28th April: Open RAN World - Day 2Thursday, 28 April 2022

9:00am - 9:10am10 mins

Chair’s Opening Remarks and Analyst Intro

9:10am - 9:30am20 mins

Service Provider Address |Transforming the Network: from Traditional to Open RAN

9:30am - 9:50am20 mins

Sponsor Address | The Rise of Open vRAN from Strategy to Deployment

Domenico Convertino - Vice President - Portfolio and Product Management, HPE CTG

9:50am - 10:20am30 mins

Panel Discussion | A Convergence: Cloud Native + Open RAN

Caroline Gabriel - Research Director, Networks and 5G, Analysys Mason
Timo Jokiaho - Chief Technologist, Global Telco Ecosystem, Red Hat
Cristina Rodriguez - Vice President Network & Edge Group, General Manager Wireless Access Network Division, Intel

10:20am - 10:40am20 mins

Sponsor Address | Session reserved for AMD-Xilinx

10:40am - 11:40am60 mins

Networking and Refreshment Break

11:40am - 12:00pm20 mins

Service Provider Address | From Trials to Deployment: Scaling the Open RAN Opportunity

12:00pm - 12:20pm20 mins

Sponsor Address | Red Hat Open Cloud RAN Platform

Ignacio Gonzalez - Business Development Manager. EMEA Telco Vertical, Red Hat

12:20pm - 12:50pm30 mins

Panel Discussion | Beyond the RAN: Next-Generation Technologies for the Network

Caroline Gabriel - Research Director, Networks and 5G, Analysys Mason
Murat Unlusan - Access Network Architecture Associate Director, Turkcell
Krzysztof Szarkowicz - Solution Architect, Mobile Transport, Juniper Networks
Richard Wank - Director, Global Product Management – Mobility, DZS

12:50pm - 1:10pm20 mins

Sponsor Address | Open RAN in Private Networks

1:10pm - 2:10pm60 mins

Networking and Refreshment Break

2:10pm - 2:30pm20 mins

UK Address | UK’s SONIC Labs: Establishing a neutral centre to support the Open RAN opportunity

2:30pm - 3:30pm60 mins

DCMS Session | Diversification and the Role of Open RAN in the UK

3:30pm - 4:10pm40 mins

Networking and Refreshment Break

4:10pm - 4:30pm20 mins

Service Provider Address | Open RAN Potential in Tackling Mobile Not-spots

4:30pm - 5:00pm30 mins

Panel Discussion | Designing a Policy Roadmap to Transform Connectivity

Alex Botting - Director, International Programs, Open RAN Policy Coalition
Andreas Könen - Director General CI Cyber and Information Security, German Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Community

5:00pm - 5:05pm5 mins

Chair’s closing comments and end of Open RAN World Summit