WGC EMEA – Wi-Fi Innovation: For Operators, Enterprises, Places and Things

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

WBA Members-Only Working Sessions

23rd Oct
24th Oct

WGC Open Congress

25th Oct
26th Oct
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26th October – Paris Expo Porte de Versailles (Central European Time)
EDT +6hrs, PDT +9hrs

WGC Open Congress Sessions

TIME

PRESENTATION

8:30 AM

Registration & Coffee

Session Moderator: Tiago Rodriges

CEO – Wireless Broadband Alliance

9:00 AM

CEO Opening Remarks

Tiago Rodrigues, President & CEO, Wireless Broadband Alliance

9:05 AM

Future Sustainability & Goals for Wi-Fi

Kevin Robinson, CEO, Wi-Fi Alliance

9:25 AM

Sustainability in Action

Christos Ioakeimidis, CEO and Co-Founder, Inteligg

9:35 AM

PANEL: Monica Paolini, President – Senza Filli
Creating a Sustainable Future with Wi-Fi

  • What are current sustainability requirements for Wi-Fi
  • How to measure energy use of ICT in different verticals
  • Renewable energy use cases for Wi-Fi

Kevin Robinson, CEO, Wi-Fi Alliance
Dr Angelos Mavridis, Board Advisor Member – Sustainability, Wireless Broadband Alliance
Christos Ioakeimidis, CEO & Co-Founder, Inteligg

10:05 AM

Wi-Fi Offload – Reloaded!

Johan Terve, Senior Marketing Director, ENEA

10:15 AM

PANEL: Pedro Mouta, Senior Manager – WBA
Operators: Optimizing Network Deployment and Management to deliver the Best Wi-Fi Experience”

  • Architecture and framework for OMWi
  • Insights on deploying and managing effective network architectures
  • What is E2E QoS and why its important
  • Important features and requirements for operators to access the right repeatable solutions
  • Importance of AI/ML/AIOps

Sarper Gokturkk, Head of Research, Airties
Ganesh Venkatesan, Staff Wireless Architect, Intel
Phil Morgan, CTO, NC-Expert
Christian Gabetta, Managing Director, Heights Telecom

10:45 AM

Increasing ARPU with WiFi Motion

Bob El Hawary, Executive Vice President Sales, Cognitive Systems

11:05 AM

NETWORKING COFFEE BREAK

Session Moderator: Bruno Tomas

CTO – Wireless Broadband Alliance

11:25 AM

Analyst Spotlight: Wi-Fi in the Enterprise

Andrew Spivey, Senior Analyst, ABI Research

11:45 AM

Transforming Enterprise Connectivity and Customer Experiences

Ivan Muccini, VP Product Management, Cloud4Wi

12:05 PM

PANEL: Bruno Tomas, CTO – WBA
Delivering Business Opportunities for Enterprise with Public and Guest Wi-Fi

  • How to be an ‘experience provider’ in hospitality, retail and other guest verticals
  • Evolution of Wi-Fi technology and role of AI to meet the diverse needs of enterprise
  • OpenRoaming as a connectivity solution for People and Things
  • Monetization, LBS, Loyalty and Analytics

Howard Buzick, Business Development, OpenWi-Fi
Vincent Larue, Director Systems Engineering (EMEA), Ruckus Networks
Cedric Gonin, VP Global Business Partnerships, Orange
Giovanni Pecora, VP Sales, Cloud4Wi

12:45 PM

Delivering the best Public Wi-Fi Experience with OpenRoaming

Mark Grayson, Fellow, Cisco

13:00 PM

NETWORKING LUNCH BREAK

14:00 PM

Introduction and Welcome to the Enterprise Connectivity Forum

Andrea Calcagno, CEO, Cloud4Wi

14:25 PM

PANEL: Tiago Rodrigues, CEO – WBA
ENTERPRISE CONNECTIVITY FORUM
Empowering Companies to Revolutionize the Enterprise Experience & Drive Business Growth

A unique event, based on a new innovative Work Group within the WBA that bring together operators, technology providers and retail and hospitality brands focused on breaking down barriers and creating new opportunities to help enterprise companies to thrive.

Andrea Calagno, Cloud4Wi
Mittal Parekh, Ruckus CommScope
Tiago Rodrigues, Wireless Broadband Alliance
Sergey Komarov, Adidas
Romain Pierry, Carmila (Carrefour)

15:50 PM

CLOSING REMARKS

16:00 PM

END OF DAY 2