EUBrasil Seminar on the EU-Brazil Information Society and Media Dialogue

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EUBrasil Seminar on the EU-Brazil Information Society and Media Dialogue

Brussels

Wednesday 22 September 2010 2.30 p.m. – 6.00 p.m.

European Parliament

6Q1  Batiment Antall

Rue Wiertz 60 (entrée Bâtiment Altiero Spinelli)

Agenda

14.30 – 15.00  Registration

15.00 – 15.30 Opening Remarks Alfredo Valladão – EUBrasil Board Member and President of the EUBrasil Advisory Board

EU-Brazil dialogue and cooperation, general perspectives

Stefano Sannino – Deputy Director-General of the Directorate-General for External Relations (DG RELEX) Responsible for relations with Latin America – European Commission

Augusto Gadelha – Vice Minister of Science and Technology for IT Brazilian Government

15.30 – 15.45 – European and Brazilian ICT policies and regulatory approaches  Elena Scaramuzzi – Cullen International

Chairman Panel 1 and 2: Fabio Colasanti – EUBrasil Board Member

15.45 – 16.30 Panel 1  EU-Brazil Cooperation: ICT policies of the two areas.

José Luiz Maio de Aquino – Advisor Digital Inclusion Coordinator Cabinet of the President of Brazil: the Brazilian broadband plan and the policies to reduce the digital divide

Detlef Eckert – Director Lisbon Strategy and Policies for the Information Society – Directorate General Information Society and Media, European Commission: the European Digital Agenda and the broadband communication

16.30 – 17.50 Panel 2  EU-Brazil Cooperation: the view from the industry

Otavio Marques de Azevedo  – Chairman of Oi Group

Rogerio Simoes – Director BBC Brasil

Eduardo Navarro – Chief Strategy Office for Latin America Telefonica

Bridget Cosgrave – Director General DIGITALEUROPE

Kaisa Olkkonen – Vice President Nokia European Affairs Office

Antonio Robalo de Almeida – Chairman ETNO, European Telecommunications Network Operators’ Association

Sylvie Forbin – Vice President Public and European Affairs Vivendi

Mario Girasole – Public Affairs VP TIM Brasil

Mats Nilsson – VP and Head Ericsson European Affairs Office

17.50 – 18.00 Concluding remarks Alfredo Valladão – EUBrasil Board Member and President of the EUBrasil Advisory Board

Mario Campolargo – Director Directorate Emerging Technologies and Infrastructures Directorate General Information Society and Media, uropean Commission

* translation will be provided in English and Portuguese

Videostreaming of  the EUBrasil Seminar at the address:

http://live.europarl.europa.eu/asx/ext/channel03.asx