Now in its 7th year, the European Spectrum Management Conference has an established reputation as the major European meeting point of the year for stakeholders involved in spectrum management. This year's event will cover a number of key European and global regulatory issues, and look at the best way forward in the implementation of the RSPP and Europe's spectrum policy roadmap. In addition, it will take a look at the growing influence of countries such as China and India, and the effect this is having on the shape of the global telecoms landscape. Finally, it will look in detail at the 'spectrum crunch' that many are predicting we will soon be facing, and at how reallocation of frequencies (including a possible second digital dividend), new technologies and various market mechanisms could possibly be used to provide a solution to this.
With keynote presentations from:
Neelie Kroes, Vice President and Commissioner for Digital Agenda, European Commission
François Rancy, Director - BR, ITU
Sudhir Gupta, Principal Advisor Spectrum Management, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)
Roberto Viola, Secretary General, AGCOM; & Chairman, RSPG
Gunnar Hökmark MEP, Rapporteur, RSPP, European Parliament
Jean-Pierre Bienaimé, SVP Strategy & Communications Wholesale, Orange & Chairman, UMTS Forum
Ed Vaizey MP, UK Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries (via video presentation)
Other top-level speakers include:
Julius Knapp, Chief, Office of Engineering and Technology, FCC, US
Daniel Pataki, Director, ETNO
Pearse O’Donohue, Head of Unit for Spectrum Policy, EU Commission
Peter Pitsch, Associate General Counsel, Intel Corporation
Simon Wilson, Head of Spectrum Policy, Telefónica S.A.
Finn Petersen, Deputy Director General, Danish Business Authority
Thomas Konschak, Sr Manager Spectrum Policy, Deutsche Telekom
Catalin Marinescu, President, Ancom
Lasse Wieweg, Director, Government and Industry Relations, Ericsson
Benoist Deschamps, Chairman, ECC PT FM50
Chris Woolford, Director of International Spectrum Policy, Ofcom
Wassim Chourbaji, Chairman, spectrum working group, DigitalEurope
Cengiz Evci, Director, European Spectrum Policy, Alcatel-Lucent
Sessions at the event will focus on:
- Implementing Europe’s spectrum policy roadmap – the next steps
- To what extent can the RSPP be expected to meet its objective of allowing the EU take the global lead in new services & competitiveness?
- Global spectrum policy & the changing shape of the telecoms landscape
- Matching Supply & Demand: What role for the spectrum inventory in ensuring the long-term health of the spectrum ecosystem in Europe?
- Can spectrum auctions deliver universal access to next generation wireless broadband?
- To what extent can spectrum reallocation be used to meet increasing demand?
- Which future use(s) of the 1.4 GHz L-band would be the most beneficial for Europe?
- Is there a need for a second Digital Dividend?
- Technology solutions to the spectrum crunch: what new technologies will have the biggest part to play?
- Market solutions to the spectrum crunch: Which policy tools are available to policymakers in order to incentivise the release of spectrum and encourage efficient use?
