GTB Innovation Summit 2011
Investing in innovation to build business in a broadband world
Twitter hashtag #GTB2011
A full report of the summit is
now available here.
Pictures of the summit are available on
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gtbawards2011/ Programme (subject to change)
12.00 Registration and informal buffet lunch
12.50 Introduction by the chair, Alan Burkitt-Gray, editor of Global Telecoms Business
13.00 Challenges for next generation network architecture Paolo Fasano, director of data network innovation,
Telecom Italia, Italy
Next generation architecture proposes new challenges operators. How does a director of innovation ensure that a system will scale, will be flexible, will be really multiservice and will open the way to any services, anytime, anywhere
13.20 Experience delivery networking David Noguer Bau, head of service provider marketing at
Juniper Networks with Paolo Rossi, head of data networks,
Skylogic, Italy
13.40
Panel: Developing advanced applications with high-speed mobility Reade Barber, director of data and smartphone product management,
Rogers Wireless, Canada
Jean-Pascal Van Overbeke, COO of
Maxis, Malaysia
Ken Mason, director of business development,
Digicel Group, Jamaica
Martyn Smith, partner,
Beehive Capital, UK
14.10 Wholesale trends on interoperability and managed services
Ian Tarbet, VP of sales for Europe and Latin America, Global Telecom Markets,
BT Global Services 14.30
Panel: Innovative techniques to deliver broadband to remoter regions Phil Braden, COO of
Gateway Communications, South Africa
Ian Lawrence, GM for network evolution,
Openreach, UK
Paolo Rossi, head of data networks,
Skylogic, Italy
15.00 Coffee break
15.20 Delivering broadband to Jordan and lessons for other emerging markets
Dr Abdul Malek Al Jaber, COO of
Zain group and CEO of Zain Jordan
15.40 Promoting innovation to speed up networks
Neeraj Bhatia, head of global data business Europe,
Bharti Airtel 16.00 Next generation mobile life: enabling the services of tomorrow
Giovanni Pierozzi, managing director for Italy,
Orga Systems 16.20 Panel: Innovation in the next five to 10 years: the biggest innovation challenges for operators and vendors Philippe Chanclou, R&D manager of advanced studies on home and access networks unit,
France Telecom Orange Edvardis Linkevičius, network development unit manager,
TEO, Lithuania
Adam Kurianski, president of
Aero2, Poland
Miguel Carrero, director of actionable customer intelligence solutions,
Hewlett-Packard BV Jagadeesh, president and CEO,
Virtela 17.00 Close of Summit
19.00 Drinks reception for Awards (for Awards guests only)
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