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contents acknowledgements...................................................................................................................3 programme ...............................................................................................................................5 about the global forum............................................................................................................16 think tank synthesis report......................................................................................................17 contact..................................................................................................................................129 acronyms & abbreviations ....................................................................................................130 annexe 1: press....................................................................................................................133 Report written by Susanne Siebald, Communications Consultant assisted by Florentina Chirca, Items International Conference Proceedings - Global Forum 2008 p 2 21 & 22 October 2008 in Athens, Greece – © ITEMS International 2008 acknowledgements The conference is over and more than 320 delegates from over 30 different countries attended the conference sessions taking place on 21 and 22 October at the Zappeion Mansion in the historic Athens Gardens. In ancient Athens, citizens met, face to face, in the agora to conduct business and to debate civic and major political issues. Given this historical background, Athens provided a most appropriate location for the Global Forum. In the tradition of the past meetings, the intention of the Global Forum 2008 was to provide a platform for governmental representatives, the private sector, the users, and the academia to meet and discuss the various challenges of the evolution of our today’s and future Knowledge Society - this year under the main topic of “Collaborative Convergence – Users Empowerment in the Global Digital Economy”. The organization of an international networking event like the Global Forum 2008 is not possible without the help of an excellent and highly motivated team and we wish to thank all those many people who contributed to the preparation of the Global Forum. We would like to particularly thank our partners from Greece for their excellent work and for showing us that physical networking knows no borders. We sincerely thank the main sponsors and co-operating institutions of the Global Forum 2008, which are, besides ITEMS International, the Foundation Sophia-Antipolis, the Special Secretariat for Digital Planning of the Hellenic Ministry of Economy and Finance, Digital Greece and the City of Athens IBM, OTE, COSMOTE, Microsoft, Sagem Securité SAFRAN Group, Qualcomm, Oracle, Consip, AT&T, Intracom Telecom, Verizon, Global Trust Center, White & Case, Orange, the Hellenic Ministry of Transportation & Communications, Postelink, Best of Media, Cosmos, Turn Key Solutions, Proxim, DAEM, Afilias, Filnet, ETSI, Momentum, Gov2U as well as the supporting sponsors, which are the European Commission, Politech Institute, Global Cities Dialogue, INA, PoliticsOnline, PTI, enisa, Le Club de l’économie numérique, Major Cities of Europe IT Users Group, CIP Malta National Contact Point, Observatory for the Greek Information Society, ANUIT, ULSS8 Veneto, ENSA, Summit Strategies International, ICT plus, Athens Plus, Metropolis, Herald Tribune. And last, but certainly not least, I would like to thank the Global Forum’s principal actors, who are its moderators, speakers, and participants, for having brought their knowledge to the Forum and having once again contributed to its success. We are already looking forward to meeting you next year at the Global Forum 2009. Sébastien Lévy Sylviane Toporkoff Vice-President of the Global Forum President of the Global Forum Conference Proceedings - Global Forum 2008 p 3 21 & 22 October 2008 in Athens, Greece – © ITEMS International 2008 The Global Forum 2008 was realized with the active and efficient support of its Main Sponsors And with the friendly support of its Supporting Sponsors Conference Proceedings - Global Forum 2008 p 4 21 & 22 October 2008 in Athens, Greece – © ITEMS International 2008 programme 21 October 2008 ST 1 DAY WELCOMING ADDRESS AND OPENING SESSION p 18 Chair & Moderator: Sylviane Toporkoff, President Global Forum & Founder Partner Items International, France Welcoming Address: Sylviane Toporkoff, President Global Forum & Founder Partner Items International, France Pierre Laffitte, Senator & President Sophia Antipolis Foundation, France Keynote Speakers: Yannis Larios, Advisor of Vassilios Assimakopoulos, Special Secretary for Digital Planning, of the Hellenic Ministry of Economy and Finance, Greece Christos Akratopoulos, Advisor of Dr. George Anastasopoulos, Secretary General of Communications, Ministry of Transport & Communications, Greece Infrastructure Development - New Generation Access Networks Konstantinos Giannatos, Managing Director of DAEM, City of Athens - IT Company, and representative of Nikitas Kaklamanis, Mayor of Athens, Greece City of @thens: A Contemporary Digital Metropolis Francisco Ros, State Secretary for Telecommunications and Information Society Ministry of Industry, Spain The Spanish Information Society Programme: Plan Avanza Lorena Boix Alonso, Deputy Head of Cabinet of Mrs. Neelie Kroes, Commissioner for Competition, European Commission Ex-ante and Ex-post Application of Competition Law to the Electronic Communi- cations Sector Aim to the advent of the Digital, Knowledge-based Economy Thomas Rosch, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission, USA Convergence with Respect to Competition Rules around the World Eli Pagourtzi, President of the Greek Information Society Observatory Greece, The New Broadband Performance Indicators Mechthild Rohen, Head of Unit ICT for Government and Public Services, DG INFSO & Media, European Commission Empowerment of Citizen ICT for Governance & Policy Modelling Conference Proceedings - Global Forum 2008 p 5 21 & 22 October 2008 in Athens, Greece – © ITEMS International 2008 ST 1 DAY SESSION 1 The Broadband of the Future Issues for Infrastructures & Ultra Services p 31 Chairperson: Kathryn C. Brown, Senior Vice-President for Public Policy Development & International Government Relations, Verizon, USA Collaborative Convergence Moderator: Giorgio Prister, President Major Cities of Europe Association, Italy Speakers: Joao Schwartz da Silva, Director for Network and Communication Technologies, DG Information Society & Media of the European Toward the Internet of Things Yang Zemin, President of the China Academy of Telecom Research - CATR, China Broadband of the Future Jorgen Friis, Deputy Director General, European Telecommunications Standards Institute – ETSI, France Collaborative Convergence in the Broadband of the Future Latif Ladid, President IPv6 Forum, Chair EU IPv6 Task Force, Luxembourg The New Internet Based on IPv6 – Power to the End-User Lionel Chmilewsky, Executive Vice President Proxim Wireless Corporation, USA Wireless Infrastructures for New Applications and Services Roberto Saracco, Director Future Centre, Telecom Italia, Italy Future Centre – From Convergence to Ecosystems Conference Proceedings - Global Forum 2008 p 6 21 & 22 October 2008 in Athens, Greece – © ITEMS International 2008 ST 1 DAY SESSION 2 Interoperability, Identity Management and Trust p 38 Chair & Moderator: Elly Plooij-van Gorsel, Vice-chairperson of the Global Trust Center International Council and Senior Counsellor Blueprint Partners, The Netherlands Thomas Andersson, President Jönköping University, Chairman GTC International Council, Sweden Speakers: Gilles Maguet, Secretary General XBRL Europe, Belgium Interoperability and Trust in the Financial World – XBRL a Tool for Global Transparency Victor Emmanuel de Sa, Partner Geneva Solutions, Switzerland Interoperability, Identity Mismanagement & Trust A Security Point of View Max Snijder, CEO Biometrics Expertise Group, The Netherlands Anonymous Biometrics under the GTC Policy Constantine Steriadis, Principal Sales Consultant Oracle Hellas S.A., Greece Hermes: The Citizen-centric Gateway to Greek Public Services Maria Tsakali, Scientific Officer, DG INFSO & Media, Software & Service Architectures and Infrastructures Unit, European Commission The Future Internet of Services Oliver Väärtnõu, Advisor, Strategy Office, Government Office of the Republic of Estonia, Interoperability, Identity Management and Trust: The Case of Estonia Commentators: Jacques Bus, Head of Security Unit DG INFSO & Media, European Commission Zahid Jamil, Barrister-at-law Jamil & Jamil, Pakistan Conference Proceedings - Global Forum 2008 p 7 21 & 22 October 2008 in Athens, Greece – © ITEMS International 2008 ST 1 DAY AFTERNOON’S OPENING SESSION p 46 Moderator: Jean-Pierre Chamoux, Professor Paris V-René Descartes University, France Keynote Speakers: Nikitas Alexandridis, President of the National Telecommunications and Post Commission - EETT, Greece Challenges for Expanding Broadband: The Greek Perspective Robert A. Morin, Secretary General of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission - CRTC, Canada Towards a Converged Digital Environment - Rethinking Opportunities Deborah Taylor Tate, Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission – FCC, USA United States Broadband Policy: From Sea to Shining Sea Seitaro Fujita, Advisor to International Affairs, Global ICT Strategy Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs