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08:00 - 08:55
Registration Open
Showing 10 of 10 Streams
09:00 - 09:05
Chairman's Welcome
09:05 - 09:45
Keynote Panel: Sovereignty, AI Factories & the Future of European Telecoms
09:45 - 10:00
Sponsor Keynote: Building Trusted Networks: Security, Resilience & Trust at Scale
10:00 - 10:15
Keynote Panel: AI at the Top: The Leadership Decisions Defining the Next Decade
10:15 - 10:45
Keynote Panel: Redefining the Future of Networks
10:45 - 11:15
Keynote Panel: Shaping the 6G Era – From Vision to Sustainable Network Evolution | Led by NGMN
11:15 - 11:25
Networking Break
19:00 - 22:00
Network X Awards
11:30 - 11:40
Chair's Welcome Address
11:40 - 11:45
Three-Minute Mingles
11:45 - 12:05
Operator Address: How Self-Healing Networks are Helping Operators to Prevent and Reduce Downtimes
12:05 - 12:25
Sponsor Address: Operating Fibre Networks at Scale: Automation, AI, and Predictive Intelligence
12:25 - 13:05
Panel Discussion: From Passive Fibre to Intelligent Networks: The Rise of AI-Driven Automation
13:05 - 14:00
Lunch Break
14:00 - 14:20
Operator Address: Transforming Water Infrastructure Through Fibre-Optic Leak Detection
14:20 - 14:40
Sponsor Address: How is AI enabling Consumers to Report Outages Faster?
14:40 - 15:00
Operator Address: Smart City Infrastructure Monitoring and Safety
15:00 - 15:40
Panel Discussion: Passive Transference to Active Detection: Making Fibre Networks Intelligent and Alert
15:40 - 16:20
Networking Break
16:20 - 16:40
Operator Address: Monetising Fiber Infrastructure: From Connectivity to Colocation, Edge and Beyond
16:40 - 17:00
Sponsor address: Dark Fibre: The Strategic Infrastructure for Enterprise Connectivity
17:00 - 17:30
Panel Discussion: The Next Fibre Revolution: Hollow-Core Technology and Its Impact on Latency, Capacity, and Network Economics
17:30 - 17:35
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
Wi-Fi 7 and the Path to Wi-Fi 8: Unlocking Next-Generation Connectivity
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 - 15:00
Operator Address: The AI Optical Backbone
15:00 - 15:40
Panel Discussion: Standardisation and Interoperability – Enabling Multi-Vendor Optical Networks
15:40 - 16:10
Networking Break
16:10 - 16:30
Operator Address: Optical Networks as the Foundation for 5G and AI-RAN
16:30 - 16:50
Sponsor Address: Subsea Cable Infrastructure – Strategic Investments and Ownership Models
16:50 - 17:30
Panel Discussion: Navigating the Telco Economic Challenge – Cost, Revenue, and Sustainability
19:00 - 22:00
Network X Awards
11:30 - 11:40
Welcome Address & Market Outlook
11:40 - 11:45
Three-Minute Mingles
11:45 - 12:05
Operator Address: Leveraging Digital Twins for Data Centre Network Planning
12:05 - 12:25
Sponsor Address: Building Comprehensive Network Observability for Data Centre Operations
12:25 - 13:05
Panel Discussion: Building Self-Driving Data Centre Networks with Automation and Digital Twins
13:05 - 14:00
Lunch Break
14:00 - 14:20
Operator Address: Architecting Lossless AI Network Fabric
14:20 - 14:40
Sponsor Address: Advanced Optical Technologies for Quantum-Safe Connectivity
14:40 - 15:00
Operator Address: Network Slicing for Data Centre Services: Monetising 5G Infrastructure
15:00 - 15:40
Panel Discussion: Preparing Networks for Quantum-Safe Security
15:40 - 16:10
Networking Break
16:10 - 16:30
Operator Address: Serving Latency-Critical Verticals: Finance, Gaming, and Autonomous Systems
16:30 - 16:50
Sponsor Address: Edge Data Centre Solutions for Ultra-Low Latency Applications
16:50 - 17:30
Panel Discussion: Strategic Interconnection: Building Profitable Peering and IX Relationships
19:00 - 22:00
Network X Awards
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