Telecoms Access Brazil

DAY ONE - 18th May 2005

 8h15 Registration and Refreshments

 8h50 Chairman's Introductory Remarks

Raul Aguirre, Managing Director - Brazil, Diamond Cluster International

Keynote Session

 9h Review of the Growth in the Brazilian Wireless Market - An Investment Perspective

Stephen Graham, Executive Director - LatAm Telecoms, UBS Investment Research, UBS

 9h30 Exploring Technological Options for Market Expansion in Latin America

Eduardo Moreno, Engineering and Technological Development Director, Telemig Celular

 10h Creating Knowledge Economies and Information Societies in Latin America

Nagy Hanna, Senior Advisor, e-Development, World Bank

 10h30 Exhibition & Refreshments

Regulatory Challenges

 11h10 Spectrum Management for Advanced Wireless Access Technologies - A View from the US

Richard B. Engelman, Chief Engineer, International Bureau, Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

 11h40 Panel Discussion: Regulation - Spearheading Market Growth & Development

Fabio Ferreira Kujawski, Partner, Barretto Ferreira, Kujawski, Brancher e Gonçalves - Sociedade de Advogados

Ana Paula Bialer Ingham, Senior Associate, Pinheiro Neto Advogados

Diana Weiss, Management of Regualtory Affairs (Gerência Jurídica de Assuntos Regulatórios e Direito da Concorrência), Telemar

 12h10 Lunch & Exhibition

Evolving 2.5/3G Technologies in Brazil

 13h30 EDGE in Brazil - A TIM Brasil Perspective

Domenico Angotti, Access Network Manager, TIM Brazil

 14h Next Generation Billing

Andreas Freund, Head of Marketing, Orga Systems &

Ivan Bril, International Sales Director, Orga Systems

 14h30 Looking forward to 3G in Brazil

Erasmo Rojas, Director, Latin America and the Caribbean, 3G Americas

15h Exhibition & Refreshments

15h40 Panel Discussion on 3G - A GSM Perspective

Marco Quatorze, Marketing Claro - Produtos, Claro

Wanderley de Rezende Neiva, Director - Engineering and Operations, Sercomtel Celular

Eduardo Moreno, Engineering and Technological Development Director, Telemig Celular

 16h10 The Path to 3G - a CDMA Perspective

José Augusto Oliveira Neto, Director of Technology, VIVO

 16h40 Panel Discussion on 3G - A CDMA Perspective

José Augusto Oliveira Neto, Director of Technology, VIVO

Jose F. Otero, President, Signals Consulting

Luis Minoru, Senior Analyst, Wireless/Mobile Latin America, Yankee Group

 17h10 End of Day 1

DAY TWO - 19th May 2005

 8h30 Registration and Refreshments

 8h50 Chairman's Introductory Remarks

Caroline Gabriel, Research Director, Rethink Research Associates

Keynote Session

 9h Growth Shifting to Lower Income Segment

Joao Plasschaert, Nokia Networks

 9h30 Connecting Rural & Underserved Communities with Wireless Technologies

Sérgio Cabral Cavalcanti, CTO, TAHO, Founder, IdeaValley & Member Board of Directors - Wireless Communications Association International (WCA) & Laurent Gil, Managing Director, IdeaCapital

 10h The Promises of Broadband Wireless Technologies - A Brasil Telecom

Perspective

Yon Moreira, Vice President of Broadband, Internet, and Corporate Services, Brasil Telecom

 10h30 Developing the Broadband Wireless Access Market in Brazil - An Underserved and Emerging Market

Yon Moreira, Vice President of Broadband, Internet, and Corporate Services, Brasil Telecom

Jose Luiz Navarro Frauendorf, Executive Director, NEOTEC, Brazil

Marco A. Canongia, General Manager - Integration & Development, Embratel

Ricardo Cruz, Director - Broadband Services, StarOne

 11h Exhibition & Refreshments

CDMA450 - Benefits of the 450 MHz Band

 11h30 The Potential of CDMA450 in Brasil

Carlos Killian, International 450 Association (IA450)

 11h55 Deploying Last-Mile Access to Voice and Data Services in Brazil

Luiz Claudio Rosa, Business Development VP, Lucent, Brazil

 12h30 Lunch & Exhibition

The Potential of Satellite Connectivity

 13h40 Satellite - What are the new Market Opportunities?

David Hartshorn, Secretary General, Global VSAT Forum (GVF)

 14h10 Broadband Internet Access via Satellite & VSAT

Russell Ribeiro, General Manager - Gilat Latin America, Gilat, Brazil

Alternative BWA Technologies

 14h40 Evaluating the Alternatives for Wireless Broadband Access

Jose Luiz Navarro Frauendorf, Executive Director, NEOTEC, Brazil

 15h10 Exhibition & Refreshments

 15h40 Examining the Potential of Wimax for the Brazilian Market

Hilmar Becker, Sales Manager Brazil, Aperto Networks (Member of WiMax Forum)

 16h10 CASE STUDY: Deploying a Nation-Wide WiMax Network - A View from Millicom Argentina

Ignacio Nores, Marketing Manager, Millicom Argentina

VoIP

 16h40 Winning with VoIP in Brazil

Cintia Giotto, Director of Corporate Market Projects & Product Development, GVT

 17h10 End of Conference