Future at Telecom Conference
8 October 2008, Wednesday
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Every day, the importance of the telecom industry in the world and in Turkey is growing. Countries with poor telecom infrastructure have fallen behind in their economies and could not catch the political stability. However, information, the most important thing of the world can now be reached and shared through information technologies.

Infrastructure investments, which have been started especially after the 80s, have paved the way for Turkey's globalisation. Although there have been interruptions in investments, which had to be made into the telecom industry, the point reached today, due its structure open to new technologies, draws the attention of the world.

A platform has been established to discuss the growing opportunities at the emerging telecom market in Turkey, new expansions and added value services. At Bilisim Zirvesi ’08, the Future at Telecom Conference will be realized with the support of Telecommunications Authority and TUTED (Association of Telecommunications Businessmen). Recent technological developments in telecommunications, constituting the fundamental structure of an information society and being a strategic industry with an own economical value, will be reinvented at Bilisim Zirvesi ’08 in-depth from different dimensions such as the development of the telecom market, exemplary applications and regulations.

Topics of the conference:

  • IP and multimedia
  • IPTV
  • Mobile IP Telephone
  • Mobile broadband technologies
  • Convergence technologies and fixed-mobile convergence technologies
  • WiMax
  • Network technologies (wired-wireless)
  • Broadband technologies and fiber technologies
  • Voice-data-video integration
  • 3G, 4G
  • Satellite and digital satellite technologies

    •   Interexpo Hall
    11.00 – 12.15 Opening Session
    11.00 – 11.05 Welcome
    Güldane Taşdemir - İnterpromedya, General Manager
    11.05 – 11.15 Opening Speech and Presentation
    Murat Dikici - Association of Telecommunications Businessmen(TÜTED), Chairman of the Board
    11.15 – 11.30 Dr. Tayfun Acarer - Telecommunications Authority, President
    11.30 – 11.50 Binali Yıldırım - Republic of Turkey, Minister of Transport
    11.50 – 12.05 Break
    12.05 – 12.30 The Last Point of Technology at Telecom
    Osman Duman - IdeLa Inc, President & Chief Executive Officer
    12.30 – 13.30

    Session I - World Telecom: Present State, Experiences, Future Plans

    Head of Session: Dilek Bağdatlıoğlu - Association of Telecommunications Businessmen(TÜTED), Vice Chairman

    Giorgio Tenerini - Alvarion, Sales Director, West Europe

    Isbendiyar Aliyev - Azerbaijan Communication and Information Technologies Ministry, Head of the Strategic Planning and Scientific Potential Department

    Tansu Yeğen - life:) Ukraine, General Director
    13.30 - 14.30 Lunch Break
    14.30 – 15.30

    Session II - From Where are We Going to Earn Money in the Future at Telecom?

    Head of Session: Galip Zerey - Telecommunications Authority, Second President

    Cüneyt Türktan - Avea, Chief Executive Officer

    Süreyya Ciliv - Turkcell, Chief Executive Officer

    Paul Doany - Türk Telekom, Executive Committee Chairman & General Manager

    Dr. Esen Sirel Ongun - Vodafone Turkey, Head of Telecommunications Policies
    15.30 – 15.45 Break
    15.45 – 17.15

    Session III - New Point of Exit at Telecom: Value added Services

    Head of Session: Ali Akurgal - Platform-a, Founding Partner

    Gamze Olgun Parıldamış - CETECH, General Coordinator

    Özgür Tohumcu - Ericsson Turkiye and Israel, Vice President Multimedia

    R. Harun Tiftikçi - Koc.net, Assistant General Manager Sales

    Koray Kepenek - Nokia Siemens Networks, Turkcell Customer Team Head

    Müberra Güngör - Telecommunications Authority, Sectoral Research and Strategies Head of Departmant

    Uğur Serkan Taşkın - Tellcom, Assistant General Manager Responsible of Information Systems

    Burak Ertaş - Turkcell, Value Added Services, Consumer Services, Division Head
    17.15 – 18.30 Cocktail

    Simultaneous translation will be provided.

    İnterpromedya reserves the right to make changes in the program.

     

    Who should attend the Future at Telecom Conference

      • Executives and experts of local and foreign telecom operators
      • Executives and experts of companies providing products, solutions and services related with the issue
      • Executives and experts of local and foreign infrastructure providers