Time

Time Slot

Topic

Speaker

09.0 0 – 10.00

Registration

NA

Session I – Welcome Address Setting the Agenda                   10.00 to 10.45 AM

10.00 – 10.05

5 min

Welcome Address & Introduction

Mr. P S Saran, Chairperson, ITU-APT Foundation of India

10.05 – 10.10

5 min

Opening Address

Mr. Hendrik Prins, Regulatory Working Group, WiMAX Forum

10.10 – 10.20

10 min

Inaugural Address by the Chief Guest and Launch of WiMAX Forum India Chapter

Dr. Shakeel Ahmed, Hon’ble Minister of State for Communications and IT

10.20 – 10.30

10 min

Keynote Address

Mr. A.K. Sinha, Chairman and Managing Director, BSNL

10.30 – 10.35

5 min

Special address

Mr. RSP Sinha, Chairman and Managing Director, MTNL

10.35 – 10.40

5 min

Special address

Mr. P.K. Garg, Wireless Advisor, Govt. of India

10.40 – 10.45

5 min

Vote of Thanks

Mr. R N Agarwal, President, ITU-APT Foundation of India

10.45 – 11.15

30 min

Tea & Networking Break                    SPONSORED by Intel Technology India Pvt Ltd

Session II – Spectrum Plans for WiMax in India

Session Chair Mr. P K Garg, Wireless Advisor, Govt. of India

11.15 – 11.40

25 min

Detailed overview of how profiles are made in WiMAX Forum

Mr. Aditya Agrawal, Chair, CWG, WiMAX Forum & Director of Marketing, Beceem Communications

11.40 – 12.05

25 min

WiMAX spectrum and regulatory considerations

Mr. Hendrik Prins, Regulatory Working Group, WiMAX Forum

12.05 – 12.30

25 min

WiMAX spectrum Harmonization

Mr. Bharat Bhatia, President, CTIA, India

12.30 – 12.55

25 min

Spectrum Issues for Wimax in India

Mr. R.J.S. Kushvaha, Joint wireless Advisor, Govt of India

12.55 – 13.15

20 Min

Summary and Discussions

Mr. P K Garg, Wireless Advisor,

Govt. of India

13.15 – 14.00

45 min

Lunch

Session III –- Regulatory Strategies and Trends in Other Countries

Session chair:  Mr. S.N. Gupta, Principal Advisor, TRAI

14.00 – 14.25

25 min

Setting the tone of WiMAX in Asia

Mr. James Campbell, Motorola, Australia

14.25 – 14.50

25 min

Global Regulatory trends for WiMAX

Mr. Deepak Bhardwaj, Intel

14.50 – 15.15

25 min

New Horizons in Broadband Wireless 2006

Mr. A. K. Srivastava, GM, MTNL

15.15 – 15.40

25 min

Spectrum pricing and licensing issues

Mr. Deepak Maheshwari, Secretary ISPAI

15.40 – 16.00

20 min

Summary and Discussions

Mr. S.N. Gupta, Principal Advisor, TRAI

16.00 – 16.30

30 min

Tea & Networking Break

Session IV – Operators Plans for Wimax

Session chair:  Mr. R.N. Agarwal, President, ITU-APT Foundation of India

16.30 – 16.55

25 min

Wimax roll out in USA

Mr. Tajit V Mehta, Sprint USA

16.55 – 17.45

50 min

Key issues for Operator WiMAX roll outs in India

Mr. Sunil Kumar, WiMAX Forum, India Liason and Regional Director – Asia Pac for Beceem

17.45 – 18.10

25 min

Operators roll out plans for India

Mr. Rajesh Kumar, Jt.DDG (Strategic Planning), BSNL

18.10 - 18.30

20 min

Panel discussion

Mr. R.N. Agarwal, President, ITU-APT Foundation of India

Followed by Cocktails and Dinner at  Raisina Hall