The telecommunications industry globally is going through a step-change; the advent of fibre connectivity and broadband has revolutionised the way we access content, and interact with others socially and in business. This conference will address this transformation head on, and all the major issues that it generates for service providers, users, and regulatory bodies. We will examine the effects of the government’s ambitious Fibre to the Home rollout and how the industry will need to transform itself to deliver value both to customers and investors now and in the future.

You can find REANNZ's own Donald Clark speaking about KAREN's role in leading online research and collaboration on Day 2.

Summit agenda

Day 1 is all about the changing telecommunications landscape in New Zealand. We’re going through an unprecedented change in the way we look at Telecommunications and ICT, and we’ve got all the movers and shakers here to discuss it, including:

  • Hon Steven Joyce, Minister for Communications and Information Technology
  • Paul Reynolds, CEO, Telecom
  • Russell Stanners, CEO, Vodafone NZ
  • Allan Freeth, CEO, TelstraClear
  • Graham Mitchell, CEO, Crown Fibre Holdings
  • Geoff Hunt, CEO, Kordia
  • Ross Patterson, Telecommunications Commissioner


And international addresses from:

  • Art Price, Chairman and CEO, Axia Netmedia
  • Chris Lewis, Group Vice President – International Telecoms and Networking, IDC (UK)
  • Tony Lavender, Commercial Director & Research Partner, Analysys Mason (UK)


Day 2 is more focussed towards the end users, as we break out into streams covering the latest issues for users in Health, Education and Media. Each of these streams is headed by a keynote address:

  • Health: Dougal McKechnie, CEO, New Zealand Health IT Cluster
  • Education: Eddie Reisch, Senior Advisor - Virtual Learning Network, Ministry of Education
  • Media: Rick Ellis, CEO, TVNZ


Telecommunications:
For those of you in the telecommunications industry, we’re still covering plenty in our dedicated Telecommunications stream such as:

  • LTE
  • Smart Grids and Fibre Broadband
  • International Cabling prospects
  • And more!

 

Further information

11th Annual Telecommunications & ICT Summit