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The 48th FITCE Congress took place in Prague, from the 3rd to the 5th September 2009. All delegates once again enjoyed the convivial FITCE atmosphere of high quality presentations and discussions as well as excellent opportunities for networking and meeting old and new friends. The overall theme was “ICT Transformation- Global InfoSociety Realisation in 2009”. The Congress was well attended, despite the global economic recession.

For a full report on the Congress click Congress Report.
Prague Congress 2009: Technical Program
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Thursday 3rd September
10:30 Session 1: "ICT Transformation in Czech Republic" Chairman:
Vaclav Krepelka, Czech Republic
Keynote Presentation: Frank Meywerk, T-Mobile, Czech Republic
Keynote Presentation: Zdenek Brabec, CVUT FEL Prague, Czech Republic
The role of small and medium CATV operators in providing e-services in the Czech Republic A. Kuchar, Institute of Photonics & Electronics, Czech Republic
11:50 Session 2: "Will the ICT Transformation result in a green InfoSociety?" Chairman:
Wolfgang Messow, Germany
Keynote presentation: "Green IT" Matthias Meier, Germany
Green ICT, the Concept, Opportunity and Realities P Leonhardt, BT, UK
Green IT - Power for our customers and their ICT products J Loose, IfKom, Germany
14:30 Session 3: "InfoSociety 2.0" Chairman:
Alessandro Vizzarri, Italy
Telecommunications Infrastructures: the fabric of Biz Ecosystems R. Saracco, Telecom Italia, Italy
Telco 2.0: Innovation for Telecom Operators H. Ekkelenkamp, Netherlands
Using the user generated content the Web 2.0 brings us in (voice) communication services O. van Laere, Ghent University, Belgium
Using multi-touch table for virtual reality interactive storytelling Z. Lou, Alcatel-Lucent, Belgium
16:30 Session 4: "Solutions for delivering multimedia services" Chairman:
Kevin Fogarty, UK
Realizing the Connected Digital Home: Identifying Value Propositions and Overcoming Inhibitors F. Pereira, , Centre for Telecom Management, USA
Economics of FTTH: a comparative study between active and passive optical networks K. Casier, Ghent University , Belgium
Architectures to Address Over The Top Content Distribution B. Winkelman, Alcatel-Lucent, Netherlands
Evolution of Next Generation Networking for secure multimedia services: The MIH approach M. Tsagkaropoulos, University of Patras, Greece
ALL DAY POSTER SESSION I
Towards an Open Environment for Advanced Service Offerings over IMS D. Kabilafha, Greece
New architecture of elements in converged networks V. Skorpil, Brno University of Technology, Czech Repubic
Major Customer ICT Solutions E. Smith, BT, UK
Touched By The City Exploring The City As A Stage For CommunicationTouch The City's Heartbeat M. Godon, Alcatel-Lucent, Belgium
Network tomography applied to surveillance of QoS A. Cuadra Sanchez, Telefonica R&D, Spain
Internet governance and security: a framework for security regulation in the net A. Olmos, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain
Friday 4th September
08:45 Session 5: "New developments in mobility" Chairman:
Marc Verbruggen, Belgium
Swiss penknife in mobile phones? W. Halka, National Institute of Telecommunications, Poland
Communication among the cars by the optical fibreless network J. Latal, VSB Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
Segmentation and adoption forecasts for wireless Internet services onboard trains T. Evens, Ghent University, Belgium
Evolution of the railway market and his place into the network system of European Union - the GSM-R implementation across Europe I. Bibac, France
10:30 Session 6: "Customer or centred network solutions" Chairman:
Wojciech Halka, Poland
Enabling Next Generation Services through New Network Architecture A. Sumesgartner, Telekom Austria, Austria
Evolving Carrier Ethernet towards Managed Services M.Stephenson, UK
Networks transformation by using advanced broadband topologies with wireless relay stations G. Agapiou, Hellenic Telecommunications Organisation, Greece
11:50 Session 7: "Effective ICT Business processes" Chairman:
Wim van der Bijl, Netherlands
Mashed Services and Business Models enabled by Next Generation Operating Support Systems (NGOSS) J. Schonowski, CGI Group, Germany
Service monitoring platform based on advanced web technologies A. Cuadra-Sanchez, Telefonica R&D, Spain
A Model for Autonomic Network Management in the Scope of the Future Internet I. Chocliouros, Hellenic Telecommunications Organisation, Greece
14:30 Session 8: "Information security & regulatory legal aspects" Chairman:
Wim van der Bijl, Netherlands
Grid and Cloud computing as a tool to transform European economy: legal considerations D. M. Parilli, K.U. Leuven, Belgium
How not to achieve "broadband for all" F. Herrera-González, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain
The effect of regulation on New Generation Access Networks G. Georgiades, Hellenic Telecommunications Organisation, Greece
GSM Band's Refarming Public Policy Review M. C. Ovando Chico, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain
16:30 Session 9: "Transforming ICT: what's in it for the user?" Chairman:
George Agapiou, Greece
The need for suitable VoIP Interconnect to support new business models and processes J. O’Sullivan, Eircom, Ireland
Extended-Home Networks 2.0: Guest starring actor in the social transformation facing the economical crisis J. Bilbao, IKERLAN, Spain
Video scheduling on the last mile: increasing the user experience for IPTV services over DSL W. Holvoet, Ghent University, Belgium
An interactive on-line community platform for the intellectual disabled J. Verbeek, Complaid, Netherlands
ALL DAY POSTER SESSION II
Transformation: the challenge for OSS/BSS? C. Hammerl, Telekom Austria, Austria
ICT-innovation in the era of open innovation: a living lab-approach for mobile TV D. Schuurman, Ghent University, Belgium
Fostering networking with the local institutional fabric in the context of the Bologna process C. Martin, Universidad Pompeu Fabra, Spain
New spectrum management policies suitable for a rising demand J.L. Gomez-Barrosso, UNED, Spain
Local GIS: Open Source Territorial Information System for Local Public Administrations C. J. Fuertes, Grupo Tecopy, Spain
The role of the Law in regulating information security and safety in next generation intelligent vehicles Y.G. Yiangoullis, Belgium
Saturday 5th September
9:00 Concluding Session: Technical Summary
Final Technical session with summary report and question for the panel		 Wim van de Bijl, Chairman of the Technical Programme Committee
10:00 Panel Session Mr Pavel Dvorak - Chairman of the CTU Council

Mr Petr Slovacek from Czech Republic

Keynote Speaker: Frank Meywerk, T-Mobile Czech Republic

Keynote Speaker: Zdenek Brabec, CVUT FEL Prague, Czech Republic

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11:30 Closing Session Chairman: Vaclev Krepelka
12:00 FITCE General assembly Chairman: Barry Reynolds
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