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Langham Hotel, Southbank October 7 & 8
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NBN Co chair & former Telstra & Optus CEO Dr Ziggy Switkowski Over 30 telco leaders discussing current industry challenges and FUTURE opportunities
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iiNet chief executive officer David Buckingham Specific focus on HOT TOPICS including NFV, SDN, the rise of the cloud and LTE & NBN tech futures Parliamentary secretary to comms minister Paul Fletcher MP
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Senior executives from TELSTRA, OPTUS, VODAFONE, IINET, NEXTGEN, NBN CO and CHORUS NEW ZEALAND SUPPORTING SPONSORS
Telstra group managing director, networks Mike Wright Political views from all sides of politics plus industry perspectives from ACMA, Comms Alliance, AMTA + FUTURE policy roundtable with regulatory experts GREAT business networking opportunities EXCLUSIVE mobile benchmark & consumer research VIDEO STREAM of father of DSL Dr John Cioffi
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elbourne’s peak annual telecoms conference returns in October for the seventh year. CommsDay Melbourne Congress will feature 35 expert speakers from telecom operators, technology suppliers, legal and analyst firms and the political+regulatory sphere. This year introduces a 20/20 telecom industry vision panel as well as dedicated sessions on wireless technologies, OSS, industry policy & regulation and data centres & the cloud. The best thing? Our event is priced at just $1097 including GST with discounts available for Comms Alliance members and group bookings. Join nearly 300 colleagues in Melbourne this October.
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OTHER SPEAKERS Nextgen products head Aakash Gandhi on how SDN will transform data centres and telecoms
Market Clarity futurist Shara Evans on how 3D printing will turbocharge network demand
ARRIS Asia Pacific CTO Joshua Eum on trends in next generation HFC technologies
Former ACA chair Dr Bob Horton on impacts from the Spectrum Management Review
Vodafone Australia CTO Benoit Hanssen on the new enhancements to its mobile network
Challenge Networks MD Simon Lardner on his firm’s world-first mobile mesh network solution
MOBILE BENCHMARK: Launch of annual benchmark of Australia’s mobile nets
Eintellego Networks’ Skeeve Stevens on the next two years in the Australian ISP market
TUESDAY OCTOBER 7 KEYNOTES & HEADLAND SESSION 9.00am Parliamentary secretary to the communications minister PAUL FLETCHER MP 9.25am Alcatel-Lucent Nuage Networks principal solutions architect (global) SCOTT SNEDDEN on network function virtualisation, software defined networks, the rise of the cloud and their effects on telcos worldwide 9.50am NBN Co chair DR ZIGGY SWITKOWSKI 10.15am iiNet CEO DAVID BUCKINGHAM 10.40am MORNING TEA PLENARY & KEYNOTES SESSION 11am Vodafone Australia CTO BENOIT HANSSEN 11.25am ACMA deputy chair RICHARD BEAN 11.50am Optus vice president, corporate and regulatory affairs DAVID EPSTEIN 12.15pm Telstra executive TBA 12.40pm Equinix country manager, Australia JEREMY DEUTSCH 1.05 LUNCH sponsored by Equinix 2.00pm Greens senator SCOTT LUDLAM on data retention & other political developments CUSTOMER SERVICE & OSS/BSS SESSION INTERNATIONAL SPEAKER 2.20pm CSG International VP and Managing Director, APAC IAN WATTERSON 2.40pm ACCAN CEO TERESA CORBIN revealing new research on Australian customer experiences with mobile applications WIRELESS TECH & INDUSTRY SESSION 3.00pm Nokia speaker TBA 3.20pm Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association CEO CHRIS ALTHAUS on the state of the wireless nation 3.40pm AFTERNOON TEA BREAK INTERNATIONAL CASE STUDY 3.55pm Challenge Networks’ SIMON LARDNER describes the world’s first commercial mobile mesh network—implemented in Kiribati and a harbinger for 5G network design 4.15pm Ruckus Wireless’ VP marketing WENDY CARTEE 4.35pm Cambium Networks VP ROY WITTERT 4.55-5.25pm 20/20 TELECOM VISION PANEL SESSION Join CommsDay editors, industry experts and analysts for this discussion of the long view of Australian telecoms covering matters wireless, spectrum, NBN and telco industry structure. 5.30-7pm OFFICIAL COMMSDAY MELBOURNE CONGRESS DRINKS RECEPTION hosted by
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 8 KEYNOTE SESSION 9.00am ASSIA chairman and CEO and “father of DSL” DR JOHN CIOFFI live by videolink from the US 9.25am Telstra group managing director, networks MIKE WRIGHT 9.50am Chorus NZ speaker TBA EXCLUSIVE RESEARCH KEYNOTE 10.15am Release of the results of a comprehensive benchmarking of Australia’s mobile networks 10.40AM MORNING TEA Event coffee breaks sponsored by Cisco
PLENARY SESSION 11.00am Communications Alliance CEO JOHN STANTON on the state of telco sector 11.25am Shadow communications minister JASON CLARE MP 11.50am Optus MD, networks VIC MCCLELLAND 12.15pm Cisco executive TBC 12.40pm eintellego networks CEO SKEEVE STEVENS on the next 2 years for ISPs 1.05 LUNCH 2.00pm Arris Asia Pacific CTO JOSHUA EUM on developments in next generation HFC 2.20pm Market Clarity CEO SHARA EVANS on how 3D printing will impact data centres &telcos 2.40 Nextgen head of products AAKASH GANDHI on SDN transforming telcos beyond the data centre 3.00 DGIT CEO GREG TILTON on cloud, SDN and network convergence 3.20 AFTERNOON TEA 3.35-5.15pm REGULATORY & POLICY ROUNDTABLE
Gilbert+Tobin partner SIMON MUYS on future trends in regulation to 2020 Former ACA chairman BOB HORTON on revamping spectrum policy Professor REG COUTTS on whether the USO should be expanded to mobiles and internet Former ministerial adviser DAVID HAVYATT on how to take the politics out of the NBN
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