AGENDA

8:30 AM

Breakfast, Networking & Demos

Start your day with coffee, networking and demos while explore new products and companies at their tables. Demos include:

  • Wireless Lab Automation
  • Portable Cell Towers
  • Contact Center Intelligence
  • Cooling
  • Latency
  • Autonomous Networks
  • V2X
  • Gen AI
  • Data Security
  • Backup Security
  • Business Process Automation
  • CPE
  • Customer Experience
  • Media Gateways
  • Value Added Services
  • AI Ops

9:00 AM

Introductions and Welcome

Before we jump into this year's Telecom Talks summit, we take a few minutes to set the stage for the day's event.

  • Kerton Group, Derek Kerton, Principal Analyst

9:05 AM

Analyst

Our expert industry analyst will set the stage for today's summit with some insight from recent research, an update on where the market is headed, and thoughts on the opportunity for innovation.

  • AvidThink, Roy Chua, Founder and Principal

9:25 AM

Case Study: Telehealth

T-Mobile is very active with its technology partnerships and has many startup partners. This year they are introducing a project coming out of their 5g Hub partnering with a telehealth startup.

  • T-Mobile USA, Erin Raney, Senior Director, Tech Innovation & Industry Partnerships
  • Dopl, Ryan James, CEO

9:45 AM

Case Study: Digital Transformation

Airtel and TierOne take to the stage to talk about their partnership to deploy a Next-Generation Smart NOC. The discussion will include some reality checks for telco/startup partnerships along with results of the deployment around service levels, uptime, fault reduction, and B2B customer satisfaction.

  • Airtel, Ajay Jain, EVP
  • TIERONE, Paul Vedam, President and CEO

10:10 AM

Product Pitches

Startups and new products are introduced to telecom and communications investors who are scouting for innovation. Discover companies working on:

  • Media Gateways
  • Latency
  • Wireless Lab Automation
  • SDN
  • AIOps

Thank you to the following members for leading the Q&A for this session:

  • Verizon, Jonathan Grover, Corporate Strategy
  • Deutsche Telekom, Gabriel Ionita, Business Development

11:00 AM

Networking Break

Grab a coffee, follow up with speakers, and make new connections. Browse the demo tables or check the portal for new requests in the MatchMaker.

11:20 AM

Telecom Talk on Customer Experience

Tata Communications' commitment to omni-channel customer experience, both for Tata subscribers and for their enterprise customers, shows through their investments in tools, technologies, and startup partnerships that create next-gen digital experiences.

  • Tata Communications, Ankur Jindal, VP, Head Corporate Venturing and Innovation

11:40 AM

Case Study: WiFi QoS

WiFi is a critical link in the home broadband service relationship, and yet telcos rarely have visibility to the WiFi networks their subscribed rely on. Turk Telekom shares this case study of working with QuantWifi to manage and improve the WiFi customer experience.

  • Turk Telekom, Nilay Altan, Fixed Services Marketing Director
  • QuantWifi, Ali Sayinta, Founder

12:00 PM

Product Pitches

Startups and new products are introduced to telecom and communications investors who are scouting for innovation. Discover companies working on:

  • Customer Experience
  • Contact Center Intelligence
  • Hyperpersonalization
  • Billing
  • Telco Cloud

Thank you to the following members for leading the Q&A for this session:

  • T-Mobile, Samuel Chun, Senior Manager, Corporate Development & Ventures
  • Singtel Innov8, Sushil Kalyam, Investment Director

12:45 PM

Working Lunch

Serve yourself lunch and take it to the networking area, the demo area, or to one of the roundtable sessions if you signed up in advance.

12:55 PM

Roundtable Discussions

30-minute lunch sessions are available for small groups of Telecom Talks attendees to have a deeper discussion on technologies at the cutting edge of communications. Space is limited at each table, so request your topic of choice when you register.

Roundtables topics available over today's lunch:

Roundtable on 5G and AI Monetization with China Mobile
5G has delivered on its technological and network capacity promises, but the business cases and monetization are lagging the 5G platform. What can we do to monetize 5G, and will AI be the clincher?

  • China Mobile Tech USA, Lisa Gao, President and GM

Roundtable on Home Hub with Bouygues
The role of telecom CPE is steadily increasing, as it takes on jobs as streaming media hub, smarthome hub, wifi router, and modem. What is the right balance of CPE functionality, and is it a single box, or a modular stack?

  • Bouygues, Clement Anthonioz-Blanc, CEO of Winnovation

Roundtable on Sustainability with Deutsche Telekom
Telecom carriers are facing increasing heat from regulators for increasing energy use. Despite greater efficiencies, the customer’s growth in data traffic is requiring more energy to deliver. What can telecoms do to continue to meet ESG goals while delivering increasing services to our customers?

  • Deutsche Telekom, Antje-Susan Metz, Senior Manager

Roundtable Topic - TDB  Topic available to sponsor by an industry leading company in a technology segment important to telecom operators and vendors. Sponsorship includes 2 registrations, MatchMaker Meeting service, and full marketing support.

  • Email council@telecomcouncil.com for details

1:30 PM

Case Study: Enterprise AI

Harnessing the power of data and cutting-edge AI for enterprise customers is one segment where network operators can leverage their infrastructure and relationships. SBTelecom Americas, part of Softbank Telecom, will introduce one of their new technology partners being deployed to address the business challenge of Enterprise AI in the US.

  • SB Telecom America, Isao Matsugaya, VP of AI Sales
  • Findability Sciences, Anand Mahurkar, Founder & CEO

1:55 PM

Product Pitches

Startups and new products are introduced to telecom and communications investors who are scouting for innovation. Discover companies working on:

  • Cooling
  • Last Mile Cabling
  • Distributed Radar
  • CPE
  • Portable Cell Towers

Thank you to the following members for leading the Q&A for this session:

  • Turk Telekom, Salim Yilmaz, Venture Capital Ecosystem Management Director
  • SK Telecom Americas, Shesh Amathnadu, Business Development Director

2:45 PM

Networking Break

Grab a coffee, follow up with speakers, and make new connections. Browse the demo tables or check the portal for new requests in the MatchMaker.

3:00 PM

Case Study: V2X

Among other segments, Rogers Communications is working with startups to put the power of 5G to work in smart cities. Their work with this startup intersects AI, connected cars, smart cities, 5G and an innovation testbed.

  • Rogers Communications, Neel Dayal, Head of Innovation and Partnerships
  • NoTraffic, Tim Gibson, Strategic Partnership Manager

3:20 PM

Product Pitches

Startups and new products are introduced to telecom and communications investors who are scouting for innovation. Discover companies working on:

  • Cybersecurity
  • Business Process Automation
  • Geospatial Data
  • Autonomous Networks
  • Immersive Entertainment

Thank you to the following members for leading the Q&A for this session:

  • Swisscom, Stefan Petzov, VP Innovation and Partnerships
Swisscom
  • Bouygue Telecom, Clement Anthonioz-Blanc, CEO of Winnovation

4:00 PM

MatchMaker Meetings

Ready ... set ... go!  If you signed up for the MatchMaker Service, your prearranged, private, 15-minute meetings start now in the MatchMaker area. You can schedule up to 8 meetings during this session, and the rest will be online tomorrow. If you need help scheduling, rescheduling, or making introductions, head over the MatchMaker area for help.

Telco Tech Industry Mixer & Innovation Showcase

Between MatchMaker meetings, you have time to connect with the larger Telecom Council community of telcos, telecom vendors, and technology investors who come together every year to browse demo tables and review the startups in this year's Innovation Showcase.