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07:30 - 08:00
Network X 5km Run
08:00 - 08:45Free
Breakfast Briefing hosted by Omdia – 2027: Ready or Not | AI. Sovereignty. Disruption.
08:45 - 08:55
Registration Open
Showing 11 of 11 Streams
Headliners
BDC by WBBA
Fibre
WGC EMEA
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
Fireside Chat: 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
18:30 - 22:30
Network X Awards
08:55 - 09:00
Sessions start at 14:00
14:00 - 14:10
Welcome address
14:10 - 14:35
Token as a Value: AI Reshapes a New Paradigm for Telco Transformation
14:35 - 14:50
Fireside Chat: Building the World's First Dual 10-Gigabit AI City
14:50 - 15:15
Building the World’s First Dual 10-Gigabit AI City
15:15 - 15:55
Beyond Connectivity: Reimagining the Customer Journey in the AI Era
15:55 - 16:15
Digital Inclusion and Economic Growth: Networks as Community Infrastructure in the Age of AI
16:15 - 16:35
Emerging Technologies in Action: From Hype to High-Impact Deployment
16:35 - 16:50
Whitepaper Release Ceremony
16:50 - 17:00
Closing Remarks & MOU Signage Ceremony
08:55 - 09:00
Sessions start at 13:30
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: Operating Fibre Networks at Scale: Automation, AI, and Predictive Intelligence
14:45 - 15:45
Networking Break
15:45 - 16:05
Operator Address: Keeping Customers Connected: Resilience Built Inside the Optical Transceiver
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
Operator Address: Multi-Gigabit FWA: The Terrestrial Answer to Europe's Last 30%
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 - 09:10
CEO Introduction
09:10 - 09:30
Converged Venue Connectivity: From Strategy to Deployment
09:30 - 09:50
The Now Meets the Future in Access
09:50 - 10:10
Autonomous Intelligence for the Connected Home
10:10 - 10:30
Wi-Fi's Next Era: Reliable. Aware. Intelligent
10:30 - 10:40
No More Seams: The Story of Convergence
10:40 - 11:10
Networking Coffee Break
11:10 - 11:15
Moderator Introduction
11:15 - 11:30
The Venue of the Future: How OpenRoaming Enables Data-Driven Operations
11:30 - 11:50
Overcoming Wi-Fi 8 Adoption for Service Providers
11:50 - 12:10
Self-Driving Networks are Real and Here
12:10 - 12:50
Connected Communities Forum Panel: Automation, Intelligence, and Optimization: How Wi-Fi is driving intelligent connectivity innovation
12:50 - 13:55
Networking Lunch
13:55 - 14:05
WBA NextGen Wireless Work Group Introduction
14:05 - 14:20
Intelligent Infrastructure: Connecting how we Live, Work, Play and Care
14:20 - 14:40
The AI-Native Network: How the Wi-Fi 8 Generation is Reshaping Broadband Infrastructure
14:40 - 15:25
Panel Discussion: Wi-Fi 8, AI and Beyond: Building the 2030 Connectivity Roadmap
15:25 - 15:50
Networking Coffee Break
15:50 - 15:55
Moderator Introduction
15:55 - 16:15
IoT Wi-Fi powered by intelligence at the Edge
16:15 - 17:15
Panel Discussion: The Intelligent Connected Property: Home, Building and MDU Connectivity
17:15 - 18:00
WBA Annual Industry Awards 2026 Sponsored by IronWifi
18:00 - 18:15
End of Day One
18:15 - 19:30
WGC EMEA Networking Drinks Sponsored by Boingo Wireless and Cisco
08:55 - 09:00
Sessions start at 11:30
11:30 - 11:40
Welcome Address & Market Outlook
11:40 - 11:45
Three-Minute Mingles
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 - 14:20
Lunch Break
14:20 - 14:40
Analyst Address: AI-Centric Optical Networks: The CSP Opportunity
14:40 - 15:20
Fireside Chat: Standardisation and Interoperability – Enabling Multi-Vendor Optical Networks
15:20 - 16:00
Networking Break
16:00 - 16:40
Panel Discussion: Navigating the Telco Economic Challenge – Cost, Revenue, and Sustainability
18:30 - 22:30
Network X Awards
08:55 - 09:00
Sessions start at 13:30
13:30 - 13:35
Welcome Address & Market Outlook
13:35 - 13:40
Three-Minute Mingles
13:40 - 14:00
Operator Address: Architecting Lossless AI Network Fabric
14:00 - 14:40
Panel Discussion: Preparing Networks for Quantum-Safe Security
14:40 - 15:00
Analyst Address: Optics for AI: Scaling Data Center Infrastructure Across Three Critical Domains
15:00 - 16:00
Networking Break
16:00 - 16:20
Analyst Address: Scale Across: The New Competitive Battleground for Telcos in AI Data Centre Infrastructure
16:20 - 16:40
Industry Association Address: Understanding the AI Supercycle from a European Perspective
16:40 - 17:00
Analyst Address: Don't Believe the Hype: Get AI to Work on Your Own Terms
18:30 - 22:30
Network X Awards
08:55 - 09:00
Sessions start at 13:30
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 - 15:55
Networking Break
15:55 - 16:00
Analyst Welcome
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
08:55 - 09:00
Sessions start at 13:30
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: Defining measures for successful implementation of 3GPP-based automotive satellite connectivity
14:20 - 14:50
Panel Discussion: Regulating Satellite Innovation: Spectrum Policy for the Next Phase of NTN Growth
14:50 - 15:50
Networking Break
15:50 - 16:20
Panel Discussion: Direct-to-Device: Hype, Reality, and the Telco Opportunity
16:20 - 16:40
Operator Address: Integrated Terrestrial and Non-Terrestrial Networks: From Concept to Real-World Deployment
16:40 - 17:00
Operator Address: Entering Space, Enabling Experimentation: LMT Beyond Telecom
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
08:55 - 09:00
Sessions start at 12:00
12:00 - 12:45
Sovereignty at Scale: How Are Telcos Redefining Supply Strategy in the AI Economy?
15:00 - 15:45
Why Telco Innovation Isn’t Scaling: Where Does Accountability Really Sit?
16:00 - 16:45
Building the Table Together: Men and Women Reshaping Telco Leadership
18:30 - 22:30
Network X Awards
08:55 - 09:00
Sessions start at 10:40
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
Fireside Chat: Networks Under Pressure: How are CEE Markets Redefining Resilience and Security?
12:20 - 12:50
The Build is Over: how do ISPs pivot to revenue maximisation
12:50 - 13:10
An AI Agent That Actually Resolves Telco Customer Issues
13:10 - 13:30
TEA time - how leaders manage Time Energy Attention
13:30 - 13:50
Austrian Quantum Leaps: The Austrian Quantum Landscape Perspective
14:00 - 14:10
Analyst Welcome
14:10 - 14:30
Standards Address: 3GPP Status Report - 6G Use Cases and Service Requirements
14:30 - 14:50
Research Address: Where Will 6G Have the Greatest Impact?
14:50 - 15:20
Panel Discussion: Beyond 5G: One6G's Vision for 6G Technologies and Transformative Use Cases
15:20 - 15:40
Networking Break
15:40 - 16:00
Presentation: The 6G countdown from IMT2030 TO 3GPP’s 21st Release
16:00 - 16:20
Academic Address: Core Network Advancements in 6G: Practical Implementation with the Open6GCore Toolkit
16:20 - 16:40
Fireside Chat: Shaping 6G Globally: Spectrum, Standards and the Path to Harmonisation
18:30 - 22:30
Network X Awards
08:55 - 09:00
Sessions start at 10:30
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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