CONFERENCE CHAIR

FRAN WILDE

Cabinet Minister and CEO of Trade New Zealand

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

HONORABLE DAVID CUNLIFFE

Minister for IT and Communications

LARS HEDBERG

Secretary General, Swedish Urban Network Association

PRESENTERS

FRANA CARDNO

Mayor of Southland District Council

KEITH DAVIDSON

Executive Director of InternetNZ

aLAN DEMPSTER

Director of IT Services at Victoria University of Wellington

GARRY MOORE

Mayor of Christchurch

Conference Programme

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Date:	Wednesday Nov 23 2005
Location:	Michael Fowler Convention Centre Wellington
Time:	9:00am — 5:00pm

	Free Cafenet WiFi available all day

Morning Session
9:00 am	Registration / Coffee
	Welcome
9:30 am	Mayor's Welcome Kerry Prendergast - Mayor, Wellington City
9:40 am	Introduction Fran Wilde, Conference Chairperson
10:00 am	Ministerial Address: Hon David Cunliffe, Minister for IT and Communications
10:30 am	Morning Tea
11:00 am	Digital Cities Keynote Presentation Lars Hedberg, Secretary General Swedish Urban Network Association
11:45 am	Regional Broadband Business Case (Part 1) "Local Heroes" - Broadband Champions
	Presentations from Community Leaders who have made a difference Frana Cardno – Mayor of Southland District Council Charles Newton, The Loop, Nelson Richard Naylor, Citylink, Wellington
12:30 pm	Lunch

Afternoon Session
1:15 pm	Regional Broadband Business Case (Part 1) Garry Moore - Mayor of Christchurch City Riaka Hiakita, Tuhoe Rural Wireless Broadband Case Study
1:45 pm	Regional Broadband Business Case (Part 2) "Connecting the Dots" - Physical Infrastructure Deployment and Costs
	Presentations: Tony Van Horik, AAS Broadband Technologies Overview: Fibre vs Wireless Russell Hailes, Citylink Urban Fibre Network Case Study Keith Davidson, InternetNZ Neutral Peering Exchanges
2:30 pm	Afternoon Tea
3:00 pm	Regional Broadband Business Case (Part 3) Governance and Business Models - Options and Issues
	Presentations: Jenny Brash, Mayor of Poirirua City Smartlinx 3 - Public/Private Sector Partnership model Alan Dempster, Chairman, Citylink, Wellington Private sector model - Lessons learned Chris O’Connell, Nelson Malborough InfoRegion Initiative Creating a Virtual Regional Network
3:45 pm	Broadband Challenge Roadmap - Next Steps
	Pete Macaulay, Digital Strategy Project Manager, Ministry of Economic Development Broadband Challenge and Community Partnership Fund Guidelines:
4:15 pm	Panel Discussion / Q & A Moderator: Brendon Burns
5:00 pm	Conference Ends Simon Riley , CEO , Next Generation Internet Society
5:00-6:00 pm	Positively Wellington Business (PWB) Drinks / Networking

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