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Network X Americas Headliners
9:00am - 9:15am
Chair’s Opening Remarks & Analyst Intro. Overview of the telco cloud market: is the road to public cloud as obvious as previously?
9:15am - 9:30am
Service Provider Keynote: Transformation to 5G SA: is the industry lacking technology, skills or revenue?
9:30am - 9:45am
Fireside chat: Telcos in 2030 - what will be the business model?
- John Keib - Chief Technology and Product Officer, Google Fiber
9:45am - 10:00am
Sponsor keynote
10:00am - 10:30am
Panel discussion: Let’s pop the bubble and slow our roll: taking a critical eye to GenAI.
- Debika Bhattacharya - Chief Technology Solutions Officer, Verizon Business
- Roz Roseboro - Principal Analyst: Telco AI and Analytics, Omdia
10:30am - 11:30am
Coffee & Networking Break
Keynotes
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Wireless Network Evolution
Cloud and Edge
Broadband Access
11:30am - 11:45am
Analyst address: RAN Evolution: North America Perspective
- Gabriel Brown - Senior Principal Analyst, Heavy Reading
11:45am - 12:00pm
Service provider address: Enabling 5G SA Network on Cloud Native Open RAN: What Does the Next-generation Mobile Network Look Like?
- Ravindra Jarral - Vice President, DISH Network
12:00pm - 12:15pm
Service provider address: The Most Complex Brownfield ORAN/vRAN Deployment
- Bernard Bureau - VP Wireless Strategy & Services, Telus
12:15pm - 12:30pm
Sponsor address: Reserved for AMD
- Gilles Garcia - Senior Director Business lead Data Center and Communications Group, AMD
12:30pm - 1:00pm
Panel Discussion: Designing RAN that Supports SA: vRAN, Open RAN and Cloud RAN
- Eugina Jordan - Chief Marketing Officer, Telecom Infra Project (TIP)
- Jaydee Griffith - Chief Technologist, Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund, National Telecommunications and Information Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
- Daniel Massey - Director, FutureG Advanced Component Development & Prototypes, Department of Defense
- Paul Challoner - Vice President - Network Products, Ericsson North America
- Guy Turgeon - Industry Principal, Red Hat
11:30am - 11:45am
Analyst address: Analysing telco transformation journey in North America
- Roz Roseboro - Principal Analyst: Telco AI and Analytics, Omdia
11:45am - 12:00pm
Service provider address: Is a programmable 5G network a key element for B2B growth?
12:00pm - 12:15pm
Fireside chat: Using the power of the cloud to build a green network
- Roz Roseboro - Principal Analyst: Telco AI and Analytics, Omdia
- Chad Wilkerson - Director, Sustainability and Infrastructure Sourcing, T-Mobile
12:15pm - 12:30pm
Sponsor address
12:30pm - 1:00pm
Panel Discussion: Cloud and Edge Service Ecosystem partnerships
- Roz Roseboro - Principal Analyst: Telco AI and Analytics, Omdia
- Thomas Fuerst - Senior Manager, 5G Technology Marketing, Verizon
- Lori Thomas - SVP Strategic Engagement and Transformation, MetTel
11:30am - 11:45am
Analyst address: All About BEAD
- Brian Vair - Broadband Program Supervisor, Texas Broadband Development Office
11:45am - 12:00pm
Service provider address: Plans for leveraging BEAD funds for new network builds
- Claude Aiken - Chief Strategy Officer, Nextlink Internet
12:00pm - 12:15pm
Fireside chat: Closing the Digital Divide
- Shirley Bloomfield - CEO, NTCA-The Rural Broadband Association
12:15pm - 12:30pm
Sponsor address
12:30pm - 1:00pm
Panel Discussion: What are the ins and outs of BEAD?
- Sterling Perrin - Senior Principal Analyst, Heavy Reading
- Erin Benal - Senior Broadband Program Coordinator, Texas Broadband Development Office
- Jeff Kohler - Co-Founder & Chief Development Officer, Rise Broadband
1:00pm - 2:00pm
Lunch & Networking Break
Track
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Wireless Network Evolution
Cloud and Edge
Broadband Access
2:00pm - 2:15pm
Fireside chat: Connectivity Challenges in Private 5G Manufacturing Facilities
- Pablo Tomasi - Principal Analyst, Private Networks, Omdia
- Zac Prunty - Smart Connected Factory Execution Lead, John Deere
2:15pm - 2:30pm
Sponsor Address
2:30pm - 3:00pm
Panel discussion: Getting Closer to the Future Enterprise Networks: Making Private 5G, Edge and Wi-Fi Work Together
- Pablo Tomasi - Principal Analyst, Private Networks, Omdia
2:00pm - 2:15pm
Service provider address: Reliably scaling 5G Network Upgrades at the Far-Edge with Precision Automation
- Umashankar Velusamy - Associate Director - Cloud, Verizon
2:15pm - 2:30pm
Sponsor Address
2:30pm - 3:00pm
Panel Discussion: Automation and AIOps for the Cloud and Edge
- Roz Roseboro - Principal Analyst: Telco AI and Analytics, Omdia
- Ravi Chunduru - Associate Fellow Network Function Virtualisation, Verizon
- Alp Basol - Senior Director Strategy & Innovation, AT&T
2:00pm - 2:15pm
Service provider address: Case Study: One SP’s FWA Deployment Strategy
- Jonathan Van - Executive Vice President, Element8
2:15pm - 2:30pm
Sponsor Address
2:30pm - 3:00pm
Panel Discussion: Fixating on Fixed Wireless
- Gabriel Brown - Senior Principal Analyst, Heavy Reading
- Richard Bernhardt - Vice President, Spectrum and Industry, WISPA
3:00pm - 4:00pm
Coffee & Networking Break
Track
Showing 3 of 3 Streams
Wireless Network Evolution
Cloud and Edge
Broadband Access
4:00pm - 4:15pm
Sponsor address
4:15pm - 4:30pm
Service provider address. Private 5G: What is Blocking the Growth?
- Art Maria - Global Consulting Leader for Specialized Networks and Private 5G, AT&T
4:30pm - 5:00pm
Panel Discussion: 5G Venue Networks: Public and Private Use Cases
- Gabriel Brown - Senior Principal Analyst, Heavy Reading
- Art Maria - Global Consulting Leader for Specialized Networks and Private 5G, AT&T
- Thomas Magedanz - University Professor at TU Berlin, HoD at Fraunhofer FOKUS, Advisor at Uniberg, Fraunhofer FOKUS
- Leighton Carroll - Chief Executive Officer, Galtronics
4:00pm - 4:15pm
Service provider address: Optimising 5G cloud core networks operations with AI
- Andrei Ivanov - Principal Technology Architect, Telus
4:15pm - 4:30pm
Sponsor address
4:30pm - 5:00pm
Panel discussion: The future of Cloud Service Assurance
- Jim Hodges - Research Director, Heavy Reading
- Joshua Copeland - MS, Cybersecurity Management, Tulane University
- Zac Grant - VP Enterprise Solutions, MetTel
4:00pm - 4:15pm
Service provider address: Wi-Fi 7 deployment strategies
- Crystal Dowds - VP Architecture, Engineering and Technology (AET), Lumen Technologies
4:15pm - 4:30pm
Sponsor address
4:30pm - 5:00pm
Panel discussion: Wising Up with WiFi-7
5:00pm - 5:05pm
End of Conference
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