Programme
Wednesday, 2 September 2009
| 07:30 – 09:15 |
Registration / Tea / Coffee |
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| Session: A vision of the Internet in South Africa in 2019 |
| 09:15 – 09:30 |
Edwin Thompson: ISPA Joint-Chair |
Opening remarks |
| 09:30 – 10:00 |
Councillor Fungai Sibanda: ICASA |
A regulatory vision for the next decade |
| 10:00 – 10:30 |
Ewan Sutherland: Independent Telecommunications Policy Analyst |
Lessons from other countries: Avoiding mistakes made elsewhere |
| 10:30 – 11:00 |
Alison Gillwald: Director, Research ICT Africa |
Lessons from the last decade: Preparing for the next one
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| 11:00 – 11:10 |
Company profile: iBurst |
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| 11:10 – 11:30 |
Tea / coffee break |
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| Session: Entrepreneurship, development and opportunities |
| 11:30 – 12:15 |
Fiona Wallace: Social Responsibility Officer, Co.Za Cares Project, UniForum SA |
The Co.Za Cares Story |
| 12:15 – 13:00 |
Badian Maasdorp: Director, Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr Inc. |
Enterprise development from a BEE perspective |
| 13:00 – 13:10 |
Company profile: Miro Distribution |
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| 13:10 – 14:10 |
Lunch sponsored by XiiNG |
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| Session: Wireless |
| 14:10 – 14:20 |
Nicola Smith: WAPA Management Committee member |
Opening remarks |
| 14:20 – 15:05 |
Steve Song: Telecommunications Fellow, Shuttleworth Foundation |
The myth of spectrum scarcity and the opportunities for spectrum sharing in South Africa |
| 15:05 – 15:50 |
Joe Botha: Wireless Access Providers’ Association (WAPA) Chair |
Industry self regulation and the lite-licensed spectrum |
| 15:50 – 16:00 |
Company profile: XiiNG |
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| 16:00 – 16:15 |
Tea / coffee break |
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| 16:15 – 17:30 |
WAPA workshop (1) |
Open Spectrum Alliance [General] |
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Steve Song: Telecommunications Fellow, Shuttleworth Foundation |
OSA goals |
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Dominic Cull: WAPA Regulatory Advisor and Founder, Ellipsis Regulatory Solutions |
Regulatory environment |
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Joe Botha: WAPA Chair and Director, Amobia Communications |
Lite-licensing and self-regulation |
Thursday, 3 September 2009
| 07:30 – 09:15 |
Registration / Tea / Coffee |
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| Session: Wired |
| 09:15 – 09:30 |
William Stucke: ISPA Treasurer |
Opening remarks |
| 09:30 – 10:15 |
Aidan Baigrie: Head of Business Development, Seacom |
New cables: The impact on ISPs in 2009 and by 2019 |
| 10:15 – 11:00 |
Malcolm Kirby: General Manager, Sales and Marketing, Dark Fibre Africa (DFA) |
Building an ISP network: The case for owning your own fibre |
| 11:00 – 11:10 |
Company profile: MTN Business |
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| 11:10 – 11:30 |
Tea / coffee break |
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| Session: Interconnection and infrastructure |
| 11:30 – 12:15 |
Greg Massel: Managing Director, Switch Telecom |
A practical guide to interconnection |
| 12:15 – 13:00 |
Andrew Fray: Director, Telehouse Europe |
Carrier neutral Data Centres and the London Internet exchange |
| 13:00 – 13:10 |
Company profile: Bitrate |
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| 13:10 – 14:10 |
Lunch: Sponsored by Neotel |
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| Session: Interconnection and infrastructure |
| 14:10 – 14:20 |
Calvin Browne: Director, UniForum SA |
Opening remarks |
| 14:20 – 15:05 |
Dr Richard Majoor: Executive of Technology, Regulatory Affairs & Public Policy, Telkom |
Next generations networks |
| 15:05 – 15:50 |
Dr Angus Hay: Chief Technology Officer, Neotel |
Internet in South Africa: What will the network look like in 2019? |
| 15:50 – 16:00 |
Company profile: GTA |
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| 16:00 – 16:15 |
Tea / coffee break |
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| 16:15 – 17:30 |
WAPA workshop (2) |
Open Spectrum Alliance [Project focussed] |
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Karen Wrege: Founder, Wrege Associates |
Spectrum auctions |
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Dominic Cull: WAPA Regulatory Advisor and Founder Ellipsis Regulatory Solutions |
Spectrum audit |
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Steve Song: Telecommunications Fellow, Shuttleworth Foundation |
TV white spaces |
Friday, 4 September 2009
| 07:30 – 09:15 |
Registration / Tea / Coffee |
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| Session: Intellectual property |
| 09:15 – 09:30 |
Rudolph Muller: Founder, MyBroadband.co.za |
Opening remarks |
| 09:30 – 10:15 |
Peter Sunde Kolmisoppi: Co-founder of The Pirate Bay |
The changing role of Intellectual Property in modern culture |
| 10:15 – 11:00 |
Rick Shera: Partner, Lowndes Jordan, New Zealand |
ISPs as gatekeepers: A .NZ community response |
| 11:00 – 11:10 |
Company profile: RedLinX™ |
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| 11:10 – 11:30 |
Tea / coffee break |
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| Session: Trends |
| 11:30 – 12:15 |
Mike Silber: Director, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) |
ICANN developments |
| 12:15 – 13:00 |
Derek Wueppelmann: Sales Engineer, Roaring Penguin Software Inc. |
Spam trends and knowing your spam filters |
| 13:00 – 13:10 |
Company profile: Q-KON SA |
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| 13:10 – 14:15 |
Lunch |
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ISPA Annual General Meeting:
Closed session for ISPA members and invited guests.
Meeting commences at 14:15
