Chairman’s welcome

Dr John Mitchell, Senior Lecturer in Telecommunications, University College London

Addressing the NGA challenge: technical and commercial

• Atkins’ experience with NGA networks and the role of wireless
• Enabling ‘open-access’ through technology and strategic deployment
• The importance of cost/revenue modelling and business case development
• What makes the UK special?

Philip Atherton, Principal Consultant, Atkins Global

Case study: deployment update from Openreach

• How the business model has evolved one year on
• Examining the challenges of mass deployment to Britain
• What lessons were learnt and can this approach be improved

George Williamson, Director, Strategic Network Design at Openreach

Considerations for investors in next generation access

• Understand how looking at the past can help you predict the future
• An analysis of differing objectives and priorities
• Explore ways to manage the risks better

Mike Ainger, Chief Operating Officer, Geo

Social enterprised - the NextGenUs community interest approach to the 4th utility

• Key technical challenges and how these have been overcome
• Has the business model changed and why

Guy Jarvis, Director, Fibrestream Ltd

Open panel discussion: what has gone wrong? Why isn’t Britain in the fast lane?

Steve Unger, Chief Technology Officer, Ofcom

Fibre - how good can it get?

• Can fibre capacity be pushed another thousand times?
• What could we do with this level of capacity, is it effectively 'infinite'?

Professor Will Stewart, Communications Sector Panel, IET

Case study: rural broadband and big society: perspective from a small operator

• How small deployments can assist the bigger players
• Can the current business model be used in rural deployment

David Lewis, Managing Director, Rutland Telecom