Programme

ANACOM Conference

Universal Service

Lisbon, September 18, 2008

Programme

9:30 Opening Session

• José Manuel Amado da Silvahttps://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=375922, Chairman of ANACOM, Portugal
   
• Mário Linohttp://www.moptc.pt/?idcat=1224*, Minister of Public Works, Transports and Communications, Portugal

10:00 The universal service for electronic communications in competition

Moderator: Celso Filipe, Editor of Jornal de Negócios, Portugal

Keynote speaker:  Philippe Defraigne, Director of Cullen International

•   Xavier Merlin, Deputy Director of Institutional Relations Unit, Information Society and Technologies, Directorate general of enterprises, Ministry of economy, Industry and employment, France
   
•  Ronaldo Mota Sardenberg, Chairman of Agência Nacional de Telecomunicações (ANATEL), Brazil

11:00 Coffee-break

11:30 The universal service and the new generation networks

Moderator:  Fátima Caçador, Editorial Director of Casa dos Bits, Portugal

Keynote speaker:  Bernardo Hernández Bataller**, Chairman of the INT Section for the Single Market, Production and Consumption, European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)

•  Bernardo Herman, Regulatory Affairs Manager, European Telecommunications Network Operators' Association (ETNO)
  
  
•  Luis Filipe Reis*, Chairman of Associação dos Operadores de Telecomunicações (APRITEL), Portugal

13:00 Lunch

14:30 The universal postal service in a liberalised environment

Moderator: Pedro Marques Pereira, Deputy Director of Diário Económico, Portugal

Keynote speaker: Michael Crewhttp://crri.rutgers.edu/staff/MAC.htm, Director of Centre for Research in Regulated Industries, Rutgers University, USA

•  Joerg Reinbothe, Head of Unit 4 - Postal Services, Directorate E - Services, Directorate General Internal Market and Services, European Commission, European Union
   
•  Serrana Bassini Casco, Secretary General of Postal Union of the Americas, Spain and Portugal (PUASP)

16:00 Coffee-break

16:30 The universal service and the protection of communications services users

Moderator: Paulo Ferreira, Assistant Manager of Jornal Público, Portugal

Keynote speaker:  Paraskevi Michou, Head of Unit B.2 - Implementation of Regulatory Framework (I), Directorate B - Electronic Communications Policy, Information Society and Media Directorate-General, European Commission, European Union

•  Alexandrina Hirtan, Vice-President of National Regulatory Authority for Communication and Information Technology, Romania
   
•  Domingos Soares Farinho*, Director of Gabinete para a Resolução Alternativa de Litígios (GRAL), Ministry of Justice, Portugal
   
•  Luis Silveira Rodrigues*, Member of Associação Portuguesa para a Defesa do Consumidor (DECO), Portugal

17:30 Closing Session

• Thematic sessions moderators (conclusions)
  
  
• José Manuel Amado da Silva, Chairman of ANACOM, Portugal

_{*In Portuguese
** In Spanish}