WELCOME ADDRESSES

- Chair: Sylviane Toporkoff, President, Global Forum, 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

- Bernard Benhamou, Delegate on Internet Usage, Ministry of Research and Higher Education, France
- Beatrice Covassi, Counselor for the Digital Agenda, European Union Delegation to the United States of America, European Union representing Robert Madelin, Director General DG INFSO & Media, European Commission
- Paul H. Grossman, Jr., Director of International Trade and Investment, Virginia Economic Development Partnership, USA
- Steven Lerman, Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, George Washington University

KEYNOTE OPENING SESSION - ICT: A VISION FOR THE NEXT GENERATION

- Chair: Sylviane Toporkoff, President Global Forum / Shaping The Future, France & David Gross, Attorney at Law, Wiley Rein LLP, USA

- Anne Altman, General Manager Global Public Sector IBM, USA
- Kathryn Brown, Senior Vice-President Public Policy Development & Corporate Responsability, Verizon Communications, USA
- Jose W. Fernandez, Assistant Secretary for Economic, Energy and Business Affairs, US Department of State, USA
- Francisco Garcia Moran, Director General, DG Informatics-DIGIT, European Commission
- Gabrielle Gauthey, Executive Vice President Global Government & Public Affairs, Alcatel-lucent, France
- Edward P. Lazarus, Chief of Staff Federal Communications Commission FCC, USA
- Chairman Jon Leibowitz, Federal Trade Commission-FTC, USA
- Yasuhiko Taniwaki, Division Director, ICT Strategy Policy Division, Global ICT Strategy Bureau, Japan
- Chairman Konrad Von Finckenstein, Canadian Radio Television and Telecommunications Commission- CRTC, Canada

SESSION 2 - BROADBAND: READY TO INVEST

- Moderator: Jim Baller, President The Baller Herbst Law Group, P.C, USA

- Johnathan Adelstein, Administrator US Department of Agriculture, Rural Utilities Services Program, USA
- Steven Adler, Director IBM Data Governance Solutions, IBM, USA
- Michael Bartholomew, Director European Telecommunications Network Operators' Association -ETNO, Belgium
- Mark Crisson, President and CEO American Public Power Association-APPA, USA
- Gabrielle Gauthey, Executive Vice President Global Government & Public Affairs, Alcatel-lucent, France
- Latif Ladid, President IPv6 Forum; Chair EU IPv6 Task Force; Emeritus Trustee Internet Society, IPv6 Forum, Luxembourg
- Thomas J. Sugrue, Vice President Government Affairs, T-Mobile USA, Inc, USA
- Thierry Zylberberg, Executive Vice President in charge of Strategic Partnerships & General Manager of Health Line of Business France Telecom, France

Keynote Speeches

- Moderator: Giorgio Prister, President Major Cities of Europe, Italy

- Danilo Broggi, CEO Consip S.p.A, Italy
- Mark Cleverly, Director Strategy Global Government Industry, IBM, USA
- Jean-François Junger, Head of Sector ICT for Government and Public Services, DG INFSO & Media, European Commission
- Nagaaki Ohyama, Professor Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
- Tom Wilkey, Executive Director United States Election Assistance Commission, USA
- Anja Wyden Guelpa, State Chancelor State of Geneva, Switzerland

SESSION 4-1 - COLLABORATIVE GOVERNMENT ICT for Government Empowering the Society, Citizens & Businesses

- Chair Sharon Nunes, Vice President Smarter Cities - Government Industry Strategy & Solutions, IBM, USA ? Moderator: Hugo Kerschot, Founder IS-Practice, Belgium

- Robert Bell, Executive Director, Intelligent Community Forum -ICF, USA
- Alan Frank, CIO City of Philadelphia, USA
- Brig. Gen. Pasquale Lavacca, Gen. Head of III Reparto (Technology Department) Headquaters, Arma dei Carabinieri, Italy & Gianluigi Me, Major, Arma dei Carabinieri, Italy
- Guido Marinelli, Managing Director, Nestor; Lecturer Tor Vergata University of Rome, Italy
- Samia Melhem, Senior Operations Officer Global ICT Department, World Bank Group
- Jeremy Millard, Senior Consultant Danish Technological Institute, Denmark
- Madeleine Siösteen-Thiel, Senior Program Manager Services & IT Implementation Department, Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems, VINNOVA, Sweden
- Commentator: Alan Shark, Executive Director, Public Technology Institute- PTI-, USA
- Rapporteur: Jean-Pierre Chamoux, Professor, Université Paris Descartes, France

SESSION 5 -TELECOM AND INTERNET REGULATORY CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES

- Chair / Moderator: Andrew Lipman, Partner and Head of Telecom Group, Bingham McCutchen, USA

- Sébastien Bachollet Vice Chair ALAC; Honorary President ISOC France
- Patricia Cooper, President Satellite Industry Association-SIA-, USA
- Brent Olson, Assistant Vice President - Public Policy, AT&T, USA
- Julie Veach, Office of General Counsel Federal Communication Commission – FCC, USA
- Leonidas Kanellos, President EETT ( the Greek National Regulatory Authority), Greece
- Maria Tsakali, Scientific Officer DG INFSO D3:"Software & Service Architectures and Infrastructures", European Commission
- Richard S. Whitt, Head of Policy, Google, USA
- Reinhard Wieck, Managing Director Deutsche Telekom, USA
- rapporteur: Jean-Pierre Chamoux, Professor, Université Paris Descartes, France

Keynote Opening Session

- Moderator: Madeleine Siosteen Thiel, Senior Program Manager Services & IT Implementation Department, Swedish Government Agency for Innovation Systems, VINNOVA, Sweden

- Beatrice Covassi, Counselor for the Digital Agenda, European Union Delegation for the United States of America, European Union
-Ulf Dahlsten, Principal Adviser DG INFSO & Media, European Commission
Martin Kohn, Associate Director Healthcare Analytics, IBM, USA
- Robert Morin, Secretary General Canadian Radio-televsion and Telecommunications Commission - CRTC, Canada
- Commissioner Thomas J. Rosch, Federal Trade Commission-FTC, USA

SESSION 7 - OPEN INNOVATION: STRATEGY & POLICIES

- Chair: Bror Salmelin, Adviser to the Director ICT addressing Societal Challenges, DG INFSO, European Commission

- Moderator: Jay E. Gillette, Professor of Information and Communications Sciences, Center for Information and Communication Sciences, Ball State University, USA
- Sofia Adjas, European Affairs Manager Universcience – Cité des sciences et de l’industrie, France
- Anthony DiMaso, Vice President Strategy, Development & Planning, Verizon Communications, USA
- Kent Baker, Vice President , Director of Standards and Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Policy, Qualcomm, USA
- Charlotte Brogren, Director General Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems, VINNOVA, Sweden
- Sladjana Cabrilo, Assistant Professor University Educons./ Faculty of Business in Services, Serbia
- Margot Dor, Director Partnerships & EU Affairs, European Telecommunications Standards Institute -ETSI- France
- Bruno Le Dantec, Representative EIT ICT Labs Paris node manager, INRIA
- Eric Legale, Managing director Issy Media, City of Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
- Denis Rousset, Director Public Affairs Department, ST-Ericsson, France
- Adrijan Bozinovski, Assistant Professor, University American College Skopje, Macedonia
Commentator: Edith Cresson, Former France Prime Minister, France

SESSION 9 - FUTURE VIDEO DELIVERY: COMPETITION AND COOPETITION BETWEEN BROADCASTERS, TELCOS AND INTERNET PLAYERS

- Chair: Maurizio Talamo, Professor Department of Mathematics Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata", President Laboratorio Nestor, Italy
- Moderator: Susie Ruston, Partner 21c Consultancy Ltd, The United-Kingdom
- Bartolome Arroyo, Acting Head of Unit "Networked Media Systems", European Commission
- Linda Kinney, Motion Picture Association of America -MPAA, USA
- Laszlo Horvath, President Active Media, USA
- Hervé Rannou, President Items International, France
- Alfredo Ronchi, General Secretary EC Medici Framework, Italy
- Yianna Vovides, Director of Instructional Design Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning, George Washington University, USA

SESSION 10 - GLOBAL NETWORK FOR EMPOWERING WOMEN'S INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

- Keynote Speaker: Melanne Verveer, Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues, US Department of State, USA

- Chair: Thaima Samman , Partner Piton Samman Law firm; President European Network for Women in Leadership, France

- Elen Blacker, Executive Director-Public Policy, AT&T, USA
- Beatrice Covassi, Counselor for the Digital Agenda, European Union Delegation to the United States of America, European Union
- Dr. Rachelle S. Heller, Professor Computer Science Department ; Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Mount Vernon Campus; George Washington University, USA
- Edit Herczog, Member Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, European Parliament
- Ruth Milkman, Chief Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, Federal Communications Commission- FCC- , USA
- Sharon Nunes, VP Smarter Cities - Government Industry Strategy & Solutions, IBM, USA
- Jacquelynn Ruff, Vice President International Public Policy and Regulatory Affairs, Verizon Communications, USA
- Kathleen Turco, Associate Administrator Office of Governmentwide Policy-General Services Administration- GSA, USA
- Linda Zecher, Corporate Vice-president Worldwide Public Sector, Microsoft, USA