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  • PanelPanel
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  • InteractiveInteractive Session
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DAY 2: 15TH FEBRUARY 2012

  • 08.50

    • Chairperson’s re-cap

  • HD VOICE – BRANDING AND MARKETING

  • 09:00

    • Convergence: HD Voice – A perspective from the GSMA

  • Carl Taylor, Director of Service Strategy, Mobile VCEHutchinson Whampoa Europe, UK
  • 09:20

    • Convergence: HD Voice – An update from the DECT Forum

  • Ruth Wilson, DECT Forum Marketing Group, Vice Chair, DECT Forum, UK
  • 09:40

    • What will be the applications and drivers in the future of the connected home?

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    • Bringing a new dimension of service with HD Voice
    • Bringing a new communication experience: beyond HD (HGI Next Generation Communication Stream)
    • Looking at the full connected home story: energy management and the place of DECT
    • HGI release Home Energy Management use cases
    • DECT new devices as remote control
    • Requirements for technology for home energy user cases
    • Attracting more developers and creating more applications for the device
    • Gaming, social networking, storage services
    • The role of the DECT industry in driving operators towards ‘smart pipes’
    • Home gateway initiative update
      Philippe Calvet, Head of Standardisation, HGI & France Telecom, France

  • CAT-IQ/CAT-IQ 2.0 CERTIFICATION AND DEPLOYMENT

  • 10:10

    • CAT-iq 2.0 - updates on certification and deployments

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    • Overview of challenges and deployments so far
    • After initial deployments, will the specification process need to be adapted and, if so, how?
    • How is the certification programme progressing and what feedback has there been from the carriers involved?
    • Where do things currently stand with CAT-iq 2.1?
    • How will the success of CAT-iq 2.0 deployments impact the future for CAT-iq 3.0 and CAT-iq 4.0?
      Daniel Hartnett, Chairman of the CAT-iq Working Group, DECT Forum, Germany
  • 10:40

    • Morning Refreshments

  • 11:10

    • Home gateways synchronised with CAT-iq voice telephony

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    • Current deployment of IP-voice enabled devices / Plans and timelines
    • Evolution of the home gateway offering
    • Plans and timelines
    • Overcoming the interoperability challenge
    • Ensuring quality of voice across IP telephony
    • Discussing experiences so far with multimedia home phones
    • Analysing the future for the Home Gateway – what will be the requirements for the next generation of products?
    • Maintaining a successful ongoing relationship between operator and manufacturer
      Ulrich Grote, Vice President, Fixed Line Terminal Product Management, Deutsche Telekom, Germany
  • 11:40

    • ETSI Perspective – the changing role of DECT and CAT-iq in the connected home

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    • Status update on New Generation DECT – Long term strategy
    • Defining the relationship with the CAT-iq roadmap
    • Potential applications of DECT Ultra Low Energy
    • Standardisation timeline - can this be speeded up in order to compete with other available technologies?
      Andrea Lorelli, Technical Officer, ETSI Standardisation Projects, ETSI, France

  • FUTURE DEVICES AND SERVICES

  • 12.10

    • Case study – What are cable operators currently looking for from CAT-iq?

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    • How reliable is the current technology and what are the advantages over WiFi?
    • What does the roadmap look like for CAT-iq deployments?
    • Multimedia services with the home phone
    • Latest specifications and interoperability results
      Jeff Lewis, Executive Director Product Development, Broadband Devices and Home Networking, Comcast, USA<
  • 12:40

    • PANEL DISCUSSION: Evaluating future devices in the DECT & CAT-iq market

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    • What new features are currently most important to the consumer?
    • Beyond the phone – what new opportunities and revenue streams are becoming available to operators?
    • DECT video monitoring
    • How operators and manufacturers can work together more effectively to produce a win-win situation for all
    • Examining which areas are key for future growth and how they can be utilised over the next twelve months Participants will include:
      Gernot Teufel, Director, Home Communication Group, Panasonic, Germany Oz Zimerman, Corporate VP of Marketing & Business Development, DSP Group, Israel
      Andreas Zipp, Director Technology Europe, VTech HK, Switzerland
      • Oliver Maiwald, Product Marketing Manager, Dialog Semiconductor
  •  13:10

    • Networking Lunch

  • 14:15

    • The Android/CAT-iq challenge

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    • New experiences for Home Phone users
    • Opportunity for value added services
    • Application scenarios
      Karl-Heinz Mueller, Director, New Technology Development, CCT Tech (HK) Ltd, Hong Kong
  • 14:35

    • DECT Security Certification programme – Update and Overview

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    • How has the DECT Forum addresses the need for increased security in the DECT & CAT-iq standard?
    • What is the relevance of these improvements in the different customer segments
    • Understanding the details of the DECT Security Certification Programme
    • What are the anticipated future developments in this area?
      Oliver Maiwald, Member, DECT Forum Board, Germany

  • DECT in the Enterprise Market

  • 14:55

    • Enterprise IP DECT with CAT-iq – the opportunities and challenges

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    • The ongoing success of Enterprise DECT
    • The value add of CAT-iq
    • The challenges to overcome
      Bert van KoelenBusiness Manager, Mobility, NEC Unified Solutions, Netherlands
  •  15:20

    • Afternoon Refreshments and Exhibition Visit

  • Regional market updates & closing discussion

  • 15:50

    • Updates from the Japanese Working Group – how is the DECT technology establishing itself in the Japanese market?

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    • How is DECT being branded alongside competing technologies and what has been the reaction so far?
    • Which markets have seen the most deployment so far and why?
      Senior Representative,, Japanese Working Group
  • 16:10

    • DECT for India: Potential and challenges

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    • Opportunities in India, the second largest telecom market and the next frontier for DECT.
    • Which markets have the potential to be moved into and why?
    • Update on Frequency Band Allocation success
    • Update on De-Licensing efforts
      Anil Prakash, Secretary, DECT Forum India
  • 16:40

    • DECT Forum closing panel discussion – Conference feedback and outlook for 2012

    Members of the DECT Forum Board will discuss the key learning points from the event and plans for the next twelve months.

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    • Dion Nielsen, R&D Manager, Polycom, Denmark
    • Andreas Zipp, Director Technology Europe, VTech HK, Switzerland
    • Ruth Wilson, EU Director, Marketing, DSP Group, UK
    • Oliver Maiwald, Product Marketing Manager, Dialog Semiconductor, Germany
    • Erich Kamperschroer, Director, Gigaset, DECT Forum Chairman, Germany
    • Daniel Hartnett, Senior Manager, Product Marketing, Lantiq, Germany
  • 17:15

    • Chairperson’s Closing Remarks & Close of Conference