On March 6 CMS Derks Star Busmann will hold its annual telecommunications seminar:

The Future:version 2.009
Which developments in 2009 will determine the telecom and media landscape?

Half a day of distinguished and entertaining speakers who will take you along a path of fibre networks, content and new services that will shake up existing business models. This seminar will concentrate on real life challenges and developments.

Preliminary programme

• 13.00h Registration

• 13.30h Welcome and introduction speakers
  Simon Sanders, head of CMS DSB Telecommunications practice

• 13.40h Convergence in the year 2009: technology or content?
  Cees van Leeuwen, CMS Derks Star Busmann

• 14.05h Glass fibre in big cities and high rise buildings; topology versus technology.
  Herman Wagter, Director GNA

• 14.30h The local loop unbundling in the age of fibre
  OPTA (invitation)

• 14.55h FTTH and structural separation
  Tim Poulus, Senior Analyst, Telecompaper

• 15.20h Access to cable and the importance of content suppliers
  Peter Jelgersma,YouCa

• 15.45h Break

• 16.15h Developments in the United Kingdom on functional separation, net neutrality and the BBC Iplayer
  Chris Watson,CMS Cameron McKenna LLP

• 16.40h Next Generation Services: opportunity or threat?

• 17.05h Legal challenges regarding operating and connecting to Next Generation Networks in Germany
  Jens Neitzel, CMS Hasche Siegle

• 17.30h Closing of seminar
  Simon Sanders

• 17.45h Cocktails

 
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