Conference Program

Broadcast, Cable & Satellite Conferance 2008
20- 21 November 2008

Day 1 - Thursday, 20 November 2008
CONTENT PRODUCTION
09:30 Opening Ceremony
Special Interview:
Moderator: Jimmy Schaeffler, Chairman & Chief Service Officer, The Carmel Group
Ferdinand Kayser, CEO&President, SES Astra                       
Opening Speakers
  • Dr. Özkan Dalbay, General Manager, Turksat
    Nuri M. Çolakoğlu, President, TVYD
    Murat Dikici, President, TÜTED
    Zahid Akman, President, RTÜK (Radio Television Supreme Council)
    Dr. Tayfun Acarer, President, Telecommunications Authority
    Binali Yıldırım, Minister Of Transport and Telecommunications, Republic of Turkey*
11:05 Coffee Break - Transfer to Exhibition Halls
11:30 Fair Opening
13:15 Transfer to WOW Hotel
13:30 Session 1 - The new age in content production
  • Chairman: Prof. Dr. Mehmet Kesim,Vice Dean, A.O.F, Anadolu University
    "Insufficient Content for HD over IPTV"

    George Waters, IAB
    "Going Forward with Digital Television"

    Alexander Shulzycki, European Broadcasting Union (EBU) Representative
    "Good Technology Is Not Enough"

    Tahsin Yılmaz, General Manager, TTNET
    "New Age in Content Distribution"
15:15 Coffee Break
15:30 Session 2 - HD TV’s drive as the standard - is it worth it?
  • Chairman: Taha Yücel, Upper Council Member, RTUK
    "New Technologies and Convergenge in Broadcasting"

    Martin Salter, RH Consultancy
    "How Digital Technology is Changing the Face of Broadcasting"

    İhsan Alkım VESTEL
    "IPTV: Today and Tomorrow"
17:00 Coffee Break
17:30 Special Interview :
Moderator: Jimmy Schaeffler, Chairman & Chief Service Officer, The Carmel Group
David Rehr, President, US National Association of Broadcasters
18:00 End of Day 1

Day 2 - Friday, 21 November 2008
CONTENT DISTRIBUTION
09:00 Session 3 - Challenging The Bounds: New Technologies, Speed and Mobility
Chairman: Nihat Oktay, Deputy General Manager, TÜRKSAT
  • Ruşen Kömürcü, Marketing Manager, TÜRKSAT
  • "Cable TV Digital Age"

  • Vadi Dipçin, Business Development Specialist,TURKCELL
  • "3G and Mobile Internet"

  • Volkan Nur, Business Development Manager, CISCO
  • "Digital Technologies, Broadcasting and Convergenge"
11:30 Kahve Arası
12:00 Session 4 - New tactics in Media consumption during the convergence era
Chairman:  Aleksandar Todorovic, IBA
  • "Is Broadcasting a Kind of Endangered Species"

    Elif Soyata Arslan, Chief Engineer, Information Technologies Department,TRT
    "The New Era of Broadcasting : HDTV – the TRT Perspective"

    Allan Arthurs, Sony Eurasia
    "An Overview of HDTV in Europe"
13:30 Lunch Break
14:30 Session 5 - Digital digital everywhere - elements of marketing to the consumer
  • Chairman: Ali Korur, Regional Sales Director, Eutelsat
    “Ka-Sat tooway Services for Broadband”

    Paul Kafno
    "Meeting the HD Challenge"

    Daniel Sauvet-Goichon
    "Digital Terrestrial TV and Digital Dividend where do we stand in Europa"

    Bernard Pauchon
    "The Effect of Mobile TV Regulatory Frameworks on Business Models and
    Commercial Launches in Various Countries Around the World"
16:00 End of Day 2
  * Invited

Top Conference Speakers:


Ferdinand Kayser, CEO & President, SES Astra


David K. Rehr, President, NAB


George Waters, President, IAB