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Conference Session & Roundtable Agenda 14-17 May | Hyatt Regency & Swissôtel

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This brochure is your guide to the conference sessions, roundtables and exclusive thought-leadership events that will take place during ITW

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Monday 15 May

Sunday 14 May

Tuesday 16 May

11.45AM - 1.00PM WORKING TOGETHER IN THE PURSUIT OF SECURITY

1.15PM - 1.45PM ACTUAL REQUIREMENTS FOR WEB SECURITY (Hosted by Variti International)

5.30PM – 8.00PM

ITW OFFICIAL OPENING: THE DNA OF DISRUPTIVE INNOVATION (Hosted by Etisalat, Orange, PCCW Global, Telefónica, Telia Carrier, Telstra)

8.30AM - 11.30AM

ACHIEVING A CONNECTED CONTINENT: LEADING THE DATA EXPLOSION ACROSS AFRICA (Hosted by MainOne)

8.45AM - 10.30AM INNOVATE AT THE EDGE WITH EQUINIX (Hosted by Equinix)

10.45AM - 12.00PM

WHOLESALE CARRIER 2.0? HOW CAN CARRIERS TRANSORM FAST ENOUGH TO KEEP UP WITH THE DIGITAL AGE?

12.00PM - 1.00PM SATISFYING THE CONTENT CARNIVORES (Hosted by PressReader)

10.45AM - 12.30PM

A NEW PARADIGM IN SUBMARINE CABLE: HOW SEA-ME-WE 5 IS CHANGING THE TRADITIONAL APPROACH (Hosted by SEA-ME-WE 5)

3.20PM - 3.45PM A CASE STUDY ON INDIA: SMART CONNECTIVITY FOR THE FUTURE SMART CITY

3.45PM - 5.30PM

THE BIG PICTURE: THE WHOLESALE CASE FOR THE INTERNET OF THINGS (Hosted by Identidad IOT/Hewlett Packard Enterprise)

Wednesday 17 May

8.45AM - 9.30AM

ANALYST BRIEFING: A GLOBAL MARKET UPDATE WITH YOUR MORNING COFFEE

9.30AM - 10.30AM

FIRESIDE CHAT: UNDERSTANDING HOW POLITICS AND REGULATION ARE SHAPING THE CARRIER MARKET

9.30AM - 11.00AM A2P MESSAGING FRAUD – CALCULATING AND COMBATING REVENUE LOSS (Hosted by Dialogue Group)

11.15AM - 12.15AM

BOOST, CONSOLIDATE OR INNOVATE, CASH IS AVAILABLE TO FUND THE INTERNATIONAL CARRIERS (Hosted by Tofane)

MONDAY 15 MAY


LOCATION West Tower, Gold Level, Regency Ballroom

TIME Monday 15th May, 5.30pm – 8.00pm

With an introduction and welcome from the ITW Global Leaders Forum Chairman; Marc Halbfinger, PCCW GLOBAL

Since ITW began ten years ago the world has been transformed by digital businesses leveraging the internet to change the way we communicate, socialise, work and buy. At the ITW keynote we will take an in-depth view into how the leading digital service providers have leveraged technology and business model disruption embedding innovation into their company culture and transforming their sectors.

We will also look forward to the next ten years to understand how trends such as Artificial Intelligence and Big Data will continue to transform all sectors and the importance of the underlying connectivity networks. To help build a picture on the DNA of the most successful digital businesses of the last ten years and how this will evolve we will be joined by.

ITW OFFICIAL OPENING: THE DNA OF DISRUPTIVE INNOVATION v

Adnan Nawaz News AnchorBBC WORLD

Marc HalbfingerCEOPCCW GLOBAL

Paul ZikopoulosVP Big Data AnalyticsIBM AND FUTURE TRENDS EXPERT

Dex Torricke-BartonFormer Comms ExecutiveGOOGLE, FACEBOOK AND SPACEX

MODERATOR:

OPENING REMARKS

PANELLISTS:

5.30PM Drinks Reception

6.30PM Keynote Discussion followed by Q&A

Sponsored by

MONDAY 15 MAY


LOCATION Swiss Tower, Gold Level, Lucerne 2 & 3

TIME Monday 15 May, 11.45am – 1.00pm

Carriers are under constant threat and attacks change daily. With the inevitable virtualisation of networks, more sophisticated DDoS attacks and a changing political climate how can today’s carriers address the challenges of tomorrow? How are carriers working together to deliver more security services? And how can ensuring

security provide ROI? How are carriers addressing challenges of fraud? In an international business what are the best processes to dealing with data sovereignty?

How is the industry addressing challenges of data ownership? With carriers diversifying their portfolio, to what extent have security services been

integrated into their cloud and data centre offerings? As DDoS attacks become more prolific, how are carriers tackling this cyber security

challenge? And how are carriers working together to ensure security across the network and on each layer? What role do carriers play in ensuring security in the Internet of Things? How can carriers

monetise added security services?

WORKING TOGETHER IN THE PURSUIT OF SECURITY

Michael WheelerEVP, Global IP NetworkNTT COMMUNICATIONS

Pierre-Louis de GuillebonCEOORANGE INTERNATIONAL CARRIERS

Mike van den BerghChief Marketing OfficerPCCW GLOBAL

Jack WatersCTOZAYO GROUP

Alessandro TalottaChairman & CEOSPARKLE

Christian SauerOperational Director EuropeVARITI

MODERATOR:

PANELLISTS:

PRESENTER:

11.45AM Coffee and Networking

12.00PM Panel Discussion followed by Q&A

Hosted by

Our presentation is focused on: The increasing internet traffic Increased number of “bot attacks”

Threats to users nowadays What are the trends? What can be done to avoid bot attacks to Internet User

ACTUAL REQUIREMENTS FOR WEB SECURITYLOCATION Swiss Tower, Gold Level, Lucerne 2 & 3

TIME Monday 15 May, 1.15pm - 1.45pm

TUESDAY 16 MAY


8.30AM Networking Breakfast

9.15AM Analyst Insight

9.30AM Panel Discussion followed by Q&A

LOCATION Swiss Tower, Gold Level, Alpine 2

TIME Tuesday 16 May, 8.30am – 11.30am

The requirements of the end customer are at the forefront of today’s carrier. Across the African continent there is the drive to connect everyone and everything. Across urban and rural areas, momentum is gathering and leading to a data traffic surge. From mobile broadband to content delivery networks, to data centers, from up in the cloud to down in terrestrial fiber cable deployment. This session will explore evolving infrastructure deployment models being adopted to stay ahead on the continent in this digital age, it will provide insights into changing data traffic trajectories and comparisons to other markets internationally.

Working with MNOs: What are the implications of mobile broadband access for African consumers and how

well prepared are MNOs on the continent to support the data surge? Outside of delivering OTT content to MNOs, what other services should carriers be exploring?

New areas of investment: As OTT providers become more invested in the region, how can carriers make the most of

the inevitable data boom? What impact will this have on the carrier and MNO relationship? What role are carriers playing in the acceleration of 4G LTE rollout? 5G? Deploying data

centers on the continent? Are solutions to support hyper-connectivity being deployed in African markets? What are the new areas that carriers should be looking at in terms of network investment? Is there sufficient value addition in applications like Mobile money and Fin tech, Smart

cities and IoT, or even video distribution, to fund the infrastructure build that is required on the continent?

M&A update: What is the likely impact of recent M&A activity and consolidation in the market?

ACHIEVING A CONNECTED CONTINENT: LEADING THE DATA EXPLOSION ACROSS AFRICA

Artur MendesCCOANGOLA CABLES

Funke Opeke CEO MAINONE

Uche OfodileRegional Head Africa - Express Wi-Fi, FACEBOOK

Chris WoodCEOWIOCC

Chris GeorgeStrategic InitiativesGOOGLE

Nic RudnickCEOLIQUID TELECOM

PANELLISTS:

Hosted by

TUESDAY 16 MAY


LOCATION Swiss Tower, Gold Level, Lucerne 3

TIME Tuesday 16 May, 8.45am – 10.30am

Service Consumers and service providers are experiencing the shift to digital and the disruption it brings to their business. This is requiring firms to implement new commerce and collaboration models to engage customers, partners and employees. Also required are new connectivity and data models for cloud, content analytics, IoT and digital payments.

To thrive in this new digital environment, traditional organizations are transforming both their business and IT delivery architectures.

Join Equinix’s hosted panel to learn more about how service providers and service consumers meet at the Digital Edge to innovate for the future, as well as how Platform Equinix enables this next generation digital environment.

Digital disruptions impact on service providers and enterprises

How is Digital forcing business and IT to transform?

What are service providers doing to help businesses re-architect for the Digital Edge?

How are service providers and service consumers using interconnection to solve for digital?

Equinix customer validated designs know as Interconnection Oriented Architecture™ (IOA™)

How do they leverage Platform Equinix™?

INNOVATE AT THE EDGE WITH EQUINIX

Ryan Mallory Global VP, Solutions Enablement EQUINIX

Tim PassinghamVP, Wholesale COLT TECHNOLOGY SERVICES

David NeitzCIOCDM SMITH

Walter Alejandro BonaSales Center VP WholesaleTELEVISA TELECOM - BESTEL

Cyrus RafiiSr. Business Development Manager F5 NETWORKS

MODERATOR:

PANELLISTS:

Hosted by



TUESDAY 16 MAY


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TIME Tuesday 16 May, 10.45am – 12.00pm

The end-user's increasingly complex needs have become a catalyst for the shifts in the wholesale market and carriers are looking at investing and building further services outside of voice and data. This session will look at the developments in different areas and explore how these are creating further impact within the wholesale industry.

The Content Perspective: With the advent of VR and AR, what do wholesale carriers need to do to prepare? To what extent does data gathering or data protection encourage content providers to run

their services across a certain network? How are wholesale carriers addressing challenges in interconnection and peering?

Up into the Cloud: As the need for scalability and flexibility becomes more essential to delivering a high

quality digital service, what stage are carriers at in delivering virtualised networks? And are there any market leaders? Who are the leaders in delivering a cloud centric network?

The Virtual Future Where are we currently? Who is leading this? What do telcos need to do to prepare their system for the virtual transformation? How can we balance short term investment with long term payback?

WHOLESALE CARRIER 2.0? HOW CAN CARRIERS TRANSFORM FAST ENOUGH TO KEEP UP WITH THE DIGITAL AGE?

Carl RobertsCCOEPSILON

Wilfred KwanCOORELIANCE COMMUNICATIONS and GLOBAL CLOUD XCHANGE

Tom PasekaCLOUDFLARE

Eduardo GuardincerriCMOTELEFONICA INTERNATIONAL WHOLESALE BUSINESS

MODERATOR:

PANELLISTS:

Jim FaganHead of Global PlatformsTELSTRA



TUESDAY 16 MAY



TIME Tuesday 16 May, 12.00pm – 1.00pm

In order to ensure strong growth in the telecom industry, providers have to encourage their customers to consume more data, engage with more content, watch more videos, read more articles. Plus, the more places they do so, the better. Faris Irandoost helps telecom providers engage their customers and drive data usage by capturing attention in an organic, immersive, and authentic way. Join her in exploring the ways in which telecom providers can maximize the attention they earn from their customers.

SATISFYING THE CONTENT CARNIVORES

Faris IrandoostHead of Telecom PartnershipsPRESSREADER

PRESENTER:

12.00PM Coffee and Networking

12.15PM Presentation

Hosted by

TUESDAY 16 MAY



TIME Tuesday 16 May, 10.45am – 12.30pm

The 20,000-km long SEA-ME-WE 5 system is a state-of-the-art subsea cable connection between Western Europe, the Middle East and Southeast Asia providing the highest quality voice and data traffic with minimal transmission delay.

SEA-ME-WE 5 is a historic landmark in the telecommunications industry. With its advanced technology, SEA-ME-WE 5 presents matchless communication quality along its route from Southeast Asia to Western Europe.

The SEA-ME-WE 5 subsea cable system, spanning over 17 countries from Southeast Asia to Western Europe, is a technological breakthrough which marks a global communications milestone. It is designed with a capacity of 24 Terabits per second on 3-fibre pairs, fully capable of accommodating the future demand of data from other bandwidth-intensive applications such as enterprise data exchange, internet TV and online gaming.

A NEW PARADIGM IN SUBMARINE CABLE: HOW SEA-ME-WE 5 IS CHANGING THE TRADITIONAL APPROACH

Erik Kreifeldt Senior Analyst TELEGEOGRAPHY

Weiguo Chang Director Network Planning and Product Development CHINA TELECOM GLOBAL LIMITED

Mahesh Jaishankar VP International Connectivity & Infrastructure Commercial DU

Pasquale Fiorillo Head of Sales IP & Data - Asia, Africa and Middle East SPARKLE

Pal Beres Market Development Director TÜRK TELEKOM INTERNATIONAL

MODERATOR:

PANELLISTS:

Hosted by



TUESDAY 16 MAY




India is investing millions into developing the nation as a Smart City leader. With aggressive targets of building 100 cities in the next 5 years this session will welcome the TRAI to discuss the current projects and the roadmap to achieving its monumental goals.

CASE STUDY: SMART CONNECTIVITY FOR THE FUTURE SMART CITY


3.30PM Presentation

Hardik BhattChief Digital Officer & State CIOSTATE OF ILLINOIS

Marian CookChief Strategy Officer, Innovation and TechnologySTATE OF ILLINOIS

PANELLISTS:

TUESDAY 16 MAY




What are the different revenue streams within the Internet of Things for carriers? What

services and platforms can carriers create now to monetise the future of IoT?

With the current lack of standards and regulation, how can carriers make the most of the IoT boom?

How can carriers create a pricing structure so as to ensure ROI?

How can carriers utilise existing enterprise segments to build their Internet of Things portfolio?

With over 21 billion devices predicted by 2020, how are carriers navigate security in the age of the Internet of Things?

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4.00PM Panel Discussion followed by Q&A

Nigel UptonWorldwide IoT General ManagerHPE

Mary StanhopeVP Global MarketingGLOBAL CAPACITY

Andres SanchezCOOIDENTIDAD TELECOM

PANELLISTS:

Hosted by

Alan Burkitt-Gray Editor CAPACITY AND GLOBAL TELECOMS BUSINESS

MODERATOR:

Jim ParkerDirector of Wireless Product ManagementHUAWEI

Iñaki IraetaBusiness Development Director New ServicesTELEFONICA BUSINESS SOLUTIONS, WHOLESALE

9.00AM Financing TMT in Emerging Markets

9.10AM A 2017 Update On Submarine Cable Launches And Developments

9.20AM The Roadmap to 5G: Milestones and Developments in 2017

WEDNESDAY 17 MAY



TIME Wednesday 17 May, 8.45am – 9.30am


TIME Wednesday 17 May, 9.30am – 10.30am

ANALYST BRIEFING: A GLOBAL MARKET UPDATE WITH YOUR MORNING COFFEE

FIRESIDE CHAT: UNDERSTANDING HOW POLITICS AND REGULATION ARE SHAPING THE CARRIER MARKET

Paul BrodskySenior Analyst TELEGEOGRAPHY

Richard S. LukajSenior MDBANKSTREET

Carsten PhilipsonPrincipal Investment OfficerIFC BANK

Mike ConradiPartnerDLA PIPER LLP

Kemal HawaShareholderGREENBERG TRAURIG

Andrew LipmanPartnerMORGAN LEWIS

Colby SynesaelMD & Senior Research Analyst COWEN & CO

MODERATOR: PANELLISTS:


9.00AM Presentations

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Paul GarnerGlobal Director of SalesDIALOGUE

Nishith GuptaTATA COMMUNICATIONS

Erhan DonmezRoaming and Mobile Services DirectorTÜRK TELEKOM INTERNATIONAL

PANELLISTS:

Matthew WhalleyDirectorILEX CONTENT STRATEGIES

MODERATOR:

WEDNESDAY 17 MAY


LOCATION Swiss Tower, Gold Level, Alpine 2

TIME Wednesday 17 May, 9:30am – 11:00am

The revenue potential for A2P messaging is certainly a great one, however fraud is taking a toll on aggregators as well as carriers. Illicit activity is costing the industry money, as well as tainting its reputation. This session will take an analytical look at the current situation and latest fraud techniques. Experts in A2P messaging will also debate the best solutions for instant result and steps towards long-term prevention.

From grey routes and SIM farms to SMiShing, how much are illicit activities really costing the messaging community?

What are the latest fraud techniques being used?

What technical solutions are available and how successful are they?

What is the state of current industry collaboration against fraud?

Where does the responsibility for supporting best business practice lie?

A2P MESSAGING FRAUD: CALCULATING AND COMBATING REVENUE LOSS



Hosted by

WEDNESDAY 17 MAY



TIME Wednesday 17th May, 11.15am – 12.15am

In the present times of low interest rates, the international wholesale and business services has been identified by investors and lenders as a lesser known-sector that could provide attractive investment opportunities. At all stages - start-up, venture, build-up, leverage buy-out and carve-out, cash can now be found to finance the next strategic move of a carrier or a service provider.

Reciprocally, for international carriers, it is also the opportunity to acquire companies with an innovative product, a market-proof service, a good geographic coverage or a strong market share, from venture funds or others who have invested in the ICT industry for the past two decades.

We will discuss such opportunities with the decision-makers of global players and investors who made/will make such acquisitions: how they identify them, what triggers their interest, how they decide to go ahead.

BOOST, CONSOLIDATE OR INNOVATE, CASH IS AVAILABLE TO FUND THE INTERNATIONAL CARRIERS v

Alexandre Pébereau CEOTOFANE

Feddo HazewindusCEOIBASIS

Martijn BlankenGroup Managing Director & Chief Customer OfficerTELSTRA CORPORATION

Marc HalbfingerCEOPCCW GLOBAL

MODERATOR:

PANELLISTS:



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