Business Radio 07
Date: Thursday 22 November 2007
Place: The Paramount Daventry Hotel – Daintree Suite
Sponsored by: Airsys Communications Technology Ltd, AWC Communications Systems, Motorola Ltd, Tait Europe Ltd, Zycomm Electronics Ltd
Event Chairman: Adrian Grilli, JRC and FCS chairman
Programme
0930 Registration -Exhibition open
10.30 Seminar
Introduction Adrian Grilli
10.40 Keynote Speech:
The liberalisation of spectrum and its impact on service Charles Jenne, Ofcom
*What is the impact of NGNs and open telecoms in industry on regulators – can it be effectively regulated?
*How will regulators “auction” off spectrum and who will they be issuing it to?
*There is still more spectrum to come
*The importance of spectrum for new technologies: WiMax, Mobile Multimedia, Mobile television and broadcasting
*Spectrum for new business radio technologies
11.05 Business Radio- Licence liberalisation in action Paul Jarvis, Ofcom
*Business radio licences
*Olympics 2012
11.25 Three-way radio Geoff Varrell, RTT Programmes
*Harmonising two way radio, cellular and broadcast
*Public safety and disaster relief- how the US is getting its act together
11.45 Arqiva-band management and Tetra services David Green, Arqiva
12.05 MPT 1327 in the 21st century Philip Vercruysse, Entropia Networks NV
12.25 DMR- the digital reality Sean Fitzgerald, Motorola
12.45 Environmental directives Jeff Borrman, Datec
* disposal of end of life equipment
13.00 Networking lunch and exhibition
Afternoon Session
14.00 Workshops
Round table workshops to enable more detailed discussion of seminar papers and other projects
Tables 1and 2 Demonstration of Ofcom’s spectrum management software by the Ofcom team
Table 4 Operation of the Ofcom WT Register- how tradable licences are listed on the Ofcom website demonstrated by the Ofcom team
Table 5 Demonstration of Motorola’s new digital products Motorola
Table 6 Environmental regulations, battery disposal and WEEE industry
Accreditation schemes- learn more Jeff Borrman, Datec
Table 8 FCS Business Radio Group – debate the value of business radio Jacqui Brookes, FCS
Table 10 Participate in the UHF study for Ofcom Mark Redman, Mott MacDonald
Table 11 Three Way Radio- debate what it means for the industry Jeff Varrell, RTT Programmes
Table 12 MPT 1362- industry code of practice for installation in vehicles John Thomson, Panorama
15.30 Champagne draw sponsored by Team Simoco Ltd- Winner of the Gerald David OBE Award 2007
Feedback from the workshops by Adrian Grilli
16.00 close
Thank you to all the sponsors and supporters who have made the event possible
Exhibitors Fylde Microsystems, Panorama Antennas, Alfatronix,
Ofcom, Sinclair Technologies Ltd, Smye-Rumsby Ltd, Virtus Technology
Event supporters: Arqiva, Eversheds LLP, Key Radio Systems,
Niros Comms A/S
See you again in November 2008