SESSIONS NGON & DCI World DAY 1 - 27/09/2021 27 September - 1 October, Online
Chair's Opening Remarks - Market Overview Root Cause and Trend Analysis (Anomaly Addressing Interoperability Issues and from Omdia Detection) on multi-domain and multi-vendor Preventing Vendor Lock-In transport network using AI 10:45 - 11:00 12:55 - 13:15 Optical Networking 11:50 - 12:05 Optical Networking Optical Networking Participants • Reducing infrastructure costs by adopting interoperable and open transponders to replace the Ian Redpath - Practice Leader, Omdia • Transport Network (IP-MPLS-Transmission-Fiber) Relation and covering all transport domains mono-vendor supply model • Root Cause Analysis and failure prediction of IP- • What are the technical and commercial MPLS and Transmission service/equipment implications of operators seeking interoperability Super C + L: Smooth Evolution from Now to problems (performance and alarms) and openness? Future • Trend Analysis and Anomaly Detection of MPLS Participants 11:00 - 11:20 traffic and predicting best cost values of IP-MPLS Optical Networking links under link failure Anthony Clarkson - Technical Director EMEA – • Latency and delay prediction by using AI with real Precision Optical Transceivers, Precision OT • The trend and generation of backbone network measurements • The progress in the development of single • Access-Transport Level relation, and provisioning wavelength speed customer service performance from end to end Use Case: 5G Ready - Optical Networks • How to evolve to Super C+L to obtain more fiber • Using Spark Machine Learning Platform to perform spectrum resources? best AI solutions for solving problems and making 13:15 - 13:30 prediction on our real network Optical Networking Participants Participants • Lessons already learned from deployment of 5G Maxim Kuschnerov - Director of the Optical and • How 5G and optical networks are intrinsically Quantum Communications Laboratory, Huawei Fatih Mercimek - Optical Transmission Expert, Turk linked Telecom • Outlining the timeline of 5G worldwide deployments and how this will impact optical Panel Discussion: Advances in Optical Line rollout Systems and the Road to 100 Tbps Break Participants 11:20 - 11:50 12:05 - 12:20 Optical Networking Optical Networking Bernard Bureau - 5G and Wireless CTO, TELUS
• C-band, C+L band and Super C-band paving the way for enhanced optical system capacity Industry Analyst View of Optical DWDM Sponsor Address: Presentation Title To Be • Will existing technologies need an upgrade to Systems Market Confirmed support this expanded spectrum? • The solution for fibre constrained enterprises 12:20 - 12:35 13:30 - 13:50 Optical Networking Optical Networking Participants • Overview of DWDM Systems Equipment market Panellist: Szilard Zsigmond - Director, Product Line size and growth Management Optical Transport, Nokia • Current vendor landscape and competition Panel Discussion: Are Optics Indispensable for 5G Networks? Panellist: Dejan Bilbija - Director Sales Systems • Update on coherent wavelength shipments (400 Engineering, Ciena Gbps, 600 Gbps and 800 Gbps) 13:50 - 14:20 Optical Networking Panellist: Ioannis Tomkos - Professor, University of Participants Patras Jimmy Yu - Vice President of Optical Transport • Evaluating how optical fibre infrastructure is Panellist: Thomas Logiadis - Head of Core Transport Research, Dell’Oro Group leveraged by 5G networks Network Planning Section, Hellenic • Will wireless technologies become an obstacle or Telecommunications Organisation necessity to adopting next-generation optical technologies? Addressing Architectural Transitions in Service • 5G’s relationship with & reliance on optical Provider Transport Networks networks 12:35 - 12:55 Optical Networking Participants Moderator: Emir Halilovic - Analyst, Global Data • IP and Optical market transition • Routed Optical Networking solution Panellist: Yu Rong Zhou - Optical Network R&D, BT • Any Service Transport Infrastructure Panellist: Mark Gilmour - VP - Mobile Connectivity • Benefits of IP and Optical Convergence Solutions, Colt Technology Services
Participants Panellist: Sander Jansen - Director Product Line Management, ADVA Gianluca Calabretta - Sales Specialist Leader, EMEAR Service Provider Architecture, Cisco Panellist: Dirk van den Borne - Director of Systems Engineering, Juniper Networks
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Close of Day 1
14:20 - 14:30
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TIME OPTICAL NETWORKING
10:00 10:45 - Chair's Opening Remarks - Market Overview from Omdia
11:00 11:00 - Super C + L: Smooth Evolution from Now to Future 11:20 - Panel Discussion: Advances in Optical Line Systems and the Road to 100 Tbps 11:50 - Root Cause and Trend Analysis (Anomaly Detection) on multi-domain and multi-vendor transport network using AI
12:00 12:05 - Break 12:20 - Industry Analyst View of Optical DWDM Systems Market 12:35 - Addressing Architectural Transitions in Service Provider Transport Networks 12:55 - Addressing Interoperability Issues and Preventing Vendor Lock-In
13:00 13:15 - Use Case: 5G Ready - Optical Networks 13:30 - Sponsor Address: Presentation Title To Be Confirmed 13:50 - Panel Discussion: Are Optics Indispensable for 5G Networks?
14:00 14:20 - Close of Day 1
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Chair's Opening Remarks The New Era of Optical Networking Optical Access Network Ready for 5G Xhaul
09:30 - 09:35 11:05 - 11:25 12:15 - 12:35 Keynotes Keynotes Keynotes
Participants • The evolution of high performance, embedded • How to gain your xHaul capacity for 5G with next- coherent transponders for long haul and gen PON Daniel King - Consultant ODC & Teraflow Project, Old submarine networks that are complemented by a • Cost-effectively introducing 5G-ready transport on Dog Consulting range of compact, standards-based pluggable form your network factors. • How converged 5G and fibre operators can yield • An evolved optical layer based on flexgrid mobile transport operational and cost-efficiencies Towards high-speed & Flexible Optical ROADMs, offering greater functionality and Networks simplicity than ever before. Participants • A natural disaggregation point for Open Optical 09:35 - 09:55 Philippe Chanclou - Team Manager Fixed Access Networking being formed between the transponder Keynotes Networks, Orange and the Open Line System. • What 800G optical modules and transmissions can • Standardized data models and open APIs taking offer the place of vendor-specific control and Close of Day 2: Keynote content • Assessing the current status of 800G optical management software modules and technologies 12:35 - 12:40 Participants • 800G trials and roll-out early learnings – increased Keynotes capability and maximised efficiency Geoff Bennett - Director, Solutions & Technology, • Status of and impact of 800G optics rollout Infinera Participants Secil Ekim - Senior Network Planning Expert, Turkcell Panel Discussion: The Impact of Terabyte Technologies on Future Service Creation & Delivery OTN to the Edge, Lighting up the All-Optical 11:25 - 11:55 Metro Keynotes 09:55 - 10:15 Keynotes • Exploring the potential services unlocked with next- generation technologies Participants • Are cloud gaming / cloud VR the services to justify future network spend? Claudio Lugari - Transport Network Solutions Director, • Which services will demand a pure optical Huawei network? • What is the potential for more ISPs to use data caps to disincentivize heavy bandwidth use? Panel Discussion: What are the Challenges the Market Growth in the Optical Sector? Participants
10:15 - 10:45 Moderator: Emir Halilovic - Analyst, Global Data Keynotes Panellist: Neil Parkin - Research Manager, BT
• Understanding when to scale Panellist: Olivier Ferveur - Senior Network Architect & • Assessing end-user demand ETSI ISG vice-chair, POST Luxembourg • CAPEX cost considerations • Short, medium, or long-term ROI projections? Panellist: Craig McMillan - EMEA Sales Engineering Lead, Ciena Participants Panellist: Paolo Volpato - Telco Cloud Solutions Moderator: Emir Halilovic - Analyst, Global Data Director, Huawei
Panellist: Mattias Fridström - Chief Evangelist, Telia Carrier Examining the Changing Topology of Networks Panellist: Alberto Boaventura - Network Strategy and and its Implications on End-Users Architecture Manager, Oi 11:55 - 12:15 Panellist: Nicolas Almendro - VP Optics Europe Keynotes Business Development & Pre-Sales, Nokia • Examining network design best practice • What impact does network topology have on the Break performance of a network? • Making sure end-users are catered for 10:45 - 11:05 Keynotes Participants
Nicola Benvenuti - Senior Director, Product Line Management, Ciena
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TIME KEYNOTES
09:00 09:30 - Chair's Opening Remarks 09:35 - Towards high-speed & Flexible Optical Networks 09:55 - OTN to the Edge, Lighting up the All-Optical Metro
10:00 10:15 - Panel Discussion: What are the Challenges the Market Growth in the Optical Sector? 10:45 - Break
11:00 11:05 - The New Era of Optical Networking 11:25 - Panel Discussion: The Impact of Terabyte Technologies on Future Service Creation & Delivery 11:55 - Examining the Changing Topology of Networks and its Implications on End-Users
12:00 12:15 - Optical Access Network Ready for 5G Xhaul 12:35 - Close of Day 2: Keynote content
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Chair's Opening Remarks Boosting Your Optical Network Infrastructure How Edge Computing is Shaping the Future of Using Automation Data Centres 09:30 - 09:35 Keynotes 10:45 - 11:05 12:05 - 12:25 Keynotes Keynotes
Panel Discussion: The Journey Towards Open • Is automation needed because of increased • Latency reduction and enhanced security due to and Disaggregated Optical Networks bandwidth innovations? proximity of data to the end user • How advanced automation is a means of reducing • How edge data centres will complement existing 09:35 - 10:05 OpEx and network availability data centre designs Keynotes • Using automation to test & validate new network • Increasing green efficiency through reduced power features & upgrades prior to rollout consumption across networks • What are open and disaggregated optical transport networks and why is it being suggested? Participants • The efforts of ecosystem players in promoting fully Awards Ceremony disaggregated transport networks Helen Xenos - Senior Director Portfolio Marketing, • Examining the pros and cons of disaggregation Ciena 12:25 - 12:35 • What are the best ways to disaggregate an optical Keynotes transmission system? Break Participants 11:05 - 11:25 Close of Day 3: Keynote content Moderator: Ian Redpath - Practice Leader, Omdia Keynotes 12:35 - 12:40 Panellist: Roderick Dottin - Sr. Project Manager – Keynotes Optical Network Architect for US Domain, Orange Optical Autonomous Network Panellist: Rafael Canto Palancar - Transport & IP Network Manager, Telefonica 11:25 - 11:45 Keynotes Panellist: Jonathan Sadler - OIF Networking Interoperability Working Group Chair, OIF • An increasing industry focus is network operations automation. Panellist: Mark Gibbon - Architect - Regional Portfolio • This presentation discusses advancements in data Management, Ciena collection, analysis, decision-making and software- driven operation execution on the optical network. • It discusses how standardized data and control Unleash a new wave of network innovation with models support operationally-useful operations 400G everywhere automation of optical networks. 10:05 - 10:25 Participants Keynotes Christopher Janz - Technical Vice President, Huawei • Open new network designs with application- optimized 400G coherent DCO solutions • Enable 400G over any distance Fireside Chat: Assessing the Future of Data • Enable efficient and cost-effective IP-Optical convergence Centres 11:45 - 12:05 Participants Keynotes Marco Bertolini - 1830 NE Product Manager, Nokia • International modernisation efforts and pilot schemes • What are digitized data centres? Optical Private Line Services, bringing game- • The new emerging locations for hyperscale data changing ideas to life centre investments. The market shift to Africa and Asia Pacific? 10:25 - 10:45 Keynotes Participants
Alex Rabbetts - Managing Director, European Data Centre Association
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TIME KEYNOTES
09:00 09:30 - Chair's Opening Remarks 09:35 - Panel Discussion: The Journey Towards Open and Disaggregated Optical Networks
10:00 10:05 - Unleash a new wave of network innovation with 400G everywhere 10:25 - Optical Private Line Services, bringing game-changing ideas to life 10:45 - Boosting Your Optical Network Infrastructure Using Automation
11:00 11:05 - Break 11:25 - Optical Autonomous Network 11:45 - Fireside Chat: Assessing the Future of Data Centres
12:00 12:05 - How Edge Computing is Shaping the Future of Data Centres 12:25 - Awards Ceremony 12:35 - Close of Day 3: Keynote content
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Chair's Opening Remarks How Edge Computing is Shaping the Future of Edge and Data Center Convergence - A Data Centres Winning Combination 09:30 - 09:35 Data Centre Connectivity 10:40 - 11:00 11:50 - 12:05 Data Centre Connectivity Data Centre Connectivity
Panel Discussion: Going Green/Green IT • New applications require low latency, enhanced • Using distributed architectures to optimize security, ultra-availability, leading to hyper- application performance 09:35 - 10:05 localization • Distributed architecture challenges – tools, latency Data Centre Connectivity • New models increase energy efficiency and make and resources cost scalable • Core, Edge and Far Edge, all together now. • How exponential data growth is contributing to • Edge computing and data centres will complement increased power consumptions existing data centre designs and challenge them Participants • Analysing the environmental impact of multi-tenant data centres Participants Beth Cohen - Distinguished Member of Technical Staff, • What strategies can best mitigate increased NFV/SDN Network Product Strategy, Verizon demands for electrical power? Prayson Pate - Chief Technology Officer of Edge Cloud • The green and sustainable options available to and Senior VP Solutions Marketing, ADVA data centre operators Close of Day 4
Participants Break 12:05 - 12:10 Data Centre Connectivity Moderator: Tomas Lamanauskas - Managing Partner, 11:00 - 11:20 Envision Associates Data Centre Connectivity Panellist: Alex Rabbetts - Managing Director, European Data Centre Association The Use of Artificial Intelligence for Network Panellist: Andrew van der Haar - Managing Director, Monitoring in Modern Data Centres Fiber Carrier Association 11:20 - 11:35 Panellist: Stijn Grove - Managing Director, Dutch Data Data Centre Connectivity Centre Association
Panellist: Bill Kleyman - Executive Vice President, • The growth of traffic in modern data centers Switch • The benefits of machine learning in network monitoring • Deep learning for anomaly detection Building More Capacity to Power 5G Through Participants Building Greater Numbers of Small Data Centres Oreste Alabiso - Network Evolution Engineer, Telecom Italia 10:05 - 10:25 Data Centre Connectivity
• Understanding the impact of edge computing and Cloud Repatriation: Why it's happening and 5G co-evolving understanding the impact on cloud and data • The need to locate more capacity and processing centres power close to end users 11:35 - 11:50 • Overcoming technical constraints such as latency Data Centre Connectivity Participants • The state of cloud and the data center: Yes, they Irene Zhang - Director of Product Marketing, Juniper can get along Networks • Key trends around workload migration and cloud repatriation • Stories from the field: Why workloads are getting DevOps and the Cloud in the Data Centre: pulled from the cloud and how does this impact resiliency Finding a Crossroad • Looking ahead and understanding the cloud and 10:25 - 10:40 data center balance Data Centre Connectivity Participants • The limitations to automation of tasks Bill Kleyman - Executive Vice President, Switch • Continuous integration and delivery • Improving the software development lifecycle
Participants
Ali Elmali - Cloud Services Planning & Infra Operations, Turk Telekom
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TIME DATA CENTRE CONNECTIVITY
09:00 09:30 - Chair's Opening Remarks 09:35 - Panel Discussion: Going Green/Green IT
10:00 10:05 - Building More Capacity to Power 5G Through Building Greater Numbers of Small Data Centres 10:25 - DevOps and the Cloud in the Data Centre: Finding a Crossroad 10:40 - How Edge Computing is Shaping the Future of Data Centres
11:00 11:00 - Break 11:20 - The Use of Artificial Intelligence for Network Monitoring in Modern Data Centres 11:35 - Cloud Repatriation: Why it's happening and understanding the impact on cloud and data centres 11:50 - Edge and Data Center Convergence - A Winning Combination
12:00 12:05 - Close of Day 4
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Chair's Opening Remarks To Infinity and Beyond! Focus Session - ETSI F5G
09:30 - 09:35 10:35 - 10:50 11:45 - 12:15 Future Tech & Free Space Communication Future Tech & Free Space Communication Future Tech & Free Space Communication
• Bypassing Fibre by supplying satellite internet to • F5G – The Future is Coming Focus Session - Quantum Based modular data centres • AI-assisted Network Automation: A Telecom Data • The operational challenges of building a space- Ownership Perspective Communication Explained based data centre • F5G Use cases Perspective 09:35 - 10:05 • Supporting customers who require cloud Future Tech & Free Space Communication computing capabilities in hybrid or remote and Participants challenging environments Olivier Ferveur - Senior Network Architect & ETSI ISG • Quantum Key Distribution: Is this the Future of • Examining various international case studies vice-chair, POST Luxembourg Cyber Security? including the Microsoft, SpaceX and Starlink • Building the World’s First Integrated Quantum collaborative project and assessing its potential Behnam Shariati - Project Manager, Fraunhofer HHI Communication Network implications on global communications Sjors Braam - Research Scientist, TNO • The applications of such quantum communication Participants Participants Gint Atkinson - VP Network Strategy and Digital Focus Session - TeraFlow: Utilizing Optical Diego Lopez - Senior Technology Expert, Telefonica Architecture, SES Satellites Network Slicing to Connect Clouds for Antonio Perales - Technical Expert, Telefonica Autonomic 5G and Beyond Services Submarine Cable Networks: Connectivity to 12:15 - 12:45 Future Tech & Free Space Communication Hollow Core Fibre - is it ready? Hosting, the next generation
10:05 - 10:20 10:50 - 11:05 • Overview of the TeraFlow Project and Stakeholders Future Tech & Free Space Communication Future Tech & Free Space Communication • SDOs Enabling Optical Network and IT Convergence • What is Hollow Core Fibre • Regional to global connectivity and bringing the ◦ Challenges & Requirements • What is the current status and characteristics? network closer to the edge ◦ Optical Network Automation and Slicing • What potential use cases? • Innovation and change-helping to deliver a new Techniques • BT Hollow Core Fibre trial world class system • Deploying and Integrating Automated Optical • Connecting local and regional areas into the global Network Slicing Participants web ◦ Examples of 5G Application and Services • Future Challenges and Opportunities Neil Parkin - Research Manager, BT Participants
Derek Cassidy - Senior Optical Specialist and Participants Submarine Network Technologist, ICRG Free Space Optical Communication I A Market Daniel King - Consultant ODC & Teraflow Project, Old Dog Consulting Overview Oscar Gonzalez de Dios - Technology Expert of 10:20 - 10:35 Break Transport Networks, Telefonica Future Tech & Free Space Communication 11:05 - 11:25 Ricard Vilalta - Senior Researcher, Centre Tecnològic Future Tech & Free Space Communication • Outlining the major challenges and developments de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC) • Overview of some of the opportunities this Moderator: Adrian Farrel - Managing Director, Old Dog technology may present Consulting • A roundup of some of the key players Fireside Chat: Assessing Next-Generation, More Efficient Submarine Cables Participants 11:25 - 11:45 Close of Day 5 Niek Doelman - Senior Scientist, TNO Future Tech & Free Space Communication 12:45 - 12:50 • Cables allowing for more traffic delivered, more Future Tech & Free Space Communication connectivity in high-density subsea branches • Reduction in cost per bit • Higher spectral efficiency and lower power consumption can be achieved through fibre types with low attenuation • Subsea fibre cables used for monitoring: seismic monitoring and security • Discussing the potential impact on the marine environment and ways of ensuring minimal damage is done
Participants
Geir Holmer - CEO, Skagenfiber
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TIME FUTURE TECH & FREE SPACE COMMUNICATION
09:00 09:30 - Chair's Opening Remarks 09:35 - Focus Session - Quantum Based Communication Explained
10:00 10:05 - Hollow Core Fibre - is it ready? 10:20 - Free Space Optical Communication I A Market Overview 10:35 - To Infinity and Beyond! 10:50 - Submarine Cable Networks: Connectivity to Hosting, the next generation
11:00 11:05 - Break 11:25 - Fireside Chat: Assessing Next-Generation, More Efficient Submarine Cables 11:45 - Focus Session - ETSI F5G
12:00 12:15 - Focus Session - TeraFlow: Utilizing Optical Network Slicing to Connect Clouds for Autonomic 5G and Beyond Services 12:45 - Close of Day 5
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