09:30-09:40

09:40-09:50

09:50-10:00

10:00-10:10

10:10-10:20

10:20-10:30

10:30-10:50

10:50-11:00

11:00-11:10

Welcome
Professor Nikitas Alexandridis, EETT President

Inaugural Speech
Mr. Kostas Karamanlis, Prime Minister

Opening Speech

Mr. Euripides Stylianidis, Minister of Transport and Communications

Address by Political Parties

• Mr. Nikos Sifounakis, PASOK MP and Political Representative for Transport and Communications issues

• Mr. Makis Papadopoulos, Member of KKE’s Central Committee, Responsible for the Finance Department

• Mr. Thanassis Leventis, SYNASPISMOS MP and Member of the Committee on Social Affairs of the Hellenic Parliament

• Mr. Kostis Aivaliotis, LAOS MP

Keynote Speech

Professor Nicholas Negroponte, Chairman, One Laptop per Child association (OLPC) and Co- founder of MIT Media Laboratory

Speech

Mr. Ioannis Laskaridis, President, Greek National Council for Radio and Television (NCRTV)

Presentation

Mr. Pantelis Tzortzakis, Chief Executive Officer, FORTHNET/NOVA

1st Session: Convergence as a means of economic, social and cultural development

Coordinator: Mr. Nikolaos Koulouris, EETT Vice-President

• Mrs. Katerina Batzeli, Chairwoman of the Committee on Culture and Education of the European Parliament, PASOK MEP
• Mr. Detlef Eckert, Adviser to the Director General, Information Society and Media
  Directorate-General, European Commission
• Mr. Matt Yardley, Head of Broadband & Media, Analysys Mason
• Professor Nicholas Economides, Executive Director, New York University, Stern School of Business
• Mr. George Stefanopoulos, General Director, National Association of Mobile Telecommunications Operators

2nd Session: Regulatory Interventions for Convergence

Coordinator: Mr. George Tsaprounis, EETT Member

Keynote Speaker: Mr. Ioannis Adamopoulos, General Secretary of Communications

• Mr. Nicolas Curien, Member of the Board of the Regulatory Authority of France (ARCEP)
• Mr. Remko Bos, Director of Markets and Member of the Board of the Regulatory Authority of the Netherlands (OPTA)
• Mrs. Michele Ledger, Manager of Media Sector, Cullen International
• Dr. Despina Anastasiadou, Director, Southeastern Europe Telecommunications & Informatics Research Institute (INA)

3rd Session: Convergence of Infrastructures and Services

Coordinator: Professor Panagiotis Kottis, EETT Member

• Mr. George Dalamagas, Managing Director, Alcatel Lucent Hellas
• Mr. Stefan Schneiders, Head of Business Development Mobile TV, Nokia Siemens Networks
• Mr. Alexandros Papaspyridis, Communications Sector Lead, Microsoft
• Mrs. Cecilia Borglund, Senior Market Analyst, ERICSSON
• Mr. Nikos Panagiotidis, Business Development Manager, Intel Hellas

10:00-10:10

Keynote Speech

Mr. Anastasios Neratzis, 3rd Vice-President of the Hellenic Parliament

1st Session: Convergence and Business opportunities

Coordinator: Mr. Michalis Sakkas, EETT Vice-President

• Mr. Pericles Katsioulas, Executive Vice Chairman, ΟΝ ΤELECOMS
• Ms. Eirini Nikolaidi, General Director for Competition, Legal and Regulatory Affairs, COSMOTE
• Mr. Marios Yatzidis, Director of Regulatory & Interconnection Dept., VODAFONE
• Mr. Vaios Karantinos, Sales Executive Director, WIND Hellas
• Mr. Antonis Tzortzakakis, Marketing Director, HELLAS ON LINE

2nd Session: Digital Television in the Environment of Convergence

Coordinator: Professor Christos Kapsalis, National Technical University of Athens

• Mr. Enzo Savarese, Commissioner, Regulatory Authority of Italy (ΑGCOM)
• Mr. Roberto Ercole, Head of Spectrum Regulations, GSMA
• Mr. Michalis Portokalis, Director General of Technical Services, ERT
• Mr. Giorgos Mathios, CEO, DIGITAL PROVIDER SA
• Mr. Konstantinos Kibouropoulos, President, Association of Private TV Channels of Greece

3rd Session: The Internet of the Future in the Environment of Convergence

Coordinator: Mr Nikolaos Koulouris, EETT Vice-President

• Mr. Sokratis Katsikas, Professor at the University of Piraeus
• Mr. Thanassis Liakopoulos, Scientific Collaborator, GRNΕΤ
• Mr. Luc Imbert, Βusiness Development Manager IPv6 and Mobility Public Sector Europe, Cisco Systems
• Mrs. Kaoru Banno, ΙPv6 Εxpert, ITU