The « Global Forum/Shaping the Future » is an annual international and independent event, dedicated to the Economic, Political, Social and Societal issues related to the successful evolution of the Information Society.

WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE BELGIAN FEDERAL AUTHORITIES Hosted by the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs at the Palais d’Egmont, Petit Sablon 8 – 1000 Brussels, Belgium

The magnificent Palais d’Egmont belongs to the Belgium Ministry of Foreign Affairs and is used for meetings of Heads of State and Ministers of Foreign Affairs. Since the XVIth century, important architects, including Servandoni (architect of the Church Saint-Sulpice in Paris), T.F. Suys (architect of the Court of Holland) and Flanneau (architect of the Royal Palace) have supervised key phases of construction.

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SPEAKERS PROGRAM GLOBAL FORUM 2011

Day 1 : Monday 7th November 2011
Morning Sessions

WELCOME ADDRESSES 8:45 am – 9:15 am

Chair : Sylviane Toporkoff , President, Global Forum / Shaping the Future, Founder & Partner Items international, Professor at the Institute of European studies, University of Paris, France
Sébastien Lévy , Vice President Global Forum / Shaping the Future & Partner Items International, Administrator Silicon Sentier, France
Frank Leyman, Head of International Relations, FEDICT, ICT Department of the Belgian Federal Administration Speech
Constantijn van Oranje, Member of Cabinet of Ms. Neelie Kroes, Vice-President for Digital Agenda, European Commission Speech
KEYNOTE OPENING SESSION 9:15 am – 11:00 am
A VISION FOR THE DIGITAL FUTURE
Chairs and Moderators : David Gross , Attorney at Law, Wiley Rein LLP, USA ; Former U.S. Ambassador Coordinator for International Communications & Information Policy at the US Department of State
Kan’ichiro Aritomi , Vice-Chairman, Member of Board, KDDI, Japan Speech & Presentation
Fabio Colasanti , President International Institute of Communications Speech
Gabrielle Gauthey , Executive Vice President, Global Government & Public Affairs, Alcatel-Lucent, France Presentation
Robert McDowell , Commissioner Federal Communications Commission – FCC, USA Speech
Kip Meek , Chairman of South West Screen ; Senior Adviser, Everything Everywhere Ltd ; Director of the Radio Centre, United-Kingdom
Antti Peltomäki , Deputy Director-General, DG INFSO, European Commission Speech
Thomas Rosch , Commissioner Federal Trade Commission – FTC, USA Speech
Harry Van Dorenmalen , Chairman IBM Europe, The Netherlands

SESSION 2 11:00 am – 12:45 pm
TOWARDS INTELLIGENT PLATFORMS
Chair : Olivier Picard , European Chief Strategy Advisor, Huawei Presentation
Moderator : Ellwood Kerkeslager, CEO Information Futures, L.L.C., USA
Amadou Daffe, CEO and Co-Founder Coders4Africa, USA Presentation
Margot Dor, Director Partnerships & EU Affairs, European Telecommunications Standards Institute- ETSI Presentation
Olivier Duroyon, Director Public Affairs, Alcatel-Lucent, France Presentation
Aarti Holla-Maini, Secretary General, European Satellite Operators Association – ESOA Presentation
Samia Melhem, Senior Operations Officer Global ICT Department, World Bank Group Presentation
Andrew Robinson, Vice-President, European Institute for eLearning ; Assistant Director, Open University, United-Kingdom Presentation
Luis Rodriguez-Rosello, Head of Unit Future Networks, DG INFSO, European Commission Presentation
William C. Shuffstall, Senior Extension Educator, Pennsylvania State University, College of Agricultural Sciences, USA Presentation
Theresa Swinehart, Executive Director Global Internet Policy, Verizon Communications, USA Presentation
Latif Ladid, President IPv6 Forum, Chair, EU IPv6 Task Force, Emeritus Trustee, Internet Society, Luxemburg Presentation

SESSION 3 11:00am – 12:30 pm
DATA GOVERNANCE : INFORMATION ASSETS,SECURITY AND PROTECTION Critical Issues for Society
Chair / Moderator : Steven Adler, Founder & Chairman of IBM’s Data Governance Solutions, USA Presentation
Christopher Boyer, Assistant Vice President Public Policy, AT&T, USA Presentation
William Sloan Coats, Partner Intellectual Property, Attorney at Law, Kaye Scholer LLP, USA Presentation
Denis Gardin, Senior Vice-President, Head System Design Centre and CyberSecurity Customer Solutions, Cassidian an EADS Company, France Presentation
Christa Menke-Suedbeck, Chief Data Protection Officer, Deutsche Bank A.G, Germany
Steve Purser, Head of the Technical Competence Department, European Network and Information Security Agency- ENISA Presentation
Jim C. Williams, President and Founder Media Strategies and Solutions, LLC, USA Presentation

Afternoon Sessions

Keynote Speakers 2:00 pm- 3:00 pm
Moderator : Margot Dor, Director Partnerships & EU Affairs, European Telecommunications Standards Institute- ETSI
Ken Ducatel , Head of Unit, Digital Agenda : Policy Co-ordination, DG INFSO, European Commission PPT Presentation
Eikazu Niwano , Producer R&D Planning Department, NTT Corporation, Japan Presentation
Jimmy Schulz , Member of the German Parliament, Germany Speech
Eleanor Stewart , Head of Digital Engagement, Government Digital Service Cabinet Office, The United-Kingdom Presentation
Konrad Von Finckenstein , Chairman Canadian Radio Television and Telecommunications Commission – CRTC, Canada Speech

SESSION 4 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm
GOVERNMENTS AND GLOBAL SINGLE MARKET, Opportunities, challenges and threats of an increased INTEROPERABILITY between States
Chair : Isabella Chiodi , Vice President, IBM EU Unit, Office of the Chairman EMEA, IBM
Moderator : Giorgio Prister , President Major Cities of Europe, Italy Presentation
Ken Ducatel , Head of Unit, Digital Agenda : Policy Co-ordination, DG INFSO, European Commission Presentation
Julia Glidden , Managing Director, 21C Consultancy, United-Kingdom Presentation
Thierry Lemerle , Deputy Director General of Pôle Emploi, France Presentation
Jackie Morin , Head of Unit in charge of Coordination of Social Security Schemes and Free Movement of Workers, DG Employment, Social Affairs & Inclusion, European Commission Presentation
Alan Shark , Executive Director, Public Technology Institute – PTI ; Assistant Professor, Rutgers University School of Public Affairs & Administration, USA Presentation
Alexander von Campenhausen , Coordinator, SOLVIT Team, Task Force Single Market Assistance Services SMAS, DG MARKT, European Commission Presentation

SESSION 5 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm
REGULATORY CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN A DIGITAL WORLD
Chair : Desiree Zeljka Miloshevic , Senior Public Policy and International Affairs Adviser, Afilias, Ireland
Moderator : Andrew Lipman , Partner Bingham McCutchen, USA
Michel Combot , Deputy Director-General responsible for managing the Fixed and Mobile Services and Consumer Relations Department, ARCEP, France
Thierry Dieu , Acting Director, European Public Telecom Network Operators’ Association-ETNO
Nico Grove , Assistant Professor, Infrastructure Economics & Management, Bauhaus-University Weimar, Germany Presentation
Thaima Samman , Partner Samman Law Firm, France
Gerald Santucci , Head of Unit, Networked Enterprise and RFID, DG INFSO, European Commission Presentation
Sarah Zhao , Partner Perkins Coie LLP, China Presentation

SESSION 6 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm
EPROCUREMENT, VISION FOR THE FUTURE, Empowering the Economy
Chair / Moderator : Angela Russo, CONSIP S.p.A, Italy
Alain Ducass , Consortium Representant, PEPPOL Pan-European Public Procurement Online, France Presentation
Paulo Magina , CEO & President of the Board ANCP, The Portugese National Agency for Public Procurement Presentation
Jeremy Millard , Senior Consultant, Danish Technological Institute, Denmark Presentation
Antonio Pelliccia , SCM – Procurement Services, IBM, Italy
Sara Piller , Deputy Head of Unit, Economic Analysis and e-Procurement, DG Internal Market and Services, European Commission Presentation
Radu Bogdan Savonea , Chief of Staff, Ministry of Communications & Information Society, Romania Presentation
Angelo Tosetti , Head of Unit in charge of eProcurement, DG Informatics, European Commission Presentation

DAY 2 : Tuesday 8th November 2011
Morning Sessions

KEYNOTE OPENING SESSION 8:30 am – 10:00 am
Chair / Moderator : Hugo Kerschot, Managing Director, IS-Practice, Belgium
Karel De Vriendt , Advisor to the Director-General, DG INFOMATICS ; European Commission Presentation
Geert Mareels , eGov Manager, Flemish Government, Belgium Presentation
Gaetano Santucci , Manager Competence Center Unit, CONSIP S.p.A, Italy Presentation
Ao Sun (Leo) , President of Brussels Office and Europe Affair Dept, Huawei Technologies Presentation
Paul Timmers , Director Directorate H : ICT addressing Societal Challenges, DG INFSO, European Commission Presentation
Erik van Zuuren , Director Deloitte Enterprise Risk Services, Belgium Presentation
John Vassallo , Vice-President EU Affairs, Microsoft EMEA Presentation
Masahiro Yoshizaki , Director-General for Policy Evaluation, Minister’s Secretariat, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Japan Presentation

SESSION 7 10:00 am – 11:30 am
CHALLENGES FOR OPEN INNOVATION
Chair : Bror Salmelin , Adviser to the Director ICT addressing Societal Challenges, DG INFSO, European Commission Presentation
Moderator : Jay Gillette, Professor, Center for Information and Communication Science, Ball State University ; Secretary Digital Policy Institute ; Advisory Council Pacific Telecommunications Council, USA Presentation
Sébastien Bachollet , Member of the Board, ICANN, France Presentation
Bosco Eduardo Fernandes , Head of Corporate Research, Huawei European Research Centre, Germany Presentation
Mathew Heim , Senior Director and Counsel, Qualcomm European Government Affairs Presentation
Pierre Laffitte , Honorary Senator, President Sophia Antipolis Foundation, France Presentation
Eric Legale , Managing Director Issy-Média, City of Issy-les-Moulineaux, France Speech of André Santini
Elisa Liberatori Prati , Chief Archivist Manager, World Bank Group Presentation
Stavroula Maglavera , Research Engineer, Euroconsultants, S.A., Greece Presentation
Jean-Marc Merriaux ICT Division Director, Universcience, Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie, Palais de la Découverte, France Presentation
Carl Wickman , Director & Head of Services & ICT Division, VINNOVA, Sweden Presentation

SESSION 8 10:00 am – 11:30 am
SOCIAL NETWORKING : IDENTITY IN THE EWORLD
Chair / Moderator : Maurizio Talamo , Full Professor, University of Rome Tor Vergata ; President Nestor Lab, Italy Presentation
Bartolome Arroyo-Fernandez , Head of Unit, Networked Media Systems (acting), DG INFSO, European Commission Presentation
Andrey Korotkov, Professor, Head Dept of International Journalism, MGIMO University ; Former Deputy Minister of Communications and Informatization of RF, Russia Presentation
Erika Mann, Head of EU Policy Brussels, Facebook ; ICANN – Board of Directors
Linda McCormack , managing principle of Verizon’s EMEA communications and mobility professional services business line Presentation
Jeremy Millard , Senior Consultant, Danish Technological Institute, Denmark Presentation
Fabrizio Palasciano , Founder Media Haka, Italy Presentation
Alfredo Ronchi , General Secretary of EC Medici Framework, Politecnico di Milano, Italy Presentation
Jon Shamah , Head of EMEA Sales, Nets eSecurity, United-Kingdom Presentation

SESSION 9 11:30 am – 1:00 pm
CITIZENS CENTERED eHEALTH & mHEALTH
Chair / Moderator : Elena Bonfiglioli , Senior Director Health, Public Sector, Microsoft EMEA
Hercules Dalianis , Professor in Computer and Systems Sciences, Stockholm University, Sweden Presentation
Maria Iglesia-Gomez , Head of Unit Strategy and Analysis, DG SANCO, European Commission Presentation
William Long , Counsel, Sidley Austin LLP, United-Kingdom Presentation
Elinaz Mahdavy , European Affairs and Strategic Partnerships Manager, Orange Healthcare Division, Belgium Presentation
Giuseppe Novelli , Head of the Human Genetics Research Unit, The Tor Vergata University of Rome, Italy Presentation
Mario Po’, Executive Director of Health Local Authority (ULSS n. 8) of Asolo, Italy Presentation

SESSION 10 11:30 am – 1:15 pm
GLOBALLY GREEN & BEYOND
Chair / Moderator : Karim Antonio Lesina , Executive Director, EMEA Government Affairs, AT&T
Etienne Gehain , R&D Coordinator, Corporate Smart Energy & Environment, Research & Innovation Division, GDF Suez Presentation
Antonio Salvatore Graziano , Vice-President European Public Affairs and Communications, Huawei, Belgium Presentation
John G. Jung , Co-Founder and Chairman, Intelligent Community Forum & President, Intelligent Community Forum Foundation, USA Presentation
Herve Rannou , President Items International, France Presentation
Alfredo Riccio , President of Fondazione Italiana Nuove Comunicazioni ; Administrator Unico de Cartesia, Italy Presentation
Alain Viallix , Director Public Affairs, Alcatel-Lucent, France Presentation
David Wood , Councilor, Newcastle Upon Tyne City Council, United-Kingdom Presentation

Afternoon Sessions

SESSION 11 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm
DEVELOPING WOMEN TALENTS : THE WINNING STARTEGIES TO NOURISH THE PIPELINE
Chair : Thaima Samman , President, European Network for Women in Leadership
Moderators : Elena Bonfiglioli , Senior Director Health EMEA, Microsoft Presentation
Moderators : Brigitte Dumont , Deputy Group HR, Executive Vice-President France Telecom, France Presentation
Ingrid Andersson , Senior Executive Advisor, Patient Certificate Scheme, Sweden
Alison Birkett , Asia Coordinator, Japan, Korea ; UN Broadband Commission DG INFSO, European Commission
Cecilia Castano Collado , Full Professor, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
Katherine Corich , CEO Sysdoc, United-Kingdom
Isabella de Michelis di Slonghello , VP, Public Policy & Government Affairs, Europe, Middle East & North Africa., Qualcomm
Margot Dor , Director Partnerships & EU Affairs, European Telecommunications Standards Institute
Aurélie Feld , Deputy Managing Director, PlaNet Finance, France
Mary Honeyball , Member Committees on Culture and Education & on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality, European Parliament from United-Kingdom
Sabine Lochman , General Manager, Johnson & Johnson MD&D, France
Samia Melhem , Senior Operations Officer Global ICT Department, World Bank Group
Jo Perrin , Director, International Public Relations, Asia-Pacific, EMEA and Latin America, Verizon

SESSION 12 2:00 pm – 4:45 pm
NEW INTERNET EXTENSIONS, (GTLD : GENERIC TOP LEVEL DOMAIN)

Chair : Hervé Rannou , President Items International, France
Jakub Boratynski , Head of the Unit, Directorate A, Fight Against Organised Crime, DG Home Affairs, European Commission
Mathieu Crédou , Business Manager, AFNIC, France
Brian Cute , CEO, The Public Interest Registry – PIR , USA
Bertrand de la Chapelle , Member of the Board, ICANN
Keith Drazek , Director of Policy, Verisign, USA
Thomas Lenz , Founder dotKoeln, Germany
Desiree Miloshevic , Senior Public Policy and International Affairs Adviser, Afilias, Ireland
Olof Nordling , Director, Services Relations and Branch Manager, Brussels Office, ICANN Presentation
Martin Sutton , Manager, Fraud Risk & Intelligence, HSBC, United- Kingdom Presentation

GINI hearing 2:00 pm – 4:45 pm

Thomas Andersson, Professor, Senior Advisor of Science, Research and Innovation, Sultanate of Oman
Lefteris Leontaridis, NetSmart S.A., Greece
Kai Rannenberg, Professor Dept. of Business Information and Communication Systems, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germnay
Jos Dumortier, Research Unit Law and Information Technology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
Brendan Van Alsenoy, Legal Researcher ICT, Interdisciplinary Centre for Law and ICT (ICRI) K.U Leuven – Faculty of Law, Belgium
Herbert Leitold, A-Sit, Secure Information Technology Center Austria
Pasi Lindholm, Director, NorthID Oy, Finland