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	Conference
8am	Registration & Networking
9am	Welcome from the Chair & Opening Remarks › Martin Geddes, Founder and Principal, Martin Geddes Consulting Ltd Welcome from the Chair & Opening Remarks
9.15am	Traffic Visbility in a Big Data World › Mr Perry Romano, Director, Business Development – Service Providers, Gigamon L.L.C Traffic Visbility in a Big Data World
9.40am	How can you use Customer Experience to increase retention? › Nora Merenyi, Senior Expert, Deutsche Telekom › Beata Kovacs, Head of Customer Service Management, Deutsche Telekom How can you use Customer Experience to increase retention?
10.10am	How NMS will evolve and play a key role in the emerging SDN and NFV space › Mr Prabhu Ramachandran, Director, ZohoCorporation How NMS will evolve and play a key role in the emerging SDN and NFV space
10.40am	Outsourcing the Management of Telecoms Networks - Legal Thoughts › Mr Mike Conradi, Partner, DLA Piper Outsourcing the Management of Telecoms Networks - Legal Thoughts
11.10am	Speed Networking & Morning Coffee
11.40am	Roundtables Network Outsourcing: How to make your network more efficient - Moderator - Mike Conradi, Partner, DLA Piper Taking Advantage of the 4G Opportunity: Preparing your network today to benefit Moderator - John Enoch, Technology Risk, Deloitte In the Cloud: Strategies for combining and integrating services into the Cloud - Moderator - Abrar Khan, Global Consulting Services, Verizon › Mr Mike Conradi, Partner, DLA Piper › John Enoch, Technology Risk, Deloitte Roundtables
12.40pm	Roundtable Moderator Onstage Feedback › Mr Mike Conradi, Partner, DLA Piper › John Enoch, Technology Risk, Deloitte Roundtable Moderator Onstage Feedback
1pm	Lunch & Networking
2pm	Roundtables The Growth of M2M: How to partner for maximum benefit - Moderator - Abraham Joseph, Founder, M2M Insights Cost-Efficiency in Operations - Moderator - Madhusudhan Mysore, Chief Network Officer, Tata Communications OTTs: An opportunity, not a threat, for operators? - Moderator - Samuel Adeliyi, Solution Architect, Independent Consultant Supply Chain Solutions: How to maximise the efficiency and profitability of your supply Chain Jon Magson, Director Business Development, ByBox › Mr Madhusudhan Mysore, Chief Network Officer and Head of Customer Services and Operations, Tata Communications Ltd › Abraham Joseph, Founder, M2M Insights › Samuel Adeliyi, Director/ Principal Consultant, Vittotel Technologies › Jon Magson, , ByBox Roundtables
3pm	Roundtable Moderator Onstage Feedback › Abraham Joseph, Founder, M2M Insights › Mr Madhusudhan Mysore, Chief Network Officer and Head of Customer Services and Operations, Tata Communications Ltd › Samuel Adeliyi, Director/ Principal Consultant, Vittotel Technologies › Jon Magson, , ByBox Roundtable Moderator Onstage Feedback
3.20pm	Afternoon Refreshments & Networking
3.50pm	Network Sharing and Models of Alternative Ownership: Is the sharing of infrastructure set to increase and how will your new network roll-outs be affected? › Mr Tony Lavender, Chief Executive Officer, Plum Consulting Network Sharing and Models of Alternative Ownership: Is the sharing of infrastructure set to increase and how will your new network roll-outs be affected?
4.20pm	Connectivity and Managing Data Centres: Making Smart Cities a Reality › Mr Douglas Loewe, Managing Director, Interxion › Andrew Lippett, Senior Consultant, stc Connectivity and Managing Data Centres: Making Smart Cities a Reality
4.50pm	Chairman’s Closing Remarks; Close of Conference › Martin Geddes, Founder and Principal, Martin Geddes Consulting Ltd Chairman’s Closing Remarks; Close of Conference
5pm	Networking Drinks

	Conference
8am	Registration & Networking
9am	Welcome from the Chair and Opening Remarks › Dr Terry Norman, Founder, Wireless Explorer Welcome from the Chair and Opening Remarks
9.15am	SDN: The key to consistent, unified management of diverse networks › Mr Dan Pitt, Executive Director, Open Networking Foundation SDN: The key to consistent, unified management of diverse networks
9.40am	The challenges of the telecoms supply chain › Jon Magson, , ByBox The challenges of the telecoms supply chain
10.05am	Self-Organising Networks: The future of network management? › David Chambers, Founder and Senior Analyst, ThinkSmallCell Self-Organising Networks: The future of network management?
10.30am	Speed Networking & Morning Coffee
11.10am	Evaluating Global CDN and Operator caching interconnection strategies › Jon Herd, EMEA VP Solution Engineer, Limelight Networks Evaluating Global CDN and Operator caching interconnection strategies
11.40am	M2M: The need for application awareness to manage services and quality in your network › Max Croot, M2M Client Delivery Director, KPN M2M: The need for application awareness to manage services and quality in your network
12.10pm	Cyber Security: New and emerging threats, and the dangers of telco complacency › Paul Simpson, Lead Consultant Digital Forensics and Incident Response, Verizon Cyber Security: New and emerging threats, and the dangers of telco complacency
12.40pm	Lunch & Networking
1.40pm	Roundtables Transitioning Business Models in the Telecoms Sector - the risks and opportunities - Moderator - Nicola Crawford, Non-Executive Director, i-Risk Group Network Function Virtualisation - Moderator - Andy Reid, Chief Network Services Architect, BT Performance Visibility Challenges for Telecom Providers in the Internet of Things Era - Moderator - Tom Griffin, Director - Systems Engineering, EMEA, Sevone › Mr Andy Reid, Chief Network Services Architect, BT › Nicola Crawford, Non-Executive Director, i-Risk Group › Tom Griffin, Director – Systems Engineering, EMEA, SevOne UK Ltd Roundtables
3.30pm	Roundtable Moderator Onstage Feedback › Nicola Crawford, Non-Executive Director, i-Risk Group › Mr Andy Reid, Chief Network Services Architect, BT › Tom Griffin, Director – Systems Engineering, EMEA, SevOne UK Ltd Roundtable Moderator Onstage Feedback
3.50pm	Chairperson’s Concluding Remarks & Close of Conference › Dr Terry Norman, Founder, Wireless Explorer Chairperson’s Concluding Remarks & Close of Conference
4.05pm	Afternoon Refreshments & Networking