08.30 Registration and coffee
Opening Plenary
09.00 Chairman’s Opening Remarks
09.10 100G vision for the emerging high bandwidth network applications
Representative from SoftBank
09.40 Re-architecting the optical and transport infrastructure to plan effectively for future network usage
Andy Lumsden, VP of Engineering, Pacnet
10.10 Discussion Forum – The Big Debate: 40 vs 100 G
• Current timescales to achieve 100G
• Optimal migration strategies and key business considerations in the move to 40G/100G
• Understanding the economic implications of the next generation of line speeds
Massimo Leo, Director, Product Marketing, Alcatel-Lucent
Representative from SoftBank
11.00 Morning Coffee
11.30 Chairman’s Opening Remarks
11.35 Reviewing the performance benefits and cost efficiencies involved in using next generation optical fibre in your network
• An analysis of expected performance results using next generation fibre in your network
• How can optical fibre innovation assist in the transition to higher data rates?
• How different operators are implementing various solutions to manage the expansion of their networks and why
Erna Sri Sugesti, Researcher, IT Telkom
12.05 Panel Session: Understanding the evolution of the Next Generation optical network – what will tomorrow’s network look like?
• Overview of today’s fast growing services, current trends and market forecasts
• Looking at operators’ long term optical requirements and demands
• Challenges and practical problems in traffic management and engineering of today’s networks
• New service paradigms in optical networks
Andy Lumsden, VP of Engineering, Pacnet
Erna Sri Sugesti, Researcher, IT Telkom
Massimo Leo, Director, Product Marketing,Alcatel Lucent
12.35 Meeting the requirements of today and tomorrow with Next Generation optical networks – capability, survivability, reliability, adaptability, scalability and flexibility
• Meeting operational performance and cost targets
• Balancing flexibility between infrastructure & end user requirements
• Increasing abilities to react more quickly to changes in traffic
• Achieving better economics and serviceability
• Maximizing resources with multi-layer optimization
Gilbert T. Virtucio, Technical Solutions Architect, Globe Telecom Inc.
13.05 Networking Lunch
14.15 Optical Switching – investigating the latest solutions for increasing bandwidth demands
• Optical switch architectures and performance: an overview
• Hybrid electro-optical switch architectures
• Investigating regulations and standards in relation to optical switching
14.45 Operationalizing the Control Plane – an OIF Perspective
Edward Au, OIF Representative
15.15 Optical delivery: building a roadmap for transition whilst reducing the cost to deliver optical networks
• Ensuring a return on investment in the networks: how will the networks be used and what will the cost of ownership be?
• Driving efficiencies in network maintenance
• Ensuring you are equipped to deliver the most economic optical solution
Patrick George, Senior Vice President Marketing & Product Management, Belgacom
15.45 Afternoon Tea
16.30 Case study: Making the numbers stack up: Operational and maintenance aspects of optical fibre networks and how to demonstrate a real return on investment
Henry Yeung, Head of Network Development, Hong Kong Broadband Network Limited
11.30 Chairman’s Opening Remarks
11.35 Keynote Address – Carrier Ethernet for Mobile Backhaul: Status Report
• APAC and global trends for mobile backhaul
• Carrier Ethernet deployments: Use cases
• Drive to standardisation – where are we?
• Market expectations for 2011
MEF Mobile Backhaul Working Group Representative
12.05 Debate: Mobile backhaul versus pure optical transmission: where should the investment lie?
Tim Hubbard, Head of Wholesale Data Solutions, BT
Roberto Micali, Mobile Network Planner, Telecom Italia
MEF Mobile Backhaul Working Group Representative
12.35 Drivers for investment in an efficient mobile backhaul to lower transport costs and enhance service quality:
• Enabling more efficient use of the transport bandwidth and simplified network management
• Maximizing service performance – throughput, latency and transport efficiency – while minimizing total cost of ownership
• Coping with multiple network layers and a wide mix of transport technologies and protocols.
Tim Hubbard, Head of Wholesale Data Solutions, BT
13.05 Networking Lunch
14.15 Future-proofing the mobile backhaul network
• Integration issues with legacy equipment
• Implementing a smooth, cost effective evolution to next-generation backhaul that allows for plenty of flexibility
• Assessing the cost implications of required upgrade
• Allowing for future architecture evolution of the backhaul
Roberto Micali, Mobile Network Planner, Telecom Italia
14.45 LTE ready mobile backhaul – what will it offer?
• Keeping up with the appetite for new services and applications
• Enabling higher capacities and scaling to 100Mbps and even beyond
• Allowing for lower latencies and selecting solutions that support extremely low latency
• Supporting IP traffic from the outset
Chia Chung-Yung Ph.D, Taiwan Chunghwa Telecom Co
15.15 Building an IP-based backhaul infrastructure – the whats, hows and
‘watch-outs’ and how to meet the challenges head-on
• Ensuring lower data transmission costs and reduced operational expenditures
• Looking for higher revenues for transport network operators through optimal reuse of existing infrastructure
• How IP-based backhaul infrastructure can help ease migration to a connection oriented packet transport network
15.45 Afternoon tea
16.30 Panel discussion: protecting legacy and future revenue and maintaining customer satisfaction through investment in mobile backhaul
• Examining growth trends
• Drivers for investment
• Investigating scope for upgrading legacy networks
• Improving customer satisfaction
Chia Chung-Yung Ph.D, Taiwan Chunghwa Telecom Co
Roberto Micali, Mobile Network Planner, Telecom Italia
Tim Hubbard, Head of Wholesale Data Solutions, BT
17.00 End of Conference Day One
Networking Drinks Reception
You are invited to join the speakers, sponsors and delegates at an informal drinks reception where you will be able to network and continue to discuss the issues of the day.
