DAY THREE: Wednesday 14 November 2012
8:45am
Networking breakfast
9:40am
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
10:20am
KEYNOTE PANEL DISCUSSION: THE GREAT CLOUD DEBATE
CARRIERS
• Defining the scope of opportunities presented by the cloud for carriers
-how can carriers remain competitive in the developing cloud market? Quality of application performance
and network security
- establishing the European opportunity: utilising EU data protection laws in the competitive global
market
• Forecasting future developments in the cloud market and aligning carrier strategy
• Is the window of opportunity closing for carriers to enter the cloud market?
• To what extent are OTT players a threat to carrier cloud service offerings?
- understanding evolving OTT business models: what can the market expect in the future?
• Opposing commercial strategies: outlining drivers for remaining cloudless
OTT PROVIDERS
• Evaluating the drivers behind OTT cloud service offerings and anticipated growth
• How do you see OTT cloud business models evolving in the future?
• What role do carriers currently play? Competitors or partners? Friends or foes? Why?
• Driving the evolution of communications: can we collectively overcome the challenges?
• What’s next for the OTT business? Small steps towards greater integration or not?
Moderator: Phil Tilley, Chief Marketing Officer, METRO ETHERNET FORUM (MEF)
Panellists:
Edward Evans, CEO, INTELIQUENT
Ying Liang, SVP Europe, PCCW GLOBAL
Bjorn Fransson, CTO, REBTEL
Mark Heraghty, Managing Director, VIRGIN MEDIA BUSINESS
Francois Eloy, EVP, COLT
11:20am
Morning coffee break and networking opportunity
12:20pm
PANEL DISCUSSION: CAPITALISING ON OPPORTUNITIES PRESENTED BY THE DATA
CENTER MARKET
• How has the emergence of new cloud players impacted the data center market?
- determining new growth prospects; increasing demand for data storage and cloud accessibility
- addressing new metropolitan bandwidth infrastructure opportunities; increasing ISP density to accommodate market expansion
• Determining the opportunities for wholesale
- carrier collaboration to provide access to the cloud
- providing data storage; competing with carrier neutral data centers
- integrating cloud into a data center strategy; leveraging the network and bandwidth from the edge
• Are data centers becoming market players? Assessing data center positioning in the cloud ecosystem
• Mapping the future of the data center business; potential for expansion and increased demand for metropolitan bandwidth
Moderator: Matthew Townend, Board Member, CAVELL GROUP
Panellists:
Uwe Nickl, Chief Marketing Officer, EUNETWORKS
Dick Theunissen, Chief Marketing Officer, EQUINIX
Kevin Dean, Senior Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer, INTERXION
James Tyler, Chief Marketing Officer, TELECITYGROUP
1:05pm
Lunch and networking opportunity
2:15pm
Close of Capacity Europe 2012