CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

 

Theme : Driving Next Phase of Economic Growth with 5G

 
Programme for Wednesday, 7th September 2022 – Day 1
   
1330 – 1500 Registration
     
1500 – 1630 Plenary Panel Discussion

Session Chair & Moderator

Panelist 1

Panelist 2
Panelist 3
5G –The Indian Journey on Standards & Innovation

Shri Kishore Babu,
DDG (S.R.I), Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Communications
Dr. R. K. Upadhyay, Executive Director, C-DoT
Mr. Satish Jamadagni, Vice Chair, TSDSI (Vice President, Reliance JIO)
Mr. Dinesh Chand Sharma, Director – Standards & Public Policy, SESEI
   
1630 – 1700 Networking Tea & refreshments and Registration
     
1700 – 1900 Inaugural Session

Welcome Address
Introductory Address
Inaugural Address by Chief Guest

Special Address
Keynote Address  


Operator Address
Operator Address
Operator Address
Industry Address
Moderator
Vote of Thanks
Driving Next Phase of Economic Growth with 5G

Mr. Rajat Mukarji, Director General, Broadband India Forum
Dr. Issam Toufik, Director, 3GPP Mobile Competence Centre
Shri R K Saxena, Wireless Advisor, Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Communications, Government of India
Lt. Gen. Dr. S.P. Kochhar, Director General, COAI
Mr. Nuno Saraiva
, VP Sales Consulting, Oracle Communications
Title: Accelerate the adoption of autonomous and insight driven 5G networks for high impact business outcomes
Mr. Ravi Gandhi, President and Chief of Public Policy & Regulatory, Reliance Jio
Mr. Atul Sachdeva, EVP and National Planning & Deployment Head, Bharti Airtel
Mr. Avinash Mittal, Sr. VP & Program Director Technology Enabler, Telenor
Mr. Sandeep Saxena, Head of Pre-Sales in Mobile Networks, Nokia India
Mr. Kunal Bajaj,
CEO & Co-Founder, CloudExtel
Mr. Shashi Dharan
, Managing Director, Bharat Exhibitions
   
1900 Hrsonwards Networking Dinner
 
Programme for Thursday, 8th September 2022– Day 2
   
0900 – 1000 Registration
     
1000 – 1145 Technical Session 1


Session Chair

1000-1015   Speaker 1

1015-1030   Speaker 2
1030-1045   Speaker 3

1045-1100   Speaker 4
1100-1115    Speaker 5

1115-1130    Speaker 6
  • - Discussion on 5G: From Trials to Real-World Deployments
  • - India's Readiness for 5G Infrastructure

    Shri Vikram Tiwathia,
    Deputy Director General, COAI
    Mr. Sandeep Nagpaul,
    Sales Consulting Director, Oracle Communications
    Title: Getting cloud native right: The path to observability, automation, and programmability in 5G
    Mr. Manoj Gurnani, Chief Technology Officer & Head of Strategy, Nokia India
    Mr. Gilad Ben-Ari, CTO & Strategic Accounts Manager, Cognyte APAC
    Title: 5G lawful interception challenges, opportunities and solutions
    Mr. Mike Stewart, VP Product Management, Syniverse
    Mr. Deepak Saxena, Senior Vice President – Wireline Service,Cloud Extel
    Title: Role of NaaS in 5G Era
    Mr. Kishore Kumar, Business Head, 5G Strategies (APAC), Spirent Communications
    Title: Continuous Intelligence for a Continuously Evolving Network
   
1145 – 1200 Refreshments & Networking Break
     
1200 – 1330 Technical Session 2  


Session Chair

1200-1215   Speaker 1

1215-1230   Speaker 2

1230-1245   Speaker 3

1245-1300   Speaker 4
1300-1315   Speaker 5
  • 5G Network Strategies: Collaboration & Future-Ready Architecture
AI-Powered Telco Network Automation: 5G Evolution and 6G

Mr. Sandeep Gupta,
EVP & Chief Architect - Network, Bharti Airtel
Mr. Sandeep Nagpaul,
Sales Consulting Director, Oracle Communications
Title: A future proof blueprint for 5G
Mr. Anand Kalpathi, Technical Director - 5G/4G Solutions, QuadGen Wireless Solutions
Title: 5G Digital Private Network Solutions
Mr. Prabhjot Singh Sethi, VP Engineering, Coredge.io
Title: 5G Evolution: Cloud Native technologies enabling Network and Infrastructure Automation
Mr. Mohan Raju, VP & Business Head, Smart Mobility, Reliance Jio
Mr. Arvind Pandey, Director, DPIIT, Ministryof Commerce & Industry
   
1330 - 1415 Networking Lunch
     
1400 – 1545 Panel Discussion






Session Moderator
Session Moderator

Panelist
Panelist
Panelist
Panelist
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Cross Sectoral Digital Infrastructure Debate
  • - Reimagining business & operating models and leveraging new service opportunities for Telcos in a Digital Era
  • - How to meet SLA and service quality requirements in a hyper connected World?
  • - How to best support the complexity, diversity and scale in 5G?
  • - The importance of a best of breed multivendor approach in 5G

Mr. Debashish Bhattacharya,
Sr. DDG, BIF
Shri Yaduvendra Mathur IAS (Retd.),
Vice Chairman, Consulting Engineers Group & Former Special Secretary, NITI Aayog
Mr. Nuno Saraiva, VP Sales Consulting, Oracle Communications
Mr. Saurabh Singh, Head of Government Affairs and Public Policy, Nokia India
Mr. Pradeep Bhardwaj, Sr. Strategy Director - Head of Industry Standards, Syniverse
Dr. C.S Rao, Chairman and Co-Founder, QuadGen Wireless Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
Mr. Anubhav Bhatnagar, Associate Director - Private LTE/5G Networks, TATA Communications
     
1545 – 1600 Concluding Address Shri S.K. Singhal, DDG-AS, Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Communications
     
1600 – 1605 Vote of Thanks Mr. Shashi Dharan, Managing Director, Bharat Exhibitions
   
1605 onwards Tea/Coffee Refreshments