Europe’s Internet Ecosystem: Is Everybody Contributing Their Fair Share?

16 May, 10:15 - 12:00pm CET, Sofitel Brussels Europe & online

EU Digital Decade: From Targets to Enforcement

21 March 2022, 9h45am – 12h00pm CET

Hybrid event, Online and Square de Meeûs 5, Brussels

Video recording:

One year after the launch of the EU Digital Decade Targets in March 2021, ETNO invites you to join an event organized under the high patronage of the French Presidency of the Council of the EU.

State of Digital Communications: Members’ Webinar with Analysys Mason

Webinar on 23 February, 10:00 - 11:15am CET

Setting the WACC in Low Interest Environments: Bridging Theory and Practice

27 January, webinar

10:00am - 3:00pm CET 

ETNO and The Florence School of Regulation Communications and Media organise a joint seminar to explore concrete theoretical and empirical questions related to WACC setting in regulated environments and to gather views from a diverse set of stakeholders.

The Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) is commonly used to assess the profitability of an investment or to value assets or companies. It is a key financial parameter in corporate decision-making. In regulated environments, such as the telco or the energy sectors, sectoral regulators set the WACC, mostly for cost-oriented products, and it is an important component of the pricing of such products. It is hence of utmost importance that WACC values used by the regulators are set at an appropriate level to provide the right incentives for regulated entities and their competitors, and more broadly for the consumers.

The Seminar will be divided into two parts: the first explores the methodological issues concerning the setting of WACC in the telecoms sector, while the second focuses on potential challenges to its application in the future.

Programme

10.00 - 10.30 Stephen Howard | Partner, Communications Chambers

10.30 - 12.00 Panel I: Setting WACC in the Telecoms Sector: Methodology

Moderator: Anna Pisarkiewicz | Research Fellow, EUI

Panellists:

• Annegret Groebel | Chair of the working group ‘remedies’, BEREC/ Director of International Relations, BNetzA
• Daniel Kapp | Senior Team Lead, Capital markets, Directorate General Monetary Policy, ECB
• Silas Norbjerg | Case Handler, Unit B3, Markets, DG CNECT European Commission
• Richard Stehle | Professor, Humboldt University
• Fadhel Lakhoua | Director, EU and Economics, Regulatory Affairs, Orange

12.00 - 13.00 Lunch break

13.00 - 15.00 Roundtable

The future of WACC

Moderator: Philippe Defraigne | Director, Cullen International

Speakers:

• Kamila Kloc | Deputy Director, Head of Unit B.3 | Markets, DG CNECT, European Commission 
• Erzsébet Fitori | Group Head of EU Affairs and Relations,  Vodafone
• Ulrich Hege | Professor, Toulouse School of Economics (TSE)
• Brian Williamson | Partner, Communications Chambers
• Fernando Cordero | Equity Research Analyst, Executive Director, Grupo Santander

You can register at this link .

Transatlantic Tech Partnerships: Competitiveness and Collaboration in Global Digital Markets

ETNO – ICC Joint event : Digital Solutions to Environmental Problems: Use cases, Policy approaches

November 4, 2021 ∫ 16.00-17.30 CET

In cooperation with Vodafone and Nokia

The International Chamber of Commerce Forum is organizing two weeks of conferences for the COP26, “Make Climate Action Everyone’s Business”, between 1–13 November 2021. This will bring together a diverse network of over 10,000 participants from the public and private sectors to align their climate ambitions and actions for the next decade. Featuring partner-hosted sessions from more than 60 leading businesses, industry associations and non-governmental organisations, the forum will also help to catalyze coherent policy dialogue on critical climate, energy and environment related issues. Discussion themes include enabling sustainable supply chains, scaling climate finance, leveraging sustainable innovation and developing effective carbon pricing mechanisms.

In this context, ETNO is leading a session entitled “Digital Solutions to Environmental Problems: Use cases, Policy approaches” which will take place the 4^th of November from 16.00 to 17.00. This event will focus on explaining why digital solutions will help to address sustainability issues. During the first part of the event, we will present leading use cases on the use of ICT to address environmental issues.

The second part of the event will include a discussion on policy approaches to green connectivity.

Speakers:

• Lise Fuhr, Director General, ETNO
• Carlota Reyners Fontana, Head of Unit of the Electronic Communications, European Commission
• Jacques de Vos, Mezzanine, CEO
• Liana Ault, Energy Innovation CTO, Nokia
• Sara Nordbrand, Head of Group Sustainability, Telia Company
• Thijs Elling, Industry Innovation Lead - New Business & Industry Strategy, SAP

You can register to this event by following this link.

Achieving the Digital Compass Targets

A conversation with telecom stakeholders

Brussels, 22.10.2021, 9.30-12.00 CEST, hybrid event

5G for local communities: a guide for users

Webinar, 21 September 2021, 10.30-11.30 CEST

Digital Policy Day

22 June, 9.15am - 4pm CET
By ETNO and MLex