For the fifth time in a row, atene KOM organises the “Governmental Day“ Workshop. This one will take place within the framework of the FTTH Conference in Valencia on 13 February 2018.
Agenda and speakers
13 February 2018 | FERIA VALENCIA, Avinguda de les Fires 1, 46035 València (Spain)
Moderation: Tony Shortall (Director at TELAGE)
- 14:00 – 14:05: Welcome and opening remarks – Tim Brauckmüller, Managing Director at atene KOM, BCO Germany
- 14:05 – 14:35: European Commission policy update – Carlota Reyners Fontana, Head of Unit B5, European Commission DG Communications Networks, Contents and Technology Investment in High-Capacity Networks
- Broadband development, initiatives, actions (e.g. Broadband platform)
- BCO Networks
- Funding possibilities (e.g. Connecting Europe Broadband Fund)
- Connectivity for a European gigabit society
- 5G and converged networks
- WiFi4EU and Broadband Europe
- 14:35 – 15:30: Planning successful broadband rollout! Best Practices from European regions – Winners of the European Broadband Awards
- Colchester Business Broadband, UK – Steven Eke, Project Manager Colchester, Borough Council
- Coviolo Wireless, Italy –Valeria Montanari, Assessor Digital Agenda Reggio Emilia
- Optic fiber to al houses on Gotland, Sweden – Anne Ståhl Mousa, IT Strategy and International Officer Gotland County
- Initial impulse Glass-Fiber-City Lauchhammer, Germany – Heinz-Peter Labonte, Chair KOMBUNT
15:30 – 16:00: Coffee Break
- 16:00 – 16:10: Tackling the digital rural divide – Peyman Khodabakhsh, CORA Project Partner atene KOM, Germany
- Ideas from the Interreg NSR project Connecting Remote Areas with digital infrastructure and services
- 16:10 – 16:20: Building a collaborative economy over networks as in commons – Roman Rocca, Project Manager, Gulfi-net foundation, Spain
- Local/regional example for tackling the rural divide
- 16:20 – 16:45: Multilogues – Tackling the rural digital divide – All participants; Moderation: Darijus Valiucko, Project Manager, atene KOM
- 16:45 – 17:20: Round table presentations – All participants
- 17:20 – 17:30: Workshop summary – Tim Brauckmüller, Managing Director at atene KOM, BCO Germany
- Summary of outputs of the workshop and outlook
Register now via atene KOM and get a discount or even free access to Workshop and FTTH Conference.
- Policy makers and public officers register for free
- Academia and students register at 110 € + VAT
- Furthermore, as a partner of the FTTH Council, we are pleased to offer a 20 % discount on the registration fee for all other participants
We also recommend the workshop “Germany after the General Election – getting serious about Gigabit”. This one is taking place 13 February right before our “Governmental Day” Workshop. Both workshops complement each other well.
Photo top: Governmental Workshop of atene KOM in Berlin, October 2017. Credit: atene KOM Gmbh/Florian Schuh. Picture below: Banner of FTTH Conference 2018. Credit: FTTH Council Europe.