Title
The title of this workshop is “Developing Broadband in Slovenia – Current situation, Barriers, Risks and Opportunities”.
Date and venue
The workshop was held on 5 April 2006 at the Jozef Stefan Institute (IJS), in the lecturing hall of the International Postgraduate School, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Objectives
The objectives of the workshop in Slovenia were the following:- to identify the status, barriers, inhibitors and risks in BB development in Slovenia taking into account regulations, politics, funding mechanisms and partnerships
- to bring together stakeholders in the Broadband value chain
- to present best practice approaches for Broadband deployment and usage from other EU countries.
Agenda
10:00 - 10:10 Welcome & introduction
– prof. B. Jerman-Blazic (BReATH) and mag. J. Zrimsek (Ministry for High Education, Science and Technology, Directorate for Information Society)
10:10 - 10:45 Short presentation of the BReATH project (project for stimulation of broadband development in NMS) and overview of the situation in EU with accent on New Member States
– Goff Hill, GTel Consultancy Ltd, UK (BReATH)
10:45 - 11:15 Broadband regulation in Slovenia: addressing key regulatory issues in a fast developing environment
– mag. Bostjan Makarovic and mag. Albin Poljanec, Postal and Electronic Communications Agency of the Republic of Slovenia
11:15 - 11:35 Present state and thoughts about future developments of the broadband communications in Slovenia
– mag. Damir Cibic, Faculty of Economy, University of Ljubljana
11:35 - 12:00 Experiences with development of broadband network and services in Slovenia – initiatives and implementation
– mag. Matevz Turk, T2, Slovenia
12:00 - 12:15 Coffee break
12:15 - 13:15 Experience of the operators in broadband service deployment: regional and community approach, best practices and case study from OMSs and NMSs
Transparent networking: glass fibre in the Netherlands, the Kenniswijk region case study
– ir. Rene Kramer, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands (BReATH)
Development and approaches in Greece, the case of Athens broadband network development
– dr. Ioannis Tomkos, AIT / RESIT, Athens, Greece (BReATH)
Status and approaches in Poland
– Goff Hill, GTel Consultancy Ltd, UK (BReATH)
13:15 - 14:00 Panel Discussion: Barriers to deployment and exploitation, Strategies how to overcome barriers
Moderator: Goff Hill
– Slovenian ISP providers, Regulators, Ministry of Economy, Directorate for Electronic Communications
14:00 - 14:05 Closing comment
Presentations
The presentations can be downloaded by clicking on the respective links in the agenda above.
Results
The results as well as all other aspects of this workshop are described in deliverable D1.3 part 2.
Contact
If you have any questions about this workshop, you can contact prof. Borka Blazic or Kresimir Jadronja of IJS, organizer of the workshop and contractor within BReATH.