Conference program at ЕЕВС 2008

45 presentations were delivered to the target delegates during three-day conference program at EEBC 2008 Telecom&Broadcasting.

EEBC 2008 conference program incorporates:

- The International conference “Progress trends in technologies and business of infocommunication operators”
- The International Practical Conference “The Evolution of Satellite Communication Systems in Ukraine. Satellite Pay TV Platforms”
- Second International Forum “Mobile broadcasting. World success stories and prospects of implementation in Eastern Europe and CIS”
- Round table discussion “About the need to create governmental-public organizational structure to manage the process of transition to digital terrestrial broadcasting”
- Round table discussion “New legislative initiatives in telecommunication industry”
- All-Ukrainian congress of cable operators

The key topics of EEBC conferences are:

• Development of the national communications policy & regulatory environment for the future potential EU accession of Ukraine
• Current situation in Ukrainian media market
• Paving the evolutionary path to 4G
• Technologies and services in convergent networks;

• Creation of national satellite communication and broadcasting system
• Digital communities: providing broadband infrastructure in Ukraine
• Satellite platforms: development prospects in Ukraine
• Services in satellite communication networks;

• Mobile TV in Europe – technologies, markets and regulatory actions needed for harmonization
• Mobile TV development in Ukraine

EEBC 2008 conferences key speakers:

Bosco Eduardo Fernandes UMTSF and GSMA Mobile TV Working Group Chair	Anatoliy Melnik Head of Department of satellite communications systems, Ukrainian Scientific-Research Institute of Radio and Television	Alexander Lyakhov President of Telecommunication Chamber of Ukraine
Dr. Claus Sattler Executive director of BMCo Forum	Martin Jarrold Chief, International Programme Development, GVF	Ivan Gorbach Chief designer of the satellite data distribution network, Ukrkosmos
Yuriy Balychev First Deputy General Director of Ukrkosmos	Alexei Kolokolov Head of the Department of spacecraft engineering, SDO “Yuzhnoye“	Alexander Bogdanov Head of satellite communication department, BRT Concern
Maria A. Kendro Executive Director, Communication Cooperative International (CCI)	Eszter Csapó Erős Ügyvédi Iroda, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.	Dmitry Makoveenko Chief engineer of RF department, Ukrainian Scientific-Research Institute of Radio and Television

Two significant events that caught attention of both key telecom and broadcast market players and state industry regulatory bodies were held during EEBC conference program.
The first: Round table discussion “About the need to create governmental-public organizational structure to manage the process of transition to digital terrestrial broadcasting”
The discussion was initiated by All-Ukrainian Television & Radio Association “UKR-DVB-FORUM”, Broadcasting, Radiocommunications and Television Concern and State Committee for television and radio broadcasting of Ukraine.
The discussion resulted in the resolution to send to the Cabinet of Ministry of Ukraine the proposal to create a single coordination structure to manage the transition to digital terrestrial broadcasting and take it under direct control.
The second: Round table discussion «New legislative initiatives in telecommunication industry»
The participants of the round table, which was initiated by the Internet Association of Ukraine, discussed the new aspects of regulation included into the legislative proposal “About Telecommunications”
In addition, EEBC conference program was complemented with multiple seminars and master-classes organizers by the exhibitors.

Conference delegates

EEBC conferences were attended by over 500 industry specialists. Among them: fixed and mobile communications operators, telecom service providers, broadcasters, content producers, representatives of the state and industry regulatory bodies, vendors and suppliers of telco products.

According to the type of activity, the companies that delegated their representatives to the conference split as follows:

 About 50% of the conference delegates are CEOs and chief engineering staff of the companies.

35% of the delegates participated during three conference days.
45% and 20% of the delegates participated in two and one conference days respectively.

Conference Organizers and Partners

• Broadcasting, Radiocommunications and Television Concern
• Ukrainian Scientific-Research Institute of Radio and Television
• Global VSAT Forum
• IPO “Internews-Ukraine”
• Association “ICT-Marketing”
• Internet Association of Ukraine
• UMTS Forum
• BMCo Forum (Broadcast Mobile Convergence Forum)
• Forum Nokia

Conference Sponsors
• Nokia Siemens Networks
• Deutsche Welle
• Thomson

Conference media sponsors
• PH “SoftPress”
• Magazine  “TV-Technologies”

Conference media support
• Interfax -Ukraine
• ITC UA
• ProIT
• Mediabusiness
• MediaProfi