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

PRESENTATIONS

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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 (.wmv) Kerry Prendergast - Mayor, Wellington City
9:40 am	Introduction (.wmv) Fran Wilde, Conference Chairperson Broadband Prices (.ppt, 67KB) Broadband Statistics (.xls, 33KB)
10:00 am	Ministerial Address: (.wmv) Hon David Cunliffe, Minister for IT and Communications Address to the Digital Cities & Regional Networks Conference
10:30 am	Morning Tea
11:00 am	Digital Cities Keynote Presentation (.wmv) Lars Hedberg, Secretary General- Swedish Urban Network Association Fibre - A Dig Where You Live Story (.mpg, 42.1MB) Broadband to the Citizen the Swedish Case (.ppt, 12.2MB) Broadband to the Citizen the Swedish Case (.pdf, 3.5MB)
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 (.wmv) Digital Cities & Regional Networks: A Southland Perspective (.doc, 35KB) Southland, "It's Time To Connect" (.ppt, 24.8MB) Charles Newton, The Loop, Nelson (.wmv) The Loop (.ppt, 828KB) The Loop (.doc, 895KB) Richard Naylor, Citylink, Wellington (.wmv) Digital Cities Presentation (.ppt, 50KB) Questions & Answers
12:30 pm	Lunch

Afternoon Session
1:15 pm	Regional Broadband Business Case (Part 1) Garry Moore - Mayor of Christchurch City (.wmv) The Christchurch Experience - Collaborative Economic Development (.ppt, 6.8MB) The Christchurch Story (.doc, 40KB) Riaka Hiakita, Tuhoe Rural Wireless Broadband Case Study (.wmv) Tuhoe Digital Gateway (.ppt, 1.08MB) Questions & Answers (.wmv)
1:45 pm	Regional Broadband Business Case (Part 2) "Connecting the Dots" - Physical Infrastructure Deployment and Costs
	Presentations: Tony Van Horik, AAS (.wmv) Technologies, Risk and Return on Investment (.ppt, 1.8MB) Russell Hailes, Citylink (.wmv) The 6 Step Plan - The Citylink Guide to Planning Your Community Fibre Network (.ppt, 14.6MB) Keith Davidson, InternetNZ (.wmv) Peering(.ppt, 2.14MB)
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 (.wmv) Smartlinx 3 - Public/Private Sector Partnership model (.doc, 42.5KB) Constitution of SmartLinx 3 Limited Alan Dempster, Chairman, Citylink, Wellington (.wmv) Private sector model - Lessons learned (.ppt, 2.04MB) Chris O’Connell, Nelson Malborough InfoRegion Initiative (.wmv) Nelson Marlborough Inforegion (.ppt, 3.1MB) Questions & Answers (.wmv)
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: (.wmv) The Digital Strategy: Creating Our Digital Future (.ppt, 4.7MB)
4:15 pm	Panel Discussion / Q & A (.wmv) Moderator: Brendon Burns
5:00 pm	Conference Ends (.wmv) Simon Riley , CEO , Next Generation Internet Society
5:00-6:00 pm	Positively Wellington Business (PWB) Drinks / Networking

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