5 February 2015 | The Guoman Tower Hotel, London

This technical conference, the 10th annual, provides an excellent opportunity for all of our attendees to discuss the progress made in 2014, and to debate this year’s hot topics, and to network with leading decision makers in the global telecoms industry.

This technical conference, the 10th annual, provides an excellent opportunity for all of our attendees to discuss the progress made in 2014, and to debate this year’s hot topics, and to network with leading decision makers in the global telecoms industry.

AGENDA

8:00-9:00

Registration & networking breakfast

9:00-9:05

Official opening: Editor Pauline Renaud

9:05-9:25

Opening keynote: Telecoms Past the Worst; the World, Not So Much…

Richard Hunter, MD, Global Head of Corporate Ratings, Fitch Ratings

9:25-10:25

Global M&A Panel: • Global telecoms M&A – what’s driving the boom, and will global champions emerge? Will 4 to 3 consolidation continue in Europe? Are regulators becoming softer? Quadplay, finally a reality. Will convergence be the main driver for M&A in 2015? • Is Africa becoming a more attractive growth story, how long can towers power deals? Will rising technology and infrastructure costs trigger further European transactions?

Iain Fenn, Corporate Partner, Linklaters

Dennis Okhuijsen, CFO, Altice; Terry Rhodes, Founder, Eaton Towers

Markus Wagemann, Head of Telecommunications Department, German Federal Cartel Office

Simon Henry, CFO, Three Ireland; Philipp Meier-Scherling, Head of Telecoms M&A, Deutsche Bank

10:25-10:45

Networking break

10:45-11.05

Presentation: Mexico: Promoting Competition in Telecom

Markets Fernando Borjón, Commissioner, Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones de México

11:05-11:55

Regulation & Competition Panel: Single wholesale networks – are we at risk of turning back the clock or are they progress? Consolidation – encourage or not – who loses and who wins? Net neutrality – who’s influencing the policy decision-makers – and is it working? Horizontal regulation – is the case for regulating networks and services in the same way still valid?

Jan Willem van den Bos, Partner, Dentons

Peter Stephens, Partner and Global Head for Telecoms & Media Investments, Virgin Management

Lynne Dorward, Executive Director, Regulatory Affairs, Ooredoo

Fernando Borjón, Commissioner, Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones de México

Luigi Gambardella, Vice President for relations with international institutions and organisations, Telecom Italia

Enrique Medina Malo, Chief Public Policy Officer, Telefonica

11:55 -12:15

Case study: Entering a newly opened market – lessons learned in Myanma

 Lynne Dorward, Executive Director, Regulatory Affairs, Ooredoo

12:15-13:15

Infrastructure Panel: Financing & Fundraising – is infrastructure the new darling? To what extent are different types of infrastructure providers working together? Infrastructure sharing – how much further is there to go? Challenges of providing infrastructure in developed vs emerging markets.

Yves-Henri Saliou, Managing Director, BNP Paribas

Steve Collar, CEO, O3b Networks; Kevin Dean, CMO, euNetworks

Rhys Phillip, Chief Commercial Officer, IHS Towers

Gilles Tré-Hardy, Head of Telecom Infrastructure Practice, Lazard

 Stefan Zehle, co-founder and CEO, Coleago Consulting

13:15-14:30

Networking lunch

14:30-15:30

Global Strategy Panel: The new wave of convergence, which strategies will work and why? New global rivals in a converged world. The race to superfast broadband – who will win, and why? M&A, investments & partnerships: which is the best route into a new sector?

 Claire Landon, Editor, TelecomFinance Conference

 Jean-Hubert Lenotte, Strategy Director, Eutelsat

Hervé Malausséna, Managing Director, Moelis

Jim Ryan, Chief Strategy Officer, Liberty Global

Peter Stephens, Partner and Global Head for Telecoms & Media Investments, Virgin Management

Anna Krzyżanowska, Head of Broadband Unit – DG Connect, European Commission

15:30-16:00

Presentation: “New Commission, New Ambition?”

Anna Krzyżanowska

16:00-16:25

Networking break

16:25-17:15

Finance Panel: Where will the smart money be in 2015? Is there any interest in traditional telecom operators, or is it all about emerging technologies? How to value converged communications providers Whatever happened to high yield bonds? Will IPOs return in 2015?

Ed Ansell, Chief Editor, Finance Publications

Karim Nasr, CEO, Digital World Capital

Mark Atkins, Director of Global Credit Solutions, Huawei

Dominic Ashcroft, MD, Leveraged Finance Capital Markets, Goldman Sachs

Thomas Koehrer, MD, UBS

17:15 onwards

Closing remarks and Awards