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Open RAN North America
6-7 December 2023
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Open RAN NA Day 2 - EST/EDT (Eastern Daylight, GMT-4)

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9:20am - 9:30am10 mins
Keynotes
Chair's Opening Remarks
  • Ken Zita - CEO, Network Dynamics Associates
9:30am - 9:50am20 mins
Keynotes
Keynote | Open RAN: Challenges and Opportunities – Review the principles of E2E management in support of Open RAN
  • Raquel Morera - Associate Fellow, E2E Architecture Planning, Verizon
9:50am - 10:10am20 mins
Keynotes
Platinum Sponsor Keynote Fireside Chat | The Myths and Facts on Open RAN
  • Roberto Kompany - Principal Analyst, Omdia
  • John Baker - SVP, Ecosystem Business Development, Mavenir
10:10am - 10:30am20 mins
Keynotes
Gold Sponsor Keynote Address | Accelerating 5G Networks
  • Raghu Rao - Director, Product Management Data Center and Communications Group, AMD
10:30am - 11:00am30 mins
Keynotes
Keynote Panel Discussion | Scaling Open RAN Deployment and Operations
  • Ken Zita - CEO, Network Dynamics Associates
  • Reggie Collette - Principal RAN Engineer, USCellular
  • Mark Poletti - Director R&D – Wireless Technologies, Cablelabs
  • Gilles Garcia - Senior Director Business lead Data Center and Communications Group, AMD
11:00am - 11:50am50 mins
Keynotes
Networking Break & Coffee
    11:50am - 12:30pm40 mins
    Keynotes
    Keynote Session | Open RAN: Big Bet, Big (Potential) Payoff
    • Ken Zita - CEO, Network Dynamics Associates
    • Chris Boyer - VP, Global Security & Technology Policy, AT&T
    • Joe Kochan - CEO, National Spectrum Consortium
    • Mari Silbey - Program Director for the Platforms for Advanced Wireless Research (PAWR) Program, US Ignite
    • Thyaga Nandagopal - Division Director for the Division of Innovation and Technology Ecosystems, NSF
    12:30pm - 12:50pm20 mins
    Keynotes
    Sponsor Address | Open RAN – Knowing the Elephant
    • John Baker - SVP, Ecosystem Business Development, Mavenir
    12:50pm - 1:20pm30 mins
    Keynotes
    Keynote Panel Discussion | Programmatic Control of Open RAN Systems
    • Roberto Kompany - Principal Analyst, Omdia
    • Jian Li - Principal Architect, China Mobile
    • David Allabaugh - Software Solution Architect, Fujitsu
    1:20pm - 2:20pm60 mins
    Networking Break & Lunch
      2:20pm - 3:30pm70 mins
      Open RAN Performance & Interoperability Testing
      Open RAN Policy Coalition Session | Overcoming Barriers to 5G Deployment through R&D, Test Beds and Interoperability
      • Diane Rinaldo - Executive Director, Open RAN Policy Coalition
      • Chris Boyer - VP, Global Security & Technology Policy, AT&T
      • Mari Silbey - Program Director for the Platforms for Advanced Wireless Research (PAWR) Program, US Ignite
      • Ganesh Shenbagaraman - Head of Integrated Products and Ecosystems, Radisys
      3:30pm - 3:50pm20 mins
      Open RAN Performance & Interoperability Testing
      Presentation | Necessity of Interoperability and Performance Testing in Open RAN at Scale
      • Mark Poletti - Director R&D – Wireless Technologies, Cablelabs
      3:50pm - 4:30pm40 mins
      Open RAN Performance & Interoperability Testing
      Chair’s Closing Remarks and End of Open RAN North America Networking
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