The WLGA, in partnership with the Welsh Assembly Government, Ofcom Wales, and the European Commission Office in Wales (DG INFSO & DG COMM), held a 'Delivering broadband to rural Europe' conference in Technium Pembrokeshire on 14 October 2009, as part of the EU Committee of the Regions' Open Days:
Speaker Presentations
- Opening Speech (Cllr John Davies, Leader of the WLGA and Pembrokeshire CC)
- 'Towards an European Broadband Strategy - a discussion with Ken Ducatel, European Commission'
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- 'New approaches to regulation - the role of Ofcom in Wales' (Rhodri Williams, Ofcom Wales)
- The European Broadband Portal webpages (Gareth Hughes, ERISA)
- 'Rural broadband in the UK and Wales' (Ann Beynon, BT Wales)
- 'Rural broadband case study - sub-loop unbundling and MPF Lyddington' Presentation - Part one. Presentation - Part two (David Lewis, Rutland Telecom)
- 'The future of broadband is in the community' (Malcolm Corbett, Community Broadband Network)
- 'Broadband innovations in south, west and mid Wales' (Andrew Smith, TFL Communications)
- 'Broadband in Sweden' (Björn Björk, SALAR (Swedish Local Government Association))
- Case study: Virtual Counter Aa en Hunze (Geert-Jan ten Brink, VNG (Dutch Local Government Association)). Further information may be found in the following video weblink (note: You Tube link, may not be possible to view on certain networks)
- Connecting rural communities to bilingual eGovernment services in the Basque Country (Iñigo Gómez, EUDEL). Further information may be found in the following video weblink.
Open Days 2009 Brussels Presentations - 'Broadband uptake in rural and regional development' seminar (8 October 2009)
- 'Broadband investments in rural development in the framework of the Recovery Package' (Josefine Loriz-Hoffmann, European Commission DG AGRI).
- 'The opportunities for broadband fast deployment under the EU rural development policy' (Dr Nivelin Noev, European Commission DG AGRI).
- 'Broadband for Italian rural areas' (Alessandro Montelone, National Rural Network).
Relevant Documents
- 'Future Internet 2020 - Visions of an Industry Expert Group' (DG INFSO, May 2009)
- Extracts from 'Digital Europe - Europe's Fast Track to Economic Recovery' (Viviane Reding, EU Commissioner for Telecoms and Media, 9 July 2009)
Future ICT events
- 'NextGen 09' conference (Royal Armouries, Leeds, 16-17 November 2009). Further information may be found here.
- The European Information Society Conference (EISCO) will take place in Bilbao on 20-22 May 2010. Further information may be found here.
For more information contact: Iwan Williams