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07:30 - 08:00
Network X 5km Run
08:00 - 08:45
Breakfast Briefing hosted by Omdia – 2027: Ready or Not | AI. Sovereignty. Disruption.
08:45 - 08:55
Registration Open
Showing 10 of 10 Streams
Headliners
Fibre
WiFi Networks & Services
IP and Optical Transport
Data Centre Networks
Mobile Networks
Mobile Services
VIP Roundtables
Future Networks Stage
FreeInnovation Stage
Free 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: From Bits to Tokens: Reinventing the Future of Fixed Broadband Operations
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
14:00 - 14:10FreeBDC by WBBA
Broadband Development Congress Opening and Welcome Remarks
14:10 - 14:30FreeBDC by WBBA
From Infrastructure to Impact: Designing Networks for Real-World Value Creation
14:30 - 14:55FreeBDC by WBBA
AI-Powered Networks: Delivering Intelligence, Not Just Pipes
14:55 - 15:15FreeBDC by WBBA
Cloud-Native Innovation: Accelerating Time-to-Market for Next-Gen Services
15:15 - 15:50FreeBDC by WBBA
Beyond Connectivity: Reimagining the Customer Journey in the AI Era
15:50 - 16:15FreeBDC by WBBA
Digital Inclusion and Economic Growth: Networks as Community Infrastructure in the Age of AI
16:15 - 16:40FreeBDC by WBBA
Emerging Technologies in Action: From Hype to High-Impact Deployment
16:40 - 16:55FreeBDC by WBBA
Whitepaper Release Ceremony
16:55 - 17:00FreeBDC by WBBA
Closing Remarks
18:30 - 22:30
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 - 14:45
Sponsor Address: TBC
14:45 - 15:05
Operator Address: TBC
15:05 - 15:45
Networking Break
15:45 - 16:05
Operator Address: TBC
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
18:30 - 22:30
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 - How Openroaming Improves Data Driven Decision
11:35 - 11:55
Overcoming Wi-Fi 8 Adoption for Service Providers
11:55 - 12:15
Self-Driving Networks are Real and Here
12:15 - 12:45
Connected Communities Forum Panel: 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
The AI-Native Network: How the Wi-Fi 8 Generation is Reshaping Broadband Infrastructure
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
11:10 - 11:20
Welcome Address & Market Outlook
11:20 - 11:25
Three-Minute Mingles
11:25 - 11:45
Operator Address: Case Study: Future-Oriented Optical Metro Network
11:45 - 12:05
Sponsor Address: Evolution of Optical Networks for AI/ION-2030
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
Analyst Address: The Trend of the AI-Oriented All Optical Network with Low Latency and High Reliability
14:20 - 14:40
Sponsor Address: Enabling Multi-Vendor Flexibility with Open Optical & Disaggregation
14:40 - 15:00
Fireside Chat: Standardisation and Interoperability – Enabling Multi-Vendor Optical Networks
15:00 - 16:00
Networking Break
16:00 - 16:20
Operator Address: Optical Networks as the Foundation for 5G and AI-RAN
16:20 - 17:00
Panel Discussion: Navigating the Telco Economic Challenge – Cost, Revenue, and Sustainability
18:30 - 22:30
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
Industry Association Address: Understanding the AI Supercycle from a European Perspective
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
Analyst Address: Don't Believe the Hype: Get AI to Work on Your Own Terms
16:40 - 17:20
Panel Discussion: Preparing Networks for Quantum-Safe Security
18:30 - 22:30
Network X Awards
13:30 - 13:45
Analyst Welcome
13:45 - 13:50
Three-Minute Mingles
13:50 - 14:10
Operator Address: 5G Core Network Evolution & Challenges
14:10 - 14:30
Sponsor Address: Do AI Agents Dream of Your Bank Accounts?
14:30 - 15:10
Panel Discussion: Navigating 5G Standalone and 5G Advanced: Turning Architecture into Revenue
15:10 - 16:00
Networking Break
16:00 - 16:20
Operator Address: How does Cloudifying the Network Transform Operations across Domains?
16:20 - 16:40
Operator Address: Building a Horizontal Telco Cloud: A Practical Blueprint for Network Evolution
16:40 - 17:20
Panel Discussion: Who Really Controls the Cloud and Edge, and Does Sovereignty Still Scale?
18:30 - 22:30
Network X Awards
13:30 - 13:35
Welcome Address and NTN/Satellite Market Outlook
13:35 - 13:40
Three-Minute Mingles
13:40 - 14:00
Operator Address: Putting NTN D2D in Context; an Ofcom Study into UK Mobile Services Performance
14:00 - 14:20
Operator Address: Scaling Satellite IoT: Where Integrated Connectivity Delivers Real Value
14:20 - 14:50
Panel Discussion: Regulating Satellite Innovation: Spectrum Policy for the Next Phase of NTN Growth
14:50 - 15:40
Networking Break
15:40 - 15:50
5GAA Presentation
15:50 - 16:20
Panel Discussion: Direct-to-Device: Hype, Reality, and the Telco Opportunity
16:20 - 16:40
Operator Address: Seamless Connectivity: Integrating Satellite into the Operator Network Strategy
16:40 - 17:00
Operator Address: TBC
17:00 - 17:40
Panel Discussion: Fixed, FWA or Satellite? Building the Right Broadband Mix by Market, Density and Economics
18:30 - 22:30
Network X Awards
11:00 - 11:45
IP & Optical Convergence for the AI Era: Strategic Implications for Revenue, Operations, and Market Positioning
12:00 - 12:45
Sovereignty at Scale: How Are Telcos Redefining Supply Strategy in the AI Economy?
14:00 - 14:45
Why Telco Innovation Isn’t Scaling: Where Does Accountability Really Sit?
15:00 - 15:45
Post-Quantum Risk: What Are Telcos Investing in Now, and What Are They Deliberately Delaying?
16:00 - 16:45
Building the Table Together: Men and Women Reshaping Telco Leadership
18:30 - 22:30
Network X Awards
10:30 - 10:40
Analyst Welcome
10:40 - 11:00
ETIS Address: Europe's Telecoms at a Turning Point – A CEE Strategic Outlook
11:00 - 11:40
ETIS Panel: The Reinvented Operator – AI, New Verticals and Resilience: The CEE View
11:40 - 12:00
Operator Address: FWA as the Primary 5G Use Case – Not Just a Side Play
12:00 - 12:30
Networking Break
12:30 - 13:10
Panel Discussion: Networks Under Pressure: How are CEE Markets Redefining Resilience and Security?
13:30 - 13:40
Analyst Welcome
13:40 - 14:00
Standards Address: 3GPP Status Report - 6G Use Cases and Service Requirements
14:00 - 14:20
Operator Address: What Does it Mean for 6G to be Truly AI‑Native by Design?
14:20 - 15:00
Panel Discussion: Beyond 5G: One6G's Vision for 6G Technologies and Transformative Use Cases
15:00 - 15:30
Networking Break
15:30 - 15:50
Fireside Chat: Sustainable by Design: Building Energy-Efficient and Responsible 6G Networks
15:50 - 16:10
Fireside chat: How Do We Build Resilient and Secure 6G Networks for a High-Risk World?
16:10 - 16:50
Panel Discussion: Shaping 6G Globally: Spectrum, Standards and the Path to Harmonisation
18:30 - 22:30
Network X Awards
10:30 - 12:00
Broadband Forum BASe: Beyond the Bit: The Multi-Gigabit Access Evolution
12:00 - 13:30
ETSI Workshop 2: Telco AI-Native Infrastructure: an open discussion hosted by ETSI ISG NFV
13:30 - 15:00
Broadband Forum BASe: The Operator’s View of the Opportunities in 2027 and Beyond
15:00 - 16:30
ETSI Workshop 3: Towards the future Agentic AI based F6G optical networks
16:30 - 16:50
After Gigabit: How to Measure and Defend the Experience You Deliver
18:30 - 22:30
Network X Awards
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