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International Telecommunications Society Symposium
April 2-3, 2009
Hosted by
National Telecommunications Commission, Thailand
in collaboration with the International Telecommunications Society
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Theme Day 1: Competition, Essential Facilities and New Networks
Time
Topics
Speakers
Session Chairs
09.00-09.30
Registration
Master of Ceremonies Day 1 TBD
09.30-10.00
Welcome and Opening Session
For NTC:
General Choochart Promphrasid,
Chairman of NTC
For ITS:
Prof. Erik Bohlin
ITS Chair & Chalmers University of Technology
Prof. Erik Bohlin, ITS Chair & Chalmers University of Technology
10.00-10.30
Comparative Industrial Policies for Telecommunications Sectors
Dr. Brigitte Preissl
ITS Vice Chair & Intereconomics
10.30-10.45
Coffee break
10.45-11.15
Balancing Competition, Investment and Innovation in Advanced Telecommunications
Prof. Johannes Bauer
Michigan State University
Prof. Erik Bohlin, ITS Chair & Chalmers University of Technology
11.15-11.45
Regulation of and Competition in the Supply of Next Generation Networks
Prof. Martin Cave
Warwick Business School
11.45-12.15
Regulation of and Competition in the Supply of Next Generation Networks
Prof. Eli Noam
Columbia University
12.15-12.30
Q&A
12.30-13.45
Lunch
13.45-14.15
The Competition Regulation Interface in Telecommunications: What's Left of the Essential Facility Doctrine?
Prof. Andrea Renda
LUISS
Prof. Erik Bohlin, ITS Chair & Chalmers University of Technology
14.15-14.45
Essential facilities and Network Convergence – Does Wholesale Unbundling Increase Competition?
Dr. Christian Dippon
NERA Economic Consulting
14.45-15.00
Q&A
15.00-15.15
Coffee break
15.15-15.45
Essential Facilities and Local Network Competition: The Case of Hong Kong
Prof. Xu Yan
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Prof. Erik Bohlin, ITS Chair & Chalmers University of Technology
15.45-16.15
Telecommunications Competition: Considerations for Thailand
Prof. Sudharma Yoonaidharma,
Commissioner, NTC
Prof. Suphat Suphachalasai,
Thammasat University
16.15-17.45
Panel Discussion and Close of Day 1
Speakers Day 1
Prof. Erik Bohlin, ITS Chair & Chalmers University of Technology
Friday, April 3, 2009
Theme Day 2: Universal Service, Liberalization and New Technologies
Time
Topics
Speakers
Session Chairs
09.00-09.30
Registration
Master of Ceremonies Day 2 TBD
09.30-10.00
Welcome to the Second Day
Reflections on the First Day
For NTC: TBD
For ITS:
Dr. Brigitte Preissl
ITS Vice Chair & Intereconomics
Dr. Brigitte PreisslITS Vice Chair & Intereconomics
10.00-10.45
Universal Service in a Rapidly Changing Technology Environment
Dr. Dimitri Ypsilanti
OECD
10.45-11.00
Coffee break
11.00-11.45
Next Generation Access – A new Challenge for Competition and Regulation
Dr. Karl-Heinz Neumann
WIK
Dr. Brigitte PreisslITS Vice Chair & Intereconomics
11.45-12.30
Universal Service and Targeted Support in a Competitive Telecommunications Environment
Prof. em. Stanford L. Levin
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
12.30-13.45
Lunch
13.45-14.15
Universal Service and Welfare Impacts
Prof. Gary Madden
Curtin Business School
Dr. Brigitte PreisslITS Vice Chair & Intereconomics
14.15-14.45
A New Definition of Universal Service: Including Wireless?
Prof. em. James Alleman
Univ. of Colorado at Boulder
14.45-15.15
Sustainability and Redefinition of Universal Service Under Growth in Broadband
Prof. Barbara Cherry
Indiana University
15.15-15.30
Coffee break
15.30-16.00
Provision of Universal Service over IP Networks in Japan
Prof. Hitoshi Mitomo
Waseda University
Dr. Brigitte PreisslITS Vice Chair & Intereconomics
16.00-16.30
Towards Broadband Universal Service in Europe?
Prof. Erik Bohlin
Chalmers University of Technology
16.30-17.00
Universal Service Considerations for Thailand
Prof. Prasit Prapinmongkolkarn
Commissioner, NTC
17.00-17.45
Panel Discussion and Close of Day 2
Speakers Day 2
Prof. Erik Bohlin, ITS Chair & Chalmers University of Technology
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