Archives 2002
To celebrate the 10th anniversary of its foundation, the Federal
Office of Communications has hosted the "1st Biel Bienne Communication
Days 2002" on 2 and 3 May 2002 in collaboration with the City
of Biel Bienne.
This two-day conference has addressed crucial questions regarding the
evolution of our society as a function of the development of telecommunications.
Themes such as the Information Society and the status of the telecommunications
market in Switzerland has been at the centre of the discussions and round
table sessions.Numerous speakers
Many players from the telecommunications and media sector have participated. They have discussed, among other topics, liberalisation, the Information Society, the necessity of political action and the radio and television market.Program and speeches of 02.05.2002
Program and speeches of 03.05.2002
The speeches are available in pdf format and in their original language only. These texts has been typed out from tape recordings. The marks [...] indicates the passages where the poor sound quality of the recordings didn't allow to reconstruct the spoken word. Please click on the desired titel.
Thursday 02.05.2002 "Telecommunications"
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| 08.15 | Registration | Welcome coffee |
| 09.15 | Welcome (22 kb) | Hans Stöckli Stadtpräsident Biel Bienne |
| 09.20 | Keynote (123 kb) | Marc Furrer Direktor BAKOM |
| 09.45 | Has the telecommunications liberalisation delivered on its promises? Lectures |
Dr. Markus Rauh Verwaltungsratspräsident Swisscom AG (50 kb) |
| Henning Dyremose President TDC Switzerland AG (Sunrise) and CEO Tele Danmark (36 kb) |
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| Andreas Wetter CEO Orange Communications SA (40 kb) |
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| Klaus-Dieter Scheurle Credit Suisse First Boston (Ex-Präsident Deutsche Regulierungsbehörde für Telekommunikation und Post) (52 kb) |
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| Dr. Fulvio Caccia Président de la Commission fédérale de la communication (29 kb) |
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Panel discussion Chair |
Marc Furrer - Direktor BAKOM |
| 12.30 |
Lunch | |
| 14.00 |
Status
of the Information Society in the European Union and future challenges (41 kb) |
Erkki Liikanen Commissioner of the European Union for Entreprise and the Information Society |
| 14.45 |
What is the state of our Information Society? Lectures Point of view of the government (50 kb) |
Annemarie Huber-Hotz Bundeskanzlerin |
| Point of view view of the industry (48 kb) | Peter J. Kirschbauer Senior Vice President, Service Industries Business Sector, SAP AG |
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| Point of view of the Third World (37 kb) | Sam Pitroda President & CEO Worldtel Ltd and former Chairman of the Telecom Commission of India |
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| Point
of view of the society (50
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Dr. Thomas Held Direktor Zukunft Schweiz |
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| 17.00 | Break | Peter J. Kirschbauer Senior Vice President, Service Industries Business Sector, SAP AG |
| 17.30 | Is there a need for political action? Face to face Chair |
Georges Theiler - Nationalrat (FDP) Dr. Andrea Hämmerle - Nationalrat (SP) Peter Fischer - Stellvertretender Direktor BAKOM |
| 18.30 | Apero | |
| 19.30 | Dinner and show Special guests |
Massimo Rocchi Birgit Steinegger Vague Sauvage |
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Friday 03.05.2002: "Medias" |
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| 08.15 | Registration | Welcome coffee |
| 09.00 | Mutations in the Communication Society (41 kb) | Moritz Leuenberger Bundesrat und Vorsteher des Eidg. Departements für Umwelt, Verkehr, Energie und Kommunikation |
| Is more market possible (and desirable) in radio and television? Lectures |
Prof. Dr. Otfried Jarren Direktor Institut für Publizistikwissenschaft und Medienforschung der Universität Zürich (42 kb) Marco de Stoppani Verlagsdirektor Neue Zürcher Zeitung AG (34 kb) Filippo Lombardi Conseiller d'Etat et chef de Tele Ticino (46 kb) |
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| 10.45 | Break | |
| 11.00 | Armin Walpen Generaldirektor SRG SSR idée suisse (41 kb) Prof. Dr. Helmut Thoma Medienberater des Ministers von Nordrhein-Westfalen (35 kb) |
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| 11.45 | Panel discussion Chair |
Dr. Martin Dumermuth - Vizedirektor BAKOM |
| 12.45 | Lunch | |
| 14.15 | 4 parallel Workshops Workshop 1 Advertising Should radio and television be designed as the optimal environment for advertising – what are the alternatives? Chair |
Challenging theories by Toni Lienhard - Tagesanzeiger Tamedia AG Jost Wirz - Wirz Partner Holding AG Ingrid Deltenre - Direktorin Publisuisse Günther Heuberger -Geschäftsführer Radio und TV Top Andy Lehmann - Geschäftsführer Media Haus AG Ursula Hürzeler – Bundeshausredaktorin SF DRS |
| Workshop 2 Public Service in radio and television What do politicians expect? The same as citizens? Moderation |
Challenging theories by Ernst Mühlemann - Alt-Nationalrat (FDP) / Unternehmerforum Lilienberg Doris Leuthard - Nationalrätin (CVP) Theophil Pfister - Nationalrat (SVP) Yves Christen - Conseiller national (PRD) Hans-Jürg Fehr - Nationalrat (SP) Hanspeter Trütsch - Bundeshausredaktor SF DRS |
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| Workshop 3 Workshop 3 New technologies Good old "steam radio" continues to transmit on VHF – and VHF frequencies are running out Chair |
Challenging theories byDaniel Kramer – Alt-Direktor Swiss TXT Hans Strassmann – Technischer Direktor SRG SSR idée suisse Markus Ruoss - Radio Sunshine Helwin Lesch - General Manager der Bayrischen Medien Technik GmbH Giuseppe Scaglione - Radio 105 Roy Simmonds - Cablecom Matthias Lauterburg - TeleBärn AG |
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| Workshop 4 Media makers of Biel Bienne Biel Bienne: a journalistic biotope and resource Chair |
Mario Cortesi, Büro Cortesi Marc Gassmann, Verlag Gassmann Michel Guillaume, rédacteur en chef de l'"Expo journal" Barbara Engel, Leiterin Ressort Biel Seeland "Der Bund" Dominique Antenen, TeleBielingue |
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| 15.45 | Break | |
| 16.15 | Plenary assembly Summaries workshops 1- 4 |
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| 17.15 | Conclusion | Marc Furrer - Direktor BAKOM Hans Stöckli - Stadtpräsident Biel Bienne |
| 17.45 | Apero / End of the event | |
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