GLOBAL FORUM
Shaping the future
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The « Global Forum/Shaping the Future » is an annual international and independent event, dedicated to the Economic, Political, Social and Societal issues related to the successful evolution of the Information Society.
The International ThinkTank on Convergence
ICT : AN EMPOWERED WORLD
A SMARTER AND MORE INNOVATIVE SOCIETY
Monday 8th & Tuesday 9th November 2010
Washington DC, USA
The Marvin Center, The George Washington University
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ITEMS INTERNATIONAL est une société de conseil stratégique basée à Paris et spécialisée dans les technologies de l’information et de la communication.
ITEMS International is an international consulting firm based in Paris, dedicated to delivering Information & Communication Technology (ICT) strategies
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1- Internet expertise
- Internet between business opportunities and citizen expectations : New ways of innovation for organizations, Developing Internet of Things, Trust & Privacy issues
- Internet governance : Naming and adressing strategic issues, assistance to launch .cities, .regions, .company ..., Process Management with ICANN, Internet of Things / RFID
- Architecture of new services : Collaborative architecture & Web 2.0, Web services based on dynamic software components, Interoperability, Video service design, ID architecture and tools, Internet of the Future Architecture, Security
- Social Networks : Communities strategy for public and private organizations
- Internet services adoption for citizens : Strategic and coherent visions for local authorities, Usage adoption improvement
- Cities 2.0 : e-Health, e-Education , e-Government
2- Software - IT
- Software in a new environment driven by components and services : The market of software components, Open Source as a key factor of competition, Software as the driver of innovation in all sectors of ICT, Impact of software culture in management
- Technological hot strategic issues, Web Services to spread out internet architecture in IT architecture : SaaS vs product based architecture, Impact of Cloud Computing in IT services architecture, Parallel GPU : the next key frontier
- Enterprise 2.0 : Collaborative Intranet, Towards efficient Social Networks in enterprise
- IT Management : IT at the service of the core business, Balance the stability of IT Architecture with the pressure of a very competitive environment, HR management in IT
- Software approaches in ICT strategies : Understanding why software culture change strategies in standardization, Understanding of Open Source in the value chain, Licenses : Legal rules and constraints, How to take advantage of the dynamic of communities, The impact of software in economic development
- Software in standardization : How strategies based on software components can change the rules in standardization ? Open Source vs Proprietary approaches crossing the line FRAND vs Royalty-Free. When open means open ... or closed.
3- TV and Media Content
- Strategies towards global media : Impact of end-to-end digital content, Rich media opportunities and constraints, The telcos in the playground, Winning strategies for Mobile TV, Digital Dividend opportunities, Standardization on the move, The future of DRMs
- Business Plans : Trends for the next 10 years, Impact of telcos penetration in TV business, The protection dilemma
- Marketing and Positioning : Global Media Concepts, internet audience, advertisements, revenues, Web 2.0 interactions to boost audience
- Regulation : Impact of multichannel delivery, Net neutrality impact on Future TV services, Internet rules in the TV background, Legal background
- Cross Media content impact : Major changes in digital content production, Business models trends for producers
4- Telecommunications
- Facing technological changes that impact all business models : Broadband fixed infrastructures, Ubiquitous broadband mobile communications, Multichannel Digital TV, Communications as Software services, The LTE challenge
- Business Plans : New values chains in broad convergence, Infrastructures PPP
- Marketing and Positioning : How to develop new business and get new revenues ? How to compete with new soft players ? How to get value from triple/quadruple play services
- Due diligence : Combining understanding of the technical assets regarding the market perspectives
- Regulation : Net neutrality, Impact of telcos in TV services, Software services regulation issues, Digital dividend issues
- International benchmarks
Organisation of Conferences
ITEMS International organizes conferences on ICT hot issues and an annual major conference : the Global Forum.
The Global Forum / Shaping the Future is an annual, independent international event dedicated to business and policy issues affecting the successful evolution of the Information Society. It is not-for-profit initiative of Items International and Foundation Sophia Antipolis.
The Global Forum / Shaping the Future is sponsored by organisations around the world, interested in sharing and influencing global IT agendas, and enabling business and government leaders from all sectors of the Information & Communication Technology (ICT) communities to meet and work with suppliers and service providers.
The Global Forum / Shaping the Future aims to generate synergy between suppliers and users of communications applications. It assists in setting up partnerships between practical applications and innovative ideas. As a high profile international think-tank dealing with business, policy issues and civil society the Global Forum is acting as a catalyst for wide ranging applications of communications. Since its inception in 1992, it has brought together international key actors. It gathers experts from advanced economies - the USA, Canada, Western Europe and Asia - and increasingly from developing countries.
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