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Main Conference Day 1 - British Summer Time - GMT (Greenwich Mean Time)

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10:00 - 10:055 mins
Keynotes
Informa Tech's Intro: Welcome to The Edge Event!
  • James Croissant - Senior Producer, Informa Tech
10:05 - 10:2015 mins
Keynotes
Analyst opening remarks & market overview
  • Cliff Grossner - Executive Director Research & Technology Fellow, Cloud and Data Centre Research Practice, Omdia
10:20 - 10:4020 mins
Keynotes
Keynote Fireside Chat – Show me the money! Designing a viable business architecture for the edge
  • Elizabeth Rumsey - Multi-Cloud and MEC Platform Portfolio Team Lead, Vodafone
  • Chetan Sharma - CEO, Chetan Sharma Consulting
10:40 - 11:0020 mins
Keynotes
Diamond Keynote – 10 Key Factors for Business Success of Telco Mobile Edge
  • Tan Feng - Director of 5GC Business Solution, Cloud Core Network Product Line, Huawei
11:00 - 11:3535 mins
Keynotes
Keynote panel discussion – The complexion of the edge ecosystem: Partnerships, competition and defining the value chain
  • Raheel Khalid - Chief Engineer, XR Edge, Verizon
  • Jacqueline Teo - Chief Digital Officer, HGC Global Communications
  • Terje Jensen - Senior Vice President, Head of Global Network Architecture, Telenor
  • Liu Zhi - Packet Core Product Line VP, Packet Core User Plane Product Series Executive, Huawei
  • Cliff Grossner - Executive Director Research & Technology Fellow, Cloud and Data Centre Research Practice, Omdia
11:35 - 12:1540 mins
Keynotes
Morning Break, Networking, Virtual Exhibition
    12:15 - 12:3520 mins
    Keynotes
    Keynote Fireside Chat– The hyperscaler perspective: Deploying the power of the cloud closer to end users
    • Shailesh Shukla - VP/GM, Networking, Google Cloud
    • Roy Illsley - Chief Analyst, IT & Enterprise, Omdia
    12:35 - 12:5520 mins
    Keynotes
    Keynote – Edge Computing 101: Filling the knowledge gap for edge newcomers
    • Mahadev Satyanarayanan - Carnegie Group Professor of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University
    12:55 - 13:3035 mins
    Keynotes
    Keynote panel discussion – The holy grail or fool’s gold: Is the search for the elusive edge ‘killer app’ a lost cause?
    • John Daniell - Corporate Strategy Lead, Three
    • Vincent Archambault - Chief Strategy Officer, Edgegap
    • Farid Singh - Founder, Take 3 Innovate
    13:30 - 13:5525 mins
    Keynotes
    Lunch Break, Networking, Virtual Exhibition
      13:55 - 14:1015 mins
      The Cloud and Data Centre Edge
      Cloud & Data Centre Edge Analyst Introduction
      • Stephen Bowes-Phipps - Senior Consultant, PTS Consulting
      14:00 - 14:1010 mins
      The Telco Edge
      Telco Edge Analyst Introduction
      • Joe Madden - Founder and President, Mobile Experts Inc.
      14:00 - 14:1010 mins
      The IoT Edge - Manufacturing Focus
      IoT Edge Analyst Introduction
      • Julian Watson - Principal Analyst, IoT, Enterprise & IT, Omdia
      14:10 - 14:3020 mins
      The Telco Edge
      Presentation – Roadmap to the Edge
      • Maddison Long - VP of Product – Delivering Cloud, CloudOps
      14:10 - 14:4030 mins
      The IoT Edge - Manufacturing Focus
      Debate – Is edge computing the missing piece of innovation from the Industry 4.0 puzzle?
      • John Davies - Chief Researcher, BT
      • Marko Yli-Pietilä - Head of Smart Operations, Stora Enso
      • Alex West - Principal Analyst, Smart Manufacturing & Industrial Communications, Omdia
      14:10 - 14:3020 mins
      The Cloud and Data Centre Edge
      Fireside Chat – Redefining the data centre with distributed architecture models
      • Keith Rutledge - General Manager, Edgepoint, Compass Data Centers
      14:30 - 15:0030 mins
      The Telco Edge
      Debate – Is 5G redundant without edge computing?
      • Philip Laidler - Partner & Consulting Director, STL Partners
      • Cristina Santana Casillas - Network Virtualization, Global Systems and Network, Telefonica
      • Kostas Katsaros - 5G Technologist, DIgital Catapult
      • Pablo Tomasi - Principal Analyst, Omdia
      14:30 - 15:0030 mins
      The Cloud and Data Centre Edge
      Debate – What is the best strategy for micro data centre deployment?
      • Kevin Kent - Data Center Operations, Ohio State University, Wexner Medical Center
      • Annette Bieniusa - Senior Researcher & LightKone Project Senior Member, University of Kaiserslautern
      • Roy Illsley - Chief Analyst, IT & Enterprise, Omdia
      15:00 - 15:3030 mins
      The Telco Edge
      Afternoon Break, Networking, Virtual Exhibition
        15:00 - 15:3030 mins
        The IoT Edge - Manufacturing Focus
        Afternoon Break, Networking, Virtual Exhibition
          15:00 - 15:3030 mins
          The Cloud and Data Centre Edge
          Afternoon Break, Networking, Virtual Exhibition
            15:30 - 15:5020 mins
            The Telco Edge
            Presentation – Making edge computing a reality: challenges for telcos
            • Milan Lalovic - Principal Researcher, 5G Mobile Core Research, BT
            15:30 - 15:5020 mins
            The IoT Edge - Energy & Utilities Focus
            Fireside Chat – EDF expectations for distributed intelligence-based architectures
            • Charlotte Gery - Research Engineer in Telecommunications and IIoT, EDF
            • Josselin Martinez - Research & Development Project Manager, IIoT,, EDF
            15:30 - 15:5020 mins
            The Cloud and Data Centre Edge
            Presentation – Going green at the edge: Cost modelling of edge compute
            • Mats Eriksson - CEO & Founder, Arctos Labs
            15:50 - 16:2030 mins
            The Telco Edge
            Panel discussion – How will edge computing improve network operations and save telcos money?
            • Ahmed El Sawaf - Network Transformation and Telco Cloud Senior Advisor, Saudi Telecom Company
            • Zoran Spasojevic - Network and Technology Managing Architect, O2
            • Brian Naughton - CTO & Director IBM Telco Network Cloud, IBM
            • Joe Madden - Founder and President, Mobile Experts Inc.
            15:50 - 16:1020 mins
            The IoT Edge - Energy & Utilities Focus
            Fireside Chat – How do you deliver a competitive Industrial IoT edge?
            • Phil Steele - Future Technologies Evangelist, Octopus Energy
            • David Green - Research & Analysis Manager, Smart Utilities Infrastructure, Omdia
            15:50 - 16:2030 mins
            The Cloud and Data Centre Edge
            Panel discussion – Motivations and challenges for investors looking into the distributed data centre market
            • Jonathan Atkin - Global Head of Communications Infrastructure Investment Research, RBC Capital Markets
            • Nicolai Schättgen - CEO, Match-Maker Ventures
            • Md Rezwan Al Islam - Vice President, Enterprise Business, Robi Axiata
            • Cliff Grossner - Executive Director Research & Technology Fellow, Cloud and Data Centre Research Practice, Omdia
            16:20 - 17:2060 mins
            Topic Led Speed Networking
            Topic Led Speed Networking
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