LSE Network Economy Conference The need for a revival of the European Telecom and Internet Sector: Policies and Business Strategy
In our first Network Economy Conference we will bring together a number of well-informed and influential people from many constituencies within the telecoms community to discuss the revival of European Telecom and Internet Sector in terms of policies and business strategy. This conference expands on discussions that have taken place in our three workshops in the Network Economy Forum 2012-2013. Speakers include Alex Blowers, Director of Legal and Policy, Nominet, Martin Cave, Professor University of Warwick, Barbara Cherry, Professor Indiana University, and Jonathan Liebenau and Silvia Elaluf-Calderwood from LSE Tech, among other policy makers, regulators and leaders of the telecom industry.
Who should attend?
This event is by initially by invitation only, but we may be able to offer remaining places to those interested. If you would like to be considered for a place at this event, please send an email to Louise Newton-Clare l.newton-clare@lse.ac.uk to register your interest.
Date, Venue and Programme
Monday 13 May 2013, 9.00 – 17.15
The London School of Economics, New Academic Building
9.00-9.30: Registration and coffee
9.30-13:00 Conference morning sessions on the next themes:
– Infrastructure: Next generation research on changing internet infrastructures
– Service Delivery: Investments and economics of new internet architectures
13.00-14.00 Lunch break (list of lunch restaurants to be provided)
14.00-17.00 Conference sessions on the next themes
– Regulatory Economics in new telecom markets: Future scenarios
– Panel: Cyber law and its impact on Business Models on the future Internet
– The revival of the European Telecom and Internet Sector: Summary and ways forward
17.00-17.15 Closing and future events
Speakers
Alleman, James, Director of Research at Columbia Institute of Tele-Information (CITI), Columbia Business School; Professor Emeritus at the University of Colorado – Boulder
Bauer, Johannes, Chairman and Professor, Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies, and Media, Michigan State University
Blowers, Alex, Director of Legal and Policy, Nominet
Cave, Martin, Professor, Imperial College Business School, Deputy Chair Competition Commission
Cherry, Barbara, Professor, Dpt of Telecommunications, Radio & TV Center, Indiana University
Coscelli, Andrea, Director of Economic Analysis, Ofcom
Dann, Jonathan, Head of Telecoms, Barclays Capital
Elaluf-Calderwood, Silvia, Research Fellow, LSETech, Dpt of Management, LSE
Feasey, Richard, Group Policy Adviser, Vodafone
Gambardella, Luigi, Chairman of the Executive Board of the European Telecommunications Network Operators’ association (ETNO)
Gawer, Annabelle, Assistant Professor, Strategy and Innovation, Imperial College Business School
Gruber, Harald, Head of ICT and e-economy, European Investment Bank
Karrberg, Patrik, Programme director Network Economy Forum, Dpt of Management, LSE
Lehr, William, Assistant Professor, Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, MIT
Liebenau, Jonathan, Reader in Technology Management, LSETech, Dpt of Management, LSE
Murray, Andrew, Professor of Law, LSE
Sahel, Jean-Jacques, Director, EMEA Policy and International Organisations, Microsoft
Sewell, Alan, Chief Economist and Director of Economic Regulation, BskyB
Yoo, Christopher, Professor and Director, Center for Technology, Innovation & Competition, University of Pennsylvania Law School
Weeds, Helen, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Essex
