Is Internet TV something to fight for telecom service providers or something to join? What are the advantages for providers to offer Internet TV as a complement to IPTV? Pros and cons of IPTV and Internet TV will be discussed. Does the high quality of experience of IPTV outweigh the geographical limitation of viewers who can access it? How can a sufficient number of viewers be reached? Will a social network of communities also grow in the TV world? Advertisers can only be attracted when a sufficiently large number of eyeballs can be targeted.

Rik Missault Vice President, Media and Ventures Alcatel-Lucent

Since 1999 Mr. Missault has driven several of Alcatel’s key acquisitions, resulting in the company’s industry-leading end-to-end solutions capabilities. Mr. Missault joined Alcatel in 1992 and has been involved in the worldwide marketing and business development of Alcatel’s DSL business since 1996.

Luis Antonio Martinez Amago President, Fixed Access Division Alcatel-Lucent

Mr. Amago recently became President of the Fixed Access Division. In his former roll in the Multimedia Business Division he covered IPTV, Mobile TV, Music, Content, Messaging and Payment solutions. Prior to leading the Multimedia Business Division, he was president of the Wireless Transmission Division of Alcatel. Before that, Mr. Amago was chief operating officer of Integration and Services Activities. Amago joined Alcatel in 1988 in Barcelona. He has a degree in Telecommunications Engineering and Business and a post degree from IESE business school.

Jean-Marc Capitaine Product and Solutions Director, Consumer Division Belgacom

In Proximus, the mobile subsidiary of the Belgacom group, Mr. Capitaine has fulfilled senior management functions in the product management and business development areas. Mr. Capitaine has 20 years of experience in the telecom sector.

Beat Knecht Chief Executive Officer, Co-Founder, and President Zattoo

Mr. Knecht is the co-creator of UBS OpenLAN, SAP xRPM, Levanta, and Zattoo. Before joining Zattoo, he served as vice president of marketing at Linuxcare (now Levanta) in San Francisco. Previously, Mr. Knecht served as associate partner at McKinsey & Company. He holds a B.A. in computer science from the University of California, Berkeley, and obtained his M.B.A. at IMD in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Myles MacBean General Manager, Online and Interactive TV Service Walt Disney Company

Mr. MacBean is also head of technology for Disney's connected media services outside the United States. Before Disney, Mr. MacBean worked in various roles in the telecom and Internet market, culminating in his leadership of BT's eCommerce product division.

Richard Young Head of Business Development BT Vision

Since joining BT, Mr. Young has worked on a number of projects and commercial deals such as X box and is currently working on developing BT's on-line VoD activities. Prior to joining BT, he spent four and a half years at C4, where he was employed in corporate development and worked on a wider range of commercial deals and projects across their channels, on-line, and rights businesses. Previously Mr. Young was a strategy consultant at Arthur Andersen in the telecoms and media practice. He has a Ph.D. in environmental economics.