Schedule 2014
12. AUGUST, TUESDAY
Check-in and accommodation of the "Telco Trends 2014" conference and exhibition participants
Attending a concert given within the 10th International SUMMERTIME festival More
For the first time in Latvia: Grammy-award winner and unique multi-talented artist Dobet Gnahoré
"Dzintari" concert hall
Pre-booking at the organizers is required
13. AUGUST, WEDNESDAY
Conference and exhibition participant registration
Opening of the International telecommunications conference and exhibition "Telco Trends 2014".
Welcoming speeches.
Edmunds Belskis, Director, Communications Department, Ministry of Transport of the Republic of Latvia
Vaiva Zukiene, President, Lithuanian Cable Television Association
Janis Lelis, Director, Latvian Telecommunications Association
First session of the conference:
Convergence of telecommunication, information and media services – the answer to the consumer’s desire to have everything at once.
Moderator: Janis Lelis, Director, Latvian Telecommunications Association
Ministry of Transport of the Republic of Latvia
Trends in the development of the telecommunications market of the EU.
Speaker: Edmunds Belskis, Director, Communications Department, Ministry of Transport of the Republic of Latvia
Latvian Association of Broadcasting Organizations
Convergence of telecommunications, information and media services.
Speaker: Gunta Līdaka, Director, Latvian Association of Broadcasting Organizations
Lithuanian Cable Television Association
Legal aspects of distribution of TV programming packages in Lithuania.
Speaker: Juozas Jurelionis, Director, Lithuanian Cable Television Association
VOLIA Cable
Challenges for telecommunications market in Ukraine. East Ukraine – The New Reality
Speaker: Sergey Boiko, President, VOLIA Cable (Ukraine)
MSK - IX
Role of Internet Exchange in the infrastructure of telecom operators and content generators.
Speaker: Sergey Kiselev, Business Development Director at MSK-IX (Russia)
Coffee break offered by DEAC
Second session of the conference:
New television and multimedia solutions.
Moderator: Germann Geer, Sales Director CIS & Baltic, ASTRO Strobel Kommunikationssysteme GmbH
SES (Luxembourg) GENERAL PARTNER
Expand our horizonts with us
Speaker: Mihails Sandler, Business development manager
CONAX (Norway) GENERAL TECHNOLOGY PARTNER
“Monetization and business models of OTT solutions by implementing the Conax Xtend solution”
Speaker: Larisa Makarovskaya, Regional Sales Director, Conax
VECTRUM (Latvia)
The representative of the world's leading manufacturers in the Baltic region.
Speaker: Rolandas Sirvelis, General Director of the Company
ASTRO STROBEL (Germany)
“Implementation of IP-PAL/Secam and IP-DVBC2 projects on examples of Russian, Ukrainian and German companies Rostelecom, Volia Cable and Kabel Deutschland”
Speaker: Germann Geer, Sales Director CIS & Balticum, ASTRO Strobel Kommunikationssysteme GmbH
KWS-Electronic (Germany)
Novelties of KWS-Electronic
Speaker: Helmut Schenk, CEO
BKTEL (Germany)
“Novelties of a worldwide leader in the manufacture of optical equipment. What should you look for when choosing amplifiers and transmitters”
Speaker: Siegbert Mundinger, Sales Director, BKtel GmbH
Coffee break offered by CONAX GENERAL TECHNOLOGY PARTNER of Telco Trends 2014
Third session of the conference:
New technologycal solutions. OTT services and business strategies.
Moderator: Konstantin Kokin, Technical Director "Telepark IPTV"
MEGOGO (Ukraine)
MEGOGO products
Speaker: Ivan Shestakov, Marketing director
DEAC (Latvia)
Faster, more profitable and efficient - European DEAC data centers in the arsenal of modern business
Speaker: Oleg Naskidaev, Director of DEAC office in Russia
ViNTERA.TV (Russia)
Multiscreen cross-platform TV broadcast. Services for Internet/IPTV operators and TV broadcasters”
Speaker: Gerasim Gadiyan, Head of ViNTERA.TV Project, Director General, HDTV and 3DTV Channels Network, HD Media
LATTELECOM Technology (Latvia)
The services of a modern data processing center – catalyst for business development.
Speaker: Maris Sperga, Director of Business Development of Data Processing Centers
IRDETO (Netherlands)
Going to Multiscreen
Speaker: Andrei Silanchev, Irdeto Business development director
Transfer from the SEMARAH Hotel Lielupe to the restaurant 36.Line
Cocktail party. Invites SES company - GENERAL PARTNER
Venue: Restaurant "36.line" (Jurmala, 36 line)
Transfer from the restaurant 36.Line to the SEMARAH Hotel Lielupe
14. AUGUST, THURSDAY
Morning coffee offered by Lattelecom
Fourth session of the conference:
Presentation of content innovations.
Moderator: Daukantas Marius, Senior manager at Lithuanian Cable Television Association
TNS Media ratings at Baltic
Speaker: Margo Veskimagi, Head of TNS Baltic
Baltic Media Alliance presentation (Latvia) GENERAL MEDIA PARTNER
ТПО Ред Медиа presentation (Russia)
Speaker: Maria Rohlina, Deputy producer
AETN UK presentation (United Kingdom)
Speaker: Vladislav Gurman, History channel Representative in Baltic
WIDE MEDIA presentation (Estonia)
Speaker: Sanda Belinna, Director of Distribution, Baltic
Первый ТВЧ presentation (Russia)
Sripps Networks International presentation (United Kingdom)
Speaker: Anna Teslina, Head of affiliate sales Russia and CIS
Coffee break offered by TV channel History
Fifth session of the conference:
Modern practical solutions for effective telecommunications business.
Moderator: Diana Volodkevica, CEO at "Elite Union"
BALTCOM TV (Latvia)
Investment mobilization opportunities.
The specifics of investing in telecommunication companies: what do the international investors assess.
Speaker: Dace Markevica, Baltcom TV, Member of the Board, CFO
BIZNESA PARTNERI (Latvia)
Customer support service.
Speaker: Raimonds Kavieris, Member of the Board
BIZNESA PARTNERI (Latvia)
Sales organization.
Speaker: Raimonds Kavieris, Member of the Board
BIZNESA PARTNERI (Latvia)
Coordinate understanding of the goals of the company. Teamwork.
Speaker: Alens Shefers, Member of the Board
Coffee break offered by BKTEL
Panel discussion:
“Illegal distribution of TV content as the market-distorting element.
Protection of intellectual property in the digital environment.”
· Regulatory legislation of protection of intellectual property. Trends of the European Union (regulations, directives etc.)
· Responsibility for violation of intellectual property rights in the Baltic States;
· Collaboration between content rights holders and business in the digital environment;
· Legal market and National losses due to illegal distribution of TV content;
· Case - study
Panelists:
Moderator: Gurmans Vladislavs, History channel Representative in Baltic
Edmunds Belskis, Director, Communications Department, Ministry of Transport of the Republic of Latvia
Juozas Jurelionis, Director, Lithuanian Cable Television Association
Rihard Gulbis, Head of Copyrights department, Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Latvia
Gunta Līdaka, Director, Latvian Association of Broadcasting Organizations
Ivars Zviedris, Member of the National Electronic Mass Media Concil of the Republic of Latvia
Ivan Shestakov, Marketing director MEGOGO (Ukraine)
Transfer from the SEMARAH Hotel Lielupe to the restaurant LIDO
(Riga, Krasta iela 76)
Gala Dinner for the participants of the "Telco Trends 2014" conference and exhibition in the famous "LIDO" restaurant, national themed entertainment program. Invites Baltic Media Alliance, GENERAL MEDIA PARTNER
Transfer from the LIDO restaurant to the SEMARAH Hotel Lielupe
15. AUGUST, FRIDAY
Transfer from the SEMARAH Hotel Lielupe to the sturgeon and trout farm "Sillakas"
("Sillakas", Liepas pagasts, Priekuļu novads)
Fishing for sturgeon and trout.
Invites TV channel «Охота и рыбалка» (Company «STREAM»)
Transfer from the sturgeon and trout farm "Sillakas" to theSEMARAH Hotel Lielupe