WBA Conference Agenda
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WBA MEMBERS ONLY
09.00-10.00 – WBA Project Updates
10.00-10.20 – Business Workgroup
10.20-10.50 – Coffee-Break
10.50-12.00 – Wi-Fi Calling End-to-End System Standardization
12.00-12.30 – CTO Workgroup
12.30-13.30 – Lunch
13.30-14.30 – Testing & Interoperability Taskgroup
14.30-15.40 – NGH Provisioning Standardization
15.40-16.00 – Coffee-Break
16.00-16.30 – Carrier Wireless Services Certification
16.30-17.00 – Wi-Fi Deployment Guidelines
17.00-18.00 – Roaming Workgroup (Sustainment)
09.00-10.20 – 5G Work Stream (Wi-Fi and unlicensed wireless impact)
10.20-10.50 – Coffee-Break
10.50-12.00 – Connected City Blueprint Taskgroup
12.00-12.30 – Market Workgroup
12.30-13.30 – Lunch
13.30-14.30 – Internet of Things (Roaming)
14.30-15.40 – Wireless Security & Privacy
15.40-16.00 – Coffee-Break
16.40-17.00 – Policy Workgroup
17.00-18.00 – Wi-Fi Monetization (Advertising)
OPEN CONFERENCE • DAY 1
09.15 – WBA Chairman Opening Remarks
09.30 – Welcome Address
Wireless Service Enablement Towards 5G
09.45 – Keynote 1
10.00 – Fireside Chat
10.45 – WBA Chairman Opening Remarks
New Wi-Fi Monetization Strategies
11.30 – Keynote 2
11.45 – Keynote 3
12.00 – Keynote 4
12.15 – The WBA Industry Awards
13.00 – Lunch & Networking Break
Cable Industry Tracks
In-Home Broadband
14.00 – KEYNOTE
14.15 – PRESENTATION
14.30 – PANEL DISCUSSION
Outdoor Wireless Deployment
15.00 – PRESENTATION
15.15 – PRESENTATION
15.30 – COFFEE BREAK
16.00 – PANEL DISCUSSION
Enterprise: Managed Services Opportunities
16.30 – PRESENTATION
16.45 – PRESENTATION
17.00 – PANEL DISCUSSION
Connected City Track
Broadband Planning
14.00 – KEYNOTE
14.15 – PRESENTATION
14.30 – PANEL DISCUSSION
City Real Estate Management (Telecoms)
15.00 – PRESENTATION
15.15 – PRESENTATION
15.30 – COFFEE BREAK
16.00 – PANEL DISCUSSION
City Wi-Fi Opportunities
16.30 – PRESENTATION
16.45 – PRESENTATION
17.00 – PANEL DISCUSSION
Enterprise & Hospitality Track
Wireless Guest Experience for Hospitality
14.00 – KEYNOTE
14.15 – PRESENTATION
14.30 – PANEL DISCUSSION
Next-Gen Wi-Fi & Monetization
15.00 – PRESENTATION
15.15 – PRESENTATION
15.30 – COFFEE BREAK
16.00 – PANEL DISCUSSION
Enterprise: Wireless Connectivity
16.30 – PRESENTATION
16.45 – PRESENTATION
17.00 – PANEL DISCUSSION
18.00 – Drinks & Networking Reception
OPEN CONFERENCE • DAY 2
09.00 – WBA Co-Chairman Opening Remarks
09.15 – WBA CEO Welcome Address
Customer Experience in a Converged Era
09.30 – Keynote 1
09.45 – Keynote 2
10.00 – WBA Juniors Panel
10.30 – Coffee Break & Innovation Lounge
Connected World for a Better Life
11.00 – Keynote 4
11.15 – Keynote 5
11.30 – Keynote 6
12.00 – Panel Discussion: Women in Tech – World Wi-Fi Day
12.45 – Lunch & Networking Break
14.00 Workshop 1
Wi-Fi Monetization
• Wi-Fi roaming
• Wi-Fi calling
• LBS services over Wi-Fi
14.00 Workshop 2
Network Densification in the 5G Era
• 5G densification and technology roadmap for 5G
• Indoor private LTE use cases
• IoT LPWAN on 5G
14.00 Workshop 3
NGH for Carriers, Cities, Enterprise Segments
• Case studies of NGH deployment at a wide level, by carriers like AT&T, Charter and cities like NYC & San Francisco
• Benefits of NGH deployment within the Hospitality/Enterprise sector; ability to monetize & offer new services
• NGH/Passpoint/Wi-Fi technology evolution
15.30 – Coffee Break
16.00 Workshop 4
Policy, Identity & Security
• Understanding state of the art offerings to facilitate security and identity management
• Overview of the latest industry standardization bodies work on policy security and privacy
• Identifying policy interoperation gaps and working towards improvements of current mechanisms
16.00 Workshop 5
Wi-FI Deployment Best Practices
• Wi-Fi deployment best practices
• High-density Wi-Fi deployments and successful case studies
• Evolution of Wi-Fi networks in terms of SDN/NFV and cloud management
16.00 Workshop 6
Connected City
• Understand the best practices for City Wi-Fi
• Role of wireless technologies for backhaul
• Role of IoT for the connected city strategy
17.30 – WBA Accelerator – A dedicated session that allows start-up and scale-up companies to pitch their business ideas and propositions to a panel of industry specialists, an audience of (invited) investors and conference attendees.
