23 June, 2015 | ETNO

ETNO-MLex Regulatory Summit 2015

The Digital Single Market Strategy is set to translate into a loud call for action to all pro-digital stakeholders in Europe. In the wake of the presentation of the Strategy, business leaders, regulators and policymakers gathered at the ETNO-MLex Regulatory Summit to discuss the digital priorities for 2015.

ETNO once again partnered with MLex, the leading provider of insight, analysis and commentary to regulation and competition specialists in Europe, the US, Brazil and China.

Now in its fourth successful year, the Summit created a platform for up to 200 high-level delegates, representing telecom operators, the EU institutions, regulators, academics, investors and other industry stakeholders, to discuss key EU regulatory issues.

The event’s high level panels focused on two main aspects:

An in-depth debate on how the rules of the current regulatory framework should be re-defined in light of today’s competitive landscape.
A general overview and assessment of the regulatory and policy initiatives of the new European Commission – with a specific regard to competition in the digital value chain at large.

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Details

Date: 23 June 2015
Time: 08.30-14.00
Venue: Radisson Blu Royal Hotel, Brussels, Belgium
Twitter: #ETNOMLex

Programme

08.30 - 09.00 ¬ Registration

09.00 ¬ Introductory remarks
Steven Tas, ETNO Executive Board Chairman

Opening Keynote: Roberto Viola, Deputy Director-General, DG CNECT, European Commission

09.10-10.30 ¬ Keynote Panel: Framework Review: between ambition and the need to deliver
Eric Debroeck, Senior Vice President, Group regulatory affairs, Orange
Alexandre de Streel, Professor, Namur University and Research Fellow, Centre on Regulation in Europe (CERRE)
Roland Doll, Vice President European Affairs, Deutsche Telekom
Manuel Kohnstamm, Chief Policy Officer, Liberty Global
Mark Shurmer, Group Director Regulatory Affairs, BT

10.30-11.00 ¬ Coffee & Networking Break

11.00-12.15 ¬ Keynote Panel: Competition and competitiveness across the digital value chain
Introduction: Sébastien Soriano, Chairman, ARCEP – Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques et des postes
Jonas Bengtsson, Group General Counsel, Senior Vice President, TeliaSonera
Theo Bertram, Google Public Policy Manager, EMEA, Google
Enrique Medina Malo, Chief Policy Officer, Telefónica
Eduardo Martínez Rivero, Head of Unit, DG COMP, Antitrust – Telecoms, European Commission
Pastora Valero, Senior Director, Government Affairs EMEAR, Cisco

12.15-12.30 ¬ Closing Keynote: Fátima Barros, Chair 2015, Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC) and Chair of ANACOM's Management Board

12.30-14.00 ¬ Networking lunch

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Moderator: Magnus Franklin, Chief Telecoms Correspondent, Mlex

Confirmed speakers

Keynotes

Fátima Barros, Chair 2015, Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC) and Chair of ANACOM's Management Board
Sébastien Soriano, Chairman, ARCEP – Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques et des postes
Steven Tas, Executive Board Chairman, ETNO
Roberto Viola, Deputy Director-General, DG CNECT, European Commission

Panels

Jonas Bengtsson, Senior Vice President and Group General Counsel, TeliaSonera
Theo Bertram, Google Public Policy Manager, EMEA, Google
Eric Debroeck, Senior Vice President, Group regulatory affairs, Orange
Alexandre De Streel, Professor, Namur University and Research Fellow, Centre on Regulation in Europe (CERRE)
Roland Doll, Vice President European Affairs, Deutsche Telekom
Manuel Kohnstamm, Chief Policy Officer, Liberty Global
Eduardo Martínez Rivero, Head of Unit, DG COMP, Antitrust – Telecoms, European Commission
Enrique Medina Malo, Chief Policy Officer, Telefónica
Mark Shurmer, Group Director Regulatory Affairs, BT
Pastora Valero, Senior Director, Government Affairs EMEAR, Cisco