1400-1700

Sponsored by PanAmSat

Luncheon sponsored by Intelsat

 

0800 - 1830

Pre-Conference Featured Sessions (PCFS)

• PCFS 1 The Great Submarine Cable Debate - Where the Money Should Be Made
  
  Sponsored by Nexans
  

• PCFS 2 Quantifying Shift: Global Traffic, Bandwidth, and Pricing
  
  Organized by TeleGeography Research
  Sponsored by iBasis
  

Afternoon Break

Sponsored by PCCW Global

Opening Ceremony &
Opening Plenary Session

Opening Reception

Co-hosted by Verizon, Telus and SES AMERICOM
      

0715 - 0800

Concurrent Sessions I

• M.1.1 VoIP CEO Panel (Super Session)
  
  Organized by pulvermedia
  
   
• M.1.2 Future Direction for the Submarine Industry
• M.1.3 Transforming the Converged Network: Embracing the Wireless World
• M.1.4 IPTV and other IP Trends to Watch
  
  Sponsored and organized by Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP.
  
   
• M.1.5 Public Policies that Advance National Broadband Agendas

Morning Break

Concurrent Sessions II

• M.2.1 Challenges to Converged Services (Super Session)
• M.2.2 Broadband VoIP Case Studies
• M.2.3 VoIP Implementation Issues
• M.2.4 Emerging Security Challenges I
• M.2.5 Impact of IP on India, China and America: Policy and Security Implications

Afternoon Break

Concurrent Sessions III

• M.3.1 VoIP Business Models I
• M.3.2 Emerging Security Challenges II
• M.3.3 Country Case Studies
• M.3.4 The Future of Information and Communications Technologies for Development (Super Session)
• M.3.5 IP Services for Distance Education
• M.3.6 Reforming the U.S. Telecom Act
  
  Organized by Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP.
  

0715 - 0800

Concurrent Sessions IV

• T.1.1 Satellite CEO Panel (Super Session)
  
  Co-organized by the Satellite Industry Association (SIA) & Hannover Fairs USA, Inc.
    
   
• T.1.2 Carrier Business Strategies I
• T.1.3 VoIP Peering
• T.1.4 Regulatory Challenges of VoIP
• T.1.5 Humanitarian Applications and the Digital Divide

Morning Break

Sponsored by PCCW Global

Plenary Session - A Conversation with Vinton G. Cerf

1200 - 1330

Military Satcom Luncheon

Co-hosted by the Satellite Industry Association (SIA) & Hannover Fairs USA, Inc.
  

Keynote Speaker:
ED TEIXEIRA, Vice Director of Civil Defense, State of Hawaii, USA

Concurrent Sessions V

• T.2.1 Mobile Broadband Wireless: IP vs 3G (Super Session)
• T.2.2 VoIP Business Models II
• T.2.3 IMS
• T.2.4 IP Satellite Services and Applications
• T.2.5 IPTV in Asia and the US: Key Regulatory Challenges for Incumbents and Competitors
• T.2.6 Broadband Communities: The Trillion Dollar Baby and the Best Opportunity for Business and Society in the 21st Century - Announcement of ICF's Annual Top Seven Intelligent Communities
  
  Organized by the Intelligent Community Forum
    

Afternoon Break

Concurrent Sessions VI

• T.3.1 Homeland Security (Super Session)
• T.3.2 Is the Asian Satellite Market Coming Back Strong?
• T.3.3 Next Generation Networks
• T.3.4 IPTV and Interactive Video Technologies
• T.3.5 Emerging Market Case Studies I
• T.3.6 Carrier Business Strategies II

0715 - 0800

Concurrent Sessions VII

• W.1.1 The Future of China's Telecoms Market: Competition, Organization, Regulation
• W.1.2 Content Demand Drivers
• W.1.3 Fixed/Mobile Convergence
• W.1.4 Emerging Market Case Studies II
• W.1.5 Integrating Satellite Services into Asia-Pacific Networks: Lessions from Industry Award Winners
• W.1.6 Venture Capital Investing in an IP World (Super Session)

Morning Break

Closing Plenary Session - The Future of Transport and Closing Ceremony

Exhibitor Move-Out

Research Committee Meeting
Location: South Pacific Boardroom

Special Interest Groups