CANTO Secretariat Room 1

Secretary General Office

Chairman's Office

Meeting

Venue

New and Emerging Technologies

Marigold Room

Human Resource

Marigold Annex

Financial Advisory

To be advised

Marketing and Communications

Ginger Lilly

Disaster Recovery Planning

Tiffany Restaurant

Meeting of CANTO Board of Directors

Board Room Barbados Hilton

09:00 am – 2:00

Satellite Fundamental Training

Government and business professionals interested in learning how, when, where and why satellite communications are being cost effectively applied to deliver an increasing range of Caribbean applications. 

Topics include: Delivering competitive Caribbean communications… via satellite: Broadcasting, Cable, Internet, Fixed line telephone, Terrestrial wireless (e.g. GSM, Wi-Fi, Wi-Max, etc.)

Satellite systems & services: The state of the art: Earth stations, Bandwidth

Marigold Room

11:00 am

Speakers/Presenters Dress Rehearsal

Flambouyant

5:00 pm

Official Opening of CANTO 2007 with Government Ministers, CANTO Executives

and Members, Officials of Cable and Wireless ( Barbados ) Ltd and other dignitaries in attendance  

Flambouyant

6:15

Ribbon Cutting Ceremony followed by

Viewing of Exhibits  

7:00

WELCOME RECEPTION

Sponsored by: Cable and Wireless ( Barbados ) Ltd. 

Chair: Regenie Fraser, Secretary General, CANTO

8:30

Convocations

Ian Blanchard, CANTO Director  

8:35

Opening Remarks

Leon Williams, CANTO Chairman  

8:45

Keynote: Sir Richard Branson, Virgin Mobile (unconfirmed)

9:05

Feature Address: Hamadoun Touré, Secretary General, ITU  

9:30 - 10:00

COFFEE BREAK Sponsored By: INTEC  

Session 1: MINISTER'S PANEL

Chair: Leon Williams, CANTO Chairman

10:00

Keynote : Hon Mia Mottley, Minister of Economic Affairs & Development , Barbados

10:25

Hon. Dr. Jerrol Thompson, Minister of Telecommunications, Science, Technology and Industry, St. Vincent and Grenadines

10:50

Hon. Reginald Austrie, Minister of Housing, Lands Telecom, Energy & Posts , Dominica

11:15

Hon Edmond Mansoor, Minister of Telecommunications, Antigua

11:40

Hon. Ismael Cal , Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs and Public Utilities, Belize

Bahamas (to be confirmed)

Hon. Richel Apinsa, Minister of Transport, Communications and Tourism , Suriname

12:05 - 1:00

Lunch Sponsored by SPRINT

Session 2: CEO Forum – A look into the Future

Chair: Tellis Symonette, BTC, Bahamas

1:00

Keynote: Donald Austin, Cable and Wireless , Barbados

1:20

Phil Edholm, CTO, Nortel

1:40

Faizal A Salawu, Tremor Technology Group Inc

2:00

Richard Nixon, Laqtel

2:20

Andreas Freund, Vice President Marketing, Orga Systems

2:20

Carlos Garza, Regional Business Development Manager, Motorola

Exhibition Viewing 1:00 - 6:00

MONDAY NIGHT DINNER & Show: The Plantation , Christ Church , Barbados

Sponsored By: Cable & Wireless Barbados Ltd & CANTO

TRACK A

Flamboyant South

TRACK B

Flamboyant North

8:30

8:50

9:10

9:30

Emerging Telecommunication Policy and Regulatory Issues 8:30 - 10:00
Chair: Donald Austin, Cable & Wireless ( Barbados ) Ltd.  

Keynote: Policy in Small Economies - Richard Cadman, SPC Network

Glenda Medford, VP Legal & Regulatory, Cable & Wireless, Barbados Ltd

Selby Wilson, Telecommunications Strategist, Caribbean Telecommunications Union

Phillip Cross, ITU

8:30

8:50

9:10

9:30

Future Network Trends
Chair: Dean Boyce, CANTO Director

Towards and All IP Network - Marcelino Hernandez , LA Marketing CTO-office Vice -Director, Huawei Technologies
Delivery and Management of Convergent Services – Patty Lewis, Director BSS Solutions Domain, Hewlet-Packard Company;
Multi-use Mesh Networks - Ben Moebes, Tropos Networks
Leveraging IMS for Next Generation Service Advantage- Hugh Dysart , Nortel

10:00 – 10:15 COFFEE BREAK Sponsored by: Belize Telemedia Limited

10:15

10:40

11:05

11:30

Telecom Fraud, Revenue Assurance and Cost Management Solutions 10:15 - 12:00
Chair: Davidson Charles, CANTO Director

Centralized Error Management Case Study - German Garcia, Business Development Director, Intec

Using Standards to reduce costs and Complexity - Bill Murphy, Director of Product Marketing, Sturbridge Networks

Embracing the Global Opportunities of Mobile Commerce  - John P. Keane - Senior Product Manager, VeriSign Commerce & Billing Services

Tyrone Branch, VP Fraud & Revenue Assurance Cable & Wireless Barbados

10:15

10:40

11:05

11:30

Enhancing Quality of life experience through ICT 10:15 - 12:00
Chair : Dirk Currie, CANTO Director

Triple play and quad play - Jose Otero, President, Signals Consulting

Education through ICT , Gtech

Broadband Internet Access for Education - Harry Garcia, President and CEO, Mobile Universe

Medical services through ICT - MEDSTAR

Home-based business Workers - Paul Adams, Director of Product Management, MetaSwitch

12:00 – 1:00 LUNCH Sponsored by: VeriSign

VoIP Workshop 1:00 - 4:00

Chair: Glenda Medford, CANTO Director

VoIP Challenges for Operators, Regenie Fraser, Secretary General, CANTO
VoIP Policy- a Government's Perspective - Chelston Bourne, Chief Telecommunications Officer

Challenging the Regulator - Graham Butler President and C.E.O , Bitek International, Inc.

Technical Challenges of VoIP Bypass - Monica Cultrera, Vice President, Software Development, Bitek International, Inc.

NATIONAL COST OF VoIP BYPASS - Julian Fellows, Executive Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Bitek International, Inc.

Legal and regulatory issues: Recommendations for the Caribbean -  Bob Aaamoth, Kelley Drye

1:00 – 2:00

VSAT GLOBAL FORUM

Chair: Bernardo Schneiderman

Global Satellite Carriers (Intelsat, SES-NewSkies, Telesat, Loral Skynet)

VSAT Suppliers (HNS, VIASAT, GILAT, IDIRECT)

Service Providers (COMSAT, GLOBECOMM and etc)

Brazil – GSAC Program

Colombia – Compartel Program

Mexico – E-Mexico Program

USA – Homeland Security Applications

CANADA – E-Government

Satellite Service Providers (Haiti Satellite)

COFFEE BREAK Sponsored by:

Workshop Continues

Exhibition Viewing : 9:00 - 12:00

MEMBERS Dinner, Fig Tree Restaurant, Accra Beach Hotel, Sponsored by:

TRACK A

Flamboyant South

TRACK B

Flamboyant North

8:30

8:55

9:20

9:45

Evolution of the Mobile Business Model 8:30 - 10:10
Chair: Helma Etnel, CANTO FAC Chair

Context-based sponsorship and Advertising

Bohdan Zabawskyj, Chief Technology Officer, Redknee

  Mobile Messaging 2.0 defined

Vincent Kadar, Chief Technology Officer, Airwide Solutions

Alternatives to Bilateral Roaming -

Helmut Boesiger, Vice President Sales Latin America, Comfone;

Is CAMEL a must for global seamless prepaid roaming - Ofir Yona, Senior Sales Manager for Latin America , Starhome.

8:30

8:55

9:20

9:45

Emergency Management 8:30 - 10:10

Chair: Ian Blanchard CANTO Director

Keynote : Andrew Barber , Director of International Security, CWI

Redefining Disaster Recovery – Paul Sandoval, VP of Business

Development, SatPath Broadband Communications

How IP Business Trunking Enhances Disaster Recovery – Michael Lauricella, Consultant, Broadsoft Inc

Broadband Applications via Satellite - Keith Clark, Sr. Regional Marketing Manager, Americas ; Intelsat

10:15 – 10:30 COFFEE BREAK Sponsored by:

10:15

10:40

11:05

11:30

New and Emerging Technologies: 10:15 - 12:00
Chair: Ed Layne , Vice President: Networks Cable & Wireless Barbados

IMS Technology: Revolutionary or Evolutionary - Lyle Paczkowski, Product Manager, Enterprise Mobility, Sprint Nextel Business Solutions

WiMAX Backhaul Architectures – Bill Paulsen, Director of Business Development, DragonWave Inc

A cornerstone for NGN Broadband Connectivity - Gil Kremer, Country Manager Brazil & Caribbean ,

Airspan

High-Speed Packet Access - Hans Höglund, Director of Strategic Marketing Ericsson Sweden.

10:15

10:40

11:05

11:30

Leveraging ICT for National Development 10:30 – 12:00

Chair : Russel Davis, GT&T, Guyana

Determining the Best Architecture for your Network – Juan Vela, Occam;

Mainstreaming ICTs into National Development Plans – Santiago Reyes-Border, Senior Advisor / Conseiller principal,

Industry Canada .

Leveraging ICT for National Development - Trinidad's fastforward I nitiatives' - John Mollenthiel, Deputy National Chief Information Officer, Trinidad and Tobago

Building Economic Prosperity Through Knowledge and Innovation - Michèle Granger, General Manager - Operations

International Institute of Telecommunications, Canada

12:00 – 1:00 LUNCH Sponsored by:: Bahamas Telecommunications Company

1:00

1:25

1:50

2:10

Connecting the Caribbean 1:00 - 2:15
Chair: Cornelius Prior

Repeaterless DWDM – A 317km Caribbean Festoon Segment Upgrade ; Emanuel Nachum, Vice President -  Americas Marketing, ECI Telecom;

Key Decision Points for FTTP Implementation – Thomas Bludau, Manager FTTP Business Development & Fibre Closure and Terminals,3M Communications;

FTTx – Tarciscio Riberio, Tellabs

1:00

1:25

1:50

Compliance and Governance Challenges 1:00 - 2:15

Chair : Ramsey Jack, Cable & Wireless , Dominica

T he GPON Standard: an FSAN Committee Member's Perspective - Dr. Dave Cleary, Calix

Internet Resource Governance – Richard Jimmerson, Director of External Relations, ARIN

Number Portability Implementation: Worldwide Lessons Learned , Naveen Suri , Executive Director, Telcordia Interconnection Solutions

2:10 - 2:30 COFFEE BREAK Sponsored by:

CANTO Connects 2:30 - 4:00
Chair:
CANTO committee Chairs Report on Organization's Plans for the next year

4:10 – 4:30
Closing Ceremony

Exhibition Viewing 9:00 - 2:00

7:00 Closing Dinner, Sponsored by: Nortel

07:00

Room

Assignment

E109

Secretary General, CANTO

E108

Chairman, CANTO

E103

Alcatel-Lucent

E102

Cerillion Technologies Ltd

Marigold

VSAT Training Sunday 24

Nortel Customer Forum Tuesday 26th

Marigold Annex

CANTO

Ginger Lilly

Cable &Wireless

Tiffany & Sugar Restaurants

Reserved for packing boxes

Marigold Annex

Verisign