Diamond/Platinum Sponsors

DIAMOND

Speaker

Marc Halbfinger, CEO, PCCW Global

Jay Turner, VP of Development & Operation, Technology, PCCW Global

Day

Tuesday

Tuesday

Session

Keynote Address

Realizing the Vision - Dynamic, Application-Aware Services Across a Federation of Automated Networks

Divesh Gupta, VP Technology and Sales Operations, PCCW Global

Tuesday

Driving MEF 3.0 Adoption
Achieving Frictionless Commerce – The Business Case for Implementing LSO Sonata APIs for Inter-Provider Service Automation

Network Innovation Hot Topics
Distributed Ledger Technology, Including Blockchain, for Commercial Settlements

David Hughes, VP Engineering, PCCW Global

Wednesday

Where Are You on the Service & Network Transformation Journey?

Participating Proof of Concept (PoC)

Booth #:  206

PLATINUM

Speaker

Suzanne L. Galvanek, Vice President of Enterprise Networking, AT&T Business

Day

Tuesday 

Track/Session

Executive Presentation

Josh Goodell, VP Edge Solutions, AT&T Business

Wednesday

Executive Presentation

Participating Proof of Concept (PoC)

Speaker

Jeremy Wubs, Senior VP, Marketing for Bell Business Markets, Bell Canada

Day

Tuesday

Track/Session

Executive Presentation

Realizing the Vision – Dynamic, Application-Aware Services Across a Federation of Automated Networks

Wadah Ely Aalaoui, GM, Enterprise Networks & Cloud, Bell Canada 

Wednesday

Edge Computing & Dynamic Networks – Profiting from Low Latency, High Bandwidth, Real-Time Applications

Booth #: 800

Speaker

Robert (Bob) Victor, Senior Vice President of Product Management, Comcast Business

Day

Tuesday

Track/Session

Executive Presentation
Realizing the Vision – Dynamic, Application-Aware Services Across a Federation of Automated Networks

Jeff Lewis, VP Data Product Management, Comcast Business

Tuesday

The Role of SD-WAN in Digital Transformation

Participating Proof of Concept (PoC)

Speaker

Sibylle Schaller, Project Manager, NEC Labs

Day

Monday

Track/Session

Orchestrating 5G Services

Karthik Sethuraman, LSO Committee Co-Chair, MEF; Principal Software/SDN Architect, NEC

Monday

End-to-End Service Automation – LSO Framework & API Standardization at Multiple Interface Reference Points

Intra-Provider Automation with LSO APIs – LSO Presto & LSO Legato Roadmaps & Use Cases

MEF & TM Forum - API Collaboration for Service Automation

Ari Banerjee, VP Strategy, NEC/Netcracker

Tuesday

 

Taking SD-WAN to the Next Level with Service Automation

5G Operation Readiness - What are New OSS/BSS Requirements that Must be Addressed?

Susan White, Head of SDN/NFV Strategy and Marketing, NEC/Netcracker

Tuesday


Wednesday

The Next Wave of SD-WAN Services & Features – Multi-Cloud, Multi-Vendor, Security, Scalability

Getting Ready for 5G: Filling the Gaps in E2E Automation

Participating Proof of Concept (PoC)

Speaker

Satya Parimi, Group Vice President, Enterprise Data, Spectrum Enterprise

Steve LaClair

Day

Tuesday

Tuesday

Track/Session

Executive Presentation

Getting Ready for 5G: Filling the Gaps in E2E Automation

Gunnar Peters, VP Enterprise Services Innovation

Wednesday

Network Innovation Hot Topics:
Pushing the Envelope of Closed Loop Automation With AI/ML

Bob Schroeder, VP Product Management

Wednesday

Network Innovation Hot Topics:
Security in a Software Defined & Virtualized World

Participating Proof of Concept (PoC)

Booth # 515

Speaker

Mehmet Toy, Associate Fellow, Verizon Partner Solutions

 

 

Scott Melanson, Director, Digital Client Experience, Verizon Partner Solutions

Day

Tuesday

 

Wednesday

 

Tuesday

Track/Session

Realizing the Vision - Dynamic, Application-Aware Services Across a Federation of Automated Networks

Service Provider Perspective

 

Achieving Frictionless Commerce – The Business Case for Implementing LSO Sonata APIs for Inter-Provider Service Automation

Eric Cevis, President, Verizon Partner Solutions

Wednesday

Fireside Chat

 

 

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