GLOBAL FORUM ITEMS INTERNATIONAL 2008

PROGRAMME DES 21 & 22 OCTOBRE  2008 AVEC GLOBAL FORUM  ( in English ) :

GLOBAL FORUM : INVENTER LE FUTUR AURA LIEU AU ZAPPEION PALACE, ATHENS, GRECE LES 21 & 22 OCTOBRE 2008

SHAPING THE FUTURE 2008 AT ATHENS, GREECE

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                                                     Coffee Break 12:00 pm - 12:30 pm

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MOBILITY IN A DIGITAL WORLD

EURO-MED / EUROPE / AMERICAS & ASIA

Chair / Moderator : Jay Edwin Gillette, Director Human Institute, Professor Center for Information and Communication Sciences, USA

Speakers : Sascha Haselmayer, Director & Co-Founder Interlaceinvent Livinglabs-Europe, Spain

Evika Karamagioli, Deputy Director Gov 2U, Greece

Marius Opran, President Economic and Social European Committee UGIR, FNPSPR, Romania

Giogio Prister, President Major Cities of Europe, Italy

Gérald Santucci, Head of Unit, D.4 : Networked Enterprise & Radio Frequency Identification - RFID - European Commission

Philippe Scheimann, CEO Ayala Alternative Organizational Consulting, Israel & Eyal Bloch, Cofounder and co-director Institute Education for Sustainability, the David Yellin Academic College of education, Israel

Alan Shark, D.P.A. , CAE Executive Director Public Technology Institute - PTI , USA

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FREE REGISTRATION FORM

COLLABORATIVE CONVERGENCE

USER EMPOWERMENT IN THE GLOBAL DIGIKTAL ECONOMY

Tuesday 21 & Wednesday 22 October, 2008

ZAPPEION PALACE, ATHENS, GREECE

Mail to : ITEMS INTERNATIONAL / GLOBAL FORUM 2008

6, rue Jean Baptiste Potin

92170 Vanves - FRANCE

Tel:             +33 (0) 1 46 42 48 76       

Fax : +33 (0) 1 41 08 94 27

Email: stoporkoff@items-int.com

slevy@items-int.com

                                                     CONCLUSION [ 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm] LUNCH

SESSION 9 [12:30 pm - 2:30 pm ]

SESSION 8 [ 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm ]

CONVERGING TECHNOLOGIES & E-DEMOCRACY

Chair : Vassili N. Takas, President South-Eastern Europe Telecommunication & Informatics Research Institute - INA -, Greece

Moderator : Daniel Van Lerberghe, President & Executive Director Politech Institute, Belgium

Speakers : Gabriela Felder, National Competence Center for Research - NCCR - Zurich University, Switzerland

Hugo Kerschot, Managing Partner Indigov, Belgium

Eric Legale, Managing Director Issy Media, City of Issy-les-Moulineaux, France

Marianna Posfai, Leader of the e-Hungary Project, Hungary

Ian White, Business Development Director - Public Sector - EMEA Oracle, UK

MOMENTUM Projects : Christos Chrysos, Project Manager OTS, IDEAL-EU project, Greece

Fenareti Lampathaki, Management and Decision Support Systems Laboratory, e-Government Research Unit, Scholl of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Greece

Rolf Luehrs, Head of Department for Interactive Communication Tu Tech Innovation GmbH, Germany

Vassilis Goulandris, Strategic Planner of e-dialogos, City of Trikala, Greece

Dimitris Sarantis, Management and Decision Support Systems Laboratory, Scholl of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Athens, Greece

Eftimos Tambouris, Researcher CERTH/ ITI, Greece

SESSION 7 [10:30 am - 12:30 pm ]

MEDIA & CONTENT ISSUES IN THE NEW CONVERGENT ENVIRONMENT

Chair : Gerard M. Mooney, General Manager, Global Government and Education, IBM Corporation, USA

Moderator :

Hervé Rannou, President Items International, France

Speakers

Stéphane Grumbach, INRIA French Director of the Sino-French IT Lab LIAMA, Beijing, China

Per Hellström, Head of Unit, DG Competition, Unit C. 3 - Information Indistries, Internet and Consumer Electronics, European Commission

Thomas Nogues, Director of Technology EMEA, Motion Picture Association, Belgium

Luis Rodriguez Rosello, Head of Unit. Networked Media Systems, Directorate Generla Information Society & Media, European Commission

Anne-Lise Thieblemont, Director Government Affairs Qualcomm, USA

Jean-François Tournu, Chairman of the Regional TV Channel TV8 Burgonde, France

Makoto Yokozawa, Partner Akin Grump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, USA

Commentators : Kathryn Brown, Senior Vice-President Public Policy Development & International Government Relations, Verizon, USA

Thomas Rosch, Commissioner Federal Trade Commission - FTC - USA

[DAY 2] - Wednesday October 22, 2008 [ 8:00 am - 9:00 am

OPENING SESSION

Moderator : Phil Noble, Founder & Journalist PoliticsOnline.com, USA

Keynote Speeches : Thomas Andersson, President Jönköping University, Chairman GTC International Council, Sweden

Kevin Martin, Chairman Federal Communications Commission - FCC -, USA

Todd S. Ramsey, Managing Director US Federal IBM Corporation, USA

Jim C Williams, Senior Vice President & Chief Technology Officer Motion Picture Association of America? iNC.

OTE Representative

                                                           GALA DINNER ( By Invitation )

SESSION 6 [4:30 pm - 6:15 pm ]

CHALLENGES FOR E-HEALTH

Chair : Thierry Zylberberg, Executive Vice President in charge of Strategic Partnerships & General Manager of Health Line of Business France Telecom, France

Moderator : Patrice Cristofini, Director Partnership and Strategic Alliance, Orange Healthcare, France

Speakers : Sultan A. Bahabri, Chairman HiTS Telecom Group, Saudi Arabia

Mikael Grannas, Chairman of the Board and CEO & Kaj Söderman, Project Manager Archipelago Networks LTD, Finland

Kostis Kaggelides, Chief Operating Officer and VP of the Board Gnomon Informatics S.A., Greece

Alisoun K. Moore, Director Health and Human Services Northrop Grumman Corporation, USA

Mario Po', Executive Director, Healthcare Institution & Alessandro Bruno, Administrative Assistant Azienda ULSS N°8 ASOLO, Italy

Octavian Purcarea, WW Health Industry Solutions Manager Microsoft EMEA, France

Victor Emmanuel de SA, Partner Geneva Solutions, Switzerland

Michèle Thonnet, Official Representative e-Health France, Responsible for European and International Partnerships & Relations, Ministry of Health, France

SESSION 5 [4:30 pm - 6:15 pm]

INFORMATION GOVERNANCE, SECURITY & PRIVACY

Chair / Moderator : Steven Adler, Program Director IBM Data Governance Solutions, USA

Speakers : Jacques Bus, Head of Security Unit DG INFSO & Media, European Commission

Michael Dziekan, Office of Strategy - Director of Research & Solutions Strategy, Cognos an IBM Company, USA

Thomas Hart, Regulatory Expert EU-China Information Society Project, China

Zahid Jamil, Barrister-at-law, Jamil & Jamil, Pakistan

Sokratis Katsikas, Professor Dep. of Technology Education & Digital Systems, University of Piraeus & Member of the Board of the Hellenic Autority for Information and Communication Security and Privacy, Greece

Paris Kokorotsikos? cHAIRMAN & CEO Euroconsultants S.A., Greece

Thomas Myrup Kristensen, EU Internet Policy Director, Microsoft EMEA

Cedric Pin, Chief Operating Officer Micropole-Univers, France

Bent Poulsen, Chief Auditor VP Securities Services, Denmark

Jean-Marc Suchier VP, Director European Programs, Sagem Securité

[DAY 1] AFTERNOON SESSIONS Continiation [4:00 pm - 4:15 pm ] COFFEE BREAK

SESSION 4 [3:00 pm - 4:30 pm ]

Chair : Thaima Samman, Senior Director & Associate General Counsel, Corporate Affairs - Corporate Social responsibility, Microsoft EMEA, France

Moderator  : Sergio Antocicco, Chairman INTUG & President Anuit, Italy

Speakers : Paolo Baldelli, President Postelink, Italy

Danilo Oreste Broggi, Chief Executive Officer Consip S.p.A., Italy

Robert Harutyunyan, General Director, Armenian Development Agency-ADA, Armenian Development Agency-ADA, Armenia

Norman Jacknis, Director IBSG Public Sector, Cisco, USA

Olivier Midière, Executive VP Strtegy and Marketing Best of Media Group, France

Nancy Pascal, DG INFSO, Directorate C : Lisbon Strategy and Policies for the Information Society C1 : Lisbon Strategy and i2020, European Commission

Irene Kamberidou, Senior Lecturer of the University of Athens, The European Center for Women and Technology - ECWT, Greece

William Sloan Coats, Intellectual Property Partner White & Case, USA

John Soldatos, Associate Professor at Athens Information Technology, Adjunct Professorat Carnegie Mellon University and Technical Manager of the Projects ASPIRE, Greece

Commentator : Markoto Yokozawa, Senior Consultant, Nomura Research Institute - NRI - & Professor of Joint Research Unit Graduade School of Informatics, Kyoto University, Japan

SESSION 3 [3:00 pm - 4:30 pm ]

REGULATION & GOVERNANCE INITIATIVES

Chair : Konstantinos. M Ploumpis, General Director for Regulatory Affairs of OTE S.A., Greece

Moderator : Andy Lipman, Partner and Head of Telecom Group Bingham McCutchen, USA

Speakers : Bernard Benhamou, Delegate on Internet Usage Ministry of Reseach and Higher Education, France

Gao Xinmin, Director of Policy Planning Committee, the Advisory Committee for State Informatization ( ACSI ), Vice President of Internet Society of China (ISC), China

Gabrielle Gauthey, Member of Board, Autorité de Régulation des Communications Electroniques et des Postes - ARCEP -, France

Jay Edwin Gillette, Director Human Institute, Professor Center for Information and Communication Sciences, USA

Brent Olson, Assistant Vice President Public Policy AT&T, USA

Jacquelynn Ruff, Vice President International Public Policy & Regulatory Affairs Verizon, USA

Anne-Marie Vesdrevanis, International Relations Officer DG INFSO & Media, European Commission

Mina Zoulovits, Partner Philotheidis, Rogas & Partners, Legal Consultant to the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Special Secretariat for Digital Planning, Greece

Commentator : Miriam Sapiro, President Summit Strategies Internatioal, USA.

SESSION 2 [ 10:30 am - 12:30 pm ]

INTEROPERABILITY , IDENTITY MANAGEMENT and TRUST

Chair / Moderator : Elly Plooij-van Gorsel, Vice-President of the Global Trust Center and Senior Counsellor Blueprint Partners, The Netherlands

Thomas Andersson, President Jönköping University, Chairman GTC International Council, Sweden

Speakers : Mr. Gilles Maguet, Secretary General XBRL Europe, Belgium

Victor Emmanuel de SA, Partner Geneva Solutions, Switzerland

Max Snijder, CEO Biometrics Expertise Group, The Netherlands

Constantine Steriadis, Principal Sales Consultant Oracle Hellas S.A., Greece

Maria Tsakali, Scientific Officer, DG Information Society & Media D3: Software & Service Architectures and Infrastructures, European Commission

Olivier Väärtnõu, Advisor on Strategy State Chancellery of the Republic of Estonia

Commentator : Jacques Bus, Head of Security Unit DG INFO & Media, European Commission

Zahid Jamil, Barrister-at-law Jamil & Jamil, Pakistan

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                                                                   [12:30 pm - 2:00 pm] LUNCH

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[ DAY 1 ] OPENING AFTERNOON SESSION - Tuesday October 21, 2008

Keynote Speeches [2:00 pm - 3:00 pm ]

Moderator : Jean-Pierre Chamoux, Professor Paris V-René Descartes University, France

Keynote Speakers :Nikitas Alexandridis, President National Telecommunications and Post Commission - EETT, Greece

Robert Morin Secretary General Canadian Radio-television and Telecommucations Commission - CRTC, Canda

Thaima Samman, Senior Director & Associate General Counsel, Corporate Affairs - Corporate Social responsability, Microsoft EMEA, France

Shigeo Tani, Director-General of International Affairs, Global ICT Strategy Bureau, Ministry of International Affairs and Communications, Japan

Deborah Taylor Tate, Commissioner Federal Communications Commission - FCC, USA

Monday October 20, 2008  [ 6:30 pm-8:00 pm - Welcom Cocktail Reception ]

[ DAY 1 ] MORNING - Tuesday October 21, 2008 [8:00 am - 9:00 am ] Registration

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[9:00 am - 10:30 am ] WELCOMING ADDRESSES - OPENING SESSION

Moderator : Pierre Laffitte, President Sophia-Antipolis Foundation

Sylviane Toporkoff, Founder Partner, President Global Forum / Shaping the Futur, France

Keynotes Speakers : George Anastasopoulos, Secretary General of Communications Ministry of Transport & Communications, Greece

Vassilios Assimakopoulos, Special Secretary for Digital Planning, Hellenic Ministry of Economy and Finance, Greece

Lorena Boix Alonso, Deputy Head of Cabinet of Mrs. Neelie Kroes Commissionet for Competition, European Commission

Francisco Ros, State Secretary for Telecommunications and Information Society Ministry of Industry, Spain

Thomas Rosch, Commissioner Federal Trate Commission - FTC - USA

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SESSION 1 [10:30 am - 12:30 pm ]

THE BROADBAND OF THE FUTURE Issues for infrastructures and ultra services

Chair : Kathryn Brown, Senior Vice-President Public Policy Development & International Government Relations verizon, USA

Moderator : Giorgio Prister, President Major Cities of Europe Association, Italy

Speakers : Lionel Chmilewsky, Executive Vice President Proxim Wireless Corporation, USA

Joao Da Silva, Director for Network and Communication Technologies, DG INFSO & Media, European Commission

Jorgen Friis, Deputy Director-General European Telecommunications Standards Institute - ETSI-, France

Latif Ladid, President IPv6 Forum, Chair EU IPv6 Task Force, Luxembourg

Yang Zeming, President, China Academy of Telecom Research - CATR - Ministry of Industry and Information Tecnology, China

15 octobre 2008

GLOBAL FORUM : INVENTER LE FUTUR 2008 - 21 & 22 Octobre à ATHENS, GRECE

GLOBAL FORUM

21 ET 22 OCTOBRE 2008

INVENTER LE FUTUR

ATHENS - GRECE

COLLABORATIVE CONVERGENCE