Topics for discussion

• Regulatory independence in a time of government intervention – a tautology?

• Consumer and citizen protection in a convergent world

• Intervention for market failure

• Competition in wholesale and retail markets – what is the regulator’s role?

• Relevant forms of regulation and dispute resolution in a time of economic pressure

• Domestic and international spectrum management

• Evaluation and funding

(* Confirmed speaker)
Saturday 16 October 2010

SESSION 1:
Regulatory independence in a time of government intervention – a tautology?

Speakers:
Emmanuel Gabla, Commissioner, CSA, FRANCE*
Paul de Sa, Chief of the Office of Strategic Planning and Policy Analysis, FCC, USA*

SESSION 2:
Intervention for market failure

Speakers:
Dr. Leonidas Kanellos, President, National Telecommunications and Post Commission, GREECE *
BTA/NBB, BOTSWANA

SESSION 3:
Relevant forms of regulation and dispute resolution in a time of economic pressure

Speakers:
Chris Cheah, Deputy Chairman, ACMA, AUSTRALIA*
OFTA, Hong Kong SAR

SESSION 4:
Evaluation and funding

Speakers:
John Doherty, Chairman, ComReg, IRELAND*
Anatel, BRAZIL

Dinner for delegates kindly hosted by the Comisión del Mercado de las Telecomunicaciones

Sunday 17 October 2010
SESSION 5:
Domestic and international spectrum management

Speakers:
Dr Roberto Viola, Secretary General, AGCOM, ITALY*
TRAI, INDIA

SESSION 6:
Competition in wholesale and retail markets – what is the regulator’s role?

Speakers:
The Honourable Konrad W. Von Finckenstein, Q.C., Chair, CRTC, CANADA*
Michael Yap, Deputy CEO, MDA, SINGAPORE *

SESSION 7:
Consumer and citizen protection in a convergent world       

Speakers:
Dr Colette Bowe, Chair, Ofcom, UK*
TRA, BAHRAIN