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Josh Goodell
Host Operator Opening Keynote
AT&T
Mike Frane
Service Provider Breakout Keynote: Windstream
Windstream Enterprise
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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
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