Broadband Cities 2007 - Amsterdam and Almere, The Netherlands

Presentations first day, Amsterdam

Hans Tijl, Chairman INEC

Opening and introductory remarks

Carolien Gehrels, deputy Mayor of Amsterdam

Per Olof Stark, VP EMEA Packetfront

3 Generation of Open Access Networks

Prof. Carlota Perez, Lecturer & author

Creating confidence from history - the socio-economic impact of new infrastructures

Eelco Blok, Member of the Board, KPN

KPN's view on the value and impact of broadband to business and society

Jean-Claude Burgelman, Head of the IS Unit at IPTS - European Union

Web 2 community building and its impact on society - implications for broadband

Benoit Felten, senior analyst, The Yankee Group (France)

Hidden by a language barrier, the French broadband revolution?

Nicola Villa, Global Director Connected Urban Development, Cisco

An imperative 21st century merger: Sustainability and Connectivity as twin drivers of a successful community

Taylor Reynolds, senior analyst, OECD

Impact of the global connectivity revolution

Prof. William H. Melody,

Long term investment vs. short term profits

Ronald Prins, director, Dienst Milieu en Bouwtoezicht, Gemeente Amsterdam
Kim Jonkee, director of Traffic System Division, Seoul Metropolitan Government

Chris Vein, CTO, San Francisco

Connectivity & Sustainability: the Clinton Global Initiative Experience: Amsterdam, Seoul, San Francisco

Rudolf Buurma, Salto

Contribution of Broadband to Usercentered and Interactive Programming

Justin Kniest, CEO, Fabchannel

And now for some content!

Presentations second day, Almere

Andries Greiner, deputy of economic affairs of the Province of Flevoland

Opening remarks by the chairman

Gerard Jansen, Director, Almere Kennisstad

Almere: An example of innovation and Growth

Prof. Dr. Ir. Nico H.G. Baken, University of Delft and top strategist of KPN

Ubiquitous networking

Anders Johansson, Senior Advisor ITC & Broadband, SABO

Swedish Housing Sector: Open Access business model for broadband

Martin Geddes, Chief Analyst, STL Partners

Future broadband business models

Jaap Doeleman, Head, Communications Practice of Houthoff Buruma

The natural monopoly of ngn's: to regulate or not to regulate?

BREAK-OUT SESSION A

Dato Dr. Abu Talib Bachik, Senior Vice President of the Technopreneur Development Division in MDeC, INEC-member Malaysia, Multimedia Super Corridor

Promoting Innovation in Open Networks

Mr. Stefan Lundberg, Ph.D, KTH Technology and Health

IT-Technology for disabled and elderly at home

Mr. Erik Soonieus, Municipality of Zoetermeer, The Netherlands

Developing the city using second life innovation

Mr. Dafoulas, e- Trikala Telecare Program, e-Trikala
Mr. Angelidis, Health Telematics, VIDAVO SA

Meeting the health needs of aging population through telecare

BREAK-OUT SESSION B

Dirk van der Woude, Manager municipal broadband program of Amsterdam. INEC-member Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Citynet

Time and place shifting yourself - the new workforce

Robert Bell, co-founder, Intelligent Community Forum

Connecting Workers to the Broadband Economy

Joanna Azzopardi, Senior consultant, Information Society Secretariat, Ministry for Investment, Industry and IT
INEC-member Malta, Smartcity@Malta

Developing ICT Skills in Malta

Sol Squire, managing director, Data Islandia, Iceland

Iceland as Europe’s 100% green off-shore data bank

BREAK-OUT SESSION C

Arno Groenendijk, Director BreedNed

Enabling unrestricted passage of broadband services

Per Olof Stark, VP EMEA Packetfront

UTOPIA’s Open Access Network

Bart Nieuwenhuis of the ESIC (European Services Innovation Center)

Service Innovation: key to economic development in the EU

Karel Helsen, Director Marketing, Draka Comteq BV

The push and pull drivers of FttH