IDATE's DigiWorld Summit 2009 - 31st Annual International Conference 18 & 19 November 2009 - Le Corum, Montpellier (France)

Platform Strategies at the Heart of the Debates at IDATE’s DigiWorld Summit 09

• Press Release
• Source: IDATE
• On 1:10 pm EDT, Thursday October 29, 2009

MONTPELLIER, France--(BUSINESS WIRE)--What are we seeing emerge in the telecoms, Internet and electronic media sectors as a result of the recession?

IDATE will seek to answer this question during its DigiWorld Summit 09 (18 & 19 November) by examining the prominence of new innovation models built around platform-centric strategies.

The question therefore becomes: how to forge a strong position on a given link in the value chain by acknowledging the market’s multi-faceted nature? Typically, by adding third parties (developers, content providers, etc.) to the classic target market of users – opening up one’s platform to them to help increase its value.

What springs to mind, of course, is the openness of Apple’s App Store which, although relative and subordinate to the company’s interests, is a major contributor to the iPhone’s success. But, as IDATE will try to demonstrate during the plenary sessions and specialty seminars, platform-centric strategies and the debates they elicit over how open they should be apply perfectly to the central components of the DigiWorld.

• Open Web: How are social networks working to aggregate a set of Web applications to offer users a complete environment? (Bebo, Microsoft);
• Open Mobile: Are we moving towards a “platformization” of the mobile Internet? What role for cellular operators – having to contend with the forces that are Apple, Nokia and Google – which will help support their investments in 4G networks (LTE)? (Ericsson, Vodafone… plus a special seminar);
• Open Television: What strategies can managed TV players (broadcasters, pay-TV providers) implement to compete with video offerings online and on Internet-ready TV sets? (Yahoo! Panasonic… plus a special seminar);
• Open Telcos: How can operators forge themselves a path between the “dumb pipe” approach and a classic vertical integration strategy? (France Telecom, NTT, SFR, Telefónica, Verizon)
• Open Internet: Do we need to legislate net neutrality? How to distinguish between traffic optimisation procedures and self-interested discriminatory practices? (ARCEP, AT&T, Deutsche Telekom, Google).

The sessions devoted to these topics will all be introduced by IDATE experts who will share their analysis of how these different markets are evolving.

The recession and especially public authorities’ possible responses to it will also be examined in depth in the closing speech by Ms. Kosciusko-Morizet (Secretary of State for the Digital Economy), in debates during the Transatlantic Forum and during discussions over optical fibre rollouts and the Green objectives set by ICT industry players.

Of note among the 130 speakers who will be on hand in Montpellier, are:

• Jonathan Benassaya, Chairman & Co-Founder, Deezer
• Jeff Brueggeman, VP Public Policy, AT&T
• Michel Combes CEO Europe, Vodafone
• Frank Esser, PDG SFR
• Didier Lombard, PDG France Telecom
• Jean-Luc Silicani, President ARCEP
• Russ Schaeffer, Senior Director Connected TV, Yahoo !
• John Stratton, EVP Verizon
• Noritaka Uji, Senior Executive VP & CTO, NTT
• Richard Whitt, Washington Telecom and Media Councel, Google
• Jan Wäreby, Senior VP, Ericsson
• …

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DigiWorld Summit: key figures

• More than 1,200 participants from 30 countries
• More than 150 top-level speakers (seminars, workshops and plenary sessions)
• An audience of decision-makers (CEOs, Presidents, Marketing directors, Strategy directors…): Telcos, service providers and media companies, equipment makers, public authorities, international and local administrations, financial analysts, academics…
• Extensive generalist and trade press coverage (written, online, TV and radio)

Associated events

• @health – advanced technologies for health

Wednesday, 18 November, Executive seminar, 2:30pm-7:00pm

Thursday, 19 November, Scientific workshop, 9:00am-12:30pm

Health professionals and institutions, patients, pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, insurance companies: healthcare is heavily impacted by the dissemination of information and communication technologies. The patient-practitioner relationship, mobile-device-supported diagnosis, medical data processing interoperability, service innovation: what are the stakes of health-related information technology? At what pace is it being adopted? What is the European regulatory framework?

The November 18 executive seminar will cover these technological and business issues throughout round tables – bridging the telecom and healthcare worlds, industries and research institutions. @health will continue on November 19th with a scientific workshop that combines the following life sciences and ICT topics: medical imaging, robotics, biomedical sensor networks and data mining.

This event is co-organized by Institut Telecom, Université Montpellier 2, and the Montpellier Laboratory of Informatics, Robotics and Microelectronics (LIRMM).

Céline Berger - LIRMM / Tel: +33(0)467 418 505 / athealth@lirmm.fr

• 2^nd Forum International d’Affaires (FIA) Sud de France Export

The business event at the heart of the summit

For the 31^st edition of the DigiWorld Summit, Sud de France Export will ostage once again the Forum International d’Affaires.

In 2008, 180 meetings were organized by Sud def France Export between visitors, attendees and regional innovative companies.

The IBF consists of:

A serie of B to B meetings previously booked by the FIA team.

A panel of innovative SME such as Aquafadas, Awox, Maeglin, Penbase, ...An efficient webplatform to optimize your meetings.

If you are you targeting to develop new contacts or interested by new technologies and business relations, the FIA is the answer for your needs.

Contact: Anne Baraillé-Combe, FIA manager- hightech@suddefrance-export.com +33 (0)4 99 64 29 29 www.fia-suddefrance-export.com

• Digital content and video game industry business forum

At the Digiworld Summit taking place on 18 and 19 November, Montpellier Agglomération and PixLR will be hosting a business forum for digital content and video game industry players. Publishers, production studios and training institutes, local video game and digital media companies… everyone taking part in the forum will benefit from the following triple opportunity:

• The business village, with excellent exposure to the 1,200 DigiWorld Summit participants (TV broadcasters and media groups, video game publishers, telcos, Internet portals, etc.) providing opportunities to establish new business contacts, and booths that let you run demos, show your animation projects, technologies, etc.;
• A digital production and video game job mart. The profiles of the candidates that companies are looking for will be established beforehand and selected by PixLR, and job interviews will take place in private meeting rooms at the Corum conference centre;
• A pass to attend the Executive seminar, G@me on!

PixLR contact: Olivier Perrot - Montpellier Agglomération contact: Sylvain Guary

• Hosting Partner Eutelsat demonstrating 3D via satellite

17th November at the welcome party, Musée Fabre and 18th & 19th November, room Barcelone, Le Corum.

With 3200 TV channels, 86 HDTV channels at end of June 2009 and 1100 radio stations currently broadcast over its satellites, Eutelsat is one of the leaders in the field. At the forefront of three viewing revolutions, satellite TV, digital TV and high definition TV, our company is now actively involved in the advent of the next viewing revolution: 3D. We invite you to experience 3D TV via satellite at Musée Fabre (17 Nov.) & Le Corum (18-19 Nov.)

• Le Futur des Technologies « IBM Demonstrations Tour »

November 18th, 7:30PM, Gala Evening at IBM Products & Solutions Support Center

Open innovation and open platforms are key practices at IBM. IT is an increasingly intrinsic part of business and industry priorities, added to which IT infrastructure layers are increasingly open, shared and delivered as a service. We offer you an exclusive workshop at our largest European Products & Solutions Support Center where IBM experts will showcase our solutions for:

• "Open Platform", how to implement a Cloud Computing platform
• "Open Innovation" how Green IT can help you achieve sustainable growth.

Further information at http://www.ibm.com/easyaccess/secteurcommunications/ibm_dws

About IDATE www.idate.org

Founded in 1977, IDATE is one of Europe’s foremost market analysis and consulting firms, whose mission is to provide assistance in strategic decision-making for its clients in the Telecom, Internet and Media industries, through the following two areas of activity:

Consulting & Research

• An independent consultancy: IDATE has established its credibility and independence in conducting consultancy and study assignments on behalf of its clients: market reports (techno-economic monitoring, modelling and forecasts, sector-specific analysis, surveys); international benchmarking (positioning studies, convergence strategies, competition analysis); strategic marketing (service launch, business plan, partnerships); public policies (public policy definition and assessment, socio-economic impact, project implementation and management, regulatory benchmarking).
• Analysis reports: IDATE’s clients benefit from the knowledge and expertise of its teams of specialists, and from its ongoing investment in its information and strategic monitoring system: publication of reports, databases, online services, analyst hotline…

DigiWorld Programme

IDATE is also instrumental in providing a forum for international debate between the industry’s key players through its annual DigiWorld programme, supported by its members representing the sector’s most prominent companies:

• DigiWorld Network: a series of monthly meetings in European capitals and international business trips
• DigiWorld Events: the DigiWorld Summit annual conference and a series of associated seminars devoted to the year’s central issues
• DigiWorld Publishing: the DigiWorld Yearbook and the DigiWorld Economic Journal (Communications & Strategies)

For complete information on the DigiWorld Summit, visit: www.digiworldsummit.com

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