• 16 - 18 October 2012 RAI Exhibition and Convention Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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The BBWF Masterclasses

DAY 1: Tuesday 27th September 2011 10:30am-16:00pm

Broadband Home Symposium

10:20 Opening Remarks from Chair
Ben Schwarz, Founder, CTO innovation Consulting

10:30 HD Voice for the Broadband Home: An Industry Update Andreas Zipp, Member DECT Forum Board

10:50 Breaking into the Digital Home: How to Implement A Successful Strategy
Martin Scott, Principal Analyst, Analysys Mason

11:10 Telkom SmartBox : Connecting Broadband To Your Home Henri Setiawan W, Researcher Business R&D Center, PT Telkom, Indonesia

11:30 The Connected Home Paradigm: How to Manage Ever Growing User Expectations In A Cost-Efficient Way
Bart Vercammen, Product Management Director – Services Gateways Business Unit,Technicolor

11:50 Networking Break

12:10 Broadband Home: The Home of Technology Diversity
Rubens Cesar Bastos, Director Home Devices Technologies Manager – Global CTO Office, Telefonica Group

12:30 Network Infrastructure for the Intelligent Digital Home
Daniel Scharfen, Head of Business Development, Lantiq

12:50 Residential Media Transformation to the Operator’s Network
Mr. Peleg Erlich, Senior Manager of Access Soltuions, European Research center, Huawei

13:10 Multiplication of Broadband Services and Multiplication of CPE’s
Didier Zwierski, CEO, Siligence

13:30 Networking Break

13:50 Content, Convergence and Connected Devices: The Broadband Home in 2016
Giles Cottle, Senior Analyst, Informa Telecoms and Media

14:10 The Impact of IPTV on the Telecommunications Network and the Consequences
Edvin Skaljo, Head of Department for CPE, BH Telecom

14:30 Residential Gateway Requirements for the Broadband Home
Jeff Heynen, Directing Analyst Broadband & Video, Infonetics

14:50 Networking Break

15:10 Latest Developments and Use-Cases in the Digital Home
Duncan Bees, Chief Business and Technical Officer, Home Gateway Initiative

15:30 Digital Home Value-added Services: The Path to Broadband Provider Revenues
Brett Sappington, Sr Analyst, Parks Associates , Parks Associates

15:50 Femtocells in the Broadband Home – Will 4G Solve Current Challenges?
Dr. Christian Krapichler, Director of Technology, Altran Technologies

16:10 End of Day 1


Day 2: Wednesday 28th September 10:30am-16:00pm

Ethernet and Backhaul Seminar

10.15 Opening remarks from the chair

10.30 Carrier Ethernet Services and MEF introduction
Phil Tilley, Global Marketing Co-Chair, MEF

10:50 What's New – What's Next? Carrier Ethernet for Cloud and Mobile Backhaul, Professional Certification and more
Daniel Bar-Lev, Director, Certification Programs, MEF

11:10 A Forecast for the Mobile Backhaul Market – Directions for Microwave Backhaul
Jimmy Yu, Vice President, Microwave Transmission & Optical Transport Market Research, Dell'Oro Group

11:30 The Rise of the Global Ethernet: Overcoming the Obstacles to Ensure Global Ethernet Activity
Vijay Raman, Vice President of Product Management and Marketing, Overture Networks

11:50 Networking Break

12:10 Wireless Backhaul: the Mobile Broadband Road Map & Business Enabler
Edouard Pereira, Optics CTO for Radio Evolutions, Alcatel-Lucent

12:30 IP and the Optimized Wireless Backhaul
Ottmar Krauss, Senior Marketing Manager, Nokia Siemens Networks

12:50 Improving Network Synchronisation Performance with Packet-Optical Wireless Backhaul
Jon Baldry, Technical Marketing Manager, Transmode

13:10 Networking Break

13:30 Optimize Backhaul Architecture for Mobile Network Evolution
Mr. Shu Huade, Product Planning Manager, ZTE

13:50 Mobile Backhaul and Implications of Using FTTx: The Cost Perspective
Dimitris Mavrakis, Senior Analyst, Networks, Informa Telecoms and Media

14:10 High Capacity DWDM Systems for Converged Packet Optical Backhaul
Oliver Jahreis, Head of Product Management Optical Networks DWDM, Nokia Siemens Networks

14:30 Economical 3G/4G/Metro Cells Mobile Backhaul – Case Study Major European Carrier,
Hossam Salib, Vice President, Product Management and Marketing, Positron Access

14:50 Utilizing Broadcast Networks for Wireless Backhaul – The Danish Case
Lars Kierkegaard, Product Manager, Teracom, Denmark

15:10 Smashing the Backhaul Brick Wall: Making the Small Cell Future A Reality With Multi-Gigabit Point to Multipoint Microwave,
Neil Berriman, Head of Customer Solutions, , Bluwan Ltd

15:30 Mobile Broadband: Balancing On-Net Backhaul with Off-Net WiFi/DSL
John Yeomans, Director, FirstCapital

16:00 Optimizing Packet Backhaul for Fixed Broadband Convergence
Alan Repech, Marketing Manager, Ericsson

16:20 Optimizing Wireless Backhaul Makes Mobile Broadband Profitable
Sue Rudd Director Service Provider Analysis, Strategy Analytics


Day 3: Thursday 29th September 2011 10:30am-16:00pm

Telecoms Academy Mini Training Session

10:30 Everything You Need to Know About IP
Alan Mayne, Training Manager,Telecoms Academy, UK

Telecoms Academy

11:30 Everything you Need to Mobile Broadband Technologies
Tony Wakefield, Training Director, Telecoms Academy, UK

Telecoms Academy

12:30 Networking Break

12:50 Next-Generation Access Futures: Revealing the Results of Informa’s Industry Survey
Tony Brown, Senior Analyst - Asia Pacific, Informa Telecoms and Media

13:10 How sustainable is the 4G threat to fixed broadband
Rupert Wood, Principal Analyst, Analysys Mason

13:30 Microcells, Femtocells & Wifi Offload: What Are the Tradeoffs?
Sue Rudd, Director Service Provider Analysis, Strategy Analytics

13:50 Building Realistic Business Cases...Lessons From The Frontline
Richard Jones, Partner, Ventura Team LLP

14:10 The Roadmap for a Fiber Future - Collaboration to Ensure the Next Generation of Networks
Sylwia Boguszewska, Analyst, Pyramid Research

14:30 Networking Break

Broadband Components Tutorial

14:50 The Next Phase for Passive Optical Components and High Bandwidth Optical Components

  • Network operator requirements and demand
  • The next phase in access technologies for passive optical components
  • High bandwidth opportunities for emerging optical components
  • Risks and challenges with delivering high bandwidth products

Daryl Inniss, Practice Leader, Ovum Components

15:50 End of Day 3


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