Title
The title of this workshop is “Developing Broadband in Poland – Barriers and Risks”.
Date and venue
On 10 January 2006, the local workshop in Poland was held at the premises of the Polish National Institute of Telecommunications (NIT) in Warsaw. During the same week, several company visits were organized throughout Poland (the so-called mission week) to have more in-depth discussions with individual companies.
Objectives
The objectives of the workshop in Poland were the following:
- to identify the barriers and risks in BB development in Poland taking into account regulations, partnerships, funding mechanisms and field trials
- to bring together stakeholders in the Broadband value chain
- to identify possible scenarios for public-private partnerships
- to expose best practice approaches for deployment and exploitation from other countries.
Agenda
The agenda of the workshop, shown below, is also available as a pdf document.
10:00 - 10:10 Welcome & introduction
– prof. J. Granat, NIT, Poland (BReATH)
10:10 - 10:25 The EU funded BReATH project for stimulation of broadband in NMS
– Goff Hill, GTel Consultancy Ltd, UK (BReATH)
10:25 - 10:40 The future of information society in Poland – risk and barriers
– Agnieszka Konkel, Department of Information Society, Ministry of Interior and Administration of the Republic of Poland, Poland
10:40 - 11:40 The barriers and risks in realizing broadband strategy by local government
The barriers and risks in realizing broadband strategy by local government
– Wojciech Zdziarski, Lodzkie Voivodship Marshal’s Office, Poland
Broadband development conditions in Podlaskie region
– Stanislaw Ceran, Podlaskie Voidvodship Marshal’s Office, Poland
e-Strategy of the Mazowieckie Voivodeship 2007 – 2013
– Slawomir Nowak, Mazowieckie Voivodship Marshal’s Office, Poland
The Commune of Stoszowice
– Patryk Wild, Commune of Stoszowice, Poland
12:10 - 13:10 Lunch break
13:10 - 13:30 The Challenges of the new European Regulatory Framework for Electronic Communications
– Patrick Kenny, European Commission – DG Information Society and Media, Policy Development and Regulatory Framework
13:30 - 13:45 Broadband Access to the Internet in the context of regulation / Szerokopasmowy dostep do Internetu w kontekscie dzialan regulacyjnych
– Agnieszka Trochimiak, Office of Telecommunications and Post Regulation, Poland
13:45 - 14:45 Experience of the operator in broadband deployment
Developing broadband – unbundling reality
– Pawel Zytecki, NETIA, Poland
Experiences with developing broadband network and services in Poland
– Krzysztof Silicki, NASK, Poland
Poland DSL
– Steve Hardman, BT Global Services, UK
14:45 - 15:15 Panel Discussion: Barriers to exploitation
– Polish telecommunication representatives, Regulators
15:15 - 15:25 Coffee break
15:25 - 15:45 Faster broadband services in Eindhoven
– Rene Kramer, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands (BReATH)
15:45 - 16:00 INTRACOM Corporate Presentation
– Dimitris Theodoropoulos, Intracom, Greece
16:00 - 16:20 Municipal provision of Wireless Broadband Access: the Philadelphia Experiment
– Spyros Vassilaras, Research and Education Society in Information Technologies (AIT), Greece (BReATH)
16:20 - 16:40 Extending your Broadband reach
– Borje Rautio, Ericsson Sweden
16:40 - 17:00 Three years into the ACTNOW public-private partnership aimed at bringing about economic change
in Cornwall UK through the development of ICT and Broadband
– Nigel Ashcroft, Director of the ACTNOW project Cornish Enterprise Ltd., UK
17:00 - 17:20 Using the LEADER and Other Structural Funding for economic development
using Cornwall’s successful experiences
– Len Smith, Cornwall Enterprise Ltd., UK
17:20 - 17:55 Panel Discussion: Test beds and roll out
– Polish and international test bed representatives
17:55 - 18:00 Closing comment
Presentations
The presentations can be downloaded by clicking on the respective links in the agenda above.
Attendants
The list of workshop attendants and their affiliations will be available soon.
Mission week
The final documentation of the mission week is available as part of deliverable D1.1.
Also available is a report in pictures of the workshop and mission week.
Results
The results as well as all other aspects of the workshop are described in deliverable D1.1.
Contact
If you have any questions about this workshop, you can contact prof. Janusz Granat of NIT, organizer of the workshop and contractor within BReATH.