Speakers are being invited from the key sectors involved in the IPTV market; telcos, content providers, device manufacturers, ISPs, technology providers and many more. 

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Confirmed Speakers  Include;

John C. Tanner is Global Technology Editor for the Questex Asia, whose publications include Telecom Asia, Wireless Asia, AsiaSatellite News, TelecomsEurope, America's Network and RNT.

Xiongyan Tang is now the technical director of China Netcom Group System Integration Corporation, an executive director of Beijing Institute of Communications, and a guest professor of Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT).

Mr. Zhang Lin De graduated from Shanghai Dian Da University, majored in Mathematics. He is the board member and Vice General Manger in Shanghai Telecom.

A widely experienced senior executive with extensive knowledge of the telecommunications industry, Paul Berriman has previously managed telecommunications-consulting projects in such diverse places as Portugal, Brazil, Taiwan, China, India, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Malaysia and the US.

Andrew Yeo is the publisher of Asia-Pacific Broadcasting. A journalist for more than 20 years, he acquired the publication from Miller Freeman in 1997 and turned it into a "news you can use" trade newspaper for the broadcast industry.
 

Jim is the Vice President, Corporate Development  for SES Global, the parent company of SES Americom, SES Astra and SES New Skies, and equity partner in regional operators Sirius AB, AsiaSat, StarOne and Nahuelsat.

Raghu Puri is General Manager, China, responsible for the Transmission Networks Business for Scientific-Atlanta, A CISCO Company.  His responsibility includes managing Scientific-Atlanta (Shanghai) Company Ltd., a Wholly Foreign-Owned Enterprise (WFOE) of Scientific-Atlanta, Inc. 

David Price is Vice President, Business Development at Harmonic Inc., where he is responsible for pioneering Harmonic’s leading position in digital video broadcast, distribution and IP-based delivery technologies.

From 1994 to 1999 he worked with NTT America as a vice president and general manager at IP HQs in the area of creating and promoting the Internet business both in US and in Japan.

Damian has more than 10 years experience in the telecommunication industry and in particular in BSS/OSS - billing segment.

In this capacity, Li looks after Microsoft TV’s sales and marketing functions in the Asia Pacific region and leads the team that manages relationships with Microsoft TV customers in the region.

Sebastian is an entrepreneur with an extensive business experience in a number of international markets. After studies in social sciences and economics, he has previously been specialising in property and investment.

Janine Stein has covered the television and media business for the past 20 years.

She is currently Editorial Director of ContentAsia, an information brand that refines today’s data-deluge into usable, digestible, and reliable intelligence about entertainment content creation, funding, financing, licensing, distribution, design and branding, and technology across the Asia-Pacific region.

Mr. Ricky Wong Wai-kay is Chairman and Co-founder of the Group, responsible for overall strategic planning and management. Mr. Wong holds a bachelor?s degree in science degree in Electronics from the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Ken Lo was appointed Vice President, Business Development, Asia, in 2004.  Based at SPTI’s regional headquarters in Hong Kong, he works closely with SPTI’s Asia team to help nurture new strategic opportunities across the three lines of business – licensing, international production and international channels, with a focus on China.

Ringo Chan is Vice President, Greater China and Vice President, Wireless Development, Asia Pacific for Turner International Asia Pacific Ltd. (Turner), a Time Warner Company. 

Mr. Rajesh Sawhney is a key member of the Reliance - ADAG leadership team. As President, Reliance Entertainment, he is spearheading Group’s foray into the media and entertainment space.

Mr. Ishwar Jha presently employed with Zee Telefilms Ltd. as Sr. Vice President - Business Technology is responsible for deploying digital media technology and services to help company create leadership position in the digital entertainment arena.

Roy Kirsopp, VP and General Manager of Amino Communications, has more than 20 years of electronics engineering and business experience at the heart of the technology industry.

Prior to joining UTStarcom in 1994, Mr. Huang held engineering and management positions in several telecommunications companies including AT&T CellRelay Systems (a unit of Bell Labs), Ascom Timeplex, Genius Telecom, Timeplex Inc., and Racal-Milgo.

Born 1963.  Ph.D. in Applied mathematics (University of Oslo, 1992). Gimse has research and teaching experience from several universities. He worked for seven years with technology and business development in the petroleum sector (FrontSim software). 

Holger Ippach joined Nagravision in January 2005 as Vice President & Global Head of IPTV. Holger is responsible for developing solutions and worldwide business relations that will bring secure content protection to TV over IP service operators.

Ms. Min Jeong Kim has been a Researcher at ETRI since August 2002. Kim has gained extensive experience of analyzing customer's satisfaction in the internet services market, as well as analysis on the satisfactions of KT's employees and customers, financial performances, and the casual relationships between them.

Steve Borelli is responsible for working to identify, develop and pursue growth initiatives for Comverse. In this role, Borelli works closely with key stakeholders within Comverse to identify business development, partnership and other opportunities.

John joined Digital Media Publishing in January as editor-in-chief with overall strategic responsibility for the company's online media, which currently includes ipTVnews, mobileTVnews and Connected Home News.   

As the Consumer Electronics Sales Manager, Chan is based in Hong Kong and he plays a critical role in developing and managing the rapidly growing consumer electronics business in the China and Hong Kong markets.

Mike Greenall brings over 15 years experience in engineering and strategic marketing within the global set-top box industry to his role as VP Business Development for IntAct Software Ltd.

Jim Olson is Executive Vice President of corporate development at TANDBERG Television. His global role is focused on building and developing the TANDBERG Television offering to ensure that the company is in pole position to enable operators and content owners to meet consumer needs in an on-demand, interactive, personalized world.

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Dato’ Ir. Hj. Rosman Ridzwan has more than 23 years experience in the local telecommunications and IT industry. Highly regarded for his innovativeness and entrepreneurial spirit, Dato’ Rosman is a well-respected figure, having successfully supervised muti-million ringgit infrastructure projects throughout the course of his career.

Adi Kusma is President Director for Biznet in Indonesia. He is responsible for managing and leading the company to become one the leading telecom provider in Indonesia.

Adam Roberts Zecha is Senior Vice President, International Sales of ESPN STAR Sports, Asia’s number one broadcaster.

 
Tony is Asia Sales Director in charge of Network products in Thomson Grass Valley based in Beijing, China.

Nick Snow is the Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of Advanced Television Ltd. Over the last 20 years Snow’s companies have published some of the international electronic media industry’s most well-known and respected business journals.

Craig Zimbulis brings with him, to ANYTIME, both depth of knowledge of the entertainment industry and breadth of experience covering business development, sales, marketing and strategic planning. He is based at ANYTIME’s headquarters in Singapore.

Raymond has been one of the key drivers between Silicon Valley and Asia Pacific with more than twenty years of sales leadership in networking and telecommunications.

Bruce A. Oltchick is Executive Vice President, Advertising Sales, Distribution & Marketing of STAR, a wholly owned subsidiary of News Corporation and Asia’s leading media and entertainment company, serving more than 300 million viewers across 53 Asian countries with over 50 television services in nine languages.

Danny Wilson is founder and President of Pixelmetrix Corporation, a manufacturer of preventive monitoring solutions for digital broadcasters. Previously, Mr. Wilson was an executive with Hewlett-Packard’s Communication Measurement Division.

Xuebo Wu is Asia Business Development Manager of Network Systems Test Operation of Agilent Technologies.

Steve Foy has worked in the video industry for 10 years. He began work in video for the Cambridge start-up Symbionics Instruments in 1996. Symbionics Instruments was rebranded as Adherent Systems in 1997 and quickly became a successful player in the MPEG test market.

Dr. Ampai Pornprasertsakul is Deputy Director of EIT at True Internet in Thailand.