EVENT FOCUS ANGA COM 2024
ANGA COM: 2024
THE BUSINESS PLATFORM FOR BROADBAND & MEDIA
14th – 16th May 2024, Koelnmesse, Köln, Germany.
ANGA COM is Europe’s leading business platform for Broadband, Television and Online. It brings together network operators, vendors and content providers on all issues of broadband and media distribution. The ANGA COM 2023 event counted more than 470 exhibitors from 35 countries and 22,000 participants from more than 80 countries. This year, organisers are expecting even greater numbers of exhibitors and visitors. Among the largest exhibitors are leading telecom vendors. The speaker line-up of the conference programme includes C-level representatives of Deutsche Telekom, Vodafone, Deutsche Glasfaser, Deutsche GigaNetz, Tele Columbus, Unsere Grüne Glasfaser, NetCologne, M-net, ProSiebenSat.1, RTL Television, Amazon Prime Video, Netflix, DAZN and Paramount. With Vodafone, Deutsche Telekom, Deutsche Glasfaser, RTL and a large number of local fibre network operators, the Cologne area is Germany’s leading business hub for broadband and media. About 40 million people live within a radius of only 250 kilometres. Three international airports (Cologne, Dusseldorf and Frankfurt) can be reached in less than one hour. These are unique conditions to showcase our industry to Europe and beyond. Dr. Peter Charissé, CEO ANGA COM: “We are particularly pleased about the increased demand of new exhibitors and operators of fibre optic networks. The Cologne area is and remains the heart of the telecommunications and media industry; there is no other place in Germany and Europe where so many market leaders have such short distances.
The market significance of ANGA COM is also reflected in the list of speakers already confirmed for the conference programme at this early stage. Cologne is the only place where the entire top league meets.” KEY TOPICS Key topics in 2024 include: fibre optics, media distribution, connectivity and the potential of artificial intelligence in these three areas. This year, ANGA COM offers a particularly large number of innovations in terms of content and organization: Strategy programme: Expansion of cooperation with international associations and partners, in particular with reports on the Europe-wide FTTH roll-out and media topics, and new topic
ANGA COM Night is a great chance for social networking.
ANGA COM NIGHT Overlooking the river Rhein and the Dom Cathedral, the first day will come to a relaxed end with the evening event ANGA COM Night. The ANGA COM Night takes place on Tuesday, 14 May 2024, starting from 06:00 p.m. in the restaurant “Rheinterrassen” (Rheinparkweg 1, 50679 Köln). A shuttle service is available from 06:00 to 07:30 p.m., leaving from the Koelnmesse Entrance North. Participation is only possible with a valid entrance ticket, which can be purchased in combination with a conference ticket. The ticket contingent is limited. REGISTRATION Registration for conference and exhibition visitors is possible online; there will be no ticket sales on-site. Tickets for the exhibition are available for €25. Participation in the regular conference programme is possible from €140, for young professionals (people under 30 years) for not more than €40. On the third day, Thursday, 16 May 2024, participation in the exhibition and conference programme is completely free of charge. ANGA COM is organized by ANGA Services GmbH, a subsidiary of ANGA. The Broadband Association. Members of the association are the leading companies of the German broadband business (including Deutsche Telekom, Vodafone and Deutsche Glasfaser) who supply more than 40 million consumers with telecommunications services in Germany.
areas for financing and investors. Technology programme: The
programme section technology has been completely revised, streamlined and the practical relevance further expanded. Free of charge exhibition and conference day: On Thursday, 16 May 2024, attendance at ANGA COM, including the entire conference programme, is completely free of charge. On this day, the focus will be on the topics of in-house networks, open access, civil engineering and municipalities, which are particularly important for the fibre optic roll-out. Innovation Stage: Following the successful premiere in 2023, there will once again be a modern presentation stage directly in the exhibition hall. Here, the topics media distribution, streaming, OTT and connectivity will be expanded once again. Ticketing: The ticketing system newly introduced in 2023 will be expanded; it includes a new networking feature for LinkedIn and offers a discounted ticket for young professionals. A number of speakers have already confirmed their participation in the conference programme with more than 50 strategy and technology panels. A complete list of speakers is available here on the ANGA COM website. The complete conference programme will be published in March.
Even bigger crowds are expected at ANGA COM 2024.
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