CONFERENCE SESSIONS & ROUNDTABLE AGENDA 2019... · Location: Regency V – Hyatt Regency, Atrium...

CONFERENCE SESSIONS & ROUNDTABLE AGENDA

23-26 June 2019 | Hyatt Regency & Marriott Marquis

2 | International Telecoms Week 2019

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AGENDA OVERVIEW

Location: International Ballroom – Hyatt Regency, International Tower, Ballroom Level

Location: Regency V – Hyatt Regency, Atrium Tower, Ballroom Level

Location: Marriott Marquis, Atrium Level, Atrium Ballroom

Location: Hanover CDE – Hyatt Regency, Atrium Tower, Exhibit Level

Location: International Pavilion – Marriott Marquis, Marquis Tower, International Level

Location: Regency V – Hyatt Regency, Atrium Tower, Ballroom Level

Location: Hanover CDE – Hyatt Regency, Atrium Tower, Exhibit Level

OPENING KEYNOTE


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12:30PM NETWORKING LUNCH


PANEL DISCUSSION: ENSURING AN ADAPTIVE APPROACH TO A2P MESSAGING

SUNDAY 23 JUNE

With global mobile penetration standing at 98.6% and SMS being a standard feature of all mobiles, many experts predict that A2P messaging is set to grow substantially over the next couple of years. With a 98% open rate, A2P messaging is allowing for businesses to directly engage with customers and opening new opportunities for carriers.

• Understand recent developments in carriers’ A2P solutions and best practice for monetisation• How are businesses utilising this opportunity to ensure ROI on marketing investments?• To what extent is A2P messaging providing a competitive alternative to OTTs in places of less reliable internet? • To what extent has the industry overcome challenges in grey routes? And what can the industry do to negotiate

perceptions that A2P messaging is an unreliable service? • How is the industry working together to ensure that all components of the ecosystem are delivering best practice? • How are carriers tailoring their security services to the new threats in A2P messaging?

LOCATION International Ballroom – Hyatt Regency, International Tower, Ballroom Level

TIME 11:00am – 12:00pm

PANELLISTS

Brad BlankenVP, Strategic AlliancesBANDWIDTH

MODERATOR

Tim WardVP, Number Information ServicesXCONNECT

José Luis BeauperthuyGlobal Business DevelopmentC3NTRO

Deshbandhu BansalCOO & Head of Messaging SolutionsCOMVIVA

Bruno CoindreVP Messaging SolutionsIBASIS

Anurag AggarwalAssociate Director - Messaging Services TATA COMMUNICATIONS

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PRESENTATION: THE NEXT ERA OF MOBILE MESSAGING

Millions of businesses rely on SMS to communicate with mobile consumers. Credit card fraud alerts, flight status updates, and package delivery notifications are common examples of business-to-consumer SMS. Though SMS meets the consumers’ needs for instant notification, it lacks the interactivity and personalisation consumers expect.

RCS Business Messaging upgrades SMS with branding, rich media and analytics that lead to better consumer engagement. With RBM, businesses can bring branded, interactive mobile experiences, right to the default messaging app. By 2020, 86% of smartphones will be RBM-enabled. Join a Google expert to learn about the future of messaging and how major brands like Subway and Booking.com are already using this technology to reach their customers.


TIME 2:00pm – 2:30pm

PRESENTER

Todd ParkerGlobal Head, Business DevelopmentGOOGLE

SUNDAY 23 JUNE



HOSTED BY



Brian HeikesSVP Product & Programme Management3C

Neil McGrathTechnical Lead for Messaging-as-a-PlatformAT&T

Andres SanchezCOOIDENTIDAD TECHNOLOGIES

David SchwindSr. Solutions EngineerMGAGE

Jonathan CampbellDirector of Rich MessagingSINCH

Gavin PattersonChief Data AnalystMOBILESQUARED

FUTURE OF MESSAGING: RICH BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS

MEF’s Future of Messaging Programme explores how rich communication channels are changing the messaging landscape. The session will provide exclusive market insights and use cases with experts from across the ecosystem sharing their experiences and predictions.

SUNDAY 23 JUNE

2:30pm – 2:35pm Introduction from the MEF CEO

2:35pm – 2:50pm Analyst Presentation: The Fight for Dominance Between RCS and the OTTs

2:50pm – 3:35pm Panel Discussion: Future of Messaging: Rich Business Communications

3:35 – 4:00pm Q&A

ANALYST

PANELLISTS

MODERATOR

Dario BettiCEOMEF



OPENING KEYNOTE ONLINE VIDEO: HOW YOUTUBE CHANGED EVERYTHING

MONDAY 24 JUNE

Since launching in 2005 as a means to share video online, YouTube has become a global phenomenon. With an average of 1billion hours of video watched per day and 400 hours of video uploaded every minute it has transformed the content industry end-to-end through talent, production, distribution, and consumption.

This year’s ITW keynote will hear from YouTube Co-Founder Steve Chen who will explain YouTube’s story from origination, through the inflection points in its growth, and tackle some of the key issues facing online video today as well as his perspectives on what will be the next big-thing to once again transform the video landscape.

LOCATION Marriott Marquis, Atrium Level, Atrium Ballroom


Sam EvansPartnerDELTA PARTNERS

INTERVIEWEE

PRESENTER

Steve ChenCo-FounderYOUTUBE



UPDATE FROM THE GLOBAL LEADERS’ FORUM – ACHIEVING FRICTIONLESS AND SECURE COMMERCE

MONDAY 24 JUNE

The ITW Global Leaders’ Forum (GLF), the leadership body consisting of the executives from the world’s leading International Carriers, will provide an update on some of the key collaborative initiatives, including:

Journey to frictionless commerce: How the GLF is driving the industry to achieve capacity on demand

• George Sloan (from AT&T and lead of the GLF working group) will announce the outcome of a production trial of automated order APIs developed by MEF. The trial is a part of a wider GLF initiative that aims to achieve frictionless commerce by defining the commercial frameworks that will facilitate interoperable capacity-on-demand services internationally across networks

Fight against fraud: Update of actions the GLF is taking to eradicate fraud from the international wholesale industry

• Daniel Kurgan (from BICS and the lead of the GLF working group) will provide an update on the GLF’s efforts to combat fraud, and announce the next step in the fight, which sees the recommendation to move the industry to more standardised KPIs, developed by the i3forum

LOCATION Regency V – Hyatt Regency, Atrium Tower, Ballroom Level

TIME 9:30am – 10:30am

HOSTED BYMODERATOR

PRESENTERS

Jussi MakelaDirectorGLF

George Sloan VPAT&T

Daniel KurganCEOBICS

Kevin VachonCOOMEF



PANEL DISCUSSION: THE CARRIER ROLE IN FORGING THE FOURTH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

MONDAY 24 JUNE

Klaus Schwab, the Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum has described the fourth industrial revolution as being “characterised by a fusion of technologies that is blurring the lines between the physical, digital and biological spheres”. Where do carriers see their role within this new age? How will the digital transformation change the customer experience?

• To what extent is interoperability becoming essential in preparation for the fourth industrial revolution? • What are the key services that carriers will be developing? • How are carriers incorporating the necessary levels of automation within their networks to service the next

generation of platform-based customer services? • How are carriers shaping sustainable business models for the predicted data-intensive services such as IoT, smart

cities, and autonomous cars?


TIME 11:00am – 12:00pm

MODERATOR

PANELLISTS

Jason McGee-AbeEditor-in-ChiefCAPACITY MEDIA

Dr. Rolf Nafziger SVP DEUTSCHE TELEKOM GLOBAL CARRIER

Emmanuel RochasCEOORANGE INTERNATIONAL CARRIERS

Paul AbfalterHead of North Asia & Global WholesaleTELSTRA

Mike van den BerghChief Marketing & Strategy OfficerPCCW GLOBAL

Eric CevisSVP & Group PresidentVERIZON PARTNER SOLUTIONS

Jack WatersPresident, ZAYO NETWORKS & COO, ZAYO



PANEL DISCUSSION: ZERO TOUCH NETWORKS: UNDERSTANDING THE POSSIBILITY

MONDAY 24 JUNE

While the potentials of the virtualised network have been a key area of discussion for multiple years, the industry is now looking forward and experiencing the reality of the operational challenges that come with managing these incredibly complex networks. Businesses are now starting to look at the possibility of a zero-touch provisioning system, join this discussion and explore:

• What are the defining features of a zero touch network?• How will a zero touch network practically implement the principles of virtualisation?• To what extent will AI be essential for achieving this possibility?• What are the main motivations for moving towards a zero touch network?• What are the current biggest hurdles for implementation?



PANELLISTS

Tom PasekaHead of Network StrategyCLOUDFLARE

Chris SharpCTODIGITAL REALTY

Jeff WabikChief Strategy & Connectivity OfficerDC BLOX

Ravindran MahalingamSVP – International Business HGC GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED

MODERATOR

Laurence DoeDeputy EditorCAPACITY MEDIA



MONDAY 24 JUNE

This session will provide an update on key U.S. regulatory developments and explore the financial impact on communication providers in response to: • The proposed T-Mobile-Sprint merger• Stemming illegal robocalling• Reforming switched access charges• Implementing rural call completion along with covered and intermediate provider requirements• Eliminating reduced prices obtained from ILEC unbundling and resale obligations

LOCATION Hanover CDE – Hyatt Regency, Atrium Tower, Exhibit Level


PRESENTER

Philip MacresPrincipalKLEIN LAW GROUP PLLCPRESENTATION: FCC UPDATE -

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PANEL DISCUSSION: MITIGATING SECURITY THREATS AS A WHOLESALE CARRIER

MONDAY 24 JUNE

Nexusguard recently reported more than a fivefold rise in the average size of DDoS attacks in the second quarter compared with a year earlier. With DDoS attacks on the rise, carriers and cloud hosting services are the most vulnerable for attack. How is the carrier community preparing for the next wave of threats?

• How are carriers preparing their security services to ensure future scalability and efficient implementation? • With a predicted increase in DDoS attacks due to the rise in IoT applications, what will be the expected opportunity

of security services for carriers? • What is the update on industry collaboration? • What services are carriers seeing as the most effective to incorporate within their portfolio?



MODERATOR

PANELLISTS

Mary StanhopeFounder, Principal ConsultantIMARKET2

Nick SimmonsSenior Applications Director – Security ServicesAT&T

Jade KerrDirector of Network & Systems ArchitectureBLUEBIRD NETWORK

Ryan PolkSenior Policy AdvisorINTERNET SOCIETY

Jim CarnesChief Security Architect, Office of the CTOCIENA

Malick AissiVP Business Assurance & Risk ManagementIBASIS

Michael WheelerEVP, Global IP NetworkNTT COMMUNICATIONS

Elsa UguetAnti-Fraud & Security Marketing DirectorORANGE INTERNATIONAL CARRIERS



MONDAY 24 JUNE

PRESENTATION: FROM AI, IOT, 5G – A SHIFT FROM WEST TO EAST

China’s determination to innovate faster and wider than other nations is a key feature of today’s world. The impact of focused state and private investment is proving highly effective, leading to widely cited competition concerns and perceived wider security issues. To what extent is this just a feature of a shift in the commercial and technological balance from West to East? The session will seek to place some facts and figures into the forecasts and predictions receiving wide coverage. It will also contextualise the APAC position in emerging markets and focus on trends in China covering data capture, AI and applications. Clarity of policy arising from the conclusion of the US/China trade talks will also be examined.



PRESENTER

Oliver JonesCo-Founder & Chief ExecutiveCHAYORA



PANEL DISCUSSION: WOMEN IN TELCO: CREATING A PRACTICAL PATHWAY TO A DIVERSE WORKPLACE

MONDAY 24 JUNE

There are still challenges in female engagement when it comes to male dominated industries. This panel discussion will provide an opportunity to promote incentives on diversity and share experiences on how to practically overcome day-to-day challenges.

• How is gender diversity in telecoms countering an aging workforce?• How can the industry at large best engage with female talent and improve retention?• Examine STEM-based initiatives and identify key areas of improvement • Explore ways to best navigate and manage day-to-day challenges



MODERATOR

PANELLISTS

Natalie BannermanReporterCAPACITY MEDIA

Chandy GhoshCOO & General ManagerINTELIQUENT

Sally O’BrienHead of Global Service ProvidersSPRINT

Gagun GahirRegional Manager for Carrier Voice ServicesTELSTRA

Archana JainHead of Planning & TechnologyVERIZON

Sarah McCombFounderWOMEN’S TECH FORUM

HOSTED BY


MODERATOR

PANELLISTS

Patrick ChristianPrincipal AnalystTELEGEOGRAPHY


PANEL DISCUSSION: ENABLING AFRICA’S DIGITAL ECONOMY

TUESDAY 25 JUNE

Connectivity Infrastructure: • What strategies are increasing broadband penetration

across the continent? Are there regulatory models or business models that are yielding results worthy of emulation?

Demand Drivers/Digital Economy:• Where are we seeing a rapid acceleration of the Digital

Economy in Africa?• Are these local data centres adequately prepared for

upcoming capacity increases and enterprise demand?

Subsea Cable Updates:• What are the expectations for the new cable systems

planned for the continent?

• How does Africa compare with patterns witnessed in other continents in terms of wholesale capacity pricing?

Satellites:• We continue to hear about more satellites being deployed to connect the unconnected. How well are existing satellites doing that today and what role do satellites play in an increasingly fiberised and 4G/5G world?

• What are the key differentiators between the current climate and previous eras of satellite deployment?

Market Dynamics: • What can the industry do to address the need for low

latency applications and increase local traffic exchange on the continent?

LOCATION International Pavilion - Marriott Marquis, Marquis Tower, International Level

TIME 8:30am – 10:30am António NunesCEOANGOLA CABLES

Libby BarrCOO – Customer AVANTI COMMUNICATIONS

Funke Opeke Founder & CEO MAINONE

Lanre KoladeGroup CEOCSQUARED

Chris WoodCEOWIOCC

CO-SPONSORED BY

8:30am – 9:15am Networking Breakfast

9:15am – 9:30am Analyst Presentation

9:30am – 10:30am Panel Discussion and Q&A



TRANSFORMING INTER-CARRIER SETTLEMENT – GLF LAUNCHES DEVELOPMENT OF DLT-ENABLED SETTLEMENT PLATFORM

TUESDAY 25 JUNE

The ITW Global Leaders’ Forum (GLF) will announce the launch of an industry project to develop a DLT-enabled settlement platform for the Global ICT Service Provider Industry.

DLT technologies can provide significant benefits that can revolutionise the inter-ICT Service Provider settlement process through enabling automation and improving security. This will facilitate carriers to settle new types of traffic, underpinning network and service innovation, and save costs.

The GLF has developed an approach for a common governance framework to serve the whole industry with the purpose of accelerating the adoption of these automated settlement applications. This is achieved by avoiding fragmentation and by facilitating a more effective development of open-source standards and APIs that enable cross-carrier interoperability of the new, DLT-enabled services.

The GLF will announce and provide details of the project and invite all ICT Service Providers to participate in the industry transformation.


TIME 9:30am – 10:30am

MODERATOR

PANELLISTS

Jussi MakelaDirectorGLF

Louisa GregoryChief of StaffCOLT

Marc HalbfingerCEOPCCW GLOBAL

HOSTED BY



PANEL DISCUSSION: GLOBAL CONNECTIVITY: SERVICING INTERNATIONAL SUBSEA DEMAND

TUESDAY 25 JUNE

With a data intensive future on the very close horizon, subsea carriers and big internet giants are all competing for a piece of the data pie. With demands on capacity only predicted to increase, how is this period of unprecedented subsea cable deployment unique and what will the impact be for this long-established industry?

• Where is the next global subsea hub? • How have big internet giants’ impacted the future roadmap for consortiums? • How do we ensure that we maintain innovation without compromising on sustainability?• Will the subsea industry incorporate machine learning in the near future? If so, how?• Are there identifiable trends for deploying fibre with other subsea infrastructures? • How are international carriers addressing the challenges of decommissioning cables?• How are subsea cables impacting the data centre ecosystem?• How can a data centre operator benefit from supporting subsea cable systems?• How does global interconnectivity play a role in selecting a data centre provider?


TIME 11:00am – 12:00pm

PANELLISTS

Nigel BayliffCEOAQUA COMMS

Timothy ParkerVP, Network StrategyFLEXENTIAL

David F. WelchChief Innovation OfficerINFINERA

Gil SantalizFounder & CEONJFX

MODERATOR

Paul BrodskySenior AnalystTELEGEOGRAPHY

Mike HollandsDirector of Market Development & StrategyINTERXION



PANEL DISCUSSION: DISCOVER WHY HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING IS HOT... AND HOW TO KEEP IT COOL

TUESDAY 25 JUNE

Critical environments within the data centre are dynamically evolving. Within the next five years, industry analysts expect significant growth in high-density applications and workloads due to the increased utilisation of big data analytics, artificial intelligence, machine learning and augmented reality. As the adoption of these applications increases, they will expand the requirements within the data centre, specifically around cooling techniques. According to research by IDC, the reliability of power and cooling infrastructure is the number one selection criteria for choosing an outsourced data centre provider, and it’s no surprise given the heightened usage of internet-based applications via smartphones, tablets and connected devices. Attend this panel discussion and discover:

• Consumption patterns driving today’s CPU intensive applications• The challenges end users face deploying high heat output application infrastructure • How Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the largest U.S. Department of Energy science and energy laboratory, is

leveraging supercomputing to deliver transformative solutions to compelling problems in energy and security • The importance of aligning IT with facilities personnel to ensure the right infrastructure is in place for high-

density workloads• Advanced cooling technologies needed to efficiently and reliably power and cool mission-critical facilities given

our new reality• New requirements that you need to evaluate when selecting your next data centre


TIME 11:00am – 12:30pm

MODERATOR

PANELLISTS

Lee KestlerCCOVANTAGE DATA CENTERS

Jim MarshVP, Business DevelopmentCAPITOL POWER GROUP (CPG)

Courtney MunroeGroup VP, Worldwide Telecoms, Mobility & Network InfrastructureIDC RESEARCH

Stephen McNallyOperations ManagerOAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY

Justin ThomasCTOVANTAGE DATA CENTERS

SPONSORED BY



PANEL DISCUSSION: THE FUTURE NETWORK - HOW CONTENT DEMANDS, NEW NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE AND 5G ARE SHAPING THE NETWORK OF TOMORROW

TUESDAY 25 JUNE

Clouds, Content and Services are migrating from their traditional homes to a raft of proximity based, transitory, dynamic locations, driven by users who continue to diversify how they connect and harness these resources.

Join Colt Technology services and partners as they discuss the trends driving intelligence towards the edge of the network, how to navigate the future network of content, and if 5G is going to shake up the network as we know it today.



MODERATOR

PANELLIST

Andrew EdisonVP of Sales for WholesaleCOLT

Robert McCabeDirector, Global Cloud & Strategic SolutionsCOLT

Cara MasciniCEOEDGEINFRA

Eric BozichVP & GMEDGEMICRO

Pascal MenezesCTOMEF

Bryan Thompson Group VP, Cloud Renewal SalesORACLE

SPONSORED BY



PANEL DISCUSSION: SECURING ROI FROM NETWORK EXPANSION AND NEXT-GEN 5G NETWORKS

TUESDAY 25 JUNE

An interactive discussion that will explore the challenges for expanding networks into unserved and underserved markets, while also meeting universal service obligations, increased traffic demands and upgrades on their existing deployments. With 5G just around the corner, MNOs must optimise for the connectivity available today, while preparing for the opportunity of future networks. During this discussion, leaders will share examples of how they are overcoming these challenges, and how next-generation backhaul technologies may offer unique capabilities for intelligent connectivity. • How do MNOs and fixed operators approach business cases for network expansion? • How do you build flexible networks to right-size networks inline with ARPUs?• What is the role of next-generation backhaul technologies in improving business cases?• How can hybrid networks help the business case in connecting remote areas?• How do we plan for designing hybrid terrestrial and satellite networks? What applications will be enabled with this

hybrid approach?



MODERATOR

PANELLIST

Fedor SmithPresident & Managing PartnerATLANTIC-ACM

Parley CastoAssistant VPAT&T TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS

Mahesh JaishankarVP International Connectivity & InfrastructureDU

Ignacio García ComínInternational Wholesale Solutions & Satellite DirectorTELEFÓNICA BUSINESS SOLUTIONS

Michael SchwartzSVP, Corporate & Business DevelopmentTELESAT

SPONSORED BY



SEA-ME-WE 5 INTELLIGENCE FORUM

TUESDAY 25 JUNE

The session will cover the most recent updates related to the 20,000-km SEA-ME-WE 5 cable system, spanning over 17 countries from Southeast Asia to Western Europe, which is a technological breakthrough and marks a global communications milestone. It was originally designed with a capacity of 24 Terabits per second. The system is currently under upgrade to over 36 Terabit per second on 3-fibre pairs, fully capable of accommodating the future demand of data from other bandwidth-intensive applications such as enterprise data exchange, internet TV and online gaming.

The SEA-ME-WE 5 cables’ advanced 100Gbps technology is expected to meet the quadrupling of bandwidth demand between Europe and Asia, providing the lowest latency and further enhancing the network diversity and resilience. In contrast with other submarine cable systems, the SEA-ME-WE 5’s main endpoints are carrier-neutral/open Points-of-Presence (PoPs) and not just Cable Landing Stations (CLS).



SPONSORED BYMODERATOR

PANELLISTS

Ryan WopschallDirector of Client SolutionsPIONEER CONSULTING

Man Tik SuenTeam Lead, Submarine Cable Planning, Network PlanningCHINA MOBILE INTERNATIONAL

Mahesh JaishankarVP International Connectivity & InfrastructureDU

Giuseppe ValentinoVP, Line of Business IP/ DataTELECOM ITALIA SPARKLE

Pal BeresMarket & Commercial Development DirectorTURK TELEKOM INTERNATIONAL



PRESENTATION: INTERNET OF MOVING THINGS (IOMT) - ARCHITECTURE AND APPLICATIONS

TUESDAY 25 JUNE

The mobile revolution created an unprecedented opportunity for connection: no location, no matter how far was out of reach. The concept of connectivity then turned more local and the possibility of providing connectivity to previously static household items became a very feasible reality. As the industry looks forward, the Internet of Moving Things (IoMT) opens the door to areas previously unexplored: providing connections for moving things. Join this session and learn about the complex architectures and applications of IoMT in the real world.



PRESENTER

Rahul VijayHead of Telecoms SourcingUBER


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