PTC'09

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Monday 19 January 2009

07.30 - 08.15   
Speakers' Breakfast
Location: Honolulu 1 & 2

Sponsored by:
KT

08.45 - 09.00   
Welcome & Introductory Remarks
Location: Coral 1 & 2

Welcome Remarks
Sharon Nakama, CEO Pacific Telecommunications Council

Convener
David Lassner, Pacific Telecommunications Council Board of Governors Chair and VP, Information Technology & CIO, University of Hawaii, USA

Program Co-chairs' Remarks
Stephan Beckert, Director, Research, TeleGeography,USA

Richard Taylor, Professor & Co-Direcator, Institute for Information Policy, Pennsylvania State University, USA

09.00 - 09.20   
Keynote Address: Collaborating for Change
Location: Coral 1 & 2

Moderator:

Richard Taylor, Professor & Co-Director, Institute for Information Policy, Pennsylvania State University, USA

Speaker:

Jidong Zhao, Senior VP, China Unicom, People's Republic of China

09.20 - 09.45   
Keynote Address: Carrier Collaborations: The New Paradigm
Location: Coral 1 & 2

Moderator:

Stephen McClelland, Editor-in-Chief and Principal, Intermedia and Personal Media Press, UK

Speaker:

William (Bill) Barney, CEO, Pacnet , Hong Kong SAR, China

09.45 - 10.10   
Keynote Panel: Carrier Strategies and Opportunities
Location: Coral 1 & 2

Moderator:

Stephen McClelland, Editor-in-Chief and Principal, Intermedia and Personal Media Press, UK

Panelist:

William (Bill) Barney, CEO, Pacnet , Hong Kong SAR, China

Claire Paponneau, Executive VP, International Wholesale Solutions, Orange, France

Vinod Kumar, COO, Tata Communications, Singapore

10.10 - 10.30   
An Interview with ...
Location: Coral 1 & 2

Interviewer:

Grahame Lynch, Publisher, CommsDay ,

Interviewee:

David McGlade, CEO, Intelsat Corporation, Bermuda

10.30 - 10.55   
Networking Break
Location: Coral 3/4/5

Sponsored by:
REDCOM

10.55 - 11.20   
Plenary Panel: Challenges and Opportunities in Wholesale
Location: Coral 1 & 2

Moderator:

Ross O'Brien, Director, Corporate Network , Economist Intelligence Unit, Hong Kong SAR, China

Panelist:

David  Nishball, President, Airtel Enterprise Services, Bharti Airtel Ltd., India

Jack Waters, President, Global Networks Services & CTO, Level 3 Communications, USA

11.20 - 11.40   
Keynote Address: Satellite Venture
Location: Coral 1 & 2

Moderator:

Mark Hukill, Senior Advisor, Pacific Telecommunications Council,

Speaker:

Greg Wyler, CEO, O3b Networks Ltd, USA

11.40 - 12.30   
Headliner
Location: Coral 1 & 2

Moderator:

David Lassner, President and Board of Governors Chair and VP, Information Technology & CIO, Pacific Communications Council and University of Hawaii, USA

Speaker:

Vinton Cerf, VP & Chief Internet Evangelist, Google, USA

12.30 - 13.30   
Lunch in PTC Pavilion
Location: Coral 3/4/5

12.30 - 13.30   
Researchers' & Educators' Lunch
Location: Nautilus 1

13.30 - 15.00   
Monday Featured Sessions

(Sessions held concurrently)

13.30 - 15.00Featured Session 1: The Satellite CEO's Speak: Continued Growth in Challenging Times
Location: South Pacific 1 & 2
Co-moderators:

Susan Irwin, President, Irwin Communications, Inc., USA

Patricia Cooper, President, Satellite Industry Association,

Panelist:

John Celli, COO, Space Systems/Loral , USA

Peter Jackson, CEO, Asia Satellite Telecomms (AsiaSat), Hong Kong SAR, China

Jean-Yves Le Gall, Chairman & CEO, Arianespace, Inc., France

Yutaka Nagai, Director of the Board & Senior Executive VP, SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation, Japan

Dean Olmstead, President, EchoStar Satellite Services, USA

13.30 - 13.35A Video Tribute to Arthur C. Clarke
13.30 - 15.00Featured Session 2: The Future of Wholesale
Location: South Pacific 3 & 4
Moderator:

Mark Kemp, CEO & Editor-in-Chief, Capacity ,

Panelist:

Helmut Angst, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Deutsche Telekom North America,

Ofer Gneezy, President & CEO, iBasis, USA

Michel Guyot, President, Global Voice Solutions, Tata Communications, Canada

Kathryn  Morrissey, Executive VP, Wholesale, AT&T, USA

15.00 - 15.30   
Networking Break
Location: Coral 3/4/5

15.30 - 17.00   
Monday Breakout Sessions

(Sessions held concurrently)

15.30 - 17.00M.1: Driving the Asian Satellite Market
Location: South Pacific 1
Chair:

Nongluck Phinainitisart, President, Asia-Pacific Satellite Communications Council (APSCC),

Speaker:

Thomas Colby, Chief Operating Officer, Globalstar, Inc., USA

Mark Dankberg, Co-founder, ViaSat Inc, USA

Cynthia Dickins, Senior VP, Market Development for Asia, SES New Skies, Singapore

15.30 - 17.00M.2: Changes and Opportunities in Wholesale Voice
Location: South Pacific 3
Chair:

Stephan Beckert, Director, Research, TeleGeography Research, USA

Speaker:

Joseph Chan, VP, International Business, CITIC Telecom 1616, Hong Kong SAR, China

Steven Heap, CTO , Arbinet-thexchange, USA

Polina  Kudryashova, Head, International Voice Wholesale, Rostelecom, Russia

Christian Michaud, Senior VP, Marketing & Business Development, Global Voice Solutions, Tata Communications, Canada

15.30 - 17.00M.3: Next Generation Networks: De-regulation, Re-regulation and the Global Marketplace
Location: South Pacific 2
Moderator:

J. Steven Rich, Associate, Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP, USA

Panelist:

David Ball, VP, Asia Pacific, Intelsat , Bermuda

15.30 - 17.00M.4: 3G in Asia
Location: South Pacific 4
Chair:

Morley Winograd, Executive Director, CTM, University of Southern California, USA

Speaker:

Nir Kshetri, Professor, Business Administration, University of North Carolina - Greensboro, USA

Xiong Jian Liang, Director, School of Management, Beijing University of Posts & Telecommunications, People's Republic of China

Tsui Chuan Lin, Assistant Professor, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Elizabeth Fife, Associate Director, Industry Research, Institute for Communication, Technology and Management, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California, , USA

17.00 - 18.00   
PTC Exhibitors' Reception
Location: Coral 3/4/5

18.00 - 20.00   
Rogers Beachside Reception
Location: Lagoon Green

18.30 - 21.15   
Executive Leadership Dinner (by invitation only)
Location: Rooftop Garden

Sponsored by:
Bharti Airtel Limited