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ATUG 2007 Regional Conference Program
Tuesday
15 May 2007 - Day 1 |
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9:00-9:10am |
Welcome and Opening | Rosemary Sinclair - Managing Director - ATUG | |
9:10-9:50am |
Keynote Address | Senator
Gary Humphries, Secretary, Government Communications Policy Committee |
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9:50-10:30am |
Keynote Address | Senator Stephen Conroy, Senator for Victoria, Deputy Opposition
Leader in the Senate, Shadow Minister for Communications and Information
Technology |
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10:30-11:00am |
Morning
tea and Showcase Viewing,
Peninsula Room - Lower
Ground |
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| Chair | Rosemary Sinclair - Managing Director - ATUG | ||
11:00-11:30am |
DCITA Update | Simon Bryant, General Manager of Broadband Infrastructure Branch, Department of Communications Information Technology and the Arts | Not available |
11:30-12:00pm |
"Broadband Wars: The OECD's International Broadband Arms Race" | Shara Evans, CEO, Market Clarity | |
12:00-12:30pm |
"Regional Broadband: Understanding the Challenge, Developing the Solution." | Geoff Fietz, Canberra Manager, Gibson Quai - AAS | |
12:30-1:30pm |
Lunch and Showcase Viewing, Peninsula Room - Lower Ground | ||
1:30-2:30pm |
Wireless Panel Chair - Richard Chirgin, Research Manager, Market Clarity |
Grant
Stepa, Managing Director, Airspan Networks Erez Zabusky, CTO, Commslogic Garth Freeman, CEO, Buzz Communications Anthony Goonan, CEO, YLESS4U |
www.airspan.com |
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2:30-3:30pm |
State Government Panel Chair - Rod Gray, Hunter Valley ATUG Branch |
Don
Basso, Department of Further Education, Employment, Science and Technology,
SA Government |
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3:30-4:00pm |
Afternoon tea and Showcase Viewing, Peninsula Room - Lower Ground | ||
| Chair | Rod Gray, Hunter Valley ATUG Branch | ||
4:00-4:20pm
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Investments
and insights in rural and regional telecommunications |
Jason Horley, General Manager, Elders Telecommunications |
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4:20-4:40pm |
From communication to collaboration | Nigel Russell, Distance Education and Communications Strategies |
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| 4:40-5:00pm | Tools for regional communities | Brian Beckor, Principal Consultant, Callpoint | |
5:00-5:15pm |
Closing Remarks | Rosemary Sinclair
- Managing Director - ATUG |
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5:30-8:30pm |
Cocktail
Party, Peninsula Room - Lower Ground |
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Wednesday
16 May 2007 - Day 2 |
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Time |
Keynote Address Session | Speaker | |
| 7:30 for 8:00am start - 8:45am |
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Mike Callen, National Sales Manager, Elders Telecommunications “Our commitment to servicing rural & regional Australia" |
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9:00-9:05am |
Welcome | Rosemary Sinclair - Managing Director - ATUG | |
9:05-9:50am |
International Keynote Address The role for municipal Government |
Lynda Summers, Executive Consultant, Murray Regional Development Board,
Civitium Australia, Chair NSW Regional Communities Consultative Council |
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9:50-10:20am |
Keynote Address | Dr Phil Burgess, GMD, Public
Policy & Communications, Telstra |
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10:20-10:50am |
International Keynote Address The Alberta
SuperNet |
Art Price, CEO, Axia
NetMedia Corporation |
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10:50-11:20am |
Morning tea and Showcase Viewing, Peninsula Room - Lower Ground | ||
| Chair | Richard Thwaites, Director, Rich Communications | ||
11:20-11:50am |
Keynote Address | Dean Smith, General Manager Government Affairs, Optus | |
11:50-12:20pm |
Michael Ackland, Strategic Development Manager, Nextgen Networks | |
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12:20-12:50pm |
Bruce Matthews, Anti-Spam Manager, Australian Communications and Media Authority | |
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12:50-1:50pm |
Lunch and Showcase Viewing, Peninsula Room - Lower Ground | ||
| Chair | Richard Thwaites, Director, Rich Communications | ||
1:50-2:20pm |
Satellite | Phil Cross, Business Development Manager, IPStar & Warren Ingerson, General Manager, Australian Private Networks | |
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2:20-2:50pm |
BPL | Bob Darwin, Manager Broadband Power Line Telecommunications, Aurora Energy | |
2:50-4:00pm |
Health Panel | Chair - Shara Evans,
CEO, Market Clarity
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4:00-4:15pm |
Closing Remarks | Rosemary Sinclair - Managing Director - ATUG | |
4:15-5:00pm |
Afternoon tea and Showcase Viewing, Peninsula Room - Lower Ground | ||
Last updated 3-Dec-2008