2017 SPEAKERS  

Gabor Altmann has been Executive project manager at Deutsche Telekom since 2016. He was leading the implementation of the FMC/HH (Fix-Mobile Convergence/Household) approach strategy cross Europe and the roll-out of the MagentaONE concept.Between 2013 – 2016 he was the Chief Commercial Officer at...

Luis Alveirinho was born in Portugal in 1957 and is Director of Engineering and Network Operations at Portugal Telecom since July 2015. He received the MSc degree in Telecommunications and Computer Science from the Lisbon Technical University in 1983. He joined PT Group in 1983 and worked since...

Rui leads the Uber business in Portugal and Spain as General Manager for Iberia. He has an Engineering and Business education from IST and UC Berkeley. Before joining Uber, Rui worked as a strategy consultant at McKinsey and in business development for Apple in EMEIA.

Enrique Blanco was born in Madrid in 1959. He has a degree in Physics from the University Complutense of Madrid and a Masters Degree in Management (PDG) from IESE Business School (University of Navarra). He also received a Master Degree in Technology from the EOI. He joined Telefónica 30 years ago...

Prior to joining ETNO in 2015, Marta worked as the Transport and Communications Counsellor for the Portuguese Permanent Representation to the European Union. Before that, she was a Member of the Cabinet of the Portuguese Secretary of State for Infrastructure, Transport and Communications. Marta has ...

Philippe Compere is currently Smart Territory Ambassador at the Agence du Numérique (Digital Wallonia) of the Walloon Region in Belgium, in charge of Broadband projects and closely involved in the Smart Region strategy of Digital Wallonia, since 1st October 2016. Prior to that, he has been in...

Ian is a Director with Plum Consulting, with over twenty years of experience in strategy and technology consulting in the telecoms and digital sectors.Formerly with PwC Strategy Consulting (TMT) London, Coopers & Lybrand MCS (Telecoms) London, and with extensive industry / international...

Alejandra de lturriaga Gandini is currently Director of Telecommunications andAudiovisual Sector at the Spanish National Authority for Markets andCompetition (CNMC). During 2017, she also holds the position Vice-president atthe Body of European Regulators for Electronic Gommunications (BEREC).Ms de ...

João Paulo Fernandes has a professional experience of more than 20 years, holding a degree in Electrotechnical and Computers Engineering from Instituto Superior Técnico and an MBA with specialization in Marketing from Universidade Católica.Since 2005 he is General-Manager in NEC Portugal, a...

With over 20 years of professional experience, Alexandre Fonseca is currently Chief TechnologyOfficer at Portugal Telecom, since June 2015, in charge of Engineering & Network, IT, Field Operations,B2B Operations, CyberSecurity and overall Technical Operations. He is also the Executive Manager...

Matteo holds the position of Director Technology Strategy & Innovation at Proximus (www.proximus.com, previously Belgacom). Matteo oversees largest investment files from inception to securing highest level of approval and beyond into first implementation steps. His current responsibilities...

Konstantin Hasselbach has more than 10 years of experience in network and business development. His telco road started from year 2005 at Elion enterprise ltd. Between 2011-2015 he was the Network Development Competence Manager at Elion enterprise ltd (today Telia part of TeliaSonera) in this role...

Born in the Republic of Macedonia in 1978, Ivo Ivanovski moved to the USA in his senior high school year, where he also continued his college education. He holds a bachelor degree in Computer Sciences and Engineering from the Ohio State University and a master degree in Computer Sciences from...

Chief Executive of UK based analyst house Point Topic Oliver has been involved in online environments for more than 30 years.  He joined Point Topic as the COO in 2004 and moved to CEO in 2007.   Starting with internet projects in the mid-80s running bulletin boards, through building some of the...

Eric began his telecoms career in the Irish market, starting with dial-up service provision and network management before moving on to design, build and deploy unbundled copper DSL services, next-gen business fiber and backbone optical networks - gaining over 18 years of experience in Access...

Andrzej leads the VESS Strategy & Innovation, providing the core direction and roadmap for our growth alongside our vision for the future of security and how we deliver a model to address the needs of all our customers, from the 462 million mobile customers to small businesses and...

Allison has a strong breadth of consumer industry experience from a career of over 25 years spent in FMCG, Media, Telecom & Retail businesses. Prior to joining Tele2, she held the position as Chief Financial Officer of Shine Group, the global media production company, where she played a key...

Mr.Miroslav Majoroš was named CEO of Telekom Romania starting January 1st, 2016.Mr. Miroslav Majoroš was Company President/CEO and Member of the Board of Directors of Slovak Telekom since 2003. In 2005, he was elected Chairman of the Board of Directors of Slovak Telekom. He was a member of the...

Roland Montagne joined IDATE in 1998 and he is now Principle Analyst. In his position he is responsible of IDATE Consulting and Research activities covering Broadband / FTTx fields. Mr Montagne played a leading role in previous IDATE International studies. He has carried out several studies dealing ...

Mr. Jacek Nieweglowski has over 23 years of managerial experience and a professional track record within the mobile industry. Since 2005 he has held the position of Chief Strategy Officer of Play – Europe’s most successful mobile operator. Prior to Play he served in executive positions with...

Pearse O'Donohue is Acting Director for the Future Networks Directorate of DG CONNECT at the European Commission, dealing with policy development and research supporting the Digital Single Market as regards 5G networks, IoT, cloud and data flows and conceptualising new and innovative approaches ...

Nicholas is the CEO & founder of people.io - a European start-up who are giving people ownership of their data; their vision is to establish a firewall for people. In 2016, Nicholas was named Nasdaq’s Rising Star – an award given by his industry peers at the prestigious Founders...

Aaron is leading Product Marketing for Dark Fibre & Optical Services at Colt Technology Services. He is also in charge of developing vertical proposals and partnerships for supporting Mobile BackHaul/FrontHaul and Smart City projects. Aaron consolidates strategic alliances with metropolitan...

Stephen is Vodafone’s Group Public Policy Head of Spectrum and is responsible for managing the company’s spectrum policy across its 26 operating companies in Europe and AMAP.  This includes setting the strategy for meeting the future needs of the business, engaging with national and regional...

Mika Raitola is Innovation Lead in Telia Finland. He has over twenty years experience in telecom industry with work experience on Nokia, Sonera and Telia.​Currently Mika works towards Telia Finland’s 5G launch in 2018. His main interests within this field are 5G business, use cases, partnerships...

Since 2008, Gediminas Šečkus has been a Head of Legal and Corporate Affairs at the Public Establishment Plačiajuostis internetas. Plačiajuostis internetas was the Implementing Partner and Beneficiary of the ERDF funded RAIN Project in Lithuania, which was awarded by European Commission with...

Tony Shortall is Director of Telage, a consultancy in the field of telecommunications economics and regulation. He is an economist specialising in the regulation of network industries and is  acknowledged expert in the area of telecommunications policy and regulation. He has written extensively on...

Olivier Simon graduated from Ecole Central Paris in 2000. He joined France Telecom/Orange in 2002 and has been involved since 2005 in Researches and Development of digital cellular networks of third, fourth and fifth generation. At the beginning of this period, he was also managing activities...

Patrice Slupowski is Vice-President Digital Innovation running the open-innovation corporate product marketing team of Orange, in charge of several projects around APIs, Internet of Things, mobile applications & mobile OS, personal data aggregation, privacy or emerging technologies...

Paulo Soeiro de Carvalho is currently the General Director for Economy and Innovation in the Lisbon City Council. He is responsible for the areas of Economy/Investment, Entrepreneurship, Innovation/Knowledge, Strategic Clusters and Employment in the City Council. Paulo Soeiro de Carvalho is a...

George recently appointed Director of OTE Rural Broadband North & OTE Rural Broadband South. These two 100% OTE Group subsidiaries were created as Public Private Partnership entities in order to Design, Build and Operate the partially subsidized Rural Broadband Networks that will offer...

John Strand -  a true mobile industry veteran, John have for more than 22 years advised the C-suite of major telecoms players around the World. Hi is one of the best-known consultants in the business. Anyone who has met John Strand knows that he always speaks his opinion. Being honest - and giving...

Davor Tomašković was born in Croatia in 1969. He graduated as an electrical engineer from the University of Zagreb in 1994. He subsequently completed an MBA program at Bocconi University in Milan, Italy, graduating summa cum laude in 1997. For over a decade, Mr.Tomašković has held top positions at...

Dr. Claus D. Ulmer, Group Data Privacy Officer of Deutsche TelekomGroup.Since July 2002 he is Group Data Privacy Officer at Deutsche TelekomGroup. Since January 2007 he is Senior Vice President of GroupPrivacy with currently 5 departments and about 60 staff members.Dr. Ulmer is author of several...

Matt is a Partner at Analysys Mason, where he has worked since 1997. He has advised operators and investors on next-generation networks including fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) and future mobile technologies; broadcasters on content distribution using broadband networks; regulators on competitive issues...

Neill is Smart Cities Lead in the IoT team at the GSMA.  He has over 10 years experience of building M2M and IoT services and ecosystems within both mobile network operators and vertical service providers.  Neill has been involved with programmes such as the rollout of smart meters and smart...