FTTH PREVIEW
FTTH CONFERENCE AND EXPO 2019 RAI CENTRE, AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS 12TH – 14TH MARCH, 2019
T he world’s largest FTTH with an interest in FTTH and all that goes with it. With 3000 participants from 96 countries, the FTTH Conference is the largest meeting place in the world for all broadband stakeholders. Visitors will be able to meet top industry leaders and decision makers and get insights from leading experts on broadband and fibre technology, policy and finance. Keynotes will be delivered by some of the top professionals and policy makers in the industry and 10 workshops will explore the latest fibre-related technological developments, 5G, smart cities and connected homes, SDN, IoT and Artificial Intelligence. There will be C-level discussions on Fibre-5G Convergence, new investment trends and business models with 155 speakers taking part. The Plenary sessions include a veritable galaxy of stars from the FTTH industry and government including Mona Keijzer, the Netherland’s Secretary of State for Economic Affairs and Climate Policy; Roberto Viola, Director General, DG Connect at the European Commission; Ronan Kelly and Erzsébet Fitori, respectively President and Director General of the FTTH Council Europe. Also in the line-up are Maximo Ibarra, Chairman of the Board of Management knowledge and networking hub and expo comes to the Rai Centre, Amsterdam in March 2019 with something for everyone
copper infrastructure remains fully part of the equation and decisions on the management of copper switch-off impact the business case of fibre. In reality, few people are aware of how copper switch-off is handled in EU countries. Discussing this topic will be Ove Alm, head of Telia Infra; Kamila Kloc, head of Unit Markets, DG Connect, European Commission; Barna Kutvolgyi, managing director of Channel Island JT Group and Ilsa Godlovitch, director, Brussels Office, WKI-Consult.
at KPN; Allison Kirkby, CEO of TDC, Alex Goldblum, CEO at Eurofiber; Martin Vlcek, Investment Director and Chairman of the supervisory board of CTIN PPF and Martijn Snoep, Chairman of ACM. A particular highlight of this year’s conference will be the launch of the FTTH Council’s new study on ‘Migration to Fibre & Copper switch-off’ conducted by WIK-Consult during a dedicated Keynote Session on 13th March at 16:15-17:30. The fact is, fibre roll-out keeps on accelerating in Europe, but the treatment of the legacy
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