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Supported by: Digital media

EMMAC - European Multimedia is alive & kicking Associations Convention www.e-multimedia.org/associations The money-makers of Europe’s e-Economy

SBRA - Slovanian Business & Research Association Europe’s main informal ICT networking event www.sbra.be supported by the European Multimedia Associations’ Convention BOOK NOW !

Telephone: +32 2 219 03 05 Fax: +32 2 219 32 15 E-mail: [email protected] DIGITAL MEDIA IS ALIVE & KICKING Monday 16 June 2003 13:30 Registration

14:00 SESSION 1 Moderator: Philippe Wacker, Secretary-General, European Multimedia Forum

Boosting Greater Europe's competitive advantage: the opportunities of "EU-enlargement" for the digital media industries

KEYNOTE SPEECHES Pavel Gantar, Minister for the Information Society, (invited - tbc) Demetrio Volcic, Member of the (invited - tbc) Pedro De Sampaio Nunes, European Commission, Director, DG Information Society Alexander Felsenberg, Managing Director, Deutscher Multimedia Verband

15:30 Coffee break

16:00 PANEL DISCUSSION moderated by Christophe Leclercq, Publisher, EurActiv With the participation of: Hans-Peter Ritt, Director, Milestone, Boris Cizelj, Head, Slovenian Business & Research Association Maciek Czarnecki, Lecturer,Wroclaw University of Economics Stephan Bruninx, Managing Director, Flanders Multimedia Valley Peter Hegyi, Slovak Prix Multimedia (tbc) Balazs Szekfü, Member of the Board, Hungarian Association of the IT Industry

17:30 Session closing

19:00 Cocktails

20:00 Dinner

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

All Europeans should be given the This conference is a major networking event as it coincides with the

"ability and opportunity to participate in yearly Convention of Europe’s national and regional multimedia

the benefits of the knowledge society. associations. It is the prime European meeting point for digital media Digital inclusion is a social imperative" of companies, digital content owners & aggregators as well as technology the welfare state. But it is also a condition & network suppliers, their clients & users, public institutions involved for economic growth. in Information Society policy making,Western Europeans and Central Europeans. Erkki Liikanen, Commissioner for Entreprise and the Information Society THE MONEY MAKERS OF EUROPE'S e-ECONOMY Tuesday 17 June 08:30 Registration and welcome coffee 2003 SESSIONS 2&4 SESSIONS 3&5 Moderator: Thibaut Verbiest,Ulys Moderator: Thierry Baujard, Peacefulfish 09:00 2. Electronic payments and the legal 3.Video On Demand and Pay Per View framework for a single payment area for PC and TV distribution Michel Van Huffel, European Commission, Costas Daskalakis, European Commission, DG Health and Consumer Protection Media Programme (tbc) Christoph Baert, MasterCard Tony Kelly, On Demand Group Frédéric de Brouwer, European Banking Yvon Thiec, Eurocinema Federation Jean David Cohen, Moviesystem

10:30 Coffee break 11:00 4. Mobile commerce 5. Content development for multi-platform distribution Philippe Lefebvre, European Commission, DG Information Society Javier-Hernandez-Ros, European Commission, E-Content Programme (tbc) Martine Lapierre, Mobile Communications Division,Alcatel Antonio Arcidiacono, Eutelsat Etienne Wéry,Attorney at the Bars of Graham Pitmann, Professional Pacific Ltd Brussels and Paris (ULYS Law Firm), Senior Lecturer at the University of Paris I Sorbonne Hans Christoph Quelle, Nokia

12:30 Lunch - Keynote Speaker: Jozef Van den Nieuwenhof,Association of Belgian Banks

SESSIONS 6&8 SESSIONS 7&9 Moderator: J.Paul Triaille, Lontings & Partners Moderator: Arthur Wetzel,Tiscali 14:00 6. Obtaining licences and 7.Value Added Services for ISPs in the rights’ clearances European B-2-C market-place Roland Louski, Info2Clear Richard Delmas, European Commission, DG Information Society Tanguy Roosen, SACD/SCAM Joachim Magin,Tiscali Germany GmbH Dagfinn Bach,Artspages Thomas Mörz, InterNetX GmbH Chris Barlas, Rightscom (tbc) Markus Braun,Wire Card AG

15:30 Coffee break

16:00 8. Distributing protected contents 9. Integration of value-added products & services into B-2-B ISP-portfolios Bernard Smith, European Commission, DG Information Society (tbc) George Papapavlou, European Commission, DG Information Society Francis Féraux, PressBanking Diethelm Siebuhr,Tiscali Germany GmbH Philippe Fannoy, Belgavox / International Newsreel & Newsfilm Association Yann Mondon, In-Fusio (tbc) John Ketchell, CEN, Information Society Matthias Siegers,VeriSign Standardization System

17:30 Conference closing Co-organised by: The European Multimedia Forum (EMF) is the main European trade association promoting the competitiveness of the converging digital media industries in the global market place. Its objectives are to contribute to the development of a business-friendly regulatory framework, facilitate contacts and exchanges, promote the new business models in the digital economy, encourage EU competitiveness and stimulate the introduction of new multimedia tools and services into the market place. www.e-multimedia.org

Lontings & Partners: Lontings & Partners is a full-service law firm based in Brussels and a correspondent firm of KLegal Solicitors (UK), a British law firm with access to an extensive international network of offices in around fifty countries (with 3000 practicing lawyers). Its lawyers are used to work, if it is in the client’s interest, with other professionals involved in a case: tax advisers, consultants, corporate finance advisers, accountants, actuaries... This multidisciplinary approach is undoubtedly one of its major assets. Its ICT & IP department advises national and international clients on legal questions concerning e-commerce, Internet, information technology and the exploitation and protection of intellectual property assets. www.lontingsandpartners.be Peacefulfish.com: Peacefulfish is a consulting company specialized in film finance and digital distribution. Its focus is to identify the most appropriate business models to fund content. In the last 3 years, Peacefulfish has been involved in pan-European broadband projects to deliver content through new technologies. Peacefulfish.com is a community of more than 2000 professionals involved in the film financing business around the world. www.peacefulfish.com Tiscali: Tiscali’s mission is to promote knowledge and equality via the Internet. In this context,Tiscali is proud of its status as the European Internet Company that has always fought to make the Internet more accessible.Tiscali works together as a team in fifteen countries, sharing experience and knowledge and concentrates on the goal of developing high quality and value added services. www.tiscali.com Ulys Law Firm: ULYS is an international Law Firm with offices in Belgium and France. As a specialised Law Firm, ULYS develops itself around four poles: New Technologies, Intellectual Property, Media, Entertainment and Commercial law. The integration of the two founding firms, with four departments, makes it possible to provide a global solution, within the niche activity, at the geographical level (Paris and Brussels) as well as at the intellectual level (inter-department co-operation). In addition, ULYS is a member of the international network EUROJURIS that links 700 firms in Europe and in the world, as well as the network INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LAW GROUP EUROPE with IT law firms in the European Union, in Scandinavia and in . ULYS is characterised by its constant concern of Total Quality. www.ulys.be

Supported by: European Multimedia Associations Convention (EMMAC) The European Multimedia Associations Convention (EMMAC) is a co-ordination & co- operation platform of Europe's multimedia associations. EMMAC’s objectives are to strenghten the European multimedia community through pro-active networking; to discover synergies between members’ activities; to increase dissemination impact through pooled membership; to promote the European multimedia industries at pan-European and international level; to interact with the EU institutions. EMMAC members currently include: Aquitaine Multimédia (France), Association pour le Développement de l’Industrie du Multimédia en Alsace (France),Association of Integrated Media, Highlands and Islands (UK), Austria Multimedia Association (Austria), British Interactive Media Association (UK), Deutscher Multimedia Verband (Germany), East of England Multimedia Alliance (UK),Flanders Multimedia Valley (Belgium), Franche-Comté Interactive (France), Asociación de Industrias de las Tecnologias Electronicas y de la Información del País Vasco (Spain), IKT Norge (Norway), Kibla Multimedia Centre (Slovenia), Swiss Media (Switzerland). Slovenian Business & Research Association (SBRA) SBRA (est.1999) is an international non-profit association acting as a ’bridge’ between the business and research communities in Slovenia, and the EU institutions and other public and private bodies at EU level. SBRA’s purpose is to encourage co-operation in the domains of business and research between Slovenia and the EU and its Member States & to support members of the Association in their preparation for membership in the European Union. As the coordinator of the Network of Interest Representation Offices from Candidate Countries in Brussels (NIROC), SBRA is also involved in activities supporting the Accession of other candidate countries.