The WBA Asia Telecom Summit is the first of three events in 2021 that is open to both WBA members and wider wireless industry stakeholders. The event will consist of a series of 4 webinars and will be held virtually due to ongoing global COVID-19 restrictions.
Designed to inform and engage companies on the latest technology developments and opportunities, the event will open on Tuesday, January 19 and will run weekly until February 8.
In addition, WBA Members-only Working Sessions will take place on February 3-4, giving WBA members the opportunity to participate in project meetings and identify the technologies that are resolving real business issues and enabling collaborative opportunities for operators, service providers, enterprises and cities.
The Asia Telecom Summit offers the chance to participate in key discussions and hear firsthand about the trends, industry opportunities and progress being made in WBA programs & projects.
Key Discussions
- At home, in business, and on the move – how will Wi-Fi connect us in the 5G era?
- Wi-Fi opportunities and challenges in Asia for telcos and enterprises
- How is regulation shaping future opportunities for Wi-Fi in Asia, and the latest on 6 GHz
- How can enterprises benefit from WBA OpenRoaming™ – what does success look like for smart transportation – airports, ground transportation and aviation; and for connecting the traveller on the move – connected cities, hospitality and food & beverage outlets.
- Delivering new opportunities and performance for enterprises using Wi-Fi 6
- Deep dive into the new architectures, policy and QoS required for 5G over Wi-Fi
- Exploring the trials and use cases for combined Wi-Fi and LoRaWAN™ solutions
- Demand for data and multi access edge computing (MEC) in the Connected Vehicle
Asia Telecom Summit – Full program Agenda
Working Sessions
All times are: ET (US eastern standard time)
| 10:00 | Tiago Rodrigues, Bruno Tomás, Pedro Mouta – WBA Welcome & PMO Updates |
| 10:30 | Necati Canpolat – Intel, Gabriel Desjardins – Broadcom Wi-Fi 6 & 6E Trials |
| 10:50 | John Bahr – CableLabs, Koen Van Oost – AirTies, Tim Twell – BT In-Home Wi-Fi – Multi-AP Solutions Trial |
| 11:10 | Chris Beg – Cognitive, Michel Allegue – Aerial, Sandeep Agrawal – C-DOT, Suresh Parathi – Comcast Wi-Fi Sensing – Home Deployment Guidelines |
| 11:30 | Nigel Bird – Orange, Florin Baboescu – Broadcom, Mark Grayson – Cisco, Binita Gupta – Intel RAN Convergence for Private 5G Networks |
| 12:00 | Angelos Mavridis – Deutsche Telekom, Ed Kyte – Panasonic, Charlie Allgrove – Single Digits In-Flight Connectivity – OpenRoaming |
| 12:20 | Burhan Masood – Broadcom, Brian Josef – Comcast Policy & Regulatory Affairs Work Group |
| 12:40 | Melody Eclavea – AT&T, Melody Walker – Boingo, Gabriel Desjardins – Broadcom Market Work Group |
| 13:00 | Ilya Volynkin – Maxima Telecom WBA Certification |
| 13:10 | Pedro Mouta – WBA Wrap-up & Final Remarks DAY 1 |
All times are: ET (US eastern standard time)
| 10:00 | Erinn Hall – AT&T, Betty Cockrell – Single Digits Roaming Work Group |
| 10:20 | Luther Smith – CableLabs, Mark Grayson – Cisco, Betty Cockrell – Single Digits Roaming Evolution – PKI RadSec |
| 10:40 | Mark Grayson – Cisco, Necati Canpolat – Intel, Finbarr Coghlan – Orange, Betty Cockrell – Single Digits WBA OpenRoaming – Technical Standards |
| 10:55 | Michael Sym – Single Digits, Peter Thornycroft – Aruba, Erinn Hall – AT&T Testing & Interoperability Work Group |
| 11:20 | 10 minute break |
| 11:30 | Hai Shalom – Google, Paul Hancock – AT&T, Michael Sym – Single Digits Wi-Fi IMSI Privacy Protection |
| 11:50 | Ilya Volynkin – Maxima Telecom, Alex Meub – Eleven Software, Chris Spencer – GlobalReach Captive Portal – Onboarding Evolution |
| 12:10 | Melody Eclavea – AT&T, Melody Walker – Boingo, Gabriel Desjardins – Broadcom Wi-Fi & Devices Identification |
| 12:30 | Ilya Volynkin – Maxima Telecom Wi-Fi 6 for Industrial IoT |
| 12:50 | Bruno Tomás, WBA Wrap-up & Final Remarks Q1 Working Sessions |
All times are: GMT (Greenwich Mean Time)
| 08:00 | Bruno Tomás, Pedro Mouta – WBA 2021 Roadmap Presentation |
| 08:05 | Nigel Bird – Orange, Florin Baboescu – Broadcom, Mark Grayson – Cisco, Binita Gupta – Intel RAN Convergence for Private 5G Networks |
| 08:20 | John Bahr – CableLabs, Koen Van Oost – AirTies, Tim Twell – BT In-Home Wi-Fi – Multi-AP Solutions Trial |
| 08:35 | Necati Canpolat – Intel, Gabriel Desjardins – Broadcom Wi-Fi 6 & 6E Trials |
| 08:50 | Mark Grayson – Cisco, Necati Canpolat – Intel, Finbarr Coghlan – Orange, Betty Cockrell – Single Digits WBA OpenRoaming |
| 09:05 | Bruno Tomás, Pedro Mouta – WBA Roaming Work Group |
| 09:10 | Bruno Tomás, Pedro Mouta – WBA Roaming Evolution – PKI RadSec |
| 09:15 | Bruno Tomás, Pedro Mouta – WBA Wi-Fi 6 for Industrial IoT |
| 09:20 | Bruno Tomás, Pedro Mouta – WBA Wi-Fi Sensing – Home Deployment Guidelines |
| 09:25 | Bruno Tomás, Pedro Mouta – WBA In-Flight Connectivity – OpenRoaming |
| 09:30 | Bruno Tomás, Pedro Mouta – WBA Testing & Interoperability Work Group |
| 09:35 | Bruno Tomás, Pedro Mouta – WBA Wi-Fi IMSI Privacy Protection |
| 09:40 | Bruno Tomás, Pedro Mouta – WBA Captive Portal – Onboarding Evolution |
| 09:45 | Bruno Tomás, Pedro Mouta – WBA Wi-Fi & Devices Identification |
| 09:50 | Bruno Tomás, Pedro Mouta – WBA Policy & Regulatory Affairs Work Group |
| 09:55 | Bruno Tomás, Pedro Mouta – WBA WBA Certification |
Open Conference
At home, in business and on the move how will Wi-Fi connect us in the 5G era and what to expect in 2021 & beyond.
All times are: GMT (Greenwich Mean Time)
| 08:00 | Tiago Rodrigues, CEO – WBA Moderator Intro & Welcome |
| 08:05 | Tiago Rodrigues, CEO – WBA How will Wi-Fi Connect the World in 2021 |
| 08:25 | Eric McLaughlin, Vice President, Client – Intel Wi-Fi 6E: Accelerating in 2021 |
| 08:45 | Derek Peterson – Boingo Wireless Presentation coming soon |
| 09:05 | Mark Grayson, Distinguished Engineer – Cisco OpenRoaming, raising the bar for Wi-Fi privacy |
| 09:25 | Nimisha Tailor, Competition & Regulation Specialist Competition and Regulation for Wi-Fi in 2021 |
| 09:45 | Tiago Rodrigues, CEO – WBA Close |
All times are: GMT (Greenwich Mean Time)
| 08:00 | Chris Bruce, Board Advisor to GlobalReach Technology – GlobalReach Technology Welcome |
| 08:05 | Vasudevan Venkatakrishnan, Business Development Director, Asia Pacific – CommScope Why is OpenRoaming needed for venues, operators and access providers providing WiFi Connectivity? |
| 08:25 | Moath Al-Manea, Spectrum Director – Communication & Information Technology Commission (Saudi Arabia) Public Wi-Fi Initiative in Saudi Arabia |
| 08:45 | Mark Grayson, Distinguished Engineer – Cisco Fireside chat: How OpenRoaming addresses Wi-Fi privacy |
| 09:05 | Bernard Herscovici, Founder & CEO – NetExperience OpenRoaming with Open Wi-Fi |
| 09:25 | Bart Brinckman, Principal Engineer – Cisco Mauricio Socias, CEO – Wiongo Smart Cities: Automatic connectivity for tourists with OpenRoaming in Spain |
| 09:45 | Steve Namaseevayum, Director, Industry Engagements and Membership – WBA Live deployments and case studies for OpenRoaming |
All times are: GMT (Greenwich Mean Time)
| 08:00 | Bruno Tomas, Director of Programs – WBA Moderator Introduction & Welcome |
| 08:05 | Edgar Figueroa, CEO – Wi-Fi Alliance Wi-Fi® for the next era |
| 08:20 | Jongyoon Shin, Team Leader of Wired Network Dev. Team, SK Telecom Expanding Wi-Fi 6 Service to 6E |
| 08:40 | Yang Jie, Vice President of Campus Network Domain – Huawei Transforming the campus enterprise network with Wi-Fi 6 |
| 09:00 | Zvika Haas, VP of Sales of APAC – Airties Smart Wi-Fi During the “Life at Home” Era |
| 09:20 | Chris Spencer, CTO – GlobalReach Technology The Assured User ID Challenge in 2021 |
| 09:40 | Bruno Tomas, Director of Programs – WBA WBA Wi-Fi 6/6E Program for 2021 |
| 10:00 | Bruno Tomas, Director of Programs – WBA Close |
All times are: GMT (Greenwich Mean Time)
| 08:00 | Steve Andrews, Chairman & WBA Board Advisor – Luminet Networks Moderator Introduction |
| 08:05 | Dr Stan Wong, AVP, Strategic Design & Planning – HKT Delivering new architecture for 5G over Wi-Fi: RAN Convergence |
| 08:25 | Jonas Björklund, CTO – Aptilo Maximizing Wi-Fi Opportunities in the 5G Era |
| 08:45 | Nigel Bird, NGN Standardisation Manager – Orange Overview: WBA’s 5G Work Group program |
| 08:55 | Binita Gupta, Senior Staff Systems Architect – Intel Florin Baboescu, Senior Principal Scientist – Broadcom Mark Grayson, Distinguished Consulting Engineer – Cisco Wi-Fi and 5G convergence architecture Multi-access functionality for Access Traffic Steering, Switching and Splitting End-to-end QoS Policy Interworking and enhancements across Wi-Fi and 5G Support for Wi-Fi only devices. |
| 09:35 | All Moderated Q&A |
| 09:45 | Bruno Tomas, Director Programs – WBA WBA 5G Program: What next? |
| 10:00 | Steve Andrews CLOSE |
All times are: GMT (Greenwich Mean Time)
| 16:30 | Steve Andrews, WBA Board Advisor – Luminet Networks Welcome & Introduction |
| 16:35 | Paul Crane – BT Opportunities & Challenges for Wi-Fi & 5G convergence: Operators Perspective |
| 16:55 | Jonas Björklund – Aptilo Maximizing Wi-Fi Opportunities in the 5G Era |
| 17:15 | Nigel Bird – Orange Overview: WBA’s 5G Work Group program |
| 17:25 | Binita Gupta, Senior Staff Systems Architect – Intel Florin Baboescu, Senior Principal Scientist – Broadcom Mark Grayson, Distinguished Consulting Engineer – Cisco 5G and Wi-Fi convergence architecture Multi-access functionality for Access Traffic Steering, Switching and Splitting (ATSSS) End-to-end QoS Policy Interworking and enhancements across Wi-Fi and 5G Support for Wi-Fi only devices |
| 18:05 | All Moderated Q&A |
| 18:15 | Bruno Tomas, WBA WBA 5G Program: What next? |
| 18:30 | Steve Andrews CLOSE |
All times are: GMT (Greenwich Mean Time)
| 08:00 | Tiago Rodrigues, WBA Overall moderator Intro & Welcome |
| 08:05 | Irvind Ghai, VP Marketing – ON Semiconductor Dueling Wi-Fi 6E and 5G benefits accelerate Industrial IoT |
| 08:25 | Wael Guibene, Principal Engineer & Director – Wireless and IoT R&D – Charter Introduction to the WBA & LoRa Alliance Initiative |
| 08:35 | Rémi Lorrain, Director of Programs/Global LoRaWAN Networks Director – WBA & LoRa Alliance Overview of the Wi-Fi & LoRaWAN joint trials program |
| 08:45 | Derek Peterson, Chief Technology Officer – Boingo Convergence: The Smart Building Strategy Wael Guibene, Principal Engineer II & Director – Wireless and IoT R&D – Charter Smart Light Pole for Smart City Applications Paul Duffy, I-IoT CTO Team – Cisco, LoRaWAN and OpenRoaming |
| 09:10 | Wael Guibene, Principal Engineer II & Director – Wireless and IoT R&D – Charter Panel Discussion |
| 09:20 | Johan Terve – Aptilo Zero Touch: enabling IoT with OpenRoaming |
| 09:40 | Bruno Tomas – WBA Overview of the WBA 2021 IoT Programs & Close |
| 10:00 | Tiago Rodrigues – WBA Moderator Close |
19 Jan – 8 Feb, 2021
Where:
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When:
Please note the Open Conference will be running during working hours for the Asia Pacific time zone, whilst the Members-only Working Sessions on February 3-4 will take place in the US time zone – further details below. All events will be within working hours for EMEA.
The full agenda will be released soon, please see below for the agenda ‘at a glance’
19 Jan 2021 (2hrs)
Executive Plenary – Asia
- At home, in business and on the move how will Wi-Fi connect us in the 5G era and what to expect in 2021 & beyond.
27 Jan 2021 (2hrs)
How OpenRoaming is Transforming Public & Guest Wi-Fi
- How can OpenRoaming deliver a great experience, new business models and the ultimate in security & identity management – focused on enterprise verticals.
2 Feb 2021 (2hrs)
RAN Convergence & Next Generation Wi-Fi
- Wi-Fi 6E & 6 GHz – the road to adoption
- Wi-Fi 6E trials – WBA update
- Delivering new architecture for 5G over Wi-Fi : RAN Convergence
8 Feb 2021 (2hrs)
Next Gen Wi-Fi & IoT
- Wi-Fi & LoRa WAN trials – 8 use cases across different industry verticals
- Connected Vehicle – Demand for Data and Multi-Access Edge Computing
