Confirmed speakers 2019

Malcolm Johnson

Deputy Secretary-General

International Telecommunication Union (ITU)​

Krisjanis Karins

Prime Minister

Wolfgang Kopf

Senior Vice President for Public & Regulatory Affair

Deutsche Telekom AG

Paula Lehtomaki

Secretary General

Nordic Council of Ministers

Christian Leicher

Group President & CEO

Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. AG

Roberto Viola

Director-General, Communications Networks, Content and Technology

European Commission

Anders Ygeman

Minister for Energy and Digital Development

Ministry of Infrastructure

Mike Corkerry

Vice President, EMEA External & Regulatory Affairs

AT&T

Paolo Campoli

Senior Director

EMEAR Service Providers, Cisco Systems Inc.

Florian Anton

Senior Expert on Global Network and Services Policy

EMEA Satellite Operator's Association (ESOA)

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Agenda 2019

08:00 - 09:00

Registration

09:00 - 09:05

Opening Show & Setting the scene of Day 1

09:05 - 09:25

Welcome Address

  • Krišjānis Kariņš, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Latvia
  • Demonstration of drone BLOS flight by Latvian Mobile Telephone(LMT), Latvia
  • Malcolm Johnson, Deputy Secretary-General, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
  • Paula Lehtomäki, Secretary General, Nordic Council of Ministers

Keynote

5G -HYPE OR HOPE FOR GLOBAL DIGITAL FUTURE

Steven Hoffman

Captain & CEO, Founders Space

09:50 - 11:00

Panel presentation of Plenary Session 1

HOW EUROPE CAN UPGRADE ITS LEADERSHIP SOURCE CODE

Steven Hoffman

Captain & CEO, Founders Space

Roberto Viola

Director-General, Communications Networks, Content and Technology, European Commission

Anders Ygeman

Minister for Energy and Digital Development, Ministry of Infrastructure

Karol Okonski

Secretary of State, Government Plenipotentiary for Cybersecurity, Ministry of Digital Affairs

Gabriel Solomon

Head of Government & Industry Relations, Europe & Latin America, Ericsson AB

Wassim Chourbaji

Senior Vice President, Government Affairs & Public Policy EMEA, Qualcomm Incorporated

11:00 - 11:20

Coffee Break

11:20 - 12:30

Panel presentation of Plenary Session 2

THE GLOBAL TRIPLET OF IoT, AI and 5G WAS BORN

Will Townsend

SENIOR ANALYST/ CONTRIBUTOR, Moor Insights & Strategy/ Forbes

Nikolai Astrup

Minister of Digitalisation

Christian Leicher

Group President & CEO, Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. AG

Wolfgang Kopf

Senior Vice President for Public & Regulatory Affair, Deutsche Telekom AG

Mike Corkerry

Vice President, EMEA External & Regulatory Affairs, AT&T

Dr. Suncheol Gweon

Research Director of the Institute of Convergence Technology, Yonsei University

12:30 - 13:30

Panel presentation of Plenary Session 3

ECOSYSTEMS AND PARTNERSHIPS ARE KEY TO SUCCESSFUL 5G COMMERCIALISATION

Laszlo Toth

Head of Public Policy, GSMA

Paolo Campoli

Senior Director, EMEAR Service Providers, Cisco Systems Inc.

Jacob Bangsgaard

CEO/President, ERTICO/MaaS Alliance

Dr. Colin Willcock

Chairman, 5G Infrastructure Association (5G IA)

Dirk Weiler

Chairman of the Board, European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI)

13:30 - 14:30

Lunch

14:30 - 16:15

Smart City

14:35 Keynote: Radiofrequency electromagnetic fields: a public health perspective

14:50 Keynote: How to build sustainable smart city using triplet: 5G, AI and IoT

15:10 Panel discussion: The role of smart cities in building a sustainable business environment for triplet 5G, AI, and IoT

Viesturs Celmins

Managing Director, VEFRESH

Juris Puce

Minister for Environmental Protection and Regional Development

Dr. Hans Kluge

Regional Director Nominee, Regional Office for Europe, World Health Organization (WHO)

Joacim Damgard

COO, Microsoft Corp

Graham Trickey

Head of Internet of Things, GSMA

Peter Wennerström

Head of Strategy and Business Development, Nokia Europe

Tim Miller

Partner, Plum Consulting

Dr. Christian Guttmann

Executive Director, Global Head of AI and Vice President, Tieto

14:30 - 16:15

Smart Mobility

14:40 Keynote: How smart, connected, shared and autonomous vehicles can bring social and economic benefits

‍15:00 Panel discussion: Are connected cars able to save millions of lives?

Andrii Andrii

Senior Tech Journalist, Tech.eu

Talis Linkaits

Minister for Transport

Dr.-Ing. Johannes Springer

Director General, 5G Automotive Association (5GAA)

Torsten Küpper

Senior Director Government Affairs, Qualcomm Europe Incorporated​

Dr.-Ing. Johannes Springer

Director General, 5G Automotive Association (5GAA)

Pejvan Beigui

Co-Founder and CEO, Konboi.One

Stephen Douglas

Head of 5G Practice, Spirent Communications plc

14:00 - 16:15

Industry 4.0

Marios Nicolaou

5G PROGRAM MANAGER, Wind

Ralfs Nemiro

Minister of Economics

16:15 - 16:45

Coffee Break

16:45 - 18:00

Smart City - continuation

16:45 Keynote: Making cities smarter with 5G– a reality check

17:05 Panel discussion: The role of cities in the development of 5G networks

Joerg Koepp

Global Head of the Market Segment IoT, Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co KG

Kyosti Oikarinen

Chairman of the Board, Oulu City Executive Board

Solve Fauskevag

Director of Smart Cities, Innovation Norway

Normunds Bergs

CEO, SAF Tehnika JSC

Jeremy Godfrey

Chair 2019, BEREC

Maria Victoria Sukenik

Strategy and Policy Coordinator, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

16:45 - 18:00

Smart Mobility - continuation

16:45 Keynote: 5G on railways – current status and direction

17:05 Panel discussion: The opportunities of smart mobility to change business models of multi-modal transport corridors

17:45 5G use cases

  • From phones to drones
  • Port of Riga pilotprojects and 5G solution

Andy Billington

Innovation and Sustainability, Rail Baltica, RB Rail AS

Prof. Knud Erik Skouby

Hui Zhang

Managing Director, NIO GmbH, NIO

Andy Billington

Innovation and Sustainability, Rail Baltica, RB Rail AS

Torsten Küpper

Senior Director Government Affairs, Qualcomm Europe Incorporated​

‍Ingmārs Pūķis

Deniss Bičkovs

16:45 - 18:00

Industry 4.0. - continuation

16:45 Keynote: 5G for the Industrial IoT

17:05 Keynote: How digitalizationand 5G can help SME’s to increase their competitiveness

17:25 Keynote: The Role of 5G for theManufacturing Industry

Dr. Andreas Müller

Kaspars Ozols

Deputy Director of Development, Institute of Electronics and Computer Science (EDI)

Sylvia Lu

Senior 5G Tech Lead, u-blox

18:00 - 18:15

Break

18:15 - 19:00

Panel discussion

FROM PILOT PROJECTS TO INNOVATIVE PUBLIC PROCUREMENTS FOR FUTURE DIGITALISATION

Marios Nicolaou

5G PROGRAM MANAGER, Wind

Dr. Tara Shirvani

Po-Wen Liu

Senior Economist the Digital Infrastructure Division, European Investment Bank

Tony Sceales

Programme Development Lead, 5G Testbeds and Trials Programme, GOV.UK

Reinis Berzins

Chairman, ALTUM

19:00 - 21:00

SOCIAL EVENT