Speakers list

Speaker Name Function Title Company Topic / Presentation Title
Robin Mersh CEO Broadband Forum Chairman
Kevin Forster Chairman Broadband Forum Chairman
Arnold Stokking Managing Director Industry TNO Opening of UFBB
Speaker Name Function Title Company Topic / Presentation Title
Wilhelm Schramm Senior advisor RTR G.fast and new vectoring from CO regulation in Austria
Lancu Avram and Franky de Smet Scientists Proximus Proximus update on 17 MHz vectoring evolution and next technology steps
John MacDonald Senior expert BT Further Operational Experiences of Deploying G.fast
James Bristow Senior expert Swisscom G.fast experiences from rollout and challenges
Bas van den Heuvel Senior scientist TNO Bonded Vplus First Office Application
Teun van der Veen Senior consultant TNO Opportunities for operators to achieve excellence in home networking
Bram van den Ende Project manager TNO Digital connectivity developments in the Netherlands: supply and demand beyond 2020
Toon Norp Senior Scientist TNO Integration of 5G with residential access
Pia Kempker Scientist TNO Performance benefits of WiFi coordination
Steen Garbers Enevoldsen Head of Department, Net R&D Fullrate Practical implementation of big-data
Laszlo Boka Head of Fixed Access Branch (MT) & Head of fixed Access Shared Service Center (DT) Magyar Telekom & Deutsche Telekom 1G product from traffic point of view
David Watkins ConnectedHome Devices, strategy analyst Strategy Analytics To be announced
Ilsa Godlovitch Director WIK-Consult Brussels Cross-sectoral collaboration and the Cost Reduction Directive
Alessio Caminada Global Network Architect BT Italy ULTRAFAST = ULTRAVELOCE: the Italian Strategy for the ultra wide broadband
Michal Wal Director of Fixed Access Network Development Orange Poland Experiences of deploying broadband access with gigabit speeds
Guillaume Souleres Analyst Diffraction Analysis Structural Remedies to Solve the Rural Broadband Issue
Luc Vanfleteren Board Member BIPT Dynamics and Competitiveness of the Belgium Communication market
Robin Mersh or Kevin Foster CEO / Chairman Broadband Forum To be announced
Gregory Bathrick Distinguished Fellow and Fiber Access Network WG Chair Broadband Forum Advances in NGPON2 and GPON
Frank van der Putten Rapporteur study group 15 ITU Developments in ITU standards
Ed Leighton Principal, Strategy and Policy Ofcom Regulating to promote ultrafast broadband while protecting consumers
Frank Fleuren Senior Business Analyst KPN Competitive markets: regulation or market based solutions
Joost Allaert Manager Proximus hybrid Access via combined DSL+ 4G network access based on Multipath TCP
John Cioffi Professor Emeritus of Electrical Eng. Stanford University Terabit DSL
Federico Forni PhD Candidate Technical University Eindhoven The role of Plastic Optical Fiber for future in-home networks
Speaker Name Function Title Company Topic / Presentation Title
Marcel Wältermann & Benoit Kaivers Software developer & Team leader Broadband technologies AVM Update g.dpm and Interop past & future
Andrew Long Business Unit Group Manager EXFO Workflow Processes for Efficient Deployment of Ultra Broadband Services
Ronan Kelly CTO ADTRAN Software Defined Access, the Key to Simplifying Ultra-broadband Deployment
Martin Kuipers Senior Staff Scientist ADTRAN Enabling Symmetrical Gigabit Services through G.fast DTA
Wojtek Makowski CTO SoftAtHome Convergence of Carrier Grade home gatewat of soware solutions: Open WRT & RDK-B
Helge Tiainen Product Marketing MoCA MoCA Access 2.5 – The Fiber Extension Technology
Paul Spruyt xDSL Strategist Nokia G.fast, deploy today, further innocate tomorrow
Tom van Leeuwen Lead product manager for Customer Care Analytics Nokia Analytics driven CRM – how to manage the customer experience in a fixed-mobile converged home
Hand-Peter Trost Product Marketing Manager Intel G.Fast Experience transforms Gigabit connectivity
Dan Lowe Co-founder & Chief Business Officer VoltServer Digital Electricity Benefits in Fixed/Mobile Convergence Solutions
Opening
Speaker Name Function Title Company Topic / Presentation Title
Robin Mersh CEO Broadband Forum Chairman
Kevin Forster Chairman Broadband Forum Chairman
Arnold Stokking Managing Director Industry TNO Opening of UFBB
Speakers
Speaker Name Function Title Company Topic / Presentation Title
Wilhelm Schramm Senior advisor RTR G.fast and new vectoring from CO regulation in Austria
Lancu Avram and Franky de Smet Scientists Proximus Proximus update on 17 MHz vectoring evolution and next technology steps
John MacDonald Senior expert BT Further Operational Experiences of Deploying G.fast
James Bristow Senior expert Swisscom G.fast experiences from rollout and challenges
Bas van den Heuvel Senior scientist TNO Bonded Vplus First Office Application
Teun van der Veen Senior consultant TNO Opportunities for operators to achieve excellence in home networking
Bram van den Ende Project manager TNO Digital connectivity developments in the Netherlands: supply and demand beyond 2020
Toon Norp Senior Scientist TNO Integration of 5G with residential access
Pia Kempker Scientist TNO Performance benefits of WiFi coordination
Steen Garbers Enevoldsen Head of Department, Net R&D Fullrate Practical implementation of big-data
Laszlo Boka Head of Fixed Access Branch (MT) & Head of fixed Access Shared Service Center (DT) Magyar Telekom & Deutsche Telekom 1G product from traffic point of view
David Watkins ConnectedHome Devices, strategy analyst Strategy Analytics To be announced
Ilsa Godlovitch Director WIK-Consult Brussels Cross-sectoral collaboration and the Cost Reduction Directive
Alessio Caminada Global Network Architect BT Italy ULTRAFAST = ULTRAVELOCE: the Italian Strategy for the ultra wide broadband
Michal Wal Director of Fixed Access Network Development Orange Poland Experiences of deploying broadband access with gigabit speeds
Guillaume Souleres Analyst Diffraction Analysis Structural Remedies to Solve the Rural Broadband Issue
Luc Vanfleteren Board Member BIPT Dynamics and Competitiveness of the Belgium Communication market
Robin Mersh or Kevin Foster CEO / Chairman Broadband Forum To be announced
Gregory Bathrick Distinguished Fellow and Fiber Access Network WG Chair Broadband Forum Advances in NGPON2 and GPON
Frank van der Putten Rapporteur study group 15 ITU Developments in ITU standards
Ed Leighton Principal, Strategy and Policy Ofcom Regulating to promote ultrafast broadband while protecting consumers
Frank Fleuren Senior Business Analyst KPN Competitive markets: regulation or market based solutions
Joost Allaert Manager Proximus hybrid Access via combined DSL+ 4G network access based on Multipath TCP
John Cioffi Professor Emeritus of Electrical Eng. Stanford University Terabit DSL
Federico Forni PhD Candidate Technical University Eindhoven The role of Plastic Optical Fiber for future in-home networks
Sponsors
Speaker Name Function Title Company Topic / Presentation Title
Marcel Wältermann & Benoit Kaivers Software developer & Team leader Broadband technologies AVM Update g.dpm and Interop past & future
Andrew Long Business Unit Group Manager EXFO Workflow Processes for Efficient Deployment of Ultra Broadband Services
Ronan Kelly CTO ADTRAN Software Defined Access, the Key to Simplifying Ultra-broadband Deployment
Martin Kuipers Senior Staff Scientist ADTRAN Enabling Symmetrical Gigabit Services through G.fast DTA
Wojtek Makowski CTO SoftAtHome Convergence of Carrier Grade home gatewat of soware solutions: Open WRT & RDK-B
Helge Tiainen Product Marketing MoCA MoCA Access 2.5 – The Fiber Extension Technology
Paul Spruyt xDSL Strategist Nokia G.fast, deploy today, further innocate tomorrow
Tom van Leeuwen Lead product manager for Customer Care Analytics Nokia Analytics driven CRM – how to manage the customer experience in a fixed-mobile converged home
Hand-Peter Trost Product Marketing Manager Intel G.Fast Experience transforms Gigabit connectivity
Dan Lowe Co-founder & Chief Business Officer VoltServer Digital Electricity Benefits in Fixed/Mobile Convergence Solutions