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The third annual primer from Communications Alliance and CommsDay on all things NBN. A compact format with key stakeholders and panellists debating the issues. MONDAY 16 NOVEMBER, WESTIN HOTEL, SYDNEY 9am 9.05 9.30 9.50
Communications Alliance chair Michael Lee Communications Alliance CEO John Stanton Minister for Communications and the Arts Senator Mitch Fifield NBN Co chair Dr Ziggy Switkowski
10.30 10.55 11.15
Refreshments Alcatel Lucent CTO, fixed networks David Eckard (from USA) Cisco general manager – cable access, Asia Pacific James Reynolds
11.35
SERVICE PROVIDER PANEL Product and pricing constructs analysed * Migration and technology issues * Getting the POPs right, Competition issues with TPG and FirstPath * What’s happening in greenfields Firstpath CEO Stephen Carter, Macquarie Telecom national executive, industry & policy Matthew Healy, Opticomm chief regulatory officer Phil Smith, Vodafone GM public policy Matthew Lobb
Communications minister Mitch Fifield confirmed
12.40
Adtran CTO EMEA & APAC Regions Ronan Kelly
1.00
Catered Lunch
2.00
3.15
ACCESS TECHNOLOGIES PANEL Time lines and performance attributes for DOCSIS and VDSL * The LTE rollout * The new satellites * OSS and powering challenges: overhyped or underestimated? * International learnings Alcatel Lucent Global CTO, Wired David Eckard, NBN program director, satellites Matt Dawson, Arris CTO Asia Pacific Joshua Eum, Ericsson ANZ VP Business Development Tony Malligeorgos DGIT CEO Doug Nixon
3.35
Break
3.55
CLOSING PANEL Performance of NBN management to date * Industry structure * Will NBN be an election issue? Optus managing director, wholesale and satellite Robert Parcell * Macquarie Telecom national executive, industry & policy Matthew Healy
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NBN executive chair Dr Ziggy Switkowski confirmed