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Day 1 : March 25, 2008
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09.00 – 10.00	Registration
10.00 – 11.30	Inaugural Session
	Welcome Address : • Mr. P.S. Saran, Former Secretary, Department of Telecom Services, Chairperson, ITU-APT Foundation of India Brief Overview of the Conference: • Dr. S.K. Hajela, Co-Chairperson, ITU-APT Foundation of India Keynote Address: • Mr. Kuldeep Goyal, CMD, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited, Guest of Honour • Mr. Amarendra Narayan, Former Secretary General, Asia Pacific Telecommunity (APT), Guest of Honour Inaugural address: • Mr. Siddartha Behura, IAS, Secretary, Department of Telecommunication, Chief Guest Vote of Thanks: Mr. TV Ramachandran, Vice–Chairperson, ITU-APT Foundation of India
11.30 – 12.00	Inaugural Networking Tea Break: Sponsored by
12.00 – 13.30	Session 1 : Policy and Regulation - Panel Discussion Chair: Mr. G.S. Grover, Member (Services), Dept. of Telecom, Govt. of India Keynote Address: • Mr. Ajay Ranjan Mishra, Head, Business Development, Nokia Siemens Networks Towards effective Governance: The Delivery of Public Services through local e- content • Mr. S.P. Purwar, J Sagar Associates Panelists: • Dr. DPS Seth, President, IPTV Forum • Mr. T.R. Dua, Senior Director, COAI • Mr. Parag Kar, Sr. Director ,GA, Qualcomm India Pvt. Ltd • Mr. N.K. Goyal, Chairman Emeritus, TEMA
13.30 – 14.30	Networking Lunch : Sponsored by
14.30 – 15.30	Session 2 : Technologies and Standards Chair : Mr. Sameer Sharma, Sr. Advisor, IP-based Networks and ICT Applications International Telecommunication Union Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok Brief Presentation on ITU about its Asia Pacific Activities Speakers : • Mrs. Deepa Tyagi, DDG (M), Telecommunication Engineering Centre • Mr. A.K. Bhatnagar, Chief Engineer R&D, All India Radio and Doordarshan, Prasar Bharti • Dr. Aloknath De, Director, MMC, STMicroelectronics Pvt. Ltd Wireless Personal Area Network
15.30 – 16.00	Networking Tea Break: Sponsored by
16.00 – 17.00	Session 3 : World Radiocommunication Conference – Past & Future Chair : Mr. P.K. Garg, Wireless Advisor to the Govt. of India Speakers : • Mr. RJS Kushvaha, Joint Wireless Advisor, WPC • Mr. Bharat Bhatia, Regional Director, Motorola India Pvt Ltd • Commodore P. Mehra, Director, JCES • Mr. JP Garg, Principal Advisor, Telecom, NSN
19.00	Cocktail Dinner: Sponsored by At Magnolia Hall , Lower Ground Floor of the India Habitat Center

Day 2 : March 26, 2008
10.30 – 11.30	Session 4 : NGN Challenges and Opportunities Chair : Mr. Rakesh Agarwal, Advisor (Technology), Department of Telecommunications Speakers : • Mr. Arun Golas, DDG, Telecommunication Engineering Centre • Mr. S.N. Gupta, Chief Regulatory Advisor, SAARC, Region, BT Global • Mr. SK Gupta, Advisor (CN), Telecom Regulatory Authority of India • Mr. Sanjay Verma, Director, Nokia Siemens Networks
11.30 – 12.00	Networking Tea Break: Sponsored by
12.00 – 13.00	Session 5 : Broadband Access and Applications Chair: Mr. R.K. Upadhyay, Chairman and Managing Director, TCIL Speakers : • Mr. B.V. Raman, Country Manager, CDG • Commodore Shyam Kaushal, WiMAX Forum • Mr. A.N.J. Aradhya, DDG(VAS), Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited • Mr. Satyen Bhatia, Head Global Delivery Platform, TIME Broadband Tech
13.00 – 14.00	Lunch: Sponsored by
14.00 – 15.00	Session 6 : Telecom Broadcast Convergence Chair : Mr. D. Ray, Engineer in Chief, Doordarshan Speakers : • Mr. Robinder Sachdev, CEO, MO Televenture Pvt. Ltd. . • Mr Rayan Castelino, Director, Thinkways Software Technologies Pvt Ltd • Mr. Nitin Khanna, NORTEL
15.00 – 15.30	Networking Tea break: Sponsored by
15.30 – 16.30	Session 7 : Public Protection & Disaster Management Chair : Mr. Amarendra Narayan, Former Secretary General, APT Speakers : • Mr. Bharat Bhatia, Regional Director, Motorola India Pvt Ltd • Mr. K Deka, Former Director, DCPW • Major General Subhash Chandra, National Disaster Management Authority • Mr. D.S. Govindrajan, Iridium Satellite LLC
16.30	Closing of the Conference

 

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