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Tuesday 21 September 2021 • 7.00pm

Pre-event Cocktail Reception – Sponsored by

Day One:
Wednesday 22 September 2021
Day Two:
Thursday 23 September 2021

8.15am

Registration and Welcome Breakfast

9.00am

Welcome Remarks

9.05am

KEYNOTE SESSION:
THE FUTURE OF INFRASTRUCTURE, CONNECTIVITY AND NEW SERVICES: AN ECOSYSTEM OF PARTNERS

Moderator:

Tim Passingham, Chairman, CAMBRIDGE MANAGEMENT CONSULTING

Speakers:

Marc Halbfinger, CEO, PCCW GLOBAL
Frank Rey, Director, Global Network Strategy, MICROSOFT
Najam Ahmad, VP, Network Engineering, FACEBOOK
Jezzibell Gilmore, Co-founder & SVP, Business Development, PACKETFABRIC
Keri Gilder, CEO, COLT TECHNOLOGY SERVICES

10.10am

Morning Break
10.30am

KEYNOTE SESSION:
INFRASTRUCTURE SCALING AND MEETING FUTURE SERVICE DEMAND – KEY CHALLENGES AND EXPLORING ALTERNATIVE MODELS AND SOLUTIONS

Moderator:

Caroline Chappell, Research Director, ANALYSYS MASON

Speakers:

Vincent English, CEO, MEGAPORT
Phill Lawson-Shanks, Chief Innovation Officer, ALIGNED
Michael Winterson, Managing Director, Equinix Services Ltd., EQUINIX
Andrew De La Torre, Group Vice President of Technology, ORACLE COMMUNICATIONS

11.30am

Morning Break

11.45am

FINANCE FOCUS: CHANGING ASSET MODELS, VALUATION AND STRATEGY FOR FIBRE/INFRASTRUCTURE AND DATA CENTRE/REAL ESTATE BUSINESSES

Moderator:

Tim Passingham, Chairman, CAMBRIDGE MANAGEMENT CONSULTING

Speakers:

Brian McMullen, Managing Director, STONEPEAK INFRASTRUCTURE PARTNERS
Benjamin Bygott-Webb, Director, EQT PARTNERS
Christophe Strauven, Managing Director, DIGITAL COLONY
Thor Johnsen, Managing Director, AGGELIA INFRASTRUCTURE

12.45pm

Lunch

Day One – Track 1 (start 2.00pm)

2.00pm

CARRIER BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION: WHAT ROLE SHOULD THE CARRIER PLAY IN THE NEW ECOSYSTEM: DELIVERING NEW PRODUCTS AND SERVICES ?

Moderator:

Isabelle Paradis, Founder & President, HOT TELECOM

Speakers:

Michael Ourabah, CEO, BSO
Mike van den Bergh, Chief Marketing & Strategy Officer, PCCW GLOBAL
Chris McKee, General Counsel & EVP, Corporate Development, GTT
Matt Williams, Head of EMEA, Telstra Enterprise, TELSTRA
Patrick Shutt, CEO, UNITAS GLOBAL

3.00pm

Coffee Break

3.20pm

PLATFORM BUSINESS MODELS: MOVING AWAY FROM A LINEAR CHAIN TO A PLATFORM BUSINESS MODEL TO MEET NEW SERVICE DEMANDS

Moderator:

Caroline Chappell, Research Director, ANALYSYS MASON

Speakers:

Staffan Gojeryd, CEO, TELIA CARRIER
Phillip Marangella, CMO, EDGECONNEX
Nitin Rao, Head of Global Infrastructure, CLOUDFLARE
Jean Marc Barraque, VP, Connectivity Platform, ORANGE
Kevin Dean, CMO, EU NETWORKS

4.20pm

Coffee Break

4.40pm

ATTRACTING, RETAINING TALENT AND DIVERSITY: SHARING CROSS INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE

Moderator:

Simon Allen, Executive Director, INFRASTRUCTURE MASONS

Speakers:

Valerie Walsh, General Manager, Lease & Land Acquisition, Microsoft, EMEA, MICROSOFT
Louisa Gregory, Chief of Staff, COLT TECHNOLOGY SERVICES
Najam Ahmad, VP, Network Engineering, FACEBOOK
Gina Haspilaire, VP, Partner Engagement – Open Connect, NETFLIX

Day One – Track 2 (start 2.00pm)

2.00pm

CLOUD AND EDGE: NEXT GENERATION SOLUTIONS, SERVICES AND STRATEGIES TO MEET IoT AND 5G DEMANDS – WILL THE EDGE KEEP ON EXTENDING?

Moderator:

Speakers:

Dean Bubley, Founder & Director, DISRUPTIVE ANALYSIS

Guy Willner, Co-founder & CEO, IXCELLERATE
Oliver Jones, CEO, CHAYORA HOLDINGS LTD
Dawane Young, DVP, Platforms and Applications, VERIZON PARTNER SOLUTIONS
John Watson, VP, Business Development & Global Strategy, AKAMAI
Eric Boonstra, GM & VP Iron Mountain Data Centers Western Europe, IRON MOUNTAIN

3.00pm

Coffee Break

3.20pm

A TRANSFORMED INDUSTRY – THE FUTURE OF THE SUBSEA CONNECTIVITY AND FINANCING MODEL

Moderator:

Speakers:

Ian Clarke, Vice President, Global Submarine Systems, CIENA

Philippe Dumont, Group CEO, ELLALINK
Nigel Bayliff, CEO, AQUA COMMS
Frank Rey, Director, Global Network Strategy, MICROSOFT
Steve Orlando, CEO, SEABORN NETWORKS
Artur Mendes, CCO, ANGOLA CABLES
Erick Contag, Executive Chairman, GLOBENET, President, SUBOPTIC

4.20pm

Coffee Break

4.40pm

THE FUTURE OF INTERCONNECTION AND ACCESS: AUTOMATION AND PLATFORM INTERCONNECTIVITY – API INTEGRATION

Moderator:

Speakers:

Hunter Newby, Owner, NEWBY VENTURES

Michael Glynn, VP, Digital Automated Innovation, PCCW GLOBAL
Ivo Ivanov, CEO, DE-CIX INTERNATIONAL
Guy Willner, Co-founder & CEO, EURASIA PEERING
Chad Milam, President and Chief Executive Officer, PACKETFABRIC

5.40pm

Cocktail reception

8.45am

Breakfast and Coffee

Day Two– Track 1 (start 9.15am)

9.15am

ENTERTAINMENT AND MEDIA – THE NEXT STAGE OF DISRUPTION: LIVE THE NEW ON-DEMAND SERVICE: WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, NEW SERVICE AND CONNECTIVITY REQUIREMENTS?

Speakers:

Dave Temkin, VP, Networks and Systems Infrastructure, NETFLIX
Steve Miller-Jones, VP, Product Strategy, LIMELIGHT NETWORKS

10.35am

Morning Break

11.10am

CASE STUDY:
GAMING AND ESPORTS – FUTURE INFRASTRUCTURE, CONNECTIVITY, SERVICE AND PARTNERSHIP NEEDS

Speakers:

Markus Kuhlo, Director of Marketing & Strategy, Tencent Cloud Europe, TENCENT
Gal Shapira, CIO, PLAYTECH (invited)

12.00am

CASE STUDY:
LOGISTICS/TRANSPORT – A CHANGING INDUSTRY – CONNECTIVITY, ACCESS AND INFRASTRUCTURE CHALLENGES

Speakers:

Rahul Vijay, Head of Global Connectivity – Relationships & Operations, UBER

Day Two– Track 2 (start 9.15am)

9.15am

SOLVING THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND ACCESS CHALLENGES IN AFRICA – A FUTURE MODEL OF CO-OPERATION

Moderator:

Russell Southwood, CEO, BALANCNG ACT

Speakers:

Byron Clatterbuck, CEO, SEACOM
Ranjith Cherickel, Founder and CEO, ICOLO
Kevin Salvadori, Director, Network Investments, FACEBOOK
Nic Rudnick, Group CEO, LIQUID TELECOM
Frederic Schepens, CEO, MTN GLOBALCONNECT

10.35am

Morning Break

11.10am

MULTI-CLOUD STRATEGIES AND SERVICES: WORKING ACROSS BOUNDARIES – FUTURE PARTNERSHIPS AND INTERPLAY BETWEEN METRO, DATA CENTRE AND CLOUD

Speakers:

Xuan Jin, Head of UKI, Nordics & Russia, ALIBABA CLOUD
Simon Withers, Head of Digital Solution Design, VODAFONE BUSINESS
Tom Kingham, Director, Engineering Solutions Europe, CYRUSONE
Garry Connolly, President and Founder, HOST IN IRELAND
Collin Wallace, Cloud Networking Sales Leader, EMEA, CIENA

12.40pm

Lunch

1.40pm

THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY – DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION AND A CHANGING INDUSTRY – CONNECTIVITY, ACCESS AND INFRASTRUCTURE CHALLENGES

Moderator:

Dean Bubley, Founder & Director, DISRUPTIVE ANALYSIS

Speakers:

Phillip Marangella, CMO, EDGECONNEX
Gerome de Gea, ORACLE Cloud Infrastructure Business Development Director, EMEA , ORACLE

3.30pm

End of CCT 2021

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