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Tuesday

Programme for 26TH JANUARY 2010

08:00 - 09:00

Registration and networking breakfast

Sponsored by: Linklaters

09:00 - 09:05

Official opening

Matt Woodington, Acting Editor, TelecomFinance

09:05 - 09:20

Keynote address

Richard Moat, Managing Director, T-Mobile UK

09:20 - 10:50

Operator Panel: shifting focus

Chair: Matt Woodington, Acting Editor, TelecomFinance

Speakers:
Peter Cross, Chief Financial Officer, eircom
Richard Moat, Managing Director, T-Mobile UK
Dr Fahad Hussain Mushayt, Strategic Investments Unit Head, Saudi Telecom Company
Luis Pacheco de Melo, Chief Financial Officer, Portugal Telecom

  • Rebalancing portfolios, redeploying assets
  • Which markets are now attractive to be in?
  • What will operators do with more spectrum?
  • M&A: is cash conservation the key?
10:50 - 11:15

Networking break

11:15 - 11:30

Special presentation: Russia/CIS M&A

Speaker: Martin Schwedler, Member of the Executive Board, Raiffeisen Investment

11.30 - 12:55

M&A Panel: where to now?

Chair: Iain Fenn, Partner and Telecoms Sector Leader, Linklaters

Speakers:
Jake Donavan, Managing Director, Head of TMT EMEA, Global Co-head of TMT, JPMorgan
Hakam Kanafani, Chief Business Development and Synergies Officer, Oger Telecom
Paulo Pereira, Partner, Perella Weinberg Partners
Andrea Salvato, MD Corporate Development, Liberty Global

  • Where is the in-country consolidation?
  • Who's looking where? Asia into Africa and other cross regional trends
  • When will fixed/mobile convergence kick in - when will telcos start merging with cable?
  • New criteria for M&A
12:55 - 13:00

Lunch host address

Speaker: Trevor Brignall, Business Development & Strategy, Denton Wilde Sapte

13:00 - 14:10

Lunch

Sponsored by: Denton Wilde Sapte

14:10 - 15:40

Africa Panel: operating in the land of opportunity

Chair: Tom Allen, Director, Mott MacDonald Group

Speakers:
Les Baillie, Chief Investor Relations Officer, Safaricom
Fabrizio Mambrini, Chief Financial Officer, Cell C
Mike Peo, Head of Infrastructure, Energy and Telecommunications, Nedbank Capital
Mark Schneider, Executive Chairman, East Africa Capital Partners

  • Overcoming the challenges of revenue, cost and regulation
  • Will regulators open up to consolidation?
  • Who will provide the necessary capex and infrastructure to reach rural Africa
  • Managing African acquisitions
15:40 - 16:10

Networking break

16:10 - 17:30

Infrastructure Panel

Chair: Glenn Gerstell, Head of Global Communications Practice, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP

Speakers:
Ken Goldsbrough, Managing Director, Greenhill & Co. International
Marie-Laure Mazaud, Global Head of Project Finance & Credit, Alcatel-Lucent
Samuel Ndungu, Chief Financial Officer, West Indian Ocean Cable Company Limited (WIOCC)
Darragh Stokes, Managing Partner, Hardiman Telecommunications
David Williams, Chief Executive, Avanti Communications Group plc

  • India leads the way in towers M&A
  • Sharing trends
  • Provision of broadband - accessing the bottom of the pyramid
  • How do emerging markets ensure sufficient infrastructure for international connectivity
17:30

Close of day one and networking reception

19.00

TelecomFinance Annual Awards Ceremony and Dinner, hosted by comedian Alun Cochrane

Wednesday

Programme for 27TH JANUARY 2010

08:15 - 09:10

Registration and networking breakfast

Sponsored by: Mott MacDonald

09:10 - 09:15

Opening remarks

Matt Woodington, Acting Editor, TelecomFinance

09:15 - 10:45

Asia Panel: maintaining growth

Chair: Nick Jotischky, Principal Analyst, Informa Telecoms & Media

Speakers:
Carsten Brinkschulte, Chief Executive Officer, Synchronica plc
Zarif Imam, Global Financing Director, ZTE Corporation
Stefano Pistorio, Vice President, Telecommunications Media & Technology Group - Investment Banking, Nomura International plc
Jeremy Sell, Chief Strategy Officer, Qtel

  • Which parts of Asia are primed for M&A in 2010 and beyond?
  • Can Chinese operators match global expansion of vendors and banks?
  • Integrating value added services into a low cost model?
10:45 - 11:15

Networking break

11:15 - 12:45

Finance Panel: funding telcos the world over

Chair: Nina Triantis, Managing Director, Global Head of Telecoms and Media, Standard Bank

Speakers:
Peter Lewis, Treasurer & Head of Corporate Finance, Millicom
Mike Miller, Group Treasurer, Zain
Jenny Moquist, Head of Telecoms, EKN
Karim Nasr, Corporate Finance Officer, Orascom Telecom
Gavin Owston, Managing Director, Head of TMT Sector, EMEA, Global Banking & Markets, Royal Bank of Scotland

  • Rising influence of ECAs and development banks
  • Who's funding new technologies?
  • When will IPOs return?
  • Debt restructurings
12:45 - 14:00

Lunch

14:00 - 15:30

Regulatory Panel

Chair: Mark Gregory, UK Telecoms Sector Leader, Ernst & Young

Speakers:
Giovanni Amendola, VP, Head of Market Analysis, Regulatory Economics & International Regulation, Telecom Italia
Rod Kirwan, Partner, Denton Wilde Sapte
Amit Nagpal, Partner, Consulting Division - Strategy, Analysys Mason

  • Managing spectrum allowance
  • On what grounds is in-country consolidation allowed?
  • Will more countries open up to overseas investment?
  • Regulating new technologies
15:30 - 16:00

Networking break

16:00 - 17:30

New Business Models and Content Panel: optimising potential

Chair: Ingrid Silver, Partner, Telecoms, Media & Technology, Denton Wilde Sapte

Speakers:
Mark Beilby, Co-founder and Chairman, Apollo Media
Andrew Bud, Executive Chairman, mBlox
Dr Mike Short, Vice President - Research and Development, O2
Nicholas Wheeler, Managing Director, ITN On

  • Are telcos really embracing content and how do proprietary platforms, such as the iPhone App Store, fit into the operators' plans?
  • Convergence and the implications for operators
  • Pay v ad-funded: striking the right balance when offering content services
  • Can location based services add value to mobile content offerings?
17:30

Closing remarks

Close of conference

Note: We may alter the advertised programme and/or speakers should it be necessary for reasons beyond our control.