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Session Plan
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Day 1, Thursday, November 6th
2008 |
| 1330-1430 |
Chat Up Lunch |
| 1430-1445 |
Welcome Address by
Pradeep Gupta, CMD, CyberMedia |
| 1445-1515 |
Chief Guests’ Address:
"My dream of connected SAARC" Nripendra
Misra, chairman, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India |
| 1515-1535 |
Keynote: "What is
stopping broadband?"
Kuldeep Goyal, CMD, BSNL |
| 1535-1555 |
Special Address 1: "Can
WiMax bring down the digital divide?" Sultan
Ul Arfeen, chairman, Telecard, Pakistan |
| 1555-1615 |
Special Address 2:
"Survival during recession"
Elango T, CEO (AP), Bharti Airtel, India
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| 1615-1700 |
"Open Up Please" - An
interactive game for getting to know fellow delegates |
| 1700-1900 |
STAC CEO Roundtable – "A
Voice for SAARC: Does and should SAARC have a say in international
forums?" Chair, Kuldeep Goyal, CMD, BSNL |
| 1900-2000 |
SAARC Telecom Awards |
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"From Communication to
User Experience"
Bobby Mitra, MD, Texas Instruments |
| 2000-2200 |
Awards Celebration
Entertainment, Dinner & Cocktails |
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Day 2, Friday,
November 7th 2008 |
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| 0700-0830 |
Catch-up Breakfast |
| 0830-0900 |
Registration |
| 0900-0920 |
Host Country Address: "Telecom
Map After 5 years"
Sanjeev Chachondia, Director & CEO, BPL Mobile, India |
| 0920-0940 |
Special Address 1: "Mobility
opportunities in SAARC"
Mohamed Nasih, Acting Chief Executive, Telecommunications
Authority of Maldives |
| 0940-1000 |
Special Address 2: "QoS: Customer
Satisfaction in SAARC"
Abdul Mannan Khan, chairman, Mango Teleservices,
Bangladesh |
| 1000-1020 |
Special Address 3: "Rural
Challenges"
Ananda Raj Khanal, Director, Nepal Telecommunications
Authority |
| 1020-1230 |
"Thought Leadership
Brainstorming"
Introduction by Ibrahim Ahmad, Group Editor, CyberMedia |
| 1230-1330 |
Networking Lunch |
| 1330-1350 |
Group 3: "Need for Intelligent
Network" (presentation Q&A) |
| 1350-1410 |
Group 5: "Speedy Rollout v/s QoS"
(presentation and Q&A) |
| 1410-1430 |
"Flexible Pricing Across Business
Using Telco OSS/BSS Solutions" Mohan Das P, Country Manager – Financial
Services, Intec |
| 1430-1450 |
Group 4: "Win-win partnership
models" (presentation and Q&A) |
| 1450-1510 |
Group 1: "Infrastructure for
growth 2.0" (presentation and Q&A) |
| 1510-1530 |
Group 2: "Taking Broadband to the
fast track" (presentation and Q&A) |
| 1530-1550 |
"Virtualization in Network
Security: Hype or Reality?" Vishak Raman, Regional Director – India & SAARC,
Fortinet Inc |
| 1550-1555 |
Concluding remarks & Vote of
thanks by Ibrahim Ahmad, Group Editor, CyberMedia |
| 1555-1900 |
Grand Tour of Ramoji Film City |
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Dinner and cocktails |
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Day 3,
Saturday, November 8th 2008 |
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| 0730-0900 |
Breakfast |
| 0900-1300 |
Hyderabad sightseeing for foreign delegates |
| 1300-1400 |
"Hyderabadi Biryani" |
| 1400 onwards |
Departures |
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