2nd 4WARD BIRD Workshop on the Future Internet, September 30, Brussels

For Registration please see www.4ward-project.eu

Scope and Topic

The Future Internet is a topic that gains increased attention and will be a central piece of the Commisson's future workprogramme. Work has commenced in Europe in 2008 and first results are available - both from a technical but also business and regulation perspective. This BIRD workshop will connect you to the latest findings from Europe and the US and will open perspective especially valuable for creating new research activities

The 4WARD public workshop on Future Internet ‘Business Innovation and Regulation Challenges’ 2009 will focus on the non-technical aspects of specifically Future Internet technologies.

4WARD is a European research project in the FP7 frame and deals with research on technical aspects of the Future Internet and its relations to non-technical aspects like regulation and business modeling. Main technical research areas are virtualization of network, service provisioning resources, In Network management, new forms of connectivity and the development of the network of information focusing on novel information gathering and provisioning means.

This work is complemented with research on the non-technical work areas ‘business evolution’, ‘socio-economic environment’ and ‘regulation’.

High profiled speakers from industry, operators, universities and public authorities will give you first hand insights and cover important topics of the Future Internet.

Participants will get an in-depth understanding of how Future Internet technologies interact with economic and societal forces. 

Final Draft Programme

            Session 1 (9.00 – 12.00):

Introduction, Overview and Key Note Presentations

·         Internet of the Future, Opportunities for Europe
by: Ken Ducatel, European Commission

·         Future Network Trends and Initiatives
by: Didier Bourse, Alcatel Lucent, France

Coffee

·         The Future Internet in US - Activities and Trends
by: Prof. Dipankar Raychaudhuri, Winlab, USA

·         New Service Offerings Enabled by Future Networks
by: F. F. Faraci, Telecom Italia

·         Future Internet Innovations from 4WARD
by: Norbert Niebert, Ericsson, Germany

On-site lunch

Session 2 (13.00 – 14.30):

Use Cases and Business Models

·         4WARD Business Ideas and Use Cases
by: Thomas Monath, Deutsche Telecom AG, Germany

·         Usage Patterns & Revenue Models of Mobile Internet
by: Prof. H. Hämmäinen, TKK, Finland

Coffee

Session 3 (14.45 – 16.30):

Policy, Regulation & Governance

·         Regulators' role in the past, now and future
by: Sami Kilkkilä, FICORA, Finland

·         4WARD’s view on Policy, Governance & Regulation
by: Jukka Salo, Nokia Siemens Networks, Finland