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Key Sessions
Josh Goodell
Host Operator Opening Keynote
AT&T
Mike Frane
Service Provider Breakout Keynote: Windstream
Windstream Enterprise
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Conference Day 1

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Conference Day 1

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8:00am - 9:15am75 mins
Registration & Welcome Coffee
    9:15am - 9:20am5 mins
    Welcome
      9:20am - 9:40am20 mins
      Host Operator Opening Keynote
      • Josh Goodell - VP of Intelligent Edge, AT&T
      9:40am - 10:00am20 mins
      Opening Vendor Insight
        10:00am - 10:45am45 mins
        Keynote Panel: NFV & SDN Clearing the Cloud-Native Hurdle
        • Phil Harvey - US News Editor, Light Reading
        • David Hughes - VP, IP Engineering, PCCW Global
        • Chen Goldenberg - Head of Technical Engineering Services, Drivenets
        • Bryce Mitchell - Director of NFV, Cloud, Innovation Labs & Support Networks, Telus
        10:45am - 11:05am20 mins
        Ericsson Principal Keynote
          11:05am - 11:25am20 mins
          Coffee Break
            11:25am - 11:40am15 mins
            Fireside Chat with a Service Provider
              11:40am - 12:25pm45 mins
              Lightning Talks: The Importance of NFV & SDN to 5G Strategies
              • Phil Harvey - US News Editor, Light Reading
              • Prayson Pate - Chief Technology Officer of Edge Cloud, ADVA
              12:25pm - 2:00pm95 mins
              Lunch, Networking and Tabletop Displays
                2:00pm - 2:15pm15 mins
                Virtualization Business Models & ROI
                Business Case & ROI Opening Thoughts
                  2:00pm - 2:15pm15 mins
                  Network Cloudification: Deconstruction & Development
                  Disaggregation at scale - building Telco networks like hyperscalers
                  • Ofer Weill - Director of Product Marketing, Drivenets
                  2:15pm - 2:30pm15 mins
                  Virtualization Business Models & ROI
                  Heavy Reading Research Presentation
                  • Sterling Perrin - Principal Analyst, Optical Networking & Transport, Heavy Reading
                  2:15pm - 2:30pm15 mins
                  Network Cloudification: Deconstruction & Development
                  Heavy Reading Research Presentation
                  • Jim Hodges - Chief Analyst, Heavy Reading
                  2:30pm - 3:15pm45 mins
                  Virtualization Business Models & ROI
                  Lightning Talk - WAN OFF: SD-WAN, a Longterm Business Model for Virtualized Services, or just a One-Off?
                  • Sterling Perrin - Principal Analyst, Optical Networking & Transport, Heavy Reading
                  • Ari Blau - Director, Product Management - Network and Transformation, Bell Canada
                  • John Isch - Practice Director - Network and Voice Center of Excellence, Orange Business Services
                  2:30pm - 3:15pm45 mins
                  Network Cloudification: Deconstruction & Development
                  Lightning Talk: Telco-Cloud Strategy - Pick a Cloud - Any Cloud
                  • Jim Hodges - Chief Analyst, Heavy Reading
                  3:15pm - 3:30pm15 mins
                  Virtualization Business Models & ROI
                  Fireside Chat: Has Virtualization Made it's Return Yet?
                  • Sterling Perrin - Principal Analyst, Optical Networking & Transport, Heavy Reading
                  • Rupesh Chokshi - Assistant Vice President, Edge Solutions Product Marketing Management, AT&T Business
                  3:15pm - 3:30pm15 mins
                  Network Cloudification: Deconstruction & Development
                  Fireside Chat: Dissecting Cloud Capabilities for the Operator
                  • Jim Hodges - Chief Analyst, Heavy Reading
                  3:30pm - 3:45pm15 mins
                  Virtualization Business Models & ROI
                  Coffee Break & Tabletop Displays
                    3:30pm - 3:45pm15 mins
                    Network Cloudification: Deconstruction & Development
                    Coffee Break & Tabletop Displays
                      3:45pm - 4:00pm15 mins
                      Virtualization Business Models & ROI
                      What's worth More - Cutting Time to Market, or Cutting OpeX?
                        3:45pm - 4:00pm15 mins
                        Network Cloudification: Deconstruction & Development
                        Get it Done or get Dumped - the race with Hyperscalers to bring the Cloud to Telco Services
                        • James Buchanan - GM - Edge Cloud, ADVA
                        4:00pm - 4:15pm15 mins
                        Virtualization Business Models & ROI
                        Service Provider Breakout Keynote: Windstream
                        • Mike Frane - Vice President of Product Management for SD-WAN, Windstream Enterprise
                        4:00pm - 4:15pm15 mins
                        Network Cloudification: Deconstruction & Development
                        Service Provider Breakout Keynote: Concrete Steps to a Cloud-Native Deployment
                          4:15pm - 5:00pm45 mins
                          Virtualization Business Models & ROI
                          Breakout Panel: The Business of Security - Risk vs. Return Management Strategies
                          • Jim Hodges - Chief Analyst, Heavy Reading
                          • Edward Fox III - CTO, MetTel
                          4:15pm - 5:00pm45 mins
                          Network Cloudification: Deconstruction & Development
                          Breakout Panel: Cloud Native Tech Workshop: Containing the Functions
                          • Ray Le Maistre - Editor in Chief, Light Reading
                          5:00pm - 6:00pm60 mins
                          Networking Reception & Tabletop Displays
                            Intel® Network Builders Innovation Summit
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