june 22 - 23
Global Conference and Member Meeting
VIRTUAL EVENT
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Ben Luján
U.S. Senator, New Mexico
Chair, Subcommittee on Communications, Media and Broadband
Kyle Malady
Chief Technology Officer
Verizon
Geoffrey Starks
FCC Commissioner
conference agenda
Honest discussions on critical issues with leaders from TIA member companies, government officials and invited guests
Attendees of our virtual conference will hear about the challenges and the opportunities in front of the telecommunications and ICT industry, including supply chain security, 5G rollouts, regulatory changes, and how our networks will evolve in the future.
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DAY 01 — Tuesday, June 22, 2021
9:30 AM EDT
Opening Remarks
- Dave Stehlin, CEO, Telecommunications Industry Association
- Doug Moore, CEO and President, Fujitsu Network Communications; Board Chair, TIA
10:00 AM EDT
Keynote: U.S. Senator Ben Luján
Chairman of Subcommittee on Communications, Media and Broadband
10:30 AM EDT
Keynote: Kyle Malady, CTO, Verizon
11:00 AM EDT
Panel: Accelerating Access to Broadband for Consumers and Enterprises
- Commissioner Nathan Simington, FCC
- Joan Marsh, Executive Vice President Federal Regulatory Relations, AT&T
- Lydia Pulley, Senior Vice President, State Government and Legal Affairs, Verizon
- David Goldman, Director of Satellite Policy, SpaceX
- Moderator: Paul Steinberg, Senior Vice President of Technology, Motorola
12:00 PM EDT
Panel: Challenges and Solutions to Accelerate 5G Network Rollouts
- Igal Elbaz, Senior Vice President of Engineering and Operations, AT&T
- Dr. Ibrahim Gedeon, Chief Technology Officer, TELUS
- Moderator: Steve Wauters, Vice President, North America, CommScope
1:00 PM EDT
Panel: What expectations will change for suppliers as networks and services evolve?
- Susan Johnson, Executive Vice President of Global Connections and Supply Chain, AT&T
- Jim Gowen, Senior Vice President of Global Supply Chain & Chief Sustainability Officer, Verizon
- Cyril Pourrat, Chief Procurement Officer, British Telecom (BT)
- Moderated by: Kanchana Raman, President and CEO, Avion Networks
DAY 02 — Wednesday, June 23, 2021
10:00 AM EDT
Opening Remarks
Dave Stehlin, CEO, Telecommunications Industry Association
10:15 AM EDT
Keynote: FCC Commissioner Geoffrey Starks
Closing the digital divide while opening RAN to trusted suppliers.
10:30 AM EDT
How Security Can Catch Up to Technology: A 1 on 1 Interview with Dr. Charles Clancy
- Dr. Charles Clancy, Senior Vice President, General Manager, and Chief Futurist, MITRE Labs
- Hosted by: Ken Koffman, Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, TIA
11:30 AM EDT
Panel: Building Global Trust: Protecting IP and Driving International Standards
- Walt Copan, Director, NIST (Ret.)
- Dirk Weiler, Board Chair, ETSI
- Jaisha Wray, Associate Administrator for International Affairs, NTIA
- Moderated by: Hung Ling, North American Standards team-NOKIA Strategy & Technology
12:30 PM EDT
Panel: Networks of the Future: the impact of IoT, connected vehicles, smart buildings and AI
- TJ Fox, Senior Vice President of Industrial IOT and Automotive, Verizon
- Sudhi Sinha, Vice President of Ecosystem and New Service Development, UL
- Tolis Papathanassiou, Sr. Principal Engineer with the Next Generation Standards (NGS), Intel
- Ali Khayrallah, Engineering Director, Ericsson
- Moderated by: Trevor Smith, Vice President, Global Strategy and Business Development, CommScope
Industry Transformation Survey
TIA would like to help our members and participants better understand the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and accelerate our industry’s transformation. We ask for your support by sharing your success stories and lessons learned from within your own organizations.
UPDATE: Survey is now closed. Initial findings to be presented in CEO Dave Stehlin's DAY 2 Opening Remarks.
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