WBA Conference Agenda
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Wednesday 15th (Open Conference)
09.15 – 10.45 – Service enablement towards 5G
• WBA Chairman Opening Remarks (JR Wilson, Chair WBA and VP Partnerships & Alliances at AT&T)
• Derek Peterson, CTO at Boingo Wireless
• Cole Reinwand, Executive Director XFINITY Wi-Fi at Comcast
• Shri Shrivastava, Chairman & Managing Director of BSNL
• Shrikant Shenwai, CEO of WBA
10.45 – Coffee Break
11.15 – 11.50 – New Wi-Fi Monetization Strategies (Moderator: Steve Andrews)
• Rick Wilmer, CEO Mojo Networks
• James Beldock, Express Wi-Fi at Facebook
• Enrique Farfan, COO at Fon
12.05 – The WBA Industry Awards (Vijay Sammeta, CEO at Civic Foundry)
13.00 – Lunch
14.00 – 17.15 – Conference Tracks (see below for details)
Cable Industry Track
In-home Wi-Fi
• Eric Schaefer
• Gavin Sheldon
PANEL DISCUSSION
(Moderator: Peter Smyth)
• Eric Schaefer
• Gavin Sheldon
• Josh Redmore
• Enrique Farfan
Indoor/Outdoor Consumer Mobile solutions
• Craig Cowden
• Mark Poletti
PANEL DISCUSSION
(Moderator: Adlane Fellah)
• Craig Cowden
• Mark Poletti
• John Brzozowski
• Daljit Lobana
— Coffee Break —
Wireless Enterprise services opportunities
• Christian Nascimento
• Shannon Aylesworth
PANEL DISCUSSION
(Moderator: Adlane Fellah)
• Christian Nascimento
• Anthony Paladino
• Luther Smith
Connected City Track
Broadband Planning
• Joshua Breitbart
• Presentation (TBC)
PANEL DISCUSSION
(Moderator: Reza Jafari)
• Joshua Breitbart
• Christopher Fisher
• Presentation (TBC)
City Real Estate Management for Telecoms Networks
• Presentation (TBC)
• Presentation (TBC)
PANEL DISCUSSION
(Moderator: Vijay Sammeta)
• David Bronston
• Presentation (TBC)
• Presentation (TBC)
— Coffee Break —
City Wi-Fi Opportunities
• Mark Carter
• Vijay Sammeta
PANEL DISCUSSION
(Moderator: Tiago Rodrigues)
• Vijay Sammeta
• Olivier Beaujard
• Transit Wireless (Speaker TBC)
Enterprise & Hospitality Wireless Services Track
Wireless Guest Experience
• Armand Rabinowitz
• JR Wilson
PANEL DISCUSSION
(Moderator: Armand Rabinowitz)
• Paul Mikkelsen
• JR Wilson
• Hilton Group (Speaker TBC)
Next Gen Wi-Fi (HS2.0) and monetization
• Steve Namaseevayum
• Presentation (TBC)
PANEL DISCUSSION
(Moderator: Armand Rabinowitz)
• Tom Furlong
• Accuris-Networks (Speaker TBC)
• Presentation (TBC)
— Coffee Break —
Enterprise Wireless Connectivity
• CBRS (Speaker TBC)
• CBRE Group (Speaker TBC)
PANEL DISCUSSION
(Moderator: Randall Schwartz)
• Dr. Necati Canpolat
• CBRS (Speaker TBC)
• CBRE (Speaker TBC)
Session Introduction by Peter Smyth
In-home Wi-Fi
• Eric Schaefer
• Gavin Sheldon
PANEL DISCUSSION
(Moderator: Peter Smyth)
• Eric Schaefer
• Gavin Sheldon
• Josh Redmore
• Enrique Farfan
Indoor/Outdoor Consumer Mobile solutions
• Craig Cowden
• Mark Poletti
PANEL DISCUSSION
(Moderator: Adlane Fellah)
• Craig Cowden
• Mark Poletti
• John Brzozowski
• Daljit Lobana
— Coffee Break —
Wireless Enterprise services opportunities
• Christian Nascimento
• Shannon Aylesworth
PANEL DISCUSSION
(Moderator: Adlane Fellah)
• Christian Nascimento
• Anthony Paladino
• Luther Smith
Session Introduction by Reza Jafari
Broadband Planning
• Joshua Breitbart
• Presentation (TBC)
PANEL DISCUSSION
(Moderator: Reza Jafari)
• Joshua Breitbart
• Christopher Fisher
• Presentation (TBC)
City Real Estate Management for Telecoms Networks
• Presentation (TBC)
• Presentation (TBC)
PANEL DISCUSSION
(Moderator: Vijay Sammeta)
• David Bronston
• Presentation (TBC)
• Presentation (TBC)
— Coffee Break —
City Wi-Fi Opportunities
• Mark Carter
• Vijay Sammeta
PANEL DISCUSSION
(Moderator: Tiago Rodrigues)
• Vijay Sammeta
• Olivier Beaujard
• Transit Wireless (Speaker TBC)
Session Introduction by Randall Schwartz
Wireless Guest Experience
• Armand Rabinowitz
• JR Wilson
PANEL DISCUSSION
(Moderator: Armand Rabinowitz)
• Paul Mikkelsen
• JR Wilson
• Hilton Group (Speaker TBC)
Next Gen Wi-Fi (HS2.0) and monetization
• Steve Namaseevayum
• Presentation (TBC)
PANEL DISCUSSION
(Moderator: Armand Rabinowitz)
• Tom Furlong
• Accuris-Networks (Speaker TBC)
• Presentation (TBC)
— Coffee Break —
Enterprise Wireless Connectivity
• CBRS (Speaker TBC)
• CBRE Group (Speaker TBC)
PANEL DISCUSSION
(Moderator: Randall Schwartz)
• Dr. Necati Canpolat
• CBRS (Speaker TBC)
• CBRE (Speaker TBC)
17.30 – Drinks & Networking Reception
