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Programme

STRUCTURE AND QUESTIONS PLANNED FOR DISCUSSION

• New federal law on communication – new accents of the regulator. Key directions for developing Russian communication sector.
• New approaches to sharing communication facilities and radio-frequency spectrum. Implementing technological neutrality.
• Telecommunication operators’ experience in sharing networks and infrastructure.
• Opportunities and problems of implementing MNP principle. How can the implementation of number portability influence the alignment of operators’ market forces?
• New approaches to broadband development. Collaboration of state and corporate sector.
• Stimulating market development through antimonopoly regulation mechanisms.
• LTE challenges for Russia: business models, services and technological partnerships.
• Developing the models for regulating Telecom and Media in Europe: experience and forecasts.

• Unzipping the Digital World.
• GAME CHANGERS: Challenges and initiatives (Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon, Skype…)
• Internet Company. Business case in Russia and abroad.
• TV Operator. Business-case.
• Telecom Operator. Business-case.
• E-commerce – new roles and opportunities for fixed and mobile operators in the profit chain.
• The partnerships of operators and payment systems: illusions and prospects.

• Prospects of Reach Communication Suite standard. Operators’ response to OTT players regarding value-added services profit retention.
• Customer Experience: key approach to retain the growth of operator’s profit in a mature market.
• Data traffic monetization. Methods and technologies for increasing ARPU.
• Outsourcing networks for corporate segment.
• Development strategy of a major infrastructural player: vertical integration + service platform.
• M2M 2.0: new opportunities for operators on vertical markets.
• Broadband prospects.
• SDP concept: business model, technological basis, implementation practice for fixed and mobile operators.
• The structure and dynamics of mobile applications market development.
• Everything as a service (EaaS).
• Operator as an aggregator of cloud services. Models and monetization technologies.

• The abundance of data: markets, trends and technologies. BIG DATA in various industries.
• Personal Data 2.0. Customer Data 2.0: instruments and monetization principles. Personal Information Economy.
• Business analytics: new monetization opportunities based on analysis of unstructured data.
• The methods for mass-data multiprocessing for telecom sector.
• Unstructured data analysis on the Internet. Illusions and results.
• New services for telecom based on the analysis of consumption profiles.
• Telecom and BIG DATA business cases for Smart City.
• Platforms and applications for dealing with BIG DATA. Means of visualization and report generation.
• Informational security issues in dealing with BIG DATA.

• Telecom on transport.
• Telecom in electric power industry.
• Telecom in healthcare.
• Telecom and financial services.
• Data processing centres and cloud services in Russia. Prospects, problems and development scenarios.
• National infrastructure projects.

• Transformation and integration of user devices.
• Content as a source of extra profit for telecommunication operator. Which way, how much and who with can an operator gain on content?
• ???-services – from competition to partnerships.
• Majors’ strategies in the digital distribution of video content in Russia.
• TV market trends: the market for niche and thematic channels, monetization prospects for TV market new phenomena.
• CDN 2.0:  Platforms for creating and promoting premium video services.
• Off-the-air television. Opportunities for advertisers in multimedia environment.