"The Unparalleled Strategy Session for the Communications
Industry to Re-Affirm Your Competitive Position and Capitalize on Global e-Business
Opportunities"
STRATEGIES FOR ISPS, TELCOS & VENDORS IN THE INTERNET ECONOMY
The Internet and e-business is revolutionizing the communications industry. IP-based
communications is growing at the astonishing rate of 1,000% a year, compared to
PSTN (public switched telephone network) growth of under 10%. The volume of Internet
traffic worldwide is expected to exceed voice traffic by next year. In response,
the industry has to adapt efficiently to capitalize on the tremendous opportunities
arising from the Internet economy.
This year’s Summit will focus on the challenges, opportunities and most
importantly, hands-on strategies for the communications industry to maximize the
benefits of the Internet economy. It brings together the industry’s most successful
deal-makers, trailblazers, and visionaries to set the action agenda for tomorrow’s
communications world. Key issues to be addressed at the Summit include:
Reshaping Your Business Strategies for the Internet Economy: Identifying key industry
drivers and top-line growth opportunities worldwide; analyzing shifting carrier business
models and re-engineering strategic plans
Combating Competition and M&A Strategies: Identifying new competition, establishing
successful market positioning, building strategic partnerships and determining effective
M&A strategies to ensure long-term share value
Technology Direction and Corporate Strategies: Determining viable technology direction
for an integrated business strategy
Regulation and Public Policy: Navigating regulatory frameworks and shaping effective
public policy that will impact your bottom-line and stimulate competition in the local
loop
Customer Solutions: Deliver a potent portfolio of consumer solutions through technology
innovation and effective distribution strategies
Financing: Determining innovative financing strategies, enhancing your equity value and
securing long-term capital markets backing
Who Will Be There?
The Summit spotlights the industry’s most influential individuals with the power to
shape the future – may they be titans, pundits, visionaries, policy makers or
innovators – to debate the most critical issues and set the agenda for
tomorrow’s communications industry in the global Internet economy.
Network Operators and ISPs: John Sidgmore, Chairman, UUNET, and Vice Chairman, MCI/WorldCom Chris Gent, Chief Executive, Vodafone AirTouch Sir Peter Bonfield, Chief Executive, British Telecom Cliff Eason, President, International, SBC Communications Robert Annunziata, CEO, Global Crossing Joe Hirko, CEO, Enron Communications William Schrader, Chairman and CEO, PSINet Pekka Tarjanne, Vice Chairman, Project Oxygen, former
Secretary-General, ITU Edward Zeng, CEO, China Unicom-Sparkice
(Mr. Zeng is the leading e-commerce entrepreneur in China and is also an IT policy advisor
to the Government of People’s Republic of China)
Technology Innovators and Internet Gurus Marc Andreessen, CTO, America Online John Gage, Chief Scientist, Sun Microsystems Bob Lucky, author, and Executive Vice President, Telcordia
Technologies
Investors and Financial Advisors Jack Grubman, Managing Director and Head of Global Telecom Group, Salomon
Smith Barney Liam Burke, VP, Alex Brown Investment Management and
Fund Manager, FLAG Investors Communications Fund Brian Hayward, Vice President and Fund Manager, Invesco
Telecommunications Fund
Industry Analysts Dave Kansas, Editor in Chief, TheStreet.com Stephanie Mehta, Telecom Reporter, The Wall Street Journal Malcolm Laws, Publishing Director, EMAP MEDIA –
COMMUNICATIONS GROUP
International Public Policy Makers USA, William Kennard, Chairman, Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Bulgaria, Antony Slavinski, President, Posts & Telecommunications Committee
Cameroon, Mouchipou Seidou, Minister of Posts & Telecommunications, Ministry of Posts
& Telecommunications
Chile, Juanita Gana Quiroz, Undersecretary of Telecom, Ministry of Transportation and
Telecommunications
Czech Republic, Antonin Peltram, Minister of Transport & Communications, Ministry of
Transport & Communications
Finland, Reijo Svensson, CEO, Telecom Administration Center
France, Jean-Michel Hubert, Chairman, L'Autorite de Regulation des Telecommunications
(ART)
Germany, Klaus-Dieter Scheurle, President, Regulatory Authority of Telecom & Posts
Hungary, Imre Bolcskei, Deputy State Secretary, Ministry of Transport, Communications
& Water Management
Indonesia, M. Yunus, Minister of Information, Department of Information
Indonesia, Giri Suseno Hadihardjono, Minister of Communications, Department of
Communications
Ireland, Etain Doyle, Director of Telecommunications Regulation, Office of
Telecommunications
Malaysia, Leo Moggie Anok Irok, Minister of Energy, Telecommunications & Posts,
Ministry of Energy, Telecommunications & Posts
Morocco, Rachid Filali, Minister of Privatization, Ministry of Public Sector &
Privatization
Morocco, Mustafa Terrab, Director General, Agence Nationale de Reglementation des
Telecommunications (ANRT)
Nicaragua, Mario Montenegro, Director, Nicaraguan Posts & Telecommunications (TELCOR)
Philippines, Josefina Trinidad-Lichauco, Undersecretary for Communications, Dept. of
Transportation and Communications
Poland, Jaroslaw Okragly, Deputy Minister of Posts and Telecommunication, Ministry of
Posts and Telecommunication
Russia, Leonid Varakin, President, International Telecommunications Academy
Singapore, Keng Thai Leong, Director General, Telecoms Authority of Singapore
Slovenia, Anton Bergauer, Minister, Ministry of Communications and Transportation
Thailand, Direk Charoenphol, Adviser to the Minister, Ministry of Transport &
Communications
Zimbabwe, Chen Chimutengwende, Minister, Minister for Information, Posts and
Telecommunications
8:30am – 5:00pm Minister Summit for Communications and Information Technology (by invitation only)
Chaired by: William Kennard, Chairman, Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Discussion Topics include:
· Establishing and Managing an Independent Telecom Regulatory
Authority
· Promoting Competition to Minimize the Need for Regulatory
Intervention
· Preparing for the Year 2000 WTO Negotiations on Basic
Telecommunications
· Attracting Private Investment to Develop Robust and
Cost-effective Next Generation Communications Infrastructure
· Developing Competitive Internet Policies: Infrastructure,
Access, Usage and International Trade Policy
3:10pm – 4:45pm
Special Discussions on the next generation internet
· Where does it stand now?
· What does it mean to your business?
· How can you transfer the new applications to your business?
· What are the economic implications of next generation
Internet?
Jaron Lanier, Chief Scientist
Advanced Network and Services Stephen Wolff, Executive Director, Advanced Internet
Cisco Systems Douglas Van Houweling, President and CEO
Internet2/ University Corporation for Advanced Internet Development (UCAID)
9:00am – 4:00pm Executive Briefings on Infrastructure Finance Special Cross-Industry Panel Discussions on: STALLED PROJECTS: HOW TO RESTART THEM AND LESSONS LEARNED FOR YOUR FUTURE
PROJECTS
In Strategic Partnership with: MDC Systems
Panelists Include: Robert McCue, President, MDC Systems William Wheatley, Executive Vice-President, MDC Systems C. Stephen Heard, Partner, Whitman Breed Abbot and Morgan Naresh Mahtani, Partner, Alban, Tay, Mahtani & DeSilva Jonathon Rosshandler, Partner, Nabarro Nathanson Herbert Sears, Chairman, General Environment Corp.
ECAs and Multilaterals: How to Optimize ECA and
Multilateral Participation in Your Projects in Order to Mobilize Private Capital
Panelists Include: Adiwarman Idris, Private Sector Group, Asian Development Bank Johan Bastin, Director: Municipal and Environmental Infrastructure, EBRD Barbara O’Boyle, VP Project Finance, Export-Import Bank of the United States
Plus participation invited from: The World Bank, IFC,
Coface, JEXIM, ECGD, EDC, HERMES, MIGA, IDB, AfDB, EIB, and CDC
Special Networking Luncheon - with senior
representatives of the leading multilateral, bilateral and export credit agencies
Special Luncheon Address: James Harmon, President & Chairman, Export-Import Bank of the United States
Project Finance: Future Options for Capital
Markets Financing, Project Finance and Local Finance for Infrastructure Projects
In Strategic Partnership with: Centre
Panelists Include: Thomas Dickson, Chief Underwriting Officer, Centre Jan Prins, Managing Director and Head of Special Industry and Project Finance, ABN
AMRO Bank
Risk Management: Optimize Political and Currency Risk
Mitigation and Insurance to Achieve Attractive Long-term Economics for YourProjects
5:00pm - 6:00pm WEDC’99 Opening Keynote (Keynote Session 1): ASSESSING THE IMPACTS AND OPPORTUNITIES OF THE GLOBAL INTERNET ECONOMY FOR YOUR
BUSINESS
Speakers: George P. Shultz, former US Secretary of State Bill Joy, Chief Technology Officer, Sun
Microsystems
9:00am - 10:00am WEDC’99 Keynote Session 2: REPOSITIONING YOUR GLOBAL INVESTMENT, BUSINESS AND RISK PORTFOLIO: Lessons
from the Global Financial Crisis
Speakers: Göran Lindahl, CEO, ABB (Asea Brown Boveri) Stanley Fischer, First Deputy Managing
Director, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Joseph Stiglitz, Senior Vice
President-Development Economics, and Chief Economist, The World Bank
Moderator: Paul Steiger, Managing Editor, The Wall
Street Journal
10:00am - 10:30am Networking Break
10:30am
Opening of the Global Communications and IT Summit
10:30am – 12:30pm Focus One: Fueling the Global Internet Economy
A Regulator’s Perspectives on M&A, Industry Restructuring & Access:
Leveling the Playing Field and Stimulating Competition in a Closely Linked Global Market
· Overcoming challenges to connecting global IP, circuit
switched, cable and wireless networks
· How can public and private sectors work together on issues
concerning competition, access, tariff & interconnectivity?
· How to ensure a level playing field at a critical time of
drastic industry shakeup?
· Introduction of the Third Generation Mobile Communications
System
Klaus-Dieter Scheurle, President
Regulatory Authority of Telecom & Posts Germany
Developing Top-line Growth Strategies for Telcos and ISPs and Yielding the Best
Return for Your Shareholders
· Building on the trend of
voice/data network fusion
· Ensuring an open internet
system for competition John Sidgmore, Chairman, UUNET & Vice Chairman
MCI/Worldcom
Case Study: e-Commerce and Internet Telephony in China
Lessons from a Pioneer and Market Opportunities for International Carriers & Service
Providers
· Overcoming obstacles and developing optimal strategies for
emerging markets’ new telecom business landscape
· Exploring innovative ways to win new markets for telcos Edward Zeng, CEO
CHINA Unicom-Sparkice (China’s largest ISP)
12:30pm – 2:00pm Luncheon Address Effectively Utilize OPIC Support in Your Infrastructure Projects Plus an Update on
New Policy and Infrastructure Finance Initiatives
George Muńoz, President & CEO, OPIC
2:00pm – 4:00pm Focus Two: Competition & Your Corporate Strategies to Strengthen Market
Share and Profitability
New Bandwidth Trading Market and Dealing with Falling Prices: New
Competitor’s Strategy for the Commoditization of Bandwidth and Profit Opportunities Joe Hirko, President and CEO
Enron Communications
ISPs in e-Commerce and Telecoms Service Provision:
Developing Focused Product and Marketing Strategies to Grow Your Share of the Corporate
Market · What are the top-line growth areas for the
corporate markets?
· How do you realign your product development and pricing
strategies for the era of data communications and e-business? William L. Schrader, Founder, Chairman and CEO
PSINet
Planning, Executing and Operating A Successful M&A Strategy A step-by-step analysis of a merger - Before, During & After
· Tackling vertical integration, organizational synergy and
delivering long-term value Robert Annunziata, CEO
Global Crossing
Managing Diverse Overseas Assets and Successfully Integrating Them into Your
Overall Corporate Strategy
· Managing strategic positioning of your overseas holdings
& assessing the value added to your overall corporate earnings
· Assessing the implications of the proposed SBC-Ameritech
merger on the industry and on SBC’s international strategy Cliff Eason, President, International
SBC Communications
Discussion led by: Stephanie Mehta, Telecom Reporter and Editor
The Wall Street Journal
4:15pm - 4:30pm - Networking Break
4:30pm - 5:30pm WEDC’99 Keynote Session 3: KEY TECHNOLOGY DRIVERS THAT WILL SHAPE YOUR BUSINESS LANDSCAPE IN THE NEW
MILLENNIUM
In Strategic Partnership with Telcordia Technologies
Speakers: Marc Andreessen, Cofounder, Netscape and
CTO, AOL William Kennard, Chairman, Federal
Communications Commission
Moderator: Casimir Skrzypczak, Corporate Vice
President and Group President, Professional Services, Telcordia Technologies
Moderator: Robert Thomson, US Managing Editor, The
Financial Times
9:30am - 10:00am - Networking Break
10:00am – 10:25am In-depth Interview with a Leading Deal Maker: Assessing the Impacts of the Vodafone/AirTouch Deal on the Global Communications
Business · Is M&A the only answer to market leadership?
How can you ensure long-term increase in share value?
· Examining major pitfalls to avoid in M&A deals and
analyze Vodafone’s strategies of planning, executing and delivering the AirTouch
merger
· Managing your assets, networks and distribution strategies
on a global scale
· Exploring future opportunities for revenue growth and
raising overall service margins Chris Gent, Chief Executive
Vodafone AirTouch
10:25am – 12:00pm Focus Three: Technology Strategy and Consumer Solutions Identifying the "Killer App" for the Telecom Industry - Determining the
Future Direction of e-Commerce and Internet-Related Services · Developing differing optimal strategies for telcos,
cable companies, ISPs and technology/equipment vendors Pekka Tarjanne, Vice Chairman
Project Oxygen and former Secretary-General, ITU
Emerging Technology Directions, and Their Impact on Product Development, Strategic
Investment and Corporate Strategy
· Measuring and monitoring the performance of your technology
assets and investment
· Examining technology choices impacting your future product
development, technology investment and overall corporate strategy Bob Lucky, author of "Silicon Dreams" and "Lucky
Strikes…Again"
and Executive Vice President, Applied Research
Telcordia Technologies / Bellcore
Improving User Access, Increasing Capacity and Connecting Global IP and Telephony
Networks for the Seamless Global Networked Economy · Build a multi-dimensional business and achieving
commercial success with technology innovation John Gage, Chief Scientist
Sun Microsystems
Discussion led by: Malcolm Laws, Publishing Director
EMAP Media – Communications Group
12:00pm – 1:30pm - Luncheon
Luncheon Address: How to Effectively Utilize Multilateral Agency Support in Your Infrastructure
Projects Plus an Update on New Policy and Infrastructure Finance Initiatives from EBRD
Charles Frank, First Vice-President, European Bank for
Reconstruction and Development
1:30pm - 3:00pm Focus Four: Managing Financing Resources
New Directions and Trends in Telecom Financing and Assuring Sustained Capital Market
Backing for Long-term Growth
Funding Your Deals Cost-effectively and Developing Strategies to
Ensure Long-term Capital Market Backing in a Volatile Marketplace
· Examine the key components
of a solid deal structure
· Mobilizing cost-effective capital to fund complex deals
· Determine strategies that will win long-term investors
backing in the global capital market Jack Grubman, Managing Director, Head of Global
Telecoms
Salomon Smith Barney
"Irrational Exuberance"? - Assessing Public Market and Institutional Investors’ Appetite, Analyzing the Investment Criteria of Institutional Investors
and Developing Successful Branding of Your Equity:
· Balance Sheet
· Earning Growth Potential
· Pricing Strategy
· Human Capital
· Technology Direction
· Distribution
· Franchises
· Market Positioning
Liam Burke, Fund Manager, FLAG Investors Communications Trust
and Vice President, Alex Brown investment management Brian Hayward, Vice President and Fund Manager, Invesco
Telecommunications Fund
Discussion led by: Dave Kansas, Editor in Chief
TheStreet.com
3:00pm - 3:10pm - Networking Break
3:10pm - 3:45pm WEDC’99 Closing Keynote (Keynote Session 5) GLOBALIZATION AND THREATS TO THE NEW WORLD ORDER
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