9th Convergence India 2001

Conference Programme
23 March 2001
0900 - 1000 hrs
1000 - 1030 hrs
1030 - 1100 hrs
Registration
Keynote by Mr. Mark Russell, Managing Director, WorldCom Asia Pacific
Tea / Coffee


TRACK 5

1100 - 1330 hrs
"Servicing the e-generation Business"

Chairperson & Keynote :
* " 2001- Outlook for the Indian IT and Internet Industry"
Shri Amitabh Kumar, Director (Operations),
Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd., India

Speakers:

* Mr. N. Rajendra Raju , Vice President - Corporate Services, Zee Interactive Learning Systems Ltd.

* "Migrating from GSM to GPRS to UMTS"
Mr. Viraj Pradhan, Senior Business Manager (Telecom), Tektronix South Asia Operations

* "UMTS - Voice , Data, Video Go Mobile"
Dr. Rolf Bergmann, Vice President, Andrew GmbH

* "Importance of Infrastructure in Building e-services Centers"
Mr. Rajesh Awasthi, Principal Consultant, HP, India

* "Java in Wireless"
Mr. Mark Iskra, Technical Services Manager of Asia-Pacific, NSP Software.

* "Enabling e-business Networks"
Mr. Bala K Chandran, MD, Krone India

1330 - 1430 hrs ---------------- Lunch

1430 - 1730 hrs

Workshop on "Cable Network International Bandwidth" by Singtel - Bharti

Theme:
"International Bandwidth and India - Threshold of a New Era"

1430 - 1500 -------------- 30 mins
* "Introduction - Submarine Cable Business, Technology and Trends"
Mr. Hoh Wing Chee, SingTel, Singapore

1500 - 1530 -------------- 30 mins
* "Submarine Cables & India-Gateway to the Information Superhighway"
Mr. Nitin Pai, SingTel, Singapore

1530 - 1600 -------------- 30 min
* "Bandwidth Explosion in Asia Pacific"
Mr. Tay Yang Hwee, SingTel, Singapore

1600 - 1615 -------------- 15 min
Coffee Break

1615 - 1645 --------------- 30 mins
* "Domestic Networks-Value Proposition to accessing International Capacity"
Mr. N.Arjun, CEO-Long Distance Telephony, Bharti Telesonic Ltd., India

1645 - 1715 -------------- 30 min
* "Pre-requisites of Cable Repairs and Maintenance"
Mr. Siew Ying Oak, SingTel, Singapore

1715 - 1730 -------------- 15 min
Q&A Session


TRACK 6

1100 - 1330 hrs
"Emerging Delivery Systems"

Chairperson & Keynote :
Mr. Jai P Singh, President & CEO,
ASC Enterprises, India

Speakers:

* "Streaming Media in Indian Context-Present
and the Future of the interactive TV"
Mr. Shailendra Jit Singh, CEO, Jalva Media,
Inc. , USA

* "Streaming Video an Indian Case Study"
Mr. Jasminder Gulati, Program Manager,
E-commerce Microsoft India, India

* "Optical Access"
Mr. Aviv Halevy, Krone Optical Access, Israel

* Mr. Larry Valenciano, Group Director - Asia
Pacific, INTELSAT, "DTH", USA

1330 - 1415 hrs --------------- Lunch

Day 1