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Key Sessions
Nicola Palmer
Service Provider Fireside Chat – Answering the BIG 5G Questions! What are the top takeaways from ‘year 1’ of the launch of 5G?
Verizon
Raj Yavatkar
Super Platinum Keynote – Building agile 5G networks for scalability and tailored end user services
Juniper Networks
Mathew Oommen
Service Provider Keynote – What do enterprises want from 5G?
Reliance Jio
John Smee
Super Platinum Keynote – 5G & AI: The Ingredients Fueling Tomorrow’s Technology Innovations
Qualcomm
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Day 2 - Central Standard Time

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9:00am - 10:00am60 mins
Breakfast Briefing: Beyond infrastructure: applications and skills
Beyond infrastructure: Applications and skills
    10:00am - 10:05am5 mins
    The BIG 5G Keynotes
    Welcome Back to the BIG 5G Event
    • Mike Dano - Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, Light Reading
    10:05am - 10:25am20 mins
    The BIG 5G Keynotes
    Service Provider Fireside Chat – Answering the BIG 5G Questions! What are the top takeaways from ‘year 1’ of the launch of 5G?
    • Nicola Palmer - Chief Product Development Officer, Verizon
    10:25am - 10:45am20 mins
    The BIG 5G Keynotes
    Super Platinum Keynote – Building agile 5G networks for scalability and tailored end user services
    • Raj Yavatkar - Senior Vice President, Chief Technology Officer, Juniper Networks
    10:45am - 11:05am20 mins
    The BIG 5G Keynotes
    Service Provider Keynote – What do enterprises want from 5G?
    • Mathew Oommen - President, Reliance Jio
    11:05am - 11:45am40 mins
    The BIG 5G Keynotes
    *40 MINUTE NETWORKING BREAK*
      11:45am - 12:20pm35 mins
      The BIG 5G Keynotes
      Keynote panel discussion: The multibillion-dollar question – How will carriers monetize 5G?
      • Mishka Dehghan - Vice President, 5G Development, Sprint
      • Masum Mir - VP, Product Management, Cisco
      • Peter Linder - Head of 5G Marketing, North America, Ericsson
      • Evan Kirchheimer - Vice President, Service Provider & Communications Research, Omdia
      12:20pm - 12:40pm20 mins
      The BIG 5G Keynotes
      Super Platinum Keynote – 5G & AI: The Ingredients Fueling Tomorrow’s Technology Innovations
      • John Smee - Vice President, Engineering, Qualcomm
      12:40pm - 1:00pm20 mins
      The BIG 5G Keynotes
      Service Provider Fireside Chat – What does 5G mean for cablecos?
      • Chris Bastian - CTO and SVP of Engineering, SCTE/ISBE
      • Tom Williams - CTO, Schurz Communications
      • Alan Breznick - Cable/Video Practice Leader, Light Reading
      1:00pm - 1:40pm40 mins
      The BIG 5G Keynotes
      *40 MINUTE NETWORKING BREAK*
        1:40pm - 1:55pm15 mins
        Room 1 - 5G Applications and Next Gen Innovation
        Platinum Presentation – Assessing the differing small cell considerations for indoor and outdoor scenarios
        • Harpinder Matharu - Senior Director, Wired and Wireless Group, Xilinx
        1:40pm - 1:55pm15 mins
        Room 2 - Cloud Native and Network Transformation
        Service Provider Presentation – Boingo’s virtualized and converged core strategy
        • Derek Peterson - CTO, Boingo Wireless
        1:40pm - 1:55pm15 mins
        Room 3 - RAN Evolution
        Platinum Presentation – Overcoming the key challenges carriers are facing with when deploying next gen RAN
        • John Baker - Senior Vice President, Business Development, Mavenir
        1:55pm - 2:30pm35 mins
        Room 1 - 5G Applications and Next Gen Innovation
        Panel Discussion: Using industry-tailored edge applications to monetize network investments
        • Stephen Mellor - CTO, Industrial Internet Consortium
        • Berge Ayvazian - Senior Analyst and Consultant, Wireless 20/20
        1:55pm - 2:30pm35 mins
        Room 2 - Cloud Native and Network Transformation
        Panel Discussion: Modernizing OSS/BSS to Support 5G Applications & Services
        • Shawn Draper - Vice President of Network Service Fulfillment, Engineering and Field Services, CenturyLink
        • Ben Parker - Chief Technology Officer, Guavus a Thales Company
        • Ahmad Ali - Senior Technology Alliances Consultant, Blue Prism
        • James Crawshaw - Principal Analyst, Omdia
        1:55pm - 2:30pm35 mins
        Room 3 - RAN Evolution
        Panel Discussion: The Migration to 5G Standalone
        • Miguel Carames - Director of Network Planning, Verizon Wireless
        • Reza Arefi - Vice President, GSA
        • Gilles Garcia - Senior Director, Wired and Wireless Group, Xilinx
        • Alejandro Holcman - SVP, Corporate Engineering, Qualcomm Technologies
        • Gabriel Brown - Principal Analyst, Mobile Networks & 5G, Heavy Reading
        2:30pm - 3:00pm30 mins
        Room 1 - 5G Applications and Next Gen Innovation
        *30 MINUTE NETWORKING BREAK*
          2:30pm - 3:00pm30 mins
          Room 2 - Cloud Native and Network Transformation
          *30 MINUTE NETWORKING BREAK*
            2:30pm - 3:00pm30 mins
            Room 3 - RAN Evolution
            *30 MINUTE NETWORKING BREAK*
              3:00pm - 3:15pm15 mins
              Room 1 - 5G Applications and Next Gen Innovation
              Enterprise Fireside Chat: The Road Forward to 5G on the Farm
              • Dan Leibfried - Director, Advanced Technology, Intelligent Solutions Group, John Deere
              • Emil Olbrich - President, PrimeLime LLC
              3:00pm - 3:15pm15 mins
              Room 2 - Cloud Native and Network Transformation
              Service Provider Presentation – Why SD-WAN is more important than ever for carriers
              • John Isch - Practice Director – Connectivity Solutions, Orange Business Services
              3:00pm - 3:15pm15 mins
              Room 3 - RAN Evolution
              Service Provider Presentation – How can we accelerate the deployment of 5G Open RAN across the US?
              • Prabhakar Chitrapu - Chair, Small Cell Forum
              3:15pm - 3:50pm35 mins
              Room 1 - 5G Applications and Next Gen Innovation
              Panel Discussion: Private and hybrid networks transformative role in the automotive supply chain
              • Anand Shah - Director, Technology Strategy and Architecture, Verizon
              • Thomas Magedanz - Director, NGNI Software Based Networks, Fraunhofer FOKUS
              • Steve Bell - Principal Analyst, Informa Tech Automotive Group
              3:15pm - 3:50pm35 mins
              Room 2 - Cloud Native and Network Transformation
              Panel Discussion: SD-WAN vs SD-Branch – How (and where) the demands of the enterprise will be met
              • Muslim Elkotob - Principal Solutions Architect, Vodafone
              • Scott Irwin - Sr Director, Product Management, SD-WAN, Frontier Communications
              • Todd Kiehn - VP of Product Management – Managed Services, GTT
              • Satish Madiraju - Director Products and Solutions, Fortinet
              • Jennifer Pigg Clark - Principal Analyst, Cloud Infrastructure and Edge Computing, Heavy Reading
              3:15pm - 3:50pm35 mins
              Room 3 - RAN Evolution
              Panel Discussion: Making the Most of CBRS
              • Mark Lowenstein - Managing Director, Mobile Ecosystem
              • Shahed Mazumder - Principal Strategist, Technology Strategy, CableLabs
              • Michael Zeto - Senior Vice President, Global Strategy and Emerging Businesses, Boingo Wireless
              • Patrick Henkle - Director Software Systems, JMA Wireless
              • Xiaoxia Zhang - Principal Engineer, Qualcomm
              • Alan Breznick - Cable/Video Practice Leader, Light Reading
              3:50pm - 4:20pm30 mins
              Room 1 - 5G Applications and Next Gen Innovation
              TOPIC-LED NETWORKING
                3:50pm - 4:20pm30 mins
                Room 2 - Cloud Native and Network Transformation
                TOPIC-LED NETWORKING
                  3:50pm - 4:20pm30 mins
                  Room 3 - RAN Evolution
                  TOPIC-LED NETWORKING
                    4:20pm - 5:20pm60 mins
                    Close of Conference Day Two
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