Archives 2007
6th Biel Bienne Communication Days, 25 / 26.10.2007, Congress house, Biel Bienne
The Biel-Bienne Communication Days ended successfully on Friday afternoon. Some 650 participants followed the speeches of numerous representatives from the communications industry. They discussed current and future ways of using digital technologies and the quality of transmitted content.
Press releases
26.10.2007: Technology, truth and relevance at the centre of the 6th Biel-Bienne Communication Days25.10.2007: Convergence of telecommunications and media at the centre of the 6th Biel-Bienne Communication Days
Blogs
Blogs about the Comdays| Program and speeches of 25.10.2007 | Photo gallery of 25.10.2007 |
| Program and speeches of 26.10.2007 | Photo gallery of 26.10.2007 |
Thursday 25.10.2007
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| 08.00 | Check in | |
| Opening | ||
| 08.50 | Marc Furrer, Präsident Bieler Kommunikationstage, Präsident ComCom | |
| 08.55 | Chair | Christine Maier, Chefin "Club", SF DRS |
09.00 |
Heute der Trend, morgen die Wahrheit | Bundesrat Moritz Leuenberger, Vorsteher UVEK |
| 09.30 |
Die EU und die digitale Medienwirtschaft (PDF, 147 kb) | Viviane Reding, Eu-Kommissarin für Informationsgesellschaft und Medien (Exclusives Video) |
| Who needs which platform? | ||
| 09.45 |
How do we use ICT? | Stefana Broadbent, Head of User Adoption Lab, Swisscom Innovations |
| New specific application forms | ||
| 10.05
10.30
10.55
11.20
11.45 |
The music industry – Opportunities despite copyright theft Business innovations from and in companies Advertising – where are the new routes to customers? Events on handhelds and screen Mobile TV – A success story |
Thomas V. Ryan, Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Bessemer Venture Partners Former Global Senior Vice President of Digital and Mobile Strategy EMI, New-York Prof. Dr. Torsten J. Gerpott, Mercator School of Management, Universität Duisburg Hans-Peter Rohner, CEO PubliGroupe AG Martin Kallen, COO Euro 2008 SA, UEFA Oyvind Solstad, Technology advisor, NRK-Norwegian Broadcasting, Oslo |
| 12.10 |
Round table Chair |
Thomas V. Ryan,
Prof. Dr. Torsten J. Gerpott,
Hans-Peter Rohner,
Martin Kallen,
Oyvind Solstad Christine Maier |
| 12.45 |
Lunch | Galerie, Vereinssaal |
| 14.00 | Music / comedy interlude | David Pogue, Telecom Musikant, New York |
| 14.15 |
…who takes the money from whom? (PDF, 234 kb) | Prof. Martin Cave, Director of the Centre for Management under Regulation, Warwick Business School, Coventry |
| The battle of the TV platforms – an interim report Bluewin TV vs. Cablecom vs. Zattoo (IP TV) – balance after 1 year |
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| Evaluation by market monitors | ||
| 14.45
15.00 |
Allo.ch (PDF, 441 kb) Comparis (PDF, 904 kb) | Didier Divorne, Responsable du site allo.ch Richard Eisler, Gründer und CEO Comparis |
| Statement from the CEOs | ||
| 15.15
15.25
15.35
15.45 |
ZATTOO- Der Laptop wird zum Fernseher (PDF, 157 KB)
Round table Chair |
Beat Knecht, Co-Gründer, Präsident und CEO, Zattoo TV Ruedi Fischer, Managing Director Cablecom Christian Petit, Leiter Privatkunden Swisscom AG Christine Maier |
| 16.15 | Coffee break | |
| Mobile platforms – to whom does the future belong? | ||
| UMTS / HSDPA vs. DVB – H vs. Satellit vs. WiMax vs. ... What is the best method of service and content transport and how can these infrastructures be refinanced? |
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16.45
16.55 |
Overview Mobile TV –Do's and Don'ts (PDF, 30 kb) |
Karim Taga, Managing Director Arthur D. Little, Vienna Prof. Dr. Claus Sattler, Executive Director Broadcast Mobile Convergence Forum |
| Who delivers what? | ||
| 17.05
17.15
17.25
17.35
17.45 |
Einfach mobil. (PDF, 596 kb)
Mobile Plattformen –wem gehört die Zukunft? (PDF, 655 kb) |
Alexandra Reich, COO Residential Customers, sunrise Giovanni Conti, CEO Swisscom Broadcast AG Bruno Bucher, CEO Mobile TV Schweiz AG Harri Männistö, Director, Nokia Nseries Watch new, Multimedia, Finland Markus Ruoss, Technologieexperte Privatradioverband und TeleSuisse |
| 18.00 |
Round table Chair |
Jürg Bachmann, Member Management Goldbach Media |
| 18.45 | Apero | |
| 19.15 | COM-NIGHT | Asian Buffet Raclette tent |
| 20.30 | Entertainment | Massimo Rocchi, Komiker, Sprachakrobat und Mime |
| 21.15 | Cigars - Bar | Julie Wright and Band Soul & Blues Singer |
| Top | ||
Friday 26.10.2007 |
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| Everyone is publishing – But where is truth and substance? | ||
| 08.00 | Registration | |
| 09.00 | Chair |
Christine Maier, Chefin "Club", SF DRS |
| 09.05 |
Entertaining Key Note | David Pogue, Technologiekolumnist, New York Time, N.Y. |
| 09.30 |
Blogs and their importance | Prof. Dr. Miriam Meckel, Direktorin Institut für Medien- und Kommunikationsmanagement, Universität St. Gallen |
| 09.55 |
Wikipedia, User-Generated Content and Blogs– Influence on information in the "real world" (PDF, 4Mb) | Bruno Giussani, Writer, TED European Director |
| 10.20 |
Google's strategy in the media sector | Andreas Schoenenberger, Country Manager, Google Switzerland GmbH |
| 10.45 |
The new electronic newspapers | Rainer Kellerhals, Global Media & Entertainment Solutions Lead, Microsoft Corporation |
| 11.00 |
Break | |
| 11.45 |
Journalism in the internet age | Sylvia Egli von Matt, Direktorin MAZ, Luzern |
| 12.15 |
The end of the newspaper? (PDF, 5 Mb) | Beat Lauber, Mitglied der Gruppenleitung, NZZ-Gruppe |
| 12.40 |
Successful innovation of editors in Norhern Europe (PDF, 4.2 Mb) | Poul Melbye, Director Research & Strategy, Politiken, Kopenhagen |
| 13.05 |
The role of radio / TV as broadcaster (PDF, 5.6 Mb) | Gilles Marchand, Directeur Télévision Suisse Romande (TSR) |
| 14.00 | Comedy by Palais Fédéral "La soupe est pleine" |
Yann Lambiel, Thierry Meury |
| 14.25 | Apero riche | |
| Top | ||
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