Frankfurt Program Agenda

Please click on each day below to see the full agenda for the Working Sessions and Conference Programme.

Mon 30th
Tue 01st
Wed 02nd
Thur 03rd
ROUNDTABLES 1 & 2

RAN Convergence in the 5G Era (09:00 – 10:45)
MARQUIS C

Moderator: Randall Schwartz (Wireless 2020)

09:00

Capitalizing on Convergence for the Connected Future
Derek Peterson, CTO Boingo Wireless

09:15

Capturing the majority of LPWAN IoT market
Olivier Beaujard, Senior Director, LoRa Alliance

09:30

Developments in Carrier Wi-Fi from the Broadband Forum
Robin Mersh, CEO, Broadband Forum

09:45

Technological convergence in the world of infrastructure providers
Alex Mestre Molins, General Manager, Cellnex

10:00

Panel Discussion:
Derek Peterson (Boingo), Olivier Beaujard (LoRa Alliance), Robin Mersh (BBF), Alex Mestre Molins (Cellnex)

Hospitality Wi-Fi (09:00 – 10:45)
MARQUIS D

Moderator: Dayna Kully (HTNG)

09:00

Hotspot 2.0, Wi-Fi and roaming – Improving the Hospitality Guest Experience, New engagement Models and Monetization
Chris Bruce, MD, GlobalReach Technologies

09:20

Presentation from Delaware North
Yvette Vincent, CTO, Delaware North

09:40

The Evolution of Hotel Wi-Fi and Today’s Challenges
Eric Sullender, VP Products, Eleven Software

10:00

Panel Discussion:
Chris Spencer (Global Reach), Yvette Vincent (Delaware North), Eric Sullender (Eleven Software), Tammy Estes (Nomadix), Larry Birnbaum (Ruckus Networks)

10:45 – Coffee Break (30 mins)

WORKSHOPS 1 & 2

Wi-Fi 6 (11:15 – 13:00)
MARQUIS C

Moderator: Tiago Rodrigues (WBA)

11:15

Intro Program – WBA Wi-Fi 6
Tiago Rodrigues

11:20

Operator Case study – SKT
Youngseok Oh, SKT

11:40

Wi-Fi in the 5G Era
Gabriel Desjardins, Director Product Marketing, Broadcom Wi-Fi 6 with 6Hz

12:00

Wi-Fi 6 in the Industrial Enterprise
Dave Green, Director of IT, Mettis Aerospace

12:20

Panel Discussion:
Gabriel Desjardins, Dave Green, Chittabrata Ghosh (Intel)

Wi-Fi Roaming Evolution (11:15 – 13:00)
MARQUIS D

Moderator: Bruno Tomas (WBA)

11:15

Introduction
Bruno Tomas

11:20

AT&T Carrier Offload
Paul Hancock, AT&T (NGH Live)

11:40

Securing Radius with RadSec
Luther Smith, CableLabs Wi-Fi

12:00

Passpoint Adoption
Michael Sym, BSG Wireless

12:20

Panel Discussion: 
Mark Carter (Global Reach), Paul Hancock (AT&T), Luther Smith (CableLabs), Michael Sym (BSG Wireless), Finbarr Coghlan (Accuris)

13:00 – Lunch (60 mins)

MASTER CLASS 1 & 2

Wi-Fi 6
(14:00 – 16:00)
MARQUIS C

14:00

Speaker 1 –
Powering the Wi-Fi Revolution

Kishore Raja, Boingo Wireless

14:25

Speaker 2 –
Wi-Fi CERTIFIED 6™ Benefits and Features

Cam Witt, Wi-Fi Alliance
Wi-Fi 6 Technical Features

14:50

Speaker 3 –
WBA Wi-Fi 6 program

Necati Canpolat, Intel Corp

15:15

Speaker 4 –
Wi-Fi 6: Addressing the needs of Industry 4.0

Bruno Tomas, WBA
Wi-Fi 6 Trials

15:40

Closing Remarks

Building Breakthrough Innovation Capabilities
(14:00 – 16:00)
MARQUIS D

14:00

Welcome to the Circus
Carl Beddingfield AT&T Foundry
What do large corporate like AT&T look for from Start ups and Scaleups and how do they harness and embed that innovation within their organisation.

14:20

Challenges and opportunities for corporate innovation
Corbett Gilliam, Georgia Tech

14:35

Case Study: Verusen
Paul Noble, Verusen
verusen.com

Case Study: Riding the innovation wave
Dan Harkness, Quantum Wireless
– quantumwi.com

IoT Innovation for Precision Asset Management
Tim Quinn ThingTech
thingtech.com

Case studies: Find out how these start ups and scale up companies are riding the innovation wave and make a successful match with large corporates

15:00

Corporate Innovation & Transformation – Panel
Brent Herd – AOL & Twitter;
Dan Krehnbrink – Old Castle

Corporate Innovation & Transformation

15:40

Closing Remarks

16:00 – Event close