Cocktail Reception sponsored by
Registration and breakfast – Sponsored by
8.45am
Welcome remarks
8.50am
KEYNOTE PLENARY:
THE FUTURE OF INFRASTRUCTURE, CONNECTIVITY AND SERVICES:
A NEW INTERDEPENDENT ECOSYSTEM OF PARTNERS
Moderator:
Tim Passingham, Chairman, CAMBRIDGE MANAGEMENT CONSULTING
Speakers:
Mark Sokol, CTO, ATLAS EDGE
Jerome Dilouya, CEO, INTERCLOUD
Keri Gilder, CEO, COLT TECHNOLOGY SERVICES
Margarida Correia, Head of Network Cloud, GOOGLE CLOUD
Jezzibell Gilmore, Co-founder & CCO, PACKETFABRIC
Marc Halbfinger, CEO, PCCW GLOBAL
9.50am
Coffee break
10.15am
KEYNOTE PLENARY:
POST-PANDEMIC INFRASTRUCTURE AND CONNECTIVITY CHALLENGES – INFRASTRUCTURE SCALING, HYBRID WORKING, MEETING FUTURE SERVICE DEMAND AND SECURING THE CLOUD
Moderator:
Caroline Chappell, Research Director, ANALYSYS MASON
Speakers:
John Watson, VP Sales & Strategy, VP Global Partnership Acquisition, AKAMAI
Karen Forbes, Managing Director, KYNDRYL
Annette Murphy, Regional President, EMEA & APAC, LUMEN
Jim Brinksma, CTO, MEGAPORT
Nuno Saraiva, Vice President, Global Sales Consulting, CGBU, ORACLE
Paul Adams, Vice President, EMEA, TWILIO
11.15am
Coffee break
11.30am
KEYNOTE PLENARY: ENTERPRISE FOCUS:
INFRASTRUCTURE, INTERCONNECTIVITY AND TECHNOLOGY NEEDS AND REQUIREMENTS IN A POST-COVID ERA
Moderator:
Tim Passingham, Chairman, CAMBRIDGE MANAGEMENT CONSULTING
Speakers:
Jens Peter Mueller, GM, Country Manager, Germany, IRON MOUNTAIN DATA CENTERS
Mary Stanhope, Chief Marketing & Revenue Officer, UNITAS GLOBAL
Harry Moseley, CIO, ZOOM VIDEO COMMUNICATIONS
Rahul Vijay, Head of Tech Deals & Supply Chain, UBER
12.30pm
Lunch
Lunch sponsored by
1.45pm
RETHINKING THE TELCO BUSINESS MODEL AND CARRIER’S ROLE IN THE ECOSYSTEM:
LEVERAGING THE NETWORK, AUTOMATION AND MOVING TOWARDS A NETWORK-AS-A SERVICE MODEL
Moderator:
Isabelle Paradis, Founder & President, HOT TELECOM
Speakers:
Michael Glynn, VP, Digital Automated Innovation, CONSOLE CONNECT
Toby Williams, Head of Infrastructure Investment, EUNETWORKS
Ciaran Delaney, COO, EXA INFRASTRUCTURE
Jean Marc Barraque, VP, Connectivity Platform, ORANGE
Patrick Shutt, CEO, UNITAS GLOBAL
Yannick LeBoyer, Chief Operating Officer, Europe, ZAYO GROUP
2.45pm
THE FUTURE OF INTERCONNECT AND MULTI-CLOUD ACCESS THROUGH SOFTWARE DEFINED PLATFORMS: OVERCOMING KEY CHALLENGES
Moderator:
Caroline Chappell, Research Director, ANALYSYS MASON
Speakers:
Michael Ourabah, CEO, BSO
Neil Templeton, VP, Marketing, CONSOLE CONNECT
Jennifer Holmes, CCO, LINX
Johan Arts, Senior Vice President, EMEA, EQUINIX
Jason Wells, VP, EMEA, PACKETFABRIC
Jorvik Zhang, Regional Director of Northern Europe (UK & I, Benelux, Nordics), TENCENT CLOUD EUROPE
3.45pm
Afternoon break
4.05pm
SUBSEA OUTLOOK:
EVOLUTION OF NEW PARTNERSHIP MODELS, INVESTMENT VIABILITY AND CHALLENGES IN DEPLOYING INFRASTRUCTURE AND LATEST TECHNOLOGIES TO MEET DEMAND
Moderator:
Ed McCormack, Consultant, CIENA
Speakers:
Nigel Bayliff, CEO, AQUA COMMS
Fergus Innes, CCO, CROSSLAKE FIBRE
Kevin Thomson, Senior Network Strategy Manager, MICROSOFT
Gary Waterworth, Network Investment, META
Steve Briggs, Chief Sales & Marketing Officer, SEACOM
Rafael Arranz, COO, Cable Business, TELXIUS
5.05pm
PART ONE:
DATA CENTRES AND SUSTAINABILITY – COLLABORATION AND WORKING COLLECTIVELY TO FIND SOLUTIONS AS AN INDUSTRY
PART TWO:
ACCESS TO POWER: COLLABORATION AND TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION – ENSURING CONNECTIVITY TO USERS AND THE CORE NETWORK
Moderator:
Simon Allen, Executive Director, INFRASTRUCTURE MASONS
Speakers:
Peder Nærbø, Founder & Executive Chair, BULK INFRASTRUCTURE
Oliver Jones, CEO, CHAYORA HOLDINGS LTD
Matthew Pullen, EVP and Managing Director, CYRUSONE
Garry Connolly, President and Founder, HOST IN IRELAND
Thomas Brown, President AND CEO, HUDSON INTERXCHANGE
Maurice Mortell, Managing Director, Ireland and EMEA Sustainability Lead, EQUINIX
6.05pm
Cocktail reception. – sponsored by
8.30am
Breakfast and coffee
9.00am
THE GLOBAL EDGE:
CAPACITY CHALLENGES, NEED FOR DISTRIBUTED ARCHITECTURE AND REIMAGINING DATA ROUTES – IS EDGE JUST ANOTHER PART OF CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE?
EDGE CLOUD-ON RAMPS:
HOW WILL REQUIREMENTS CHANGE IN THE NEXT 5 YEARS?
Moderator: Dean Bubley, Founder & Director, DISRUPTIVE ANALYSIS
Speakers:
Michael King, Head of Data Center Strategy, CLOUDFLARE
Colin Wallace, Cloud Networking Leader, EMEA, CIENA
Andrew Edison, EVP, Sales, Marketing & CRM, COLT TECHNOLOGY SERVICES
Paul Gampe, CTO, PCCW GLOBAL
Shane Clemons, Global Product Management & Enablement, VERIZON
10.15am
MEDIA, ENTERTAINMENT, GAMING:
FUTURE INFRASTRUCTURE, CONNECTIVITY AND PARTNERSHIP NEEDS
Moderator: Matthew Whalley, Managing Director & Co-founder, ILEX CONTENT STRATEGIES
Speakers:
Steve Cottam, CEO, ANTSTREAM ARCADE
Rhoderick van der Wyck, Managing Director, International Business, EUROFIBER
James Dean, Director of UK Strategy & Commercial, ESL GAMING, Managing Director, TURTLE ENTERTAINMENT UK LTD.
Jorvik Zhang, Regional Director of Northern Europe (UK & I, Benelux, Nordics), TENCENT CLOUD EUROPE
11.15am
Coffee break
11.45am
AFRICA:
QUALITY, SECURITY AND ACCESS – EVALUATING ALTERNATIVE ACCESS SOLUTIONS AND OVERCOMING BASIC CONNECTIVITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE CHALLENGES
Moderator:
Russell Southwood, CEO, BALANCING ACT
Speakers:
Ângelo Gama, CEO, ANGOLA CABLES
Chris George, Global Network Acquisition, GOOGLE
Guy Wilner, Chairman, IXAFRICA DATA CENTRES & IXAQ LLC
Nic Rudnick, Group CEO, LIQUID TECHNOLOGIES
Frederic Schepens, CEO, MTN GLOBALCONNECT
Mike Last, Chief Marketing Officer & VP, International Business Development, WIOCC
12.45pm
Lunch
1.45pm
DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCING: WHAT’S NEXT?
Moderator:
Tim Passingham, Chairman, CAMBRIDGE MANAGEMENT CONSULTING
Speakers:
Thor Johnson, Head of Digital Infrastructure Investment, Fund Manager, DGI9
Chris Moon, Managing Director, DIGITALBRIDGE
Benjamin Bygott-Webb, Managing Director, EQT PARTNERS
Xenia Sarri, Managing Director, LINCOLN INTERNATIONAL
3.00pm