| View Keynotes Schedule | Day 1 | | Keynotes |  | Sol Trujillo, Chief Executive Officer, Telstra Corporation Ltd
Presentation: Telstra's Transformation - Reinventing the Telco from Down Under Watch Keynote Video
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On 1 July 2005, Mr Solomon (“Sol”) Trujillo joined Australia’s leading telecommunications company, Telstra Corporation Limited (Telstra) as its Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Prior to joining Telstra he was CEO of London-based Orange, the first American to lead a CAC-40 company; President and CEO of US West Dex Inc.; President and CEO of US West Communications; and CEO and Chairman of US West Inc.
Mr Trujillo holds a Bachelor of Science with a major in business and a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Wyoming. He was granted honorary doctorates from both the University of Wyoming and the University of Colorado. Mr Trujillo was the first native-born Hispanic-American to serve as CEO of a Fortune 150 company. | | |  | Paul Reynolds, Chief Executive, Telecom New Zealand
Presentation: Transformation: A New Zealand Story’ Watch Keynote Video
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Dr Paul Reynolds was appointed Chief Executive of the Telecom Group on June 28 2007, effective from 27 September 2007. His previous role is as CEO of BT Wholesale in the United Kingdom. Paul joined BT in 1983 after completing a doctorate in geology at the University of London. He has had a distinguished career, encompassing senior leadership roles in sales and marketing, strategy, information systems, broadband, and guiding BT's wholesale business through the complex process of operational separation, when Openreach was created. He served on BT's Board of Directors from 2001. In 2006, the Telecommunications Industry Association of America awarded him its 'Global Icon' award for his leadership and innovation. | | |  | Matt Bross, CTO, BT Watch Keynote Video
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Matt Bross, BT Group CTO is responsible for setting the BT Group technology strategy and the vision of innovation across BT. In his role Matt is responsible for BT’s Research and Venturing efforts globally. He has served on the Boards of many companies providing strategic technology and business leadership. | | |  | Keith Willetts, Chairman, TM Forum Watch Keynote Video
Keith Willetts is recognised as one of the world’s leading authorities on communications management. As co-founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the TeleManagement Forum, he has been the driving force behind its continuous evolution and. Currently Managing Partner at Mandarin Associates Ltd. in the UK, he consults with companies on a wide variety of business development issues. He previously held executive positions at BT and TCSI. A regular presenter and writer, he co-authored the highly influential book, “The Lean Communications Provider”. His achievements have been internationally recognised, being honoured twice in the Communications Week “Top 25” awards for industry visionaries, the British Computer Society award and the BT Gold Medal. | | Keynote Panel Session | | 
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|  |  | Philip Dance,
CIO for Technology,
BT Group | Ibrahim Gedeon,
CTO,
TELUS | Dr. Sumit Chowdhury,
CIO,
Reliance Communications | Helmut Leopold,
Director Platform and Technology Management,
Telekom Austria TA AG
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Director,
Regional Network & Operations, Vodafone D2 GmbH
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| | | | Abstract | | Service providers are looking to adapt to the changing needs of their customers and to stay one step ahead of their competitors in a dynamically changing market. - How is this translating into real practical actions?
- What are the different strategy approaches taken by service providers?
The panel debate will follow the service lifecycle from first concept inception to service delivery looking at ways to reduce the cycle time and ensure least defect in this new information, communication and entertainment converged market. | | Day 2 | | Keynote Panel Session | 
| Alan E. Bell, Ph.D., Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Paramount Pictures
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As Executive Vice President, and Chief Technology Officer for Paramount Pictures Dr. Bell is responsible for leading the company’s efforts and strategy to best take advantage of advances in technology across a broad range of business areas centered on the preparation, distribution and consumption of digital motion picture content and related derivatives. Dr. Bell’s current areas of interest include the development of next generation digital distribution methods and emerging applications for internet-based communities, high definition disc formats, digital home entertainment networks, stereoscopic display and the technologies and issues associated with digital content rights management. Previous to joining Paramount Pictures, Dr. Bell was Executive Vice President, Technology at Warner Bros. Technical Operations. He was centrally involved in the unification of the DVD format and the development of CSS. | | |  | Imran Khand, Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder, Picsel Technologies
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Imran Khand is a highly experienced technology entrepreneur, having established two successful technology companies, prior to co-founding Picsel in 1998. Before that, Imran led a Scottish Government initiative for the development and training of young people and was actively involved in a number of other government and community joint ventures. Imran has a degree in Computer Science from Paisley University. | | |  | Mika Vehviläinen, Chief Operating Officer, Nokia Siemens Networks Watch Keynote Video
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Mika joined Nokia in 1991, and has held several management positions in sales and marketing, strategy and business development of Nokia’s product businesses in Asia, North America, and Europe. He will ensure that Nokia Siemens Networks provides reliable performance and support in all of its operations. Mika has a reputation for building strong teams of dynamic, open-minded, and customer-focussed employees. | | | | Day 2 Panel – “Any content, any place, anywhere” | | This keynote session brings together four different perspectives on how to excel at creating and delivering content-based services. This combination of short opinion piece talks interspersed with lively debate will be expertly moderated and explore some of the key aspects of success.
- What are the challenges to deliver content to a diverse range of end user devices while still achieving the perceived value with the customer to ensure a viable business models?
- How will the demand for content to be available anywhere on any device be handled and how will the content be adapted to the device and customer environment?
- How will the all important “customer experience” level be monitored and maintained throughout?
Join us to hear these and other important issues that will be debated by our C-level line up of experts. | | Moderator & Interviewer | | 
| Martyn Warwick, Editor-in-Chief, Telecom TV
Martyn Warwick has been a telecoms journalist for more than 20 years. Currently the Editor-in-Chief of TelecomTV, he both writes on global telecoms and IT related issues and conducts Web-broadcast TV interviews with senior telecoms executives all over the world. Prior to his present position, Martyn was launch editor of The Euronet magazine, Editor-in-Chief (for 10 years) of Communications International (then the biggest magazine of them all) and editor-in-chief of Middle East Communications, Asian Communications and Broadcast and Satellite magazines. He also worked with the Phillips Group in the Netherlands and Groupe Bull in France. | | | | Keynote Host |  | Tony Campion
Tony Campion has spent many years as a successful international journalist and has written, produced and reported for Reuters, Bloomberg and CNN. Tony has also presented TV news for CNN and the BBC. Tony specialised in covering business and international news and will be your host at the Management World Keynote sessions | |