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May 20-22, 2025
Irving Convention Center at Las ColinasDallas, Texas

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Workshop Day: 21st May 2024 - CST/CDT (Central Daylight, GMT-5)

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8:30am - 9:50am
Pre-Conference Registration & Coffee
Showing 3 of 3 Streams
10:50am - 11:00am
Welcome and Opening: Remarks from the Chair
  • Gabriel Brown - Senior Principal Analyst, Heavy Reading
11:00am - 11:10am
Special Address
  • Alan Davidson - Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information & Administrator for NTIA, U.S. Department of Commerce
11:10am - 11:20am
Next G Alliance Overview & North American Priorities
  • David Young - Vice President - Technology and Solutions, ATIS and Managing Director, Next G Alliance
11:20am - 11:40am
Keynote: Beyond 5G: The 6G Journey as a Mobile Operator
  • Brian Daly - AT&T Fellow, AVP Wireless Technology & Standards, AT&T
11:40am - 12:10pm
Panel Discussion: Defining the Need and Timelines for Implementing a 6G Infrastructure
  • Joe Madden - Founder and President, Mobile Experts
  • Narothum Saxena - Vice President, Technology Strategy and Architecture, UScellular
  • Amitava Ghosh - Chair of the 6G Roadmap Working Group, Next G Alliance
  • Venki Ramaswamy - Chief Technologist for NextG, MITRE Labs
12:10pm - 12:40pm
Panel Discussion: Potential Spectrum Bands for 6G Deployment
  • Ruth Brown - Principal Analyst – Mobile Networks, Heavy Reading
  • Andrew Thiessen - Chair of the Spectrum Working Group, Next G Alliance
  • Jaydee Griffith - Chief Technologist, Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund, National Telecommunications and Information Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
  • Derek Khlopin - Deputy Associate Administrator for Spectrum Planning and Policy, NTIA
12:40pm - 1:40pm
LUNCH
1:40pm - 2:00pm
Keynote: What will be the nature of network interactions in the future, and what implications does this hold for 6G?
  • Muslim Elkotob - Principal Solutions Architect, Vodafone
2:00pm - 2:30pm
Panel discussion: Foundational Application Areas Enabled by 6G
  • Joe Madden - Founder and President, Mobile Experts
  • Muslim Elkotob - Principal Solutions Architect, Vodafone
  • Ki-Dong Lee - Chair of the Applications Working Group, Next G Alliance
  • Mitch Tseng - Research Consultant, ITRI (Industrial Technology Research Institute, Taiwan)
2:30pm - 3:00pm
Panel Discussion: Redefining Sustainability KPIs for 6G Design
  • Gabriel Brown - Senior Principal Analyst, Heavy Reading
  • Bhushan Joshi - Chair of the Green G Working Group, Next G Alliance
  • Gagandeep Bhatti - Vice Chair of the Green G Working Group, Next G Alliance
  • Thomas Magedanz - University Professor at TU Berlin, HoD at Fraunhofer FOKUS, Advisor at Uniberg, Fraunhofer FOKUS
3:00pm - 3:10pm
Closing Remarks
3:10pm - 3:15pm
End of 6G Summit
3:15pm - 3:45pm
Coffee & Networking
9:50am - 10:00am
Welcome and Opening: Remarks from the Chair
  • Greg Bryan - Senior Manager, Enterprise Research, TeleGeography
10:00am - 10:20am
Enterprise Keynote: DIY or Outsource? Why Enterprises Need a Managed Network
  • Bronner Davis - VP Operations, ElektraFi
10:20am - 10:40am
The Present and Future of the Enterprise WAN
  • Greg Bryan - Senior Manager, Enterprise Research, TeleGeography
10:40am - 11:20am
Keynote Panel: The Impact of Digital Transformation on the Network Team
  • Greg Bryan - Senior Manager, Enterprise Research, TeleGeography
  • Thomas Magedanz - University Professor at TU Berlin, HoD at Fraunhofer FOKUS, Advisor at Uniberg, Fraunhofer FOKUS
  • Chet Bojarski - Board Member & Past President, ACP North Texas at Association of Continuity Professionals, North Texas Chapter
  • Raed Omar - CEO, North Texas Leadership Development Academy
  • Jason Gintert - Chief Technology Officer & Co-Founder, WAN Dynamics, a Nitel Company
11:20am - 11:40am
Coffee & Networking
11:40am - 12:00pm
WAN Manager Fireside Chat: Build your own network
  • Greg Bryan - Senior Manager, Enterprise Research, TeleGeography
  • Jason Bothe - Vice President - Global Manager of Connectivity Services, Moody's Corporation
12:00pm - 12:20pm
Cybersecurity and Governance (+RC) landscape is changing, are you ready?
  • Mihir Mistry - Senior Global Director, PWC
12:20pm - 1:00pm
Panel discussion: Beyond the Castle and Moat– Zero Trust, SASE, and Securing the Modern WAN
  • Jeremiah Ginn - Founder, Attentive Networks
  • Christian Dassy - Network Architect, INXBIT INC
  • Brian Nguyen - Director of IT Infrastructure, Spawglass
  • Raghu Valisammagari - Distinguished Engineer - NaaS/SASE/MEC/ Architect, Verizon
  • Brian Vu - Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions Architect, U.S. General Services Administration
1:00pm - 2:20pm
LUNCH
2:20pm - 2:40pm
Enterprise Case Study: Transforming Nestle's Network
  • Josue Coaguila - Director of Cloud Centric Network- IT Platforms, Nestle
2:40pm - 3:00pm
Presentation: Connecting the Dots: Design Patterns in Nutrition as a Service and Network as a Service
  • Oscar Miranda - Co- Founder, Wholesomegrub
3:00pm - 3:40pm
Panel discussion: Navigating the Sourcing Landscape – Strategies for provider selection in the increasingly fragmented WAN
  • Taki Remtulla - Co-Founder & CTO, Abilita
  • Daniel Christenson - Sr Technology Leader with IT Infrastructure, Kubota Tractor Corporation
  • Tiffany West - Director of Business Development & Senior Solutions Architect, Independent Consultant
  • Kevin Inman - Senior Director DevOps SRE, Fannie Mae
3:40pm - 3:45pm
Closing remarks from the chair
  • Greg Bryan - Senior Manager, Enterprise Research, TeleGeography
3:45pm - 3:50pm
End of Enterprise Network & Security Summit
3:50pm - 4:10pm
Coffee & Networking
1:00pm - 2:20pm
Pre-Event LUNCH
3:30pm - 3:50pm
Opening Remarks & Intro
  • Ruth Brown - Principal Analyst – Mobile Networks, Heavy Reading
3:50pm - 4:00pm
Neurodiversity Fireside Chat
4:00pm - 4:20pm
Case Study: A Roadmap to success
  • Wendy Wheat - Senior Director Systems Architecture, T-Mobile
4:20pm - 4:40pm
Beyond visibility: leveraging personal brand to empower the next generation of diverse leaders
  • Stephanie Ormston - Assistant Vice President, Digital Services Integration, AT&T
4:40pm - 5:00pm
Mentorship unleashed: igniting the next generation of SPs leaders
  • Karen Lowe - Digital Transformation – Global & Strategic Alliances, Independent
5:00pm - 5:30pm
From words to action: holding ourselves accountable for sustainable D&I
  • Ruth Brown - Principal Analyst – Mobile Networks, Heavy Reading
  • Karen Lowe - Digital Transformation – Global & Strategic Alliances, Independent
  • Poppy Coutinho - Senior Manager, Product & Tech, T-Mobile
5:30pm - 5:35pm
Closing remarks
  • Ruth Brown - Principal Analyst – Mobile Networks, Heavy Reading
5:35pm - 5:40pm
End of Diversity and Inclusion Summit
5:40pm - 7:10pm
Drinks and Networking Reception
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