Summary Agenda

DAY ONE

8:10 Registration and Coffee

8:40 Conference Welcome and Speed Networking

8:50 Chairman’s introduction
Dean Bubley, Chairman and Founder, Disruptive Analysis, UK

Policy Management and Control ecosystem

9:00 Developping the case for Policy Management of Real Time Charging control
Thomas Pinegger, Head of IT Architecture, Swisscom

9:40 Mitigating operator challenges and risks when following Policy Control best practices
Yves Bellégo, Director Network Support Europe, Orange France Telecom, France

10:20 Seizing the opportunity in mobile broadband in terms of Policy Control functions:

Competing on Quality of Experience
Steven van Zanen, Senior VP Marketing, Acision, Netherlands

11:00 Networking Break and Morning Refreshments

Network Intelligence and Policy Control Rules

11:40 Overcoming organisational challenges associated with merging the IT, Marketing and Network departments
David Sharpley, Vice President, Marketing and Business Development
Ann Hatchell, Director, Data Experience Solution Marketing, Bridge Water Systems

12:20 Audience Brainstorm led by the Chair: Scrutinising network intelligence solutions to anticipate traffic growth challenges
Dean Bubley, Chairman and Founder, Disruptive Analysis, UK

13:00 Networking Lunch

Policy Management and Control integration systems

14:00 Ensuring managed user experience through effective PC integration in back office billing and OSS functions
Mohamed Taher Kesseba, Business and Marketing Intelligence, Zain

14:30 Panel: Optimising the integration of Policy Management within your architecture
Ansgar Schlautmann, Consultant, Arthur D. Little, Germany
Thomas Pinegger, Head of IT Architecture, Swisscom
Yves Bellégo, Director Network Support Europe, Orange France Telecom, France

Policy Control implementation strategies

15:00 Outlining the main international Policy Control drivers that operators deploy to implement solutions for accessing real time data
Ansgar Schlautmann, Consultant, Arthur D. Little, Germany

15:30 Final comments of the Chair

15:45 Networking Break and Policy Control close of Day One.

Delegates are all welcome to join Mobile Broadband World 

DAY TWO

8:10 Analyst Breakfast Briefing

9:00 Chairman’s welcome and introduction:
Hugh Roberts, Telecommunications Analyst, Patni Consulting

Moving towards tiered services and next generation Policy Control Rules Functions

 9:10 Developing Operator Strategies to Reduce and Manage Bill Shock
Christian Müller-Gorman, Senior Consultant, Iskander Business Partner GmbH, Germany

9:40 Making the move from unlimited data services to tiered service models
Hugh Roberts, Telecommunications Analyst, Patni Consulting

10:10 Leveraging Policy Management strategies to generate more revenues from operator next generation offers
Steve Wright, Head of Home and Mobile Broadband, Telefónica UK

10:40 Networking Break and Morning Refreshments

Policy Control and Convergence

11:25  How Policy Control can help alleviate RAN congestion?
Ihsen Fekih, Vice President, Comptel

11:55 Enabling converged access systems though common policy framework guidelines
Haim Geron, Deputy General Director, Ministry of Communications, Israel

12:25  Audience Brainstorm led by the Chair: Identifying the technical challenges of migrating to a convergent charging platform

13:00 Networking Lunch
CHAIR: Wolfgang Geisselbrecht, Mobile Telecoms Senior Expert and Advisor, Germany

Effective pricing model guidelines

14:15  How do operators set up new policy controls and management models to respect new pricing regulations?
Laurence Kubiak, Head of UK & Product Regulation, BT Global Services

Policy Management and charging platforms

14:45   Panel : Determining personalised charging systems to fulfil an accurate customer experience
Steve Wright, Head of Home and Mobile Broadband, Telefónica UK
Christian Müller-Gorman, Senior Consultant, Iskander Business Partner GmbH, Germany

15:15  Networking Break and Policy Control conference close.

Delegates are all welcome to join Mobile Broadband World