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Gold Sponsors

Sydney Swissotel, Tuesday March 31, Wednesday April 1

FEATURING 6 FOCUS STREAMS

Silver sponsors

Stream sponsors

Featuring top industry speakers

The great NBN regulatory debate • The Federal Government will embark on an once-in-a-decade overhaul of

telecommunications regulation early in 2009. This dedicated afternoon panel session will thrash out the issues.

CommsDay annual dinner & Industry Pulse Our first annual dinner, open to all RSVPing delegates, featuring the release of the CommsDay Industry Pulse—your views on the major issues of 2009. The best Australian telecom industry networking event of the year!

Platinum sponsor

KEYNOTE: Broadband, Communications and Digital Economy Minister Senator Stephen Conroy

KEYNOTE: Aust. Comms. & Media Authority chairman Chris Chapman

KEYNOTE: Hutchison CEO Nigel Dews

OFCOM telecoms technology head Chinyelu Onwurah

OTHER TOP SPEAKERS: Shadow Communications Minister Senator Nick Minchin, Telstra GMD public policy & comms David Quilty, Communications Alliance CEO Anne Hurley, Telstra CTO Hugh Bradlow, Telstra CIO John McInerney, Optus dir. Gov’t & Corp. Affairs Maha Krishnapillai, Internode CEO Simon Hackett, Australia Japan Cable CEO Robin Russell, Unwired CEO David Spence, BigAir CEO Jason Ashton, Telarus CEO Jules Rumsey, Vocus CEO James Spenceley, F-Secure APAC vice presi-dent Jari Heinonen and many more top speakers from carriers and vendors

SPECIALIST STREAMS covering Wireless Broadband, Backhaul, International & Wholesale Services, NBN Transformation, NBN policy and the future of the Internet. Hear from international and local technology, industry and legal experts.

Exhibitors

KEYNOTE: Telstra Corporation chairman Donald McGauchie AO

DAY 2 WEDNESDAY 1 APRIL 2009 PLENARY SESSION sponsored by Telstra 9am Telstra chairman Donald McGauchie 9.30am Alcatel-Lucent speaker (TBC) 10.00am Unwired CEO David Spence 10.20am Hutchison CEO Nigel Dews 10.40am REFRESHMENTS 11.00am Ofcom director of telecom technology Chinyelu Onwurah 11.25am Internode CEO Simon Hackett 11.50am Kordia director broadband solutions Kul Bhatia 12.15pm Ericsson Australia MD Jacqueline Hey 12.35pm Huawei chief technology officer Aust, Peter Rossi 1pm LUNCH sponsored by Huawei AFTERNOON STREAMS 2pm STREAM A: Backhaul Sponsored by Tellabs Tellabs senior principal engineer Tom Rarick, Rad Data Australia MD Udi Furman, Vertel MD Andrew Findlay & Basslink GM Michael Coates 2pm STREAM B: NBN Policy & Outcomes Telarus CEO Jules Rumsey, Mallesons Stephen Jaques M&A Partner Neil Cara bine, Baker & McKenzie’s James Halliday, Layer 10 Consulting’s Paul Brooks 3.20pm REFRESHMENTS THE GREAT DEBATE 3.40pm Getting next generation network regulation right Moderator: CommsDay’s Grahame Lynch with • Telstra GMD public policy &

communications David Quilty • Optus director, government & corporate

affairs Maha Krishnapillai • Pipe Networks MD Bevan Slattery • BigAir CEO Jason Ashton • Ovum research analyst David Kennedy

CommsDay Summit 2009CommsDay Summit 2009CommsDay Summit 2009WHERE AUSTRALIA’S TELECOM LEADERS MEET

DAY 1 TUESDAY 31 MARCH 2009 PLENARY sponsored by Telstra Wholesale 9am Minister for Broadband, Comm- unications and Digital Economy Senator Stephen Conroy 9.30am Comms Alliance CEO Anne Hurley 9.50am Telstra group managing director wholesale Kate McKenzie 10.15am Shadow Communications Minister Senator Nick Minchin 10.40am REFRESHMENTS 11.00am Australian Communications & Media Authority chairman Chris Chapman 11.30am Alcatel Australia/NZ MD Andrew Butterworth 11.55am Qualcomm Australia/NZ manager Rob Hart 12.20pm Nokia Siemens Networks APAC’s Paul Cook 12.40pm F-Secure APAC vice president Jari Heinonen 1pm LUNCH sponsored by F-Secure AFTERNOON STREAMS 2pm STREAM A: Wireless Broadband Sponsored by Nokia Siemens Networks Nokia Siemens Networks’ Mike Smathers, Optus’s Gavin Williams, Market Clarity’s Shara Evans, F-Secure’s Indi Siriniwasa & Tellabs’s Michael O’Malley 2pm STREAM B: International Capacity Sponsored by Australia Japan Cable AJC CEO Robin Russell, Verizon Business’ Paul McCann, AARNET CEO Chris Hancock 3.20pm REFRESHMENTS 3.40pm STREAM A: NBN Transformation Sponsored by Ericsson Telstra CIO John McInerney, Ericsson’s Colin Goodwin, C-COR’s Dermot Cox, NEC’s Ashley Halford and Ceragon’s Peter Cheong STREAM B: The cloud & future of the Internet Sponsored by Juniper Networks Telstra chief technology officer Hugh Brad low, Juniper dir. systems engineering Roger Geerts, Vocus CEO James Spenceley, IPV6 Forum’s Mike Biber 5.15pm REFRESHMENTS 6.30pm COMMSDAY SUMMIT annual dinner

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To guarantee a place, complete this form and fax now to Sally Lloyd at (+61) 02-9261-5434 Phone: 02 9261 5435 Indicate your preferred streams (for catering purposes) [ ] International capacity or [ ] Wireless broadband [ ] NBN Policy or [ ] Backhaul [ ] NBN Transformation or [ ] Cloud computing

For more details on attending, contact Sally Lloyd at sally@commsday.com.au For details on sponsorship, Veronica Kennedy-Good at veronica@mindsharecomms.com.au

9 reasons why you must attend

CommsDay Summit 1. Engage with Australia’s top telecom

policy makers and business leaders

2. Find out the latest thinking on the great 2009 NBN regulatory overhaul

3. Be part of Australia’s leading annual telecom event

4. Learn of the year’s legislative agenda from the minister

5. Share the insights and strategies of the major network equipment and services suppliers

6. Leverage the flexibility of our multi-stream technical topic format

7. Form new business relationships at our day and evening networking events

8. Find out the latest developments in FTTx and wireless tech

9. Learn answers to the most pressing challenges affecting your business