SPEAKERS

Confirmed Speakers 2019

Hear 80+ senior-level speakers from
Europe, Asia, and the USA

Malcolm Johnson

Deputy Secretary-General

International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

Krisjanis Karins

Republic of Latvia

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

Director-General, Communications Networks, Content and Technology

European Commission

Minister for Energy and Digital Development

Ministry of Infrastructure, Sweden

Vice President, EMEA External & Regulatory Affairs

Abbey Alidoosti

Co-founder & CEO

Advanced Wireless Technology Group (AWTG Ltd)

Dr. Florian Anton

Senior Expert on Global Network and Services Policy

EMEA Satellite Operator's Association (ESOA)

Minister of Digitalisation

Jacob Bangsgaard

ERTICO/MaaS Alliance

Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA)

Co-Founder and CEO

Konboi.One, France

SAF Tehnika JSC, Latvia

Andy Billington

Innovation and Sustainability

Rail Baltica, RB Rail AS, Estonia/Latvia/Lithuania

Dr. oec. Juris Binde

President & Chairman of the Management Board

Latvian Mobile Telephone (LMT), Latvia

BITE Group, Lithuania

Senior Director

EMEAR Service Providers, Cisco Systems Inc.

Viesturs Celmins

Managing Director

VEFRESH, Latvia

Wassim Chourbaji

Senior Vice President, Government Affairs & Public Policy EMEA

Qualcomm Incorporated

Senior Manager | Management Consulting Europe

BEREC Vice Chair, UN Broadband Commissioner, President

Office of Electronic Communications (UKE), Poland

Nancy Cruickshank

Chief Digital Officer

Carlsberg Group

COO, Central & Eastern Europe

Senior Tech Journalist

Stephen Douglas

Head of 5G Practice

Spirent Communications plc, the UK

Head of Industry Associations & Knowledge Centres

Koninklijke Metaalunie, the Netherlands

Solve Fauskevag

Director of Smart Cities

Innovation Norway

Kenneth Fredriksen

Executive Vice President, CEE and Nordic Region & CEO

Huawei Technologies Sweden AB, Huawei Technologies

Dr. Christian Guttmann

Executive Director, Global Head of AI and Vice President

Dr. Suncheol Gweon

Research Director of the Institute of Convergence Technology

Yonsei University, Korea

Futurologist & Economics Journalist

Founders Space, USA

Secretary General

EMEA Satellite Operator's Association (ESOA)

Seth Wallis-Jones

Principal Analyst, Telecoms and Consumer Platforms

Informa Tech (Ovum’s parent company)

Smart Campus Project Manager, Researcher

University of Oulu, Finland

Minister of Foreign Trade and Information Technology

Republic of Estonia

Regional Director Nominee, Regional Office for Europe

World Health Organization (WHO)

Global Head of the Market Segment IoT

Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co KG

Dr. Harri Kulmala

Digital, Internet, Materials & Engineering Co-Creation (DIMECC), Finland

Senior Research Engineer

Broadcast Technology Institute (IRT), Germany

Senior Director Government Affairs Europe

Qualcomm Europe Incorporated

Murali Lakshminarasimhan

Associate VP and Head of Communications Vertical Solutions

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation, the USA

Chief Digital Officer, CEE & Nordics

Huawei Technologies

Minister for Transport

Republic of Latvia

Senior Economist the Digital Infrastructure Division

European Investment Bank

Senior 5G Tech Lead, u-blox

UK5G Advisory Board Member

Senior Director of Digitization Office

Industrial Internet Consortium, USA

Christian Micas

Senior Policy Officer, Future Connectivity Systems

DG CONNECT, European Commission

Plum Consulting

Dr. Andreas Mueller

Chairman of the Board

5G Alliance for Connected Industries and Automation (5G-ACIA)

Minister of Economics

Republic of Latvia

Marios Nicolaou

5G & Digital Transformation, the UK

Innovation Development & Research, FASTEMS Oy Ab

Agris Nikitenko

Dean of the Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology

Riga Technical University, Latvia

Kyosti Oikarinen

Chairman of the Board

Oulu City Executive Board, Finland

Secretary of State, Government Plenipotentiary for Cybersecurity

Ministry of Digital Affairs, Poland

Deputy Director of Development

Institute of Electronics and Computer Science (EDI), Latvia

Christian J. Pereira

SVP Sales & Operations

grandcentrix GmbH, Germany

Minister for Environmental Protection and Regional Development

Republic of Latvia

VP & Member of the Management Board

Latvian Mobile Telephone, Latvia

Hendrik Roreger

Head of Business Intelligence

Hamburg Port Authority, Germany

Programme Development Lead, 5G Testbeds and Trials Programme

Digital Lead for Disruptive Technologies

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

Knud Erik Skouby

Aalborg University, Denmark

Strategic Marketing Consultant

Telecoms, Media & Entertainment, UK

Gabriel Solomon

Head of Government & Industry Relations, Europe & Latin America

Dr.-Ing. Johannes Springer

Director General

5G Automotive Association (5GAA)

Darius Stravinskas

Ministry of Transport and Communications

Peter Stuckmann

Head of Unit, Future Connectivity Systems

DG CONNECT, European Commission

Maria Victoria Sukenik

Strategy and Policy Coordinator

International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

Dr. Yung Shin Van Der Sype

Head of Public Policy, Europe

ARInsights Power 100 Analyst, Contributor

Head of Internet of Things

Jaroslaw Tworog

Vice President of the Executive Board

Polish Chamber of Commerce on Electronics and Telecommunications

Dr. Stefano Vaccaro

Managing Director

Viasat Commercial Networks Europe

Tauno Vaha-Heikkila

Vice President of Connectivity Research Area

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland

Chairman of the Board

European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI)

Peter Wennerstrom

Head of Strategy and Business Development

Radio Spectrum Policy Group (RSPG)

Director, Government and Industry Relations

Dr. Colin Willcock

5G Infrastructure Association (5G IA)

CEO, Freeport of Riga Authority, Latvia

Member of the Board, Baltic Ports Organization

Managing Director

NIO GmbH, NIO, China