  • Geographical coverage
  • Revenue opportunities
Romi Parmar
CEO
The 3G Dating Agency, UK
12.40 Networking Luncheon
14.00 Panel Discussion
Staying competitive in CEE and the Caucasus

Invited Speakers from Day Two and guests
14.30
MegaFon's 3G Implementation Strategy
  • Business opportunities in 3G
  • Sizing Russian 3G market and potential revenue
  • 3G launch experience in Russia
Sergey Smolovik
Head of Projects, Strategy Department
MegaFon, Russian Federation
15.10 Afternoon Refreshments
15.40
Strategic Deployment of 3G & HSPA Networks
  • CAPEX, OPEX & ROI: viable geographic deployment of a 3G network
  • Going beyond the big cities: where to deploy next
David Lee
CEO
Magticom, Georgia
16.20
The Move Towards IP-based Networks
  • Strategies for a smooth migration
  • Integrating circuit-switched and packet-switched networks and applications
  • Managing the IP traffic
  • Security concerns in IP networks
Khaled Al-Rifai
Group CTO
VTEL Holdings
17.00 Closure of Summit

(last updated: 26 June 2008)