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ATUG 2005 Regional Conference - Program

ATUG 2005 Regional Conference - Events and Program
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Wednesday 11 May 2005 - Day 1

Time Title of presentation Speaker
9:00am - 9:15am Welcome and Opening Rosemary Sinclair
Managing Director, ATUG
9.15am - 9:45am Keynote Address
Telecoms Reform

Paul Budde
Managing Director - BuddeComm

9.45am - 10:30am Address
Telecoms in Australia - broadband and the bush
Ewan Sutherland
Executive Director- International Telecommunications Users Group - INTUG
10:30am - 11am Morning Tea and Showcase Viewing - Peninsula Room - Lower Ground
Services Up To Scratch? Session
Chairman - Richard Thwaites
Rich Communications
11:00am - 11:30am Address
Services Up To Scratch?
(awaiting approval)
Allan Horsley
Acting Deputy Chairman - Australian Communications Authority
11:30am - 12:00pm Presentations not available

Frank Verver - GDI Consulting and
Peter Taylor - Mayor of Jondaryan (Qld)

12:00pm - 12:30pm The Role of Spatial Analysis Brian Beckor
Principal Consultant - CallPoint
12:30pm - 1:30pm Lunch and Showcase Viewing - Peninsula Room - Lower Ground
Competition - The Real Story Session
Chairman - Richard Thwaites
Rich Communications
1:30pm - 2:00pm Competition - The Real Story

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Michael Cosgrave
General Manager Telecommunications, ACCC
2:00pm - 2:30pm Competition - The Real Story - Transcript only
Rob Connell
Regional ICT Project Officer - Murray Regional Development Board
2:30pm - 3:00pm Competition - The Real Story Simon Hackett
CEO - Agile Communications
3:30pm - 4:00pm Afternoon Tea and Showcase Viewing - Peninsula Room - Lower Ground
Competition - The Real Story Session
Chairman - Richard Thwaites
Rich Communications
4:00pm - 4:30pm The successes, the challenges and regional telecommunications policy Peter Bolger
Globalstar
4:30pm - 4:45pm The Commercial Path to Strategic Outcomes
(awaiting approval)
Andrew Cairns
Chief Executive Officer, Community Telco Australia
4:45pm - 5:00pm Competition - The Real Story Ken Carr
Chief Executive Officer, LongReach
5.00pm -5:15pm Closing Remarks Rosemary Sinclair
Managing Director, ATUG
5:30pm - 8:30pm Cocktail Party Peninsula Room - Lower Ground
National Museum of Australia
Thursday 12 May 2005 - Day 2
Time Title of presentation Speaker
9:00am - 9:15am Welcome Rosemary Sinclair
Managing Director, ATUG
9:15am - 9:45am Keynote Address -
Transcript only
Deputy Prime Minister
The Hon. John Anderson MP

Leader of the Nationals, Minister for Transport & Regional Services
9:45am - 10:30am Regional Telecommunications,
Competition, and the
Broadband Revolution
Ernie Newman
Chief Executive, TUANZ (Telecommunications Users Association of New Zealand Inc)
10:35am - 11am Morning Tea and Showcase Viewing - Peninsula Room - Lower Ground
Competition - The Real Story Session
Chairman - John Burton
ATUG VIC Representative
11:00am - 11:30am Address Transcript only Senator Stephen Conroy
Shadow Minister for Communications & IT
11:30am - 12:00pm Competition - The Real Story
David Forman
Executive Director - Competitive Carriers' Coalition
12:00pm - 12:30pm Telecommunications in Rural Australia – Stimulating Competition for Real Future Proofing Paul Fletcher
Director, Corporate and Regulatory Affairs
Optus
12:30pm - 1:00pm Competition - The Real Story Transcript only

Lawrence Paratz
Regional Managing Director - Telstra Country Wide

1:00pm - 2:00pm Lunch and Showcase Viewing - Peninsula Room - Lower Ground
Future Proofing - Demand Aggregation Session
Chairman - John Burton
ATUG VIC Representative
2:00pm - 2:30pm Broadening Broadband Connecting Your Place Linda Cunningham
Project Leader - Gold Coast City Council
2:30pm - 3:00pm Future-proofing Telecommunications in Non-Metropolitan Australia Troy Whitford
Executive Director - Page Research Centre
3:00pm - 3:30pm Future Proofing - Demand Aggregation
(awaiting approval)
Anthony Goonan
CEO - YLESS4U
3:30pm - 4:00pm Demand Aggregation in the Telecommunications Environment Adrian McCullagh
Special Counsel, Phillips Fox
4:00pm - 4:15pm Closing Remarks Rosemary Sinclair
Managing Director, ATUG
4:15pm - 5:00pm Afternoon Tea and Showcase Viewing - Peninsula Room - Lower Ground
 This program is up to date as of 30-Jul-2010 .

Last updated 30-Jul-2010

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