Stay tuned for the 2020 Agenda!
Download UFBB BASe 2019 Draft Agenda PDF
UFBB BASe attendees can access presentations here.
Stay tuned for the 2020 Agenda!
Download UFBB BASe 2019 Draft Agenda PDF
UFBB BASe attendees can access presentations here.
Time | Topic | Speaker | Function | Company |
08:30 | Coffee and registration | |||
09:00 | Opening Session: Welcome to BASe | Bernd Hesse / Geoff Burke / Berry Vetjens | BASe Chair, CMO, Director Market, TNO ICT | Broadband Forum and TNO |
09:15 | Broadband Forum in 2019 and Beyond – Focus and Review | Robin Mersh | CEO | Broadband Forum |
Market Overview – Ultra-Fast Broadband: Accelerated | ||||
09:40 | Service Provider Keynote: How Wireless Can Broadband Access Be? | Dr. Andreas Gladisch | Vice President Convergent Networks | Deutsche Telekom |
10:10 | Analyst Perspective: State of the Market 2019 (Europe & Global) | Michael Dargue | Vice President | Cartesian |
10:35 | Coffee Break | |||
11:00 | Recent Developments in the Belgian Access Markets | Yannick Dewilde | Senior Economist | BIPT |
11:30 | The Dutch Case: Competition and Investments in Fixed Networks | Joos Francke | Team Manager | ACM, The Netherlands |
12:00 | Leveraging BBF Certification Process for Operational Excellence | Christian Gacon | VP – Wireline Networks and Infrastructure | Orange |
12:30 | Lunch | |||
Ultra-Fast Broadband – Accelerated: What to Expect Next… | ||||
13:45 | Fireside Chat: What Happens to Traditional Telecom in a 5G World? | Ray LeMaistre | Editor-in-Chief | Light Reading |
14:15 | Case Study: How Openreach is Preparing for the Future of Broadband | Trevor Linney | Research Director | Openreach |
14:45 | Can We Trust Smart Things? | Tom Gaffney | Principal Consultant | F-Secure |
15:15 | Coffee Break | |||
15:45 | Peaceful Coexistence: An Approach to PLC/xDSL Interference Mitigation | Nico Weling | Vice President – Research & Innovation | devolo |
16:15 | State of Broadband and Policy in Luxembourg | Peter Sodermans | External Adviser Prime Minister Office | Luxembourg Government |
16:45 | One Giant Leap for G.hn – Unearthing Buried Copper Values | Chano Gomez | Board Member | GiGA Wire |
17:15 | Informal Cocktails – Amsterdam Lounge (Ground floor) |
Time | Topic | Speaker | Function | Company |
08:30 | Coffee and registration | |||
09:00 | Welcome to Day 2 | Bernd Hesse, Geoff Burke | BASe Chair, CMO | Broadband Forum |
09:05 | Chairman’s Word | Kevin Foster | Chairman | Broadband Forum |
09:20 | Ergodic Spectrum Management (ESM) | John Cioffi | CEO | ASSIA |
The Future of Virtualization | ||||
9:45 | Fiber Everywhere | James Zhou | Senior Technical Director of Advanced Wireline Access Technology | Huawei |
Copper Technology Review | ||||
10:15 | Access Network Evolution: It’s Not Only About Epic Bit Rates | Koen Berteloot, Frank Vermaerke | Domain Manager, Access Technology and Domain Manager, Mantra+ Project | Proximus |
10:45 | Coffee Break (Networking and Exhibit Review) | |||
11:15 | Achievements and Advancements in NG Copper Access | Paul Spruyt | xDSL Technology Strategist | Nokia |
11:45 | Supercharging Fibre Rollout (Without the Pain) | Kenneth Green | General Manager FTTdp Portfolio | NetComm |
12:15 | Leveraging Your Copper Infrastructure | Gerald Clerckx | Leader, Fixed Access Engineering | A1 Telekom |
12:45 | Lunch (Networking and Exhibit Review) | |||
14:00 | How AI Helps Troubleshooting POST Luxembourg’s Copper Network | Patrick Rausch | Strategic Project Manager | POST Luxembourg |
Strategies in Gigabit Technologies | ||||
14:30 | The Physical Layer Challenge | David Chen | CTO | Go!Foton |
15:00 | Fiber Access Extension – Bringing Multi-gigabit to Buildings | Helge Tiainen | Senior Director Business Development | InCoax / MoCA |
15:30 | Coffee Break | |||
16:00 | Overcoming Challenges in the Ultra-Fast Connected Home | Elad Domanovitz | CTO | Actelis |
16:30 | 2 minutes sales pitch | |||
17:00 | Demo session & exhibition visit | |||
19:00 | Social Event – Drinks & Dinner at Garoeda (Kneuterdijk 18a, 2514 EN Den Haag) – Tickets sold separately, be sure to bring your badge with green dot |
Time | Topic | Speaker | Function | Company |
08:30 | Coffee and registration | |||
09:00 | Welcome to Day 3 | Bernd Hesse, Geoff Burke | BASe Chair, CMO | Broadband Forum |
09:10 | Open Broadband: The Yin of Abstraction, the YANG of Efficiency | Tim Carey | Distinguished Fellow | BroadBand Forum |
09:40 | Owning the Connected Home: A Service Provider Imperative | Thomas Martin | Principal Solutions Engineer | Calix |
10:10 | XGS-PON: The 10G Fiber Deployment for Swisscom | Christian Macherel, Andreas Thöny | System Architect Wireline Access, Professional Network Engineer | Swisscom AG |
10:40 | Coffee Break (Networking and Exhibit Review) | |||
11:10 | PON Traffic Analysis – Insights from the Real World | Dr. Bart Kamphorst | Researcher | TNO |
11:40 | VDSL 35B Deployment Europe and Interesting New Hardware | Eric van Uden, Benoit Kraivers | Country Manager Netherlands, R&D – Manager Broadband Technologies | AVM |
12:10 | Machine Learning, USP and QED – Laying the Foundation for Optimizing for Application Outcomes | Magnus Olden | Head of Data Science | Domos |
12:40 | Lunch | |||
14:00 | Workflow Processes for Efficient Deployment of Advanced Broadband Services | Alfonso Domesi | Business Development Manager for Physical Layer Business Unit | EXFO |
14:30 | Driving New Revenues Out of the Connected Home | Michael Philpott | Senior Practice Leader | Ovum |
15:00 | Coffee Break | |||
15:30 | Enabling a Digital Future with Fiber | Mikael Sandberg | Chairman | VXFIBER |
16:00 | Wrap-up Panel Discussion – The Future of the Access Network | Bernd Hesse, Geoff Burke | BASe Chair, CMO | Broadband Forum and Others |
17:00 | Informal Cocktails – Amsterdam Lounge (Ground floor) | |||
18:00 | End of the seminar |
Time | Topic | Speaker | Function | Company |
08:30 | Coffee and registration | |||
09:00 | Opening Session: Welcome to BASe | Bernd Hesse / Geoff Burke / Berry Vetjens | BASe Chair, CMO, Director Market, TNO ICT | Broadband Forum and TNO |
09:15 | Broadband Forum in 2019 and Beyond – Focus and Review | Robin Mersh | CEO | Broadband Forum |
Market Overview – Ultra-Fast Broadband: Accelerated | ||||
09:40 | Service Provider Keynote: How Wireless Can Broadband Access Be? | Dr. Andreas Gladisch | Vice President Convergent Networks | Deutsche Telekom |
10:10 | Analyst Perspective: State of the Market 2019 (Europe & Global) | Michael Dargue | Vice President | Cartesian |
10:35 | Coffee Break | |||
11:00 | Recent Developments in the Belgian Access Markets | Yannick Dewilde | Senior Economist | BIPT |
11:30 | The Dutch Case: Competition and Investments in Fixed Networks | Joos Francke | Team Manager | ACM, The Netherlands |
12:00 | Leveraging BBF Certification Process for Operational Excellence | Christian Gacon | VP – Wireline Networks and Infrastructure | Orange |
12:30 | Lunch | |||
Ultra-Fast Broadband – Accelerated: What to Expect Next… | ||||
13:45 | Fireside Chat: What Happens to Traditional Telecom in a 5G World? | Ray LeMaistre | Editor-in-Chief | Light Reading |
14:15 | Case Study: How Openreach is Preparing for the Future of Broadband | Trevor Linney | Research Director | Openreach |
14:45 | Can We Trust Smart Things? | Tom Gaffney | Principal Consultant | F-Secure |
15:15 | Coffee Break | |||
15:45 | Peaceful Coexistence: An Approach to PLC/xDSL Interference Mitigation | Nico Weling | Vice President – Research & Innovation | devolo |
16:15 | State of Broadband and Policy in Luxembourg | Peter Sodermans | External Adviser Prime Minister Office | Luxembourg Government |
16:45 | One Giant Leap for G.hn – Unearthing Buried Copper Values | Chano Gomez | Board Member | GiGA Wire |
17:15 | Informal Cocktails – Amsterdam Lounge (Ground floor) |
Time | Topic | Speaker | Function | Company |
08:30 | Coffee and registration | |||
09:00 | Welcome to Day 2 | Bernd Hesse, Geoff Burke | BASe Chair, CMO | Broadband Forum |
09:05 | Chairman’s Word | Kevin Foster | Chairman | Broadband Forum |
09:20 | Ergodic Spectrum Management (ESM) | John Cioffi | CEO | ASSIA |
The Future of Virtualization | ||||
9:45 | Fiber Everywhere | James Zhou | Senior Technical Director of Advanced Wireline Access Technology | Huawei |
Copper Technology Review | ||||
10:15 | Access Network Evolution: It’s Not Only About Epic Bit Rates | Koen Berteloot, Frank Vermaerke | Domain Manager, Access Technology and Domain Manager, Mantra+ Project | Proximus |
10:45 | Coffee Break (Networking and Exhibit Review) | |||
11:15 | Achievements and Advancements in NG Copper Access | Paul Spruyt | xDSL Technology Strategist | Nokia |
11:45 | Supercharging Fibre Rollout (Without the Pain) | Kenneth Green | General Manager FTTdp Portfolio | NetComm |
12:15 | Leveraging Your Copper Infrastructure | Gerald Clerckx | Leader, Fixed Access Engineering | A1 Telekom |
12:45 | Lunch (Networking and Exhibit Review) | |||
14:00 | How AI Helps Troubleshooting POST Luxembourg’s Copper Network | Patrick Rausch | Strategic Project Manager | POST Luxembourg |
Strategies in Gigabit Technologies | ||||
14:30 | The Physical Layer Challenge | David Chen | CTO | Go!Foton |
15:00 | Fiber Access Extension – Bringing Multi-gigabit to Buildings | Helge Tiainen | Senior Director Business Development | InCoax / MoCA |
15:30 | Coffee Break | |||
16:00 | Overcoming Challenges in the Ultra-Fast Connected Home | Elad Domanovitz | CTO | Actelis |
16:30 | 2 minutes sales pitch | |||
17:00 | Demo session & exhibition visit | |||
19:00 | Social Event – Drinks & Dinner at Garoeda (Kneuterdijk 18a, 2514 EN Den Haag) – Tickets sold separately, be sure to bring your badge with green dot |
Time | Topic | Speaker | Function | Company |
08:30 | Coffee and registration | |||
09:00 | Welcome to Day 3 | Bernd Hesse, Geoff Burke | BASe Chair, CMO | Broadband Forum |
09:10 | Open Broadband: The Yin of Abstraction, the YANG of Efficiency | Tim Carey | Distinguished Fellow | BroadBand Forum |
09:40 | Owning the Connected Home: A Service Provider Imperative | Thomas Martin | Principal Solutions Engineer | Calix |
10:10 | XGS-PON: The 10G Fiber Deployment for Swisscom | Christian Macherel, Andreas Thöny | System Architect Wireline Access, Professional Network Engineer | Swisscom AG |
10:40 | Coffee Break (Networking and Exhibit Review) | |||
11:10 | PON Traffic Analysis – Insights from the Real World | Dr. Bart Kamphorst | Researcher | TNO |
11:40 | VDSL 35B Deployment Europe and Interesting New Hardware | Eric van Uden, Benoit Kraivers | Country Manager Netherlands, R&D – Manager Broadband Technologies | AVM |
12:10 | Machine Learning, USP and QED – Laying the Foundation for Optimizing for Application Outcomes | Magnus Olden | Head of Data Science | Domos |
12:40 | Lunch | |||
14:00 | Workflow Processes for Efficient Deployment of Advanced Broadband Services | Alfonso Domesi | Business Development Manager for Physical Layer Business Unit | EXFO |
14:30 | Driving New Revenues Out of the Connected Home | Michael Philpott | Senior Practice Leader | Ovum |
15:00 | Coffee Break | |||
15:30 | Enabling a Digital Future with Fiber | Mikael Sandberg | Chairman | VXFIBER |
16:00 | Wrap-up Panel Discussion – The Future of the Access Network | Bernd Hesse, Geoff Burke | BASe Chair, CMO | Broadband Forum and Others |
17:00 | Informal Cocktails – Amsterdam Lounge (Ground floor) | |||
18:00 | End of the seminar |