(Panel Discussion) : Challenges & sustenance in a multi-operator environment

Key areas to be covered

• Impact of delay in spectrum allocation
• Will India survive the multi operator model?
• Analyzing declining ARPU in a competitive market
• Combating tariff war

Moderator
Amit Sachdeva, Partner, Ernst & Young

Panelists

• Rajiv Bawa, Executive Vice President-Corporate Affairs, Uninor
• Sharat Chandra, President and COO – Strategy & New Technologies, GTL Ltd.
• Sunil Kakkad, Chairman and Managing Director, Sai InfoSystem (India) Limited
• Alok Kumar, Head-Operations & Customer Support Enterprise Data Business, Aircel
• Rajat Mukarji, Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, Idea Cellular Ltd.
• R. N. Padukone, Principal G.M. (Corp Planning & Monitoring), BSNL
  

Session: GSM and CDMA- Future of wireless

Chairperson

• T. R. Dua, Officiating Director General, Cellular Operator’s Association of India (COAI)

Speakers

• Vipin Tyagi, Director, C-Dot
  “Networks for Transformation”
• Anuj Kapur, Country Manager, Telcordia Technologies India Pvt Ltd.
  “Applications for 3G with respect to Real Time Charging”
• Shyam Mardikar, Vice President-Mobility, Bharti Airtel Ltd.
  “Addressing customer retention challenge post MNP rollout”
• Q / A

(Panel Discussion): The big question: Is it time for a National Media Policy?

Key areas to be covered

• Digitalization: Bridging the urban - rural divide
• Future of HITS after cabinet approval
• Analyzing tax structure in the Broadcast, Cable and Satellite Industry
• Regulation and responsible content delivery

Chairperson
Zohra Chatterji, IAS, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting

Moderator
Rajmohan Nair, Vice President-Network Development, TV Today

Panelists

• Tryggve Arveschoug, Head-Product Marketing, Conax
• Sugato Banerji, Chief Marketing Officer, Bharti Telemedia Ltd.
• Ankur Jain, Managing Director, NSTPL
• Rahul Nehra, Regional Director - Asia, Latens
• Roop Sharma, President, COFI
• Sanjeev Srivastava, CEO & Editor-in-Chief, Sahara India Media
  
  Session: Digital satellite, terrestrial and cable broadcasting technologies
  
  Chairperson
  John Medeiros, Deputy CEO, CASBAA

Speakers

• Bengt Hellstrom, Director-Business Development (APAC) Net Insight AB
  “New revenue opportunities for operators as video moves from satellite to terrestrial networks”
• Richard Bullock, Head of C&D Compression for Solution Area TV, Ericsson
  “Using improved compression to enable more digital TV and affordable HDTV –overcoming challenges”
• Alex Borland, Business Development Director, Latens
  “Enabling cost effective digitization solutions across Indian cable”
• Veronique Malan, Vice President-Marketing, Advanced Digital Broadcast
  "Leap-frogging from analogue directly to advanced Pay-TV services"
• Alan Dishington, General Manager, NDS India
  “Digitizing your cable TV network: Myths and Facts”
• Q / A

Session: Redefining broadband

Chairperson
Anil Jain, Deputy Director General-Broadband, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited

Speakers

• Tarvinder Singh, Director of Marketing & Product Management, Home & Network Mobility, Motorola India
  “The role of wireless technologies in redefining broadband”
• L. C. Reddeppa Chetty, Dy General Manager (R&D), ITI Ltd
  “Capitalization on the Indian Market Potential - Technology Enablers”
• Dr Mohammad Shakouri, Vice President and Board Member, Wimax Forum,
  USA
• Erwin Yeswijn, Vice President-Marketing Lantiq
  “How to simplify the home network to maximize resources”
• Remus Tan, Market Development Manager for Mobile Networks, Tellabs Asia Pacific
• Q / A
  
  Session continued

• C.S. Rao, Chairman, Wimax Forum India Chapter
  “Need for Broadband Growth in India -Role of WiMAX”
• Ashish Sharma, Vice President, Corporate Market Development, Alvarion Ltd.
  “Defining the Need for Wireless Broadband”
• Denis NG, Director Technical, Comba Telecom Limited
  "Examining the technical challenges and solutions in providing a ubiquitous 3G wireless coverage."
• Anand Patil, Vice President-Systems Engineering,
  Cisco Systems (India) Pvt. Ltd .
  “Next Generation Broadband: More than just Packet Transport”
• Q / A

Session: Security & surveillance: Securing your business

Chairperson
Rajneesh De, Associate Editor, Data Quest

Speakers

• Prakash Prabhu, Country Manager-India, Axis Communications
  “Moving towards IP Surveillance”
• Wing Fei Chia, Senior Manager-Security Response, F Secure Corporation
  “Countering blended threats”
• Ramsunder Papineni, Director Enterprise and Corporate Sales- India /SAARC, McAfee India Sales Pvt. Ltd.
• Col Sandeep Sudan, Regional Head-North India, Mahindra SSG
  “Holistic Approach to Security: Role of Private Sector”
• Q / A
  
  
  
  
  Session Continued

• Mukesh Malik, Head-Home Land Security, HCL Security Ltd
  “ Securing our future by ‘Integrated Security Systems ‘ framework”
• Dr. Pravin Bhagwat, Chief Technical Officer and Founder, AirTight Networks
  “Protecting your network from Wi-Fi threats - Top Five Wireless/Wi-Fi Security Threats”
• Rajesh Ganesan, Director of Product Management, ManageEngine - a division of Zoho Corporation
  “Mitigating insider threats - A specific case”
• Q / A

Session: Infrastructure development: Facilitating mass connectivity

Chairperson
Manish Pathak, Director (Accounts), Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Communications & IT, Govt. of India

Speakers

• Joseph Neil, International Solutions Architect, Symmetricom, Inc
  “Changes in Base Station Backhaul Drive New Synchronization Solutions”
• S. S. Prasad, Sr. Technical Officer, Tongyu
  “Base Station Antenna - A Key component in 3G Mobile Network”
• Gregory Smiley, Sr. Technology Marketing Manager, Nokia, Finland
  “Taking Infrastructure out of the box”
• Kivanic Ilal, International Marketing & Sales Manager, Canovate A.S
  "A Case Study - FTTx deployment in Turkey "
  
  Session continued

• Manish Pathak, Director (Accounts), Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Communications & IT, Govt. of India
  “Universal Service Obligation (USO) - Examining benefits for rural growth”
• Anuj Jain, Vice President-Network Planning, Bharti Airtel,
  "Infrastructure building for mass voice and data connectivity services using innovative network and business models”
• Sudhanshu Jain, Project Head (Rural IVR), Handygo
  “Behtar Zindagi – Empowering Rural Lives”
• Raja Natrajan, Chief Technical Officer, Microqual Techno Pvt Ltd
  “Wireless infrastructure – the next ten years”

Session: VAS & mobitainment

Chairperson
Manish Agarwal, Chief Executive Officer, UTV New Media

Speakers

• Pawan Gupta, Business Development Director, Telegent Systems
  “The opportunity for free-to-air mobile TV in India”
• Milind Pathak, Vice President, Comviva
• Chiranjib Paul Choudhury, Business Development Manager and Product Management Interface - 2G & 4G Technologies, Networks Business,Motorola India
  
  
  
  Session continued

• Vivek Chandok, Vice President-Portfolio & Presales,
  CanvasM Technologies Ltd.
  “Enhancing personal media experiences to satisfy sports fan Appetite”
• Abraham Punnoose, Vice President & Marketing Development, Roamware
  “Leveraging Mobile – Banking the Uubanked”
• T. S. Balaji, Assistant Vice President, Tech Mahindra
  “Viable VAS for Rural India”
• Q / A

Session: Emerging technologies, markets and business practices

Chairperson
Shyamal Ghosh, Chairman, Data Security Council of India (DSCI)

Speakers

• Sunil Kumar, Director APAC, Beceem Communications
  “4G Technology Roadmap for India”
• Awy Julianto, General Manager (APAC), Truphone
  “Roam free – The future of mobile VoIP”
• Aveek Roy, Regional Director, Audiocodes India Pvt Ltd
  “VoIP and the New India”
• Eric Yeh,  Marketing Manager-WiMAX Chipsets, MediaTek Inc.
  “Cost Effective WiMAX Chipset Solutions for India - The Only Way to Deliver Mass Market Products”
  
  
  

Session: Green ICT: Driving your business

Speakers

• Pranshu Singhal, India Environmental Manager, Nokia
• Sriram K. Moorthy, Head-Telecom and Analytics, Connect M
  “Energy Optimization through Analytics & Smart Systems”
• Prof. K. R. Srivathsan, Pro-Vice Chancellor, IGNOU
• Q / A
  
  Session continued

• S Sridhar, Marketing Director, Dell India Pvt Ltd
  "Green IT"
• Jagdeep S. Kochar, Executive Director, (n)Code Solutions-IT Division of GNFC Ltd.
  “Thinking Green: An Internet Data Centre (IDC) perspective”
• Shiv Kumar andaswamy, Executive Vice President, ZSL (Zylog Systems Ltd)
  "Empowering ICT through Eco-Friendly Computing”
• Q / A