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13 - 15 October 2026
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07:30 - 08:00
Network X 5km Run
08:00 - 08:45
Breakfast Briefing hosted by Omdia
08:45 - 08:55
Registration Open
Showing 10 of 10 Streams
08:55 - 09:00
Chairman's Welcome
09:00 - 09:30
Keynote Panel: Sovereignty, AI Factories & the Future of European Telecoms
09:30 - 09:45
Sponsor Keynote: Building Trusted Networks: Security, Resilience & Trust at Scale
09:45 - 10:05
Keynote Panel: AI at the Top: The Leadership Decisions Defining the Next Decade
10:05 - 11:00
Networking Break
11:00 - 11:30
Keynote Panel: Redefining the Future of Networks
11:30 - 12:00
Keynote Panel: Shaping the 6G Era – From Vision to Sustainable Network Evolution | Led by NGMN
12:00 - 13:30
Networking Break
19:00 - 22:00
Network X Awards
13:30 - 13:40
Chair's Welcome Address
13:40 - 13:45
Three-Minute Mingles
13:45 - 14:05
Operator Address: Transforming Water Infrastructure Through Fibre-Optic Leak Detection
14:05 - 14:25
Operator Address: Fibre Sensing Opportunities as a Fibre Telco
14:25 - 15:05
Panel Discussion: The Next Fibre Revolution: Hollow-Core Technology and Its Impact on Latency, Capacity, and Network Economics
15:05 - 15:45
Networking Break
15:45 - 16:05
Sponsor Address: Operating Fibre Networks at Scale: Automation, AI, and Predictive Intelligence
16:05 - 16:25
Operator Address: How Self-Healing Networks are Helping Operators to Prevent and Reduce Downtimes
16:25 - 16:45
Innovator Address - The Reliability Revolution: Why Uptime Trumps Bandwidth
16:45 - 17:05
Sponsor Address: How is AI enabling Consumers to Report Outages Faster?
17:05 - 17:45
Panel Discussion: From Passive Fibre to Intelligent Networks: The Rise of AI-Driven Automation
17:45 - 17:50
Moderator Closing Remarks
19:00 - 22:00
Network X Awards
09:00 - 09:15
CEO Introduction
09:15 - 09:35
Converged Venue Deployments
09:35 - 09:55
Next Generation Wi-Fi
09:55 - 10:15
Airties Presentation
10:15 - 10:35
Intel Corp Presentation
10:35 - 11:15
Coffee & Networking
11:15 - 11:20
Moderator Introduction
11:20 - 11:35
The Venue of the Future - Wireless Developments
11:35 - 11:55
Overcoming Wi-Fi 8 Adoption for Service Providers
11:55 - 12:15
OpenRoaming and Secure Connectivity: Building Trust in a Borderless Network World
12:15 - 12:45
Panel Discussion: Automation, Intelligence, and Optimization: How Wi-Fi 7 is driving intelligent connectivity innovation
12:45 - 13:45
Lunch & Networking
13:45 - 13:50
Moderator Introduction
13:50 - 14:05
Intelligent Infrastructure: Connecting how we Live, Work, Play and Care
14:05 - 14:25
The Dawn of Wi-Fi 8
14:25 - 14:45
Industrial Wi-Fi: Powering Mission-Critical Connectivity
14:45 - 15:15
Panel Discussion: Wi-Fi 8 and Beyond: The 2030 Innovation Roadmap
15:15 - 15:45
Coffee & Networking
15:45 - 15:50
Moderator Introduction
15:50 - 16:10
Security First: Trust in Digital Living Spaces
16:10 - 16:25
The Home of the Future - Connectivity 2030
16:25 - 16:45
Managed Wi-Fi: The MDU Competitive Advantage
16:45 - 17:15
Panel Discussion: The MDU Opportunity: Technology and Business Models for Multi-Tenant Connectivity
17:15 - 18:10
WBA Annual Industry Awards 2026 Sponsored by IronWifi
18:10 - 18:15
End of Day One
18:15 - 19:15
WGC EMEA Networking Drinks Sponsored by Boingo Wireless and Cisco
11:30 - 11:40
Welcome Address & Market Outlook
11:40 - 11:45
Three-Minute Mingles
11:45 - 12:05
Sponsor Address: Telco vs Hyperscaler Transport Build-Out – Competing or Coexisting?
12:05 - 12:25
Sponsor Address: Pluggables vs Traditional Line-Side Optics
12:25 - 13:05
Panel Discussion: AI-Powered Automation for Optical Network Operations
13:05 - 14:00
Lunch Break
14:00 - 14:20
Operator Address: IP vs Optical Layer Convergence – Who Owns the Future?
14:20 - 14:40
Sponsor Address: Enabling Multi-Vendor Flexibility with Open Optical & Disaggregation
14:40 - 15:20
Panel Discussion: Standardisation and Interoperability – Enabling Multi-Vendor Optical Networks
15:20 - 16:00
Networking Break
16:00 - 16:20
Operator Address: Optical Networks as the Foundation for 5G and AI-RAN
16:20 - 16:40
Sponsor Address: Subsea Cable Infrastructure – Strategic Investments and Ownership Models
16:40 - 17:20
Panel Discussion: Navigating the Telco Economic Challenge – Cost, Revenue, and Sustainability
19:00 - 22:00
Network X Awards
13:30 - 13:45
Welcome Address & Market Outlook
13:45 - 13:50
Three-Minute Mingles
13:50 - 14:10
Operator Address: Architecting Lossless AI Network Fabric
14:10 - 14:30
Sponsor Address: Building Comprehensive Network Observability for Data Centre Operations
14:30 - 15:10
Panel Discussion: Building Self-Driving Data Centre Networks with Automation and Digital Twins
15:10 - 16:00
Networking Break
16:00 - 16:20
Operator Address: Scale Across: The New Competitive Battleground for Telcos in AI Data Centre Infrastructure
16:20 - 16:40
Sponsor Address: Advanced Optical Technologies for Quantum-Safe Connectivity
16:40 - 17:20
Panel Discussion: Preparing Networks for Quantum-Safe Security
19:00 - 22:00
Network X Awards
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