The 3-day event will be structured as:
- Day 1: The Future Broadband Access Technologies
- Day 2: Advancements in Managed Connected Users and Services
- Day 3: Evolving Fixed and Converged Network and Service Delivery
Stay tuned for agenda updates!
2022 Agenda
Thank you to our sponsors:
Day 1 (17th November) – Broadband Industry Update Virtual Seminar Service Providers, Regulatory and Industry Influencers
- 8:30AM – EVENT OPENS
- 9:00AM – Broadband Forum Vision and Update, Bernd Hesse and Craig Thomas, President and Senior Director – Broadband Forum
- 09:15AM – ‘Long Reach VDSL: How it fits in the access strategy’ Peter Duncker, Program Manager Access Rationalization & Technical Product Manager Access – KPN
- 09:30AM – ‘Introduction of VDSL Vectoring & current NGA developments in Greece’ Vassilis Gkatsos, Regulatory Affairs & Interconnection Director – Wind Hellas
- 09:45AM – Q&A
- BREAK & NETWORKING
- 10:15AM – ‘5G Impact on Fixed Broadband Access’ Toon Norp, Senior Business Consultant – TNO
- 10:30AM – ‘Fiber4Future@POST Luxembourg’ Dr Olivier Ferveur, Senior Architect, Transport Network & Fixed Access – POST Luxembourg
- 10:45AM – ‘NBI – Ending the Urban/Rural Digital Divide’ Emmet O’Connell, Technology Director – National Broadband Ireland
- 11:00AM – Q&A and NETWORKING
Day 2 (18th November) – Fiber and Copper Technology Update Virtual Workshop Seminar Leading Industry Access Technology Innovators
- 8:30AM – EVENT OPENS
- 09:00AM – ‘Multi-Gigabit broadband access over copper’ Frank Van Der Putten – ITU-T
- 09:15AM – ‘G.fast, a fiber extension’ Paul Spruyt, xDSL Technology Strategist – Nokia
- 09:30AM – ‘The role of test in the Great European fiber rollout’ Nicholas Cole, Product Manager – EXFO
- 09:45AM – Q&A
- BREAK & NETWORKING
- 10:15AM – ‘Fixed network evolution towards 50G’ Dr Marcus Brumner, Chief Expert Standardization – Huawei
- 10:30AM – ‘Build the last network (you’ll ever need)’ Thomas Martin, Principle Network Consultant – Calix
- 10:45AM – ‘5G Convergence & Fixed Wireless Access’ Andrew Bender, CTO – DZS
- 11:00AM – Q&A and NETWORKING
Day 3 (19th November) – Enabling The New Connected Home Virtual Workshop Seminar Leading Connected Home and User Services Technology Innovators
- 8:30AM – EVENT OPENS
- 09:00AM – ‘The shift from Broadband Speed to Broadband Quality’ Gavin Young, Head of Fixed Access Centre of Excellence – Vodafone
- 09:15AM – ‘Broadband Access Optimization for Increased Telework Productivity’ John Cioffi, Chairman & CEO – ASSIA
- 09:30AM – ‘Wi-Fi Slicing’ Magnus Olden, CTO – Domos
- 09:45AM – Q&A
- BREAK & NETWORKING
- 10:15AM – ‘VDSL-LR: First field experiences’ Benoit Kaivers & Henning Kroll – AVM
- 10:30AM – ‘Toward autonomous broadband troubleshooting with artificial intelligence’ Nicolas Dupuis, Senior Machine Learning Scientist, AI Strategy & Innovation Lead – Nokia Bell Labs
- 10:45AM – Tom Gaffney, Principal Consultant, Consumer Cyber Security – F-Secure
- 11:00AM – Q&A and NETWORKING
Stay tuned for the 2020 Agenda!
Download UFBB BASe 2019 Draft Agenda PDF
UFBB BASe attendees can access presentations here.
Policy, Regulation and Market 2019: A Market in Flux (What’s Happening Now … and What to Expect 5 Years from Now)
| 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) | |||
Advanced Technology Deep Dive and Enabling Applications (Copper – Fiber – Wireless/5G)
| 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 | |||
Best Practices – Applying Advanced Services and Technology (Fiber – Copper – 5G Transport)
| 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 | |||
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25th of June
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Policy, Regulation and Market 2019: A Market in Flux (What’s Happening Now … and What to Expect 5 Years from Now)
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) -
26th of June
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Advanced Technology Deep Dive and Enabling Applications (Copper – Fiber – Wireless/5G)
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 -
27th of June
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Best Practices – Applying Advanced Services and Technology (Fiber – Copper – 5G Transport)
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