Day One - 12th October 2011
Morning - as part of a plenary session with Carrier Ethernet World Congress
CURRENT TRENDS AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS OF NEXT GENERATION TRANSPORT NETWORKS
08.15 Registration
08.45 Chairman’s Opening Remarks
Ian Redpath, Principal Analyst, Ovum
08.50 Exploring network architecture choices for cost effective transport networks
Peter O'Donnell, Head of Transport Network Design, Everything Everywhere
09.10 Highlighting architecture and technology choices for transport network optimisation
Wolfgang Hemetzberger, Head of Transport and Packet Network, A1 Telekom Austria
09.30 Operator case study: network architecture choices for fixed-mobile convergence
Ilya Kaminetsky, Chief Engineer, Operational Planning, Megafon
09.50 Provider Backbone Bridging (PBB) technlogy enabling companies to meet the challenges of more complex data traffic with a future-ready ethernet network
John Hoffman, Head of Ethernet Product Management and Matt Ma, VP Transport Engineering, Tata Communications
10.10 Evolution and optimisation of packet delivery over Carrier Ethernet
Simon Spraggs, Consulting Engineer, Chief Architect Office, Cisco
10.35 Coffee and refreshment break
11.30 Combining a universal service-rich edge with cost-optimised core transport to create the optimal service provider infrastructure
Luc Ceuppens, International Technology Executive, Juniper Networks
11.55 Optimising your network with the use of MPLS-TP
Geriet Wendler, Solutions Architect, Nokia Siemens Networks
12.20 Addressing the data challenges on current and future networks: multi-flavoured MPLS (IP and TP) internetworking
Jason Kleeh, ECI Telecom
12.45 Panel session: MPLS-TP, Ethernet or an integrated packet and optical platform
Oren Marmur, Head of the Optical Line of Business, ECI Telecom
Eylon Sorek, AVP Marketing, Orckit Corrigent
Wolfgang Hemetzberger, Head of Transport and Packet Network, A1 Telekom Austria
Vladimir A. Korsakov, Chief of Transport Network Planning Group, Megafon
Luc Ceuppens, International Technology Executive, Juniper Networks
Simon Spraggs, Consulting Engineer, Chief Architect Office, Cisco
13.15 Networking Lunch
Afternoon - TNS-dedicated session
EXPLORING THE EVOLUTION AND FUTURE TRENDS OF PACKET OPTICAL TRANSPORT NETWORKS
14.15 Operator case study: deploying seamless MPLS to support 3G/4G
Nicolai Leymann, Chief Architect, IP-Based Networks, Deutsche Telekom
14.45 Exploring the significance of packet optical in next generation transport networks
Federico Morabito, Network Engineer, Telecom Italia
15.15 Developing flexible packet optical solutions for wireless backhaul
Rob Adams, VP Marketing & PLM, Ekinops
15.45 Q&A
16.00 Refreshment and networking break
Afternoon Chair:
Michael Howard,
Co-Founder and Principal Analyst, Carrier and Data Centres, Infonetics, USA
16.45 Supporting data migration with fibre-optic networks
David Green, Senior Product Manager, High Capacity Services, Virgin Media
17.10 Network architectures and The Cloud
Dr Drissa Houatra, Research Scientist - Engineer, Orange Labs Networks and Carriers
17.35 Requirements of 4G-based mobile broadband on future transport networks - the evolution of mobile networks
Matthias Fricke, Network Development and Evolution, Deutsche Telekom
