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Tech Sector Summits
- Promoting Partnerships, Knowledge Exchange & Growth
Scandic Hotel Infra City, Stockholm, 8th April 2002
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Forthcoming Events…
Event: Training & Development in Telecoms
Date: 8th – 11th April 2002
Location: London
URL: www.iir-conferences.com
Optimising your training resources in an economic downturn,
building an appropriate telecoms training strategy to meet
he challenges created by technological advances. Measure the
effectiveness of training by employing feedback and follow-up
to maximise results, weigh up the pros and cons of outsourced
vs. in-house training and blending solutions: developing the
right mix.
Event: European Investment Forum
Date: 9th April 2002
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
URL: www.e-unlimited.com/investmentforum/
The European Investment Forum is Europe’s leading technology investment event
for early-stage to 2nd round financed technology companies from across Europe.
This event is essential to those seeking new funds, new partners, international
development or a significantly increased network of contacts. Meet leading
early-stage tech companies, and listen to expert speakers, panellists and
keynotes including Bundeep Singh Rangar (Ariadne Capital), Anders Craft (3i),
Joran Hoff (Earlybird Ventures), Remi Vermeir (Ernst & Young), Anders Byttner (Argogroup),
Robert Genieser (JP Margan), Paul Ostergaard (Norwood Systems) and Michele
Appendino (NetPartners).
Event: Charter Members & Members Drinks
Date: 9th April 2002
Location: The Media Club, Great Titchfield Street, London
URL: www.tie-uk.org
This is a great opportunity for our members and our Charter members to meet,
mingle, chat and discuss business. As well as some drinks on the house, the
company will be extraordinary of course. This is a members only event so please
send an e-mail to info@tie-uk.org with your TiE website USERNAME to confirm a
place. Hurry as places are limited. Free entry to all our members and £10 for
non-members.
Event: Next Generation Telecoms Fraud 2002
Date: 9th – 12th April 2002
Location: Victoria Park Plaza, London
URL: www.iir-conferences.com/fraud
Developing an integrated risk management strategy to reduce fixed & mobile fraud
losses and to protect your networks, services and devices from the potential
security threats of IP, GPRS and 3G. Plan your next generation risk management
strategy, hear operator case studies and learn about fraud and security
convergence in the migration of IP.
Event: Interactive TV Content
Date: 11th – 12th April 2002
Location: London
URL: www.marcusevans.com/events
Integrating interactive applications into existing programming and TV content
presents powerful business opportunities for all players in the entertainment
and TV industries. Enhanced iTV is a significant means by which to generate
revenue, strengthen brand and develop customer loyalty. By providing TV-feel
content that generates genuine consumer interest, programme makers, content
providers and broadcasters alike can maximise the value of their digital
offerings. This conference examines how to successfully collaborate and create
innovative programming, games and information services exclusively for
interactive TV. Drawing from the experiences of an expert speaker panel, the
conference addresses the key creative, technical and strategic issues of
developing enhanced TV content.
Event: How do mobile communications work?
Date: 11th – 12th April 2002
Location: London
URL: www.iirtraining.co.uk
This course provides a complete overview of the applications, terminology,
infrastructure and technologies of mobile communications. Understand and
differentiate between mobile, cellular, radio, wireless, satellite and cordless
communications. Discover the principles of digital mobile communications and the
key services and applications. Learn the functionality of each of the components
of a GSM network and about the emerging technologies, trends and developments in
mobile communications.
Event: The European Telecoms Forum 2002
Date: 15th – 16th April
Location: Rome
URL: www.emea.idc.com/forum/telecoms02
This conference will address the main drivers in the telecommunications market
in Europe, with a particular focus on fast Internet, UMTS, fibre and fixed
wireless. With attendees from telecom service providers, corporations, ISPs,
ASPs, press and IDC research, this is an opportunity to gain an understanding of
the latest developments and opportunities in the European market and to network
at the highest level.
Event: Evolving SDH & Multiservice Networks
Date: 15th – 18th April 2002
Location: Ramada Plaza Hotel, London
URL: www.telecomstransmission.com/sdh
A full three day multi speaker programme examining how you can consolidate your
network investment by evolving SDH to interwork with Ethernet, IP, MPLS & WDM in
the multiservice network. Learn from the leading industry players such as BT,
Interoute, Storm, Ebone, Telia as they: forcast the future role of SDH in the
multiservice network; examine the benefits of deploying Ethernet over SDH;
design an SDH network to support IP traffic; examine the drivers for the
evolution of the multiservice metro network; compare SDH, Ethernet and RPR as
metro solutions; evaluate the ability of the SDH MSPP to support new services
and examine the implications of adopting GFP and virtual concatenation.
Event: Drug Discovery Technology Europe
Date: 15th – 19th April 2002
Location: Stuttgart, Germany
URL: www.drugdisc.com/europe
This is the largest European-based event reviewing the entire drug discovery
process. In the hub of a German Biotech region, this Conference and Exhibition
continues with its successful interdisciplinary, multileveled focus, to address
all aspects of the drug discovery industry. The conference uniquely combines the
latest technologies and real scientific data with a thorough analysis of current
business strategies and trends in drug discovery. The sessions will also tackle
the key issues of target selection, lead identification and candidate survival,
focusing on the cutting edge technologies, intermingled with traditional
biology, that are being utilised to reduce attrition rates.
Event: Global IP Carriers Europe 2002
Date: 17th – 19th April 2002
Location: Royal Garden Hotel, London
URL: www.terrapin.com
For carriers, cash is king. For IP carriers conserving cash is a complex
challenge. How far can IP wholesale defray your network build costs?? How far
can you cut back? What are your margins on IP services? How do you price them?
How do you reduce your unit cost of delivery? Get the CEOs’ and leading edge
technology suppliers’ strategies and the tactics for cost reduction, with
contributions from Telia, KPNQwest, Ebone, Interoute, BT, Global Crossing, NTT,
FLAG Telecom, Sprint, Belgacom, Chello, Equant and Telenor.
Event: IIR’s European Summit 2002, In-Building Coverage
Date: 22nd – 26th April 2002
Location: Fira Palace Hotel, Barcelona, Spain
URL: www.iir-telecoms.com/in-building
Evaluating the business case for deploying and optimising in-building coverage
solutions, determining and overcoming the technical difficulties of achieving
optimal indoor coverage, deploying integrated 3G and WLAN solutions to meet
indoor coverage and data capacity demands and overcoming the challenges of
achieving coverage in problem areas.
Event: Networking the convergence industry
Date: 23rd April 2002, 6pm – 9pm
Location: Red Cube, Leicester Place, Leicester Square, London
URL: http://www.broadbandbananas.com
BroadbandBananas is hosting this first iTV/Broadband Networking Event of the
Year, offering exclusive networking at one of the coolest venues in the West
End.
Please complete the RSVP form at:
www.broadbandbananas.com/ocsl.html, and bring a valid business card with you
on the night.
Event: Strategically Deploying CAMEL
Date: 23rd – 24th April 2002
Location: Euston Plaza Hotel, London
URL: www.iir-conferences.com/camel
Strategically deploying CAMEL to deliver revenue-generating, advanced, prepaid
and post-paid value added services and international roaming. Hear practical
experience from 7 mobile operators implementing CAMEL in their networks now,
find out what industry experts think of the future of CAMEL in comparison with
alternative technologies and competitive proprietary solutions and learn more
about the role of CAMEL in the migration to all-IP 3G networks.
Event: Successful Interactive Applications – for Television, Internet
and Mobile Industries
Date: 23rd – 25th April 2002
Location: SAS Radisson Portman Hotel, London
URL: www.ibctelecoms.com/interactiveapps
This two day conference joins experts in the interactive industries. Find out
which interactive applications have been most successful; how to define
potential for games across TV, Internet and mobile phones; what is making money
in the interactive world, and why; what is the role of portals in a winning
business model; and how influential will the uptake of gambling be for
interactivity.
Event: Billing Systems 2002 and Utilities Billing Systems 2002
Date: 23rd – 25th April 2002
Location: Earls Court Conference and Exhibition Centre, London
URL: www.iir.co.uk/utilitiesbilling
For the first time ever, Billing Systems 2002 incorporates the unique
perspective of the utilities marketplace. The co-location with the Utilities
Billing 2002 conference reflects the increasing convergence of the telecoms and
utilities market as a growing number of electricity and gas suppliers are
starting to offer joint billing for utilities and telecoms services. The
flexibility, scalability and accuracy of billing and customer information
management systems are a key prerequisite for the utilities venture into the
telecoms market.
Event: Computer-expo 2002
Date: 23rd – 26th April 2002
Location: Beaulieu, Lausanne, Switzerland
URL: www.computer-expo.ch/index.asp?lang=en
Computer-expo attests its leading role as showroom in data processing and
Internet in French speaking Switzerland. The show reinforces its position within
the B2B-Segment, especially in regard of its interest for commercial leaders.
Entry-tickets at Computer-expo are primarily free entry-tickets, distributed
through the exhibitors by means of marketing measures. The visitors are mainly
clients or prospects.
Event: Recovery Strategies for Telecom Operators
Date: 24th – 25th April 2002
Location: ExCel, London
URL: www.iir-conferences.com/recovery
Successfully restructuring and repositioning your company within the evolving
telecom supply and value chains. Maintaining operating margins and optimising
business opportunities. This conference also includes two workshops: A corporate
restructuring toolkit for operators and developing strategies to capitalise in
the changing value of telecom market sectors.
Events: Wireless B2E Applications
Date: 24th – 26th April 2002
Location: Strand Palace, London
URL: www.iir-telecoms.com
Exploiting advances in mobile technologies and applications to cut costs,
enhance productivity and empower the customer-facing workforce with wireless
business-2-employee applications. Examine the business drivers, forecasting
demand and cost justifying the investment in mobile B2E enterprise applications,
managing mobile data applications, synchronisation and roaming with wireless LAN
to plot a course for the development of the mobile enterprise.
Event: Internet & Investments Forum
Date: 25th – 26th April 2002
Location: St Petersburg, Russia
URL: www.admin.spb.ru
Discuss the following key issues: Trans-European cooperation in IT and business;
IT investments: where we are now; What we have learned; How to build a
successful IT business (pleasing investors); Perspective and sustainable
business models; Investment climate (US, Europe, Russia); What's the next.
If you would like us to list your event, please contact: events@ariadnecapital.com
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