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