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ABOUT THE EVENT Join our exciting global wholesale event as iCU returns to Amsterdam on the 3 & 4 October 2017. We provide you with a relaxed and sociable environment to establish new business and network with attendees from voice, data, peering, data centres and content service providers, allowing you to knowledge-share and deal-make with new and existing businesses. Over two full days, you will hear from industry experts as they discuss and debate the latest trends and obstacles faced in an ever-evolving market. iCU provides an affordable and beneficial platform for the entire community to meet and conduct business, which is the backbone to iCU’s Founding Principle. iCU’17 Amsterdam highlights the unique values of a global telecommunications ecosystem. Don’t miss out on the opportunity to join an event where deals are done! BOOK NOW AS SEATS ARE LIMITED.
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PRE-EVENT: DRINK RECEPTION LOCATION: Hilton Amsterdam (Apollolaan 138) TIME: 2nd October, 18:30 — 20:30 Kick off iCU’17 Amsterdam with a bang and join our welcome drinks reception. There won’t be a better way to meet all attendees before the conference begins. Sponsored by:
COFFEE BREAKS With four networking coffee breaks, iCU’17 Amsterdam will provide the perfect platform for you to network and have open discussions with your industry peers. All while enjoying a coffee and delicious snack! Sponsored by:
NETWORKING LUNCHES TIME: 3rd October & 4th October, 12:00 Take a mid-day day break and enjoy a delicious round-table sit down lunch. Giving you a great opportunity to network with your business partners and customers. Good business happens over good food! Please note lunch is only available to Business ticket holders. Sponsored by:
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HAPPY HOUR DRINKS & SNACKS TIME: 4th October, 16:00 — 17:00 As the conference sessions wrap up for Day 1 of iCU’17 Amsterdam, reward yourself with a drink at our happy hour drinks reception. Don’t miss a fantastic opportunity to catch up on the days events and network with your peers in a more informal environment. Sponsored by:
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AGENDA PREDAY: OCTOBER 2ND 19:30
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DAY ONE: OCTOBER 3RD 07:00
Venue Set-Up
08:00
Registration
08:30
Breakfast
09:00
iCU Opening Speech
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SPEAKER: Jing Ertl-Yang, CEO of iCU 09:15
KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION AND THE EMERGING MARKETS SYNOPSIS: As the Cloud revolution enters a new era of adoption, innovation and growth, it is evident that the Emerging Markets Corridor (stretching from the Middle East across India to the rest of Asia) will continue to take center stage. With the rising tide of next generation tech companies driving innovation, the spotlight is shining bright on these hyper-growth, innovation-led economies. This keynote highlights key market drivers and growth engines at the heart of digital transformation. SPEAKER: Bill Barney, CEO of Global Cloud Xchange
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KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE DEMOCRATIZATION SPEAKER: Khaled Sedrak, Founder & CEO of NxtVn
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AGENDA DAY ONE: OCTOBER 3RD 10:15
PANEL DISCUSSION: FROM CLOUDS TO FOG, THE GLOBAL FORECAST FOR EDGE COMPUTING SYNOPSIS: As computing becomes cheap and ubiquitous, systems at the edge of the network will become increasingly pervasive and capable, promising to unlock vast potential in almost every industry. The edge is a world defined by hyper-scale and very large data which will place unprecedented strain on existing network infrastructure. This rapid scaling of systems and data will not accommodate traditional thinking or traditional architectures. Computing at the edge will become more localized, operate in real time and must be resilient in the face of the most demanding environments. The panel will explore current trends and technologies already in use and lift the fog surrounding this powerful wave of investment at the edge and the impact it will have on current business models. MODERATOR: Eric Klinker, Co-Founder & CEO of Resilio PANELLISTS: Christian Van Tuin, Chief Technologist of RedHat Dirk deRoos, Product and Competitive Strategy of IBM Analytics Platform Alessandro Vozza, Technical Evangelist of Microsoft Diego Alcoceba, Council Member & Global Account Director of Gerson Lehrman Group
11:00
PANEL DISCUSSION: BUILDING BRIDGES: CARRIERS CREATING PARTNERSHIPS FOR THEIR EVOLVING BUSINESS NEEDS QUESTIONS TO BE DISCUSSED: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
It is arguable that the stand alone network build is a thing of the past so the need for partnerships, alliances and consortia is now essential. Would the panel agree with this statement? Strategic partnerships sound great in theory but are difficult to execute successfully? What lessons can we learn from past failures (and success)? We live in a global world and we see cross-continental partnerships evolving more than ever, but does this create more difficulties given cultural, business, ethical and political differences? What are the major benefits and downsides to consortia? What examples can the panel think of, of something that has been done through an alliance or consortium that could NOT have been done otherwise? Is the partnership model a phase or is it here to stay?
MODERATOR: Stuart Evers, Chief Commercial Officer of Türk Telekom International PANELLISTS: Ravindran Mahalingam, Vice President, EMEA of HGC Conor Carroll, Senior Vice President, EMEA of Tata Communications Tim Passingham, Vice President, Wholesale of Colt Technology Services Tom Homer, Managing Director, EMEA of Telstra Shahar Steiff, AVP New Technology of PCCW Global
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AGENDA DAY ONE: OCTOBER 3RD 12:00
Networking Lunch
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KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: FLEXIBLE, FLUID, INTELLIGENT NETWORKING
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SYNOPSIS: The way that Telecom services are being acquired and consumed continues to evolve at a rapid rate. Many new participants are entering and winning against traditional services providers. Mark will discuss the cloud eco-systems impact to telecoms service providers and how and why Epsilon and its services are evolving to adapt to and win in an exciting new programmable world. SPEAKER: Mark Daley, Director, Digital Strategy & Business Development of Epsilon Telecommunications 14:00
PANEL DISCUSSION: INNOVATION MANAGEMENT IN TURBULENT TIMES: FROM INNOVATION ACCELERATORS TO BUSINESS ECO-SYSTEMS SYNOPSIS: Reflect on the Telecommunications industry evolution over the years and the challenges we faced and continue to face. Which Innovation initiatives have we seen in our industry resulting from revolutionary changes and how have they worked out? Learn from real examples how operators foster innovation internally and which programs or vehicles they use to succeed. How to manage innovation programs or initiatives when time is not on your side. QUESTIONS TO BE DISCUSSED: • What have we learned from the changes that happened in our industry, us largely watching them unfold? • Identifying the stumbling blocks that hindered innovation and do they still exist? • In which areas are you looking for innovation and are you addressing non-consumption markets as well? (Markets that didn’t or don’t exist yet – i.e. Uber taxi hailing) • How does your organisation approach Innovation and manage the process? • Which innovation initiatives have been established in your organisation and what is the setup? (internal focus group within team, separate independent team, separate entity, joint ventures) • What is your personal or your company’s vision for innovation in the coming years? MODERATOR: Andreas Hipp, CEO of Cataleya PANELLISTS: Abdellatif Bouziani, Group CEO of Smart (East Africa Telecom) Mattias Fridström, Vice President & Chief Evangelist of Telia Carrier Mark Cooper, EVP Europe of Megaport Adrian Shatku, CEO of WIS Ayo Adegboye, Managing Director of BCX
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AGENDA DAY ONE: OCTOBER 3RD 14:45
PANEL DISCUSSION: DATA CENTERS & COLOCATION SERVICES – HOW ARE THEY MAKING WAVES IN SUBSEA CABLE OPTIMISATION? SYNOPSIS: For some time there has been a steady growth in the importance of data communications, with subsea cables increasingly carrying data traffic. Unsurprisingly, the big data users have also become the big purchasers of subsea systems and they are naturally bringing new thinking into what has been a very traditional market. This panel will discuss how this trend is changing things and will aim to examine some of the following questions:
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What are the differences between data-centres, data-parks, data-hotels and how do they differ from traditional Points-of Presence / Central Offices?
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To what degree do data-centres, data-parks, data-hotels drive subsea developments?
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Are data-centres the right solution for all capacity users?
How do such centres or colocation affect the requirements of subsea systems? Has the proposed development objectives of multiple cables being terminated in a data-centre been fully considered in terms of network resilience and spatial planning? Is the interconnection to subsea landing stations an issue, or an opportunity? What sort of operation data does the data centre need to see? Does this change for a colocation user? If so, how? How do we see things changing in the future?
Questions and viewpoints from the audience will also be welcomed during the discussion. MODERATOR: Stephen Dawe, Vice Chairman of European Subsea Cables Association PANELLISTS: Andy Hudson, CNO of Aquacomms Fergus Innes, Managing Director, Europe of Ireland-France Subsea Cable Alasdair Wilkie, CTO of Deep Blue Cable Mike Hollands, Director, Market Development and Strategy of Interxion Tony Frisch, CTO of Xterra 15:30
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AGENDA DAY ONE: OCTOBER 3RD 16:00
PANEL DISCUSSION: OTT DELIVERY — THE CONTENT TSUNAMI MODERATOR: Karin Bergvall, Senior Consultant of MTM PANELLISTS: Paula Minardi, Content Strategy of Ooyala Leanne van Oostende, Media Solution Specialist EMEA of Microsoft Martyn Suker, Freelance Media Adviser and Consultant Marc Risby, CTO of Boxer Systems
16:45
PANEL DISCUSSION: DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION: THE CITY AS A PLATFORM AND DATA ECONOMY MODERATOR: Marieke Fijnvandraat, Senior Manager Smart City & Digital Infrastructures of PwC PANELLISTS: Byron Schulte-Werflinghoff, VP Global Sales Transformation, Business Models & Pricing of Elsevier Aik van Eemeren, Innovation Manager in the Chief Technology Office of City of Amsterdam Roderick Goedegebuure, Partner Manager IoT — Benelux of Tele2 Abdellatif Bouziani, Group CEO of Smart (East Africa Telecom)
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AGENDA DAY TWO: OCTOBER 4TH 09:00
Breakfast
09:30
PANEL DISCUSSION: CYBERSECURITY IN THE AGE OF DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION PANELLISTS: Ben Von Seeger, Vice President of Global Network Service Providers of Cyxtera Technologies Adrian Brookes, Director, Solution Engineering Global Sales Group — Central Solutions of Tata Communications
10:15
CASE STUDY: ROCKING & DATA ANALYSIS AT THE ROSKILDE FESTIVAL SYNOPSIS: Everyone who has ever been to a large music festival knows first-hand about seemingly being lost at sea as crowds of people push you in a direction you do not necessarily want to go. How do you get to the stage with your favourite band, find your friends and an acceptably clean toilet? The Roskilde Festival, a yearly rock festival in Denmark, has lots of similarities with large cities where people get together for a bit of fun, sleep, eat ... and drink. Crowd managers are equipped with years of experience running festivals like this and they have established a good gut feeling on the behaviour of people in crowds and when/where it gets too busy. IBM and the Copenhagen Business School have run yearly hackathons around the festival to validate how data and analytics can help the organization to be more efficient and effective in the future. Frank will talk about the organization of the big data lab and its accomplishments, but also the challenges faced during the hackathons. SPEAKER: Frank Ketelaars, Data Science & Big Data Technical Lead — Europe of IBM Analytics
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PANEL DISCUSSION: THE BIGGEST DISRUPTORS SHAKING THINGS UP IN FINANCIAL SERVICES MODERATOR: Marleen Evertsz, CEO of Nxchange PANELLISTS: Anna Kuzmina, Deputy Chief Commercial Officer of Yandex Money Michal Wroczynski, CEO of Fido Diego Alcoceba, Council Member & Global Account Director of Gerson Lehrman Group
11:30
KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: SCALABILITY, SECURITY AND SPEED: THE 3 S’S CHALLENGING THE STREAMING INDUSTRY SYNOPSIS: This OTT — How independent OTT channels are revolutionising the way sports clubs connect with fans while maximising revenues. DRM — The development of new DRM solutions that offer the greatest levels of protection but with minimal user impact. Low Latency — The need for speedy low latency HTML5 players in a ‘Flashless’ world. SPEAKER: Dani Cebrian, Director of Sales of StreamAMG
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AGENDA DAY TWO: OCTOBER 4TH 12:00
Networking Lunch
13:00
PANEL DISCUSSION: MEETING THE VIDEO CHALLENGE: EVOLVING TELCO AND ISP STRATEGIES SURROUNDING CONTENT DELIVERY NETWORK (CDN) ARCHITECTURE
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SYNOPSIS: This session will explore the architectures and strategies that have been in use, and how they are evolving in increasingly virtualised networks. Including: • The scale of the problem (Video is now the dominant force behind bandwidth demand • The solutions that have been explored in the past 2 decades • The actors involved • New technologies (NFV / SDN / Containers / Microservice Architectures) • Specific focus on LTE-B / Multicast This panel will comprise a broad range of players from across the telecoms and broadcast sector. Discussion will focus on the changing landscape within the infrastructure and workflows that operators face as demand for content inexorably moves online. We will be asking the panel to talk about the growth in video traffic, how they have been meeting that demand, and how they expect that to progress into the future. We will help the audience understand the range of choices they have available to them to address various issues such as network planning and technical architectures that can help them remain agile in an ever changing market. We will look at market conditions touching on factors such as standards and interop, peering and network neutrality (and other regulatory and environmental factors that impinge on thier operations) and consumer trends that drive those changes. We will also see if there are any disruptive changes on the horizon to help the audience mitigate risk. MODERATOR: Dom Robinson, Co-Founder, Director & Creative Firestarter of id3as PANELLISTS: Markus Fritz, Executive Vice President of Eutelsat Wilfried Dudink, Director Content Solutions, EMEA Specialist Services of Level 3 Communications
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AGENDA DAY TWO: OCTOBER 4TH 14:15
PANEL DISCUSSION: TOWARDS EDGE DATA CENTERS — NEW DRIVERS, DISRUPTORS AND THEIR IMPACT QUESTIONS TO BE DISCUSSED: • Exploring the ‘Edge’ where does it lie? • What are the defining factors, drivers and ultimate impact of the ‘Edge’? • Is the ‘Edge’ a truly new technology deployment or merely a new name for technology that has been with us for some time such in the form of CDN Networks etc? in this sense is the ‘Edge’ merely a marketing term or does it truly represent something new in response to increasing data sovereignty requirements, expectations for reductions in latency and proximal workload processing and how does ‘Edge’ relate to the wider ‘Cloud’? • It could be argued that the term “Edge Data Centre” does not really relate to a new phenomenon, but is rather a collective name for several different types of data centres which serve a number of different purposes, none of which are new, rather that these have been relatively unrecognised or “unclassified”, to date. Others would argue that the ‘Edge’ is entirely new and relates to very specific and separate elements within the ‘Cloud’, which offer new functions and features, particularly in relation to IoT and mobile services. MODERATOR: Mark Acton, Critical Services Director of CBRE Data Centre Solutions PANELLISTS: Mark Cooper, EVP Europe of Megaport Heiko Koop, CEO of Linxdatacenter Dirk deRoos, Product and Competitive Strategy of IBM Analytics Platform Mike Hollands, Director, Market Development & Strategy of Interxion Hans Timmerman, CTO of Dell EMC
15:00
PANEL DISCUSSION: GREEN DATACENTERS, PRIORITY OR NOT? QUESTIONS TO BE DISCUSSED:
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What is your companies contribution to make IT Greener? What kind of solutions are you implementing? Are you stimulating your members (datacenters) to invest in sustainable solutions? Customers’ priority is often 1. availability and 2. cost. Do we as IT suppliers have a responsibility to address Green IT towards our customers? Is there a role for the government? What is your vision for the future of Green datacenters?
MODERATOR: Gerben Ouwens, CCO of The Green Bay PANELLISTS: Narendra Sen, Managing Director of RackBank Datacenters Stijn Grove, Managing Director of Dutch Data Center Gerrit Godwaldt, CEO of The Green Bay 16:00
Happy Hour Drinks & Snacks
18:00
Event Closure
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SPEAKERS Anna Kuzmina Yandex.Money Deputy Chief Commercial Officer
Paula Minardi Colt Technology Services Ooyala
Marleen Evertsz Nxchange CEO
Karin Bergvall MTM Senior Consultant
Leanne van Oostende Microsoft Media Solution Specialist EMEA
Marieke Fijnvandraat PwC Senior Manager Smart City & Digital Infrastructures
Tim Passingham Colt Technology Services Vice President, Wholesale
Khaled Sedrak NxtVn CEO & Founder
Stijn Grove Dutch Datacenter Association Managing Director
Narendra Sen RackBank Datacenters Managing Director
Andy Hudson Aquacomms CNO
Mark Acton CBRE Data Centre Solutions Critical Services Director
Mattias Fridström Telia Company Vice President & Chief Evangelist
Dani Cebrián StreamAMG Director of Sales
Heiko H. Koop Linxdatacenter CEO
Edmund Barwuah Airtel Ghana Head of Mobile Commerce
Andreas Hipp Cataleya CEO & Co-Founder
Stuart Evers Türk Telekom International Group Chief Commercial Officer
Ravindran Mahalingam Hutchison Global Communications Senior Vice President, EMEA
Gerrit Godwaldt the Green Bay CEO
Mark Daley Epsilon Telecommunications Director, Digital Strategy & Business Development
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SPEAKERS Ariel Levin Level 3 Communications Senior Security Sales Specialist EMEA
Conor Carroll Tata Communications Senior Vice President, EMEA
Wilfried Dudink Level 3 Communications Director Content Solutions, EMEA Specialist Services
Eric Klinker Resilio Co-Founder & CEO
Mike Hollands Interxion Director, Market Development & Strategy
Markus Fritz Eutelsat Executive Vice President
Tony Frisch Xtera CTO
Michal Wroczynski Fido Labs CEO
Benjamin Von Seeger Cyxtera Technologies Vice President of Global Network Service Providers
William Barney Global Cloud Xchange CEO
Mark Cooper Megaport EVP Europe
Frans Kempen IBM BeNeLux Blockchain Lead for Banking & Insurance
Frank Ketelaars IBM Analytics Data Science & Big Data Technical Lead — Europe
Gerben Ouwens The Green Bay CCO
Chris Van Tuin Red Hat Chief Technologist
Alessandro Vozza Microsoft Technical Evangelist
Hans Timmerman Dell EMC CTO
Abdellatif Bouziani Smart (East Africa Telecom) Group CEO
Adrian Shatku WIS CEO
Shahar Steiff PCCW Global AVP New Technology
Bernard Lecanu BL International Consultant MC
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SPEAKERS Ayo Adegboye BCX Managing Director
Fergus Innes Ireland-France Subsea Cable CEO
Dom Robinson id3as Co-Founder, Director & Creative Firestarter
Paul Walsh MetaCert Founder & CEO
Tom Homer Telstra Managing Director, EMEA
Alasdair Wilkie Deep Blue Cable CTO
Diego Alcoceba Gerson Lehrman Group Council Member & Global Account Director
Dirk deRoos IBM Analytics Platform Product and Competitive Strategy
Byron Schulte-Werflinghoff Elsevier VP Global Sales Transformation, Business Models & Pricing
Martyn Suker Freelance Media Adviser and Consultant
Marc Risby Boxer Systems CTO
Aik van Eemeren City of Amsterdam Innovation Manager in the Chief Technology Office
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