January 30th – Delhi (IST) – GMT +5:30hr, EST -10:30hr
WGC Open Congress
TIME
PRESENTATION
Road to Wi-Fi 7: Next Generation Capabilities with Wi-Fi 6E and Wi-Fi 7
Plenary
Wi-Fi Innovations – Connecting our Digital World
9:30 (IST)
Wi-Fi Innovations – Connecting our Digital World
Tiago Rodrigues, CEO, Wireless Broadband Alliance
9:45 (IST)
Wi-Fi Powered Digital India
Seemab Kadri, Director – Strategic Partnerships and Marketing, Intel
10:00 (IST)
Why 6GHz and OpenRoaming… and Why Now
Mark Krischer, Principal Wireless Architect, Cisco
10:20 (IST)
Role of next generation WiFi in Affordable Broadband Access
T.V.Ramachandran, President, BIF, Broadband India Forum
10:35 (IST)
Wi-Fi Proliferation – Bridging the digital divide
Dr. Rajkumar Upadhyay, CEO, C-DOT
10:50 (IST)
Address from the Dept of Telecoms, Indian Govt.
Mr. Ritu Ranjan Mittar, Director General Telecoms*, Secretary, Dept of Telecommunications, Indian Government
11:05 (IST)
CEO Address
Tiago Rodrigues, CEO, WBA
11:05 (IST)
COFFEE & NETWORKING
Connecting India
– PM WANI
– OpenRoaming
– Rural Wi-Fi
– 6 GHz
– AI
11:30 (IST)
PM WANI Framework
Shri Vivek Narayan, DDG DS – Dept of Telecom, Indian Government
11:45 (IST)
Artificial Intelligence In Enterprise Networks: Drive Business Outcomes While Delivering The Best End User Experience
Anindya Chakraborty, Senior Vice President – Global R&D, Products, RUCKUS Networks
12:05 (IST)
Connecting Bharat and Beyond
Amol Kulkarni, Director of Research, CUTS International
12:20 (IST)
OpenRoaming – The Next Generation of Wi-Fi Onboarding
Manish Gangey, President and Head PLM, HFCL
12:40 (IST)
PANEL
Wi-Fi Connecting India
Shri Vivek Narayan*, DDG DS – Dept of Telecom
Manish Gangey, President and Head PLM – HFCL – HFCL
Bhavya Pruthi, Product Manager – Cisco
Panel Moderator: Mr. Anil Tandan – Director General,
Broadband India Forum
13:10 (IST)
LUNCH & NETWORKING
Expansion of cellular coverage and capacity
– Wi-Fi & 5G/Private 5G Convergence
– Operator Opportunities with OpenRoaming
– Security, Privacy & Identity Management
– Rural Wi-Fi & Non-Fixed Backhaul
14:00 (IST)
Wi-Fi & 5G: An Operator Perspective
Suja John, AVP Global Network Intercarrier Solutions and Services, AT&T
14:20 (IST)
Cellular Wi-Fi Convergence: A Reflection on the past 20 years
Mark Grayson, Cisco – Fellow, Cisco
14:35 (IST)
Wide-spreading
Broadband through
Alliances
Manoj Tandon, Director Projects – Operations and Maintenance, RailTel
14:50 (IST)
PANEL
Wi-Fi – Expanding of cellular coverage and capacity
Suja John, AVP, AT&T
Mark Grayson, Cisco Fellow
Manoj Tandon, Director-Projects, Railtel
Panel Moderator: Bruno Tomas – CTO, Wireless Broadband Alliance
3:30 (IST)
COFFEE & NETWORKING
Next Gen Wi-Fi 2024 – 2026
– From In Home to Enterprise: Delivering Future Connectivity
– Use of 6Ghz in Home and Enterprise + Wi-Fi 7 Opportunities & USe Cases
– Operator Architecture & E2E Quality of Service
– Wi-Fi Sensing
– Safeguarding 6 GHz for Legacy operations with AFC
16:00 (IST)
AFC – Bringing it to life (US to India)
Bruno Tomas, CTO, Wireless Broadband Alliance
16:20 (IST)
2024 – A year of Wi-Fi® Innovation
Paramjit Puri, Dir, Wi-Fi Alliance
16:35 (SGT)
Operator Address
Teuku Muda Nanta, EGM Digital Connectivity Service
16:40 (IST)
Ms M Revathi*, Joint Wireless Advisor, Dept. of Telecommunications, Dept. of Telecommunications, Indian Government
17:00 (IST)
PANEL
Next Gen Wi-Fi 2024 – 2026
Sanjiv Verma, VP, Asia – Ruckus
Sarath Kumar, CTO – ACT Corp
Gagan Mittal, SVP Products – Alethea
Panel Moderator: Steve Namaseevayum – VP Industry Engagement, Wireless Broadband Alliance
17:30 (IST)
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