Communications, media & technology

Agenda

08:30 Registration and Refreshments

09:00 Welcome

  • Welcome to London and the 11th Telecoms and Media Conference
    Emerging from the global crisis: The State of the Industry and perspectives on how to restore profitability and growth.
  • Mark Page
    Partner
    A.T. Kearney

09:30 Key Note Speech

  • Positioning BT for a broadband future
  • Gavin Patterson
    Director, BT Group plc,
    CEO, BT Retail

10:00 Value Creation in Emerging Markets

  • Emerging markets play a key role for the strategy of many operator groups. How can operators extract value and avoid the trap of overpaying and overinvesting? What business models will be successful and what is the outlook for M&A?
  • Gert Rieder
    CEO
    Batelco Bahrain
  • Tim Lowry
    Board Member
    MTN
  • Francois-Xavier Roger
    CFO
    Millicom International Cellular
  • Marc Biosca
    Principal
    A.T. Kearney

11:15 Coffee Break

11:30 building the Best in Class Operator

  • Telecommunications companies have invested considerable effort into performance improvement in the past decade, using a variety of models: global integration, fixedmobile convergence, organisational transformation, customer value management. What lessons can be learnt for the next decade?
  • Global scale and in-country efficiency: the Vodafone case study
    Mark Evans
    CFO, Vodafone Group Technology
  • Cost transformation in Eastern European operations: the Telenor case study
    Thor Halvorsen
    Executive VP, CEE Region, Telenor Group
  • Maximising the value of the customer base: A.T. Kearney’s research perspectives
    Claudio Campanini
    Partner, A.T. Kearney

13:00 Lunch Break

14:00 Audience Perspectives

  • Interactive session to identify future trends in the industry.
    Laurent Viviez
    Principal
    A.T. Kearney

14:15 Profiting from the Internet Value Chain

  • Consumer spend on content, services and devices has been growing but the distribution of value is uneven. Some market leaders have captured consumer excitement, even admiration, to build an impressive business. Many others play an important role in the internet value chain but see their share prices stagnate. What determines success: how can companies benefit from superior innovation and customer insight?
  • Faisal Galaria
    Global Head of Business Development
    Spotify
  • Bertrand Le Guern
    CEO
    Canal+ Poland
  • Michael Hecker
    Chief Strategy Officer
    MTS Group
  • Raoul Roverato
    Executive VP for New Growth Businesses,
    Orange – France Telecom
  • Axel Freyberg
    Partner
    A.T. Kearney

15:30 Closing Remarks

15:40 Tea Break and End of official Conference

16:00 Workshop: Mobile Broadband Profitability (ends 17:00)

  • The tremendous uptake of mobile broadband is a powerful growth story. But the required investments are substantial and have yet to yield adequate returns. What must change for mobile broadband to become a sustainable profit engine?
  • Laurent Viviez
    Principal
    A.T. Kearney
 
 

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