TelcoTV Asia 2009, scheduled for October 13-14 in Shanghai, will be jointly hosted by Shanghai Municipal Administration of Culture, Radio, Film & Television and Shanghai Economy & Information Technology Commission at the Hyatt on the Bund Shanghai Hotel. The conference and exhibition, which will be part of a government-run information week held during the same time, has already confirmed more than 25 speakers from leading operators around the world.

Officials from SCRFT and SHEITC will speak at the TelcoTV Asia, presenting their blueprint for the development of China's multimedia and information technology industry and related policies.

The Chinese central government recently announced a new policy encouraging the joint entrance of both the broadcasting and telecommunications industries into mobile, IPTV, and other video opportunities. Leading operators will be attending TelcoTV Asia, looking for new technologies to help achieve this ambitious plan and searching for appropriate business models as well.

The following industry executives are already confirmed to speak at TelcoTV Asia 09:

• Wang Wenbin, General Manager, CCTV International
• Ian Chin, Vice President, BesTV
• Georges Penalver, Group VP Strategic Marketing, France Telecom
• Yun Chao Hu, Chairman, Open IPTV Forum
• Jay Kishigami, Executive Director, NTT Lab
• Zhu Bin, General Manager, IPTV Operation Center, Shanghai Telecom
• Dr. Qing Xiao, Technical Expert, IPTV, Shanghai Telecom
• Patrick Tan, Deputy Director, IPTV Service, SingTel
• Kate McKenzie, Group Managing Director, Strategic Marketing, Telstra
• Tae Yol Yoo, Head of Economics and Management Research Lab, Korea Telecom
• Wan Qianrong, Vice President, Oriental Cable Network
• Yennun Huang, CEO, Vee Telecom (Taiwan)
• Chang Yifong, Deputy Chief Engineer, ChungHwa Telecom
• Xu Jiangshan, Chief Engineer, Shenzhen Topway Cable Network
• Qiao Xiaoyan, Vice President, Hangzhou Huashu Online
• Wang Bin, Project Director, Guangzhou Zhujiang Digital Media
• Eric Li, Regional Sales Director, Asia Pacific, Microsoft
• Ben Silva, VP Sales and Marketing, Telairity
• Mark Adams, VP Asia, Accedo Broadband
• Anke Gill, VP Marketing, BNS
• Sefy Ariely, VP Sales and Marketing, Orca Interactive
• Charles Moon, Manager, Asia Pacific, Pyramid Research
• Steve Hawley, Principal Analyst, TV Strategy