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2014 Conference

For the 9th consecutive year, The European Spectrum Management Conference took place in Brussels in June 2014. The event brought together more that 250 top level speakers and delegates from throughout the European and global spectrum communities.

Please click here to view the slides delivered at the end of the conference by Ruprecht Niepold (independent spectrum expert) to summarise the key findings and highlights from each of the conference sessions. 

You can aso view a selection of photographs from the conference here.

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The 9th Annual Spectrum Management European Conference brought together representatives from all the major stakeholders for a detailed and interactive discussion on key issues and developments relating to spectrum management policy in Europe.

Sessions at the event included:

• Where next for Spectrum Policy in Europe?
• To what extent should European strategy include the co-ordination of spectrum licences and awards?
• A long term vision for the UHF band - creating a ‘win-win’ situation
• The US ‘incentive auction’ model – to what extent could a similar approach work in Europe?
• Promoting the use of WiFi, Small Cells and other offloading technologies
• Combinatorial Auctions: Success or Failure?
• What is the future shape of the broadcasting industry as a user of spectrum?
• Spectrum for 5G and the future networked society
• What is meant by ‘5G’ and how will it affect how we use spectrum?
• Increasing the efficiency of public sector spectrum
• Spectrum Issues and Priorities Ahead of WRC-15: Delivering balanced EU common proposals that meet the needs of all spectrum users

For full details of last year's conference, please click here