CONFERENCE DAY 1 / THURSDAY 19 MAY 2016
| 08.00 | WELCOME, REGISTRATION AND COFFEE | |
 CHAIRMAN Dave Burstein, Editor, Fast Net News |
08.30 KEYNOTE ADDRESS
| 08.30 | The Rise of Gigabit | |
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• Understanding the performance evolution of G.fast • Exploring G.fast viability as a Gigabit technology • Getting the FTTH Council Europe perceptive of G.fast  Ronan Kelly CTO of EMEA & APAC Regions, ADTRAN President of FTTH Council Europe |
09.00 OPENING Session| 09.00 | BT Technical Developments and Learnings from Trials | |||||
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| 10.00 | COFFEE BREAK |
10.30 DEPLOYMENT REPORTS SESSION
| 10.30 | Swisscom: Latest Status, Progress and Challenges | |
 Overview of Swisscom's UBB strategy towards G.fast and explanation of the deployment scenarios and the network architecture. Highlighting the challenges of deploying G.fast in the live network and handling of CPE's. First lab experiences and approach for cable modelling. Oliver Lamparter, Swisscom |
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| 11.00 | G.fast and VDSL2 Evolution: the Yin and Yang of Proximus' Access Network Evolution | |
| G.fast as complementary solution to FTTH brownfield: use cases and technology needs. Extending the lifespan of FTTCurb: the need for DSL evolution. Intermediate lab test results, main challenges & next steps. Kurt Coulier, Proximus |
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| 11.30 | Fully Unbundled Vectored DSLs | |
 Describing a platform which is aimed at automatically optimizing subscriber experience, and providing operators with efficient service diagnostics and management tools. Providing a live demo. Dr. John Cioffi, ASSIA |
| 11.50 | Actual Results and Lessons Learned from the Field | |
Moderator: Dave Burstein, Editor Fast Net News | ||
| Participants Trevor Linney, Head of Access Network Research, BT Oliver Lamparter, Swiscom Kurt Coulier, Proximus Hubert Mariotte, xDSL Technology Expert, Orange Paul Spruyt, xDSL Strategist, Nokia Eric Joyce, ADTRAN Rami Verbin, CTO, Sckipio Debu Pal, Qualcomm |
| 12.30 | LUNCH |
14.00 Operational challenges Session | 14.00 | G.fast: A Deployable Reality Today | |
 Examining data from G.fast trials, exploring the operational challenges of and solutions for taking G.fast from the lab to the field, and discussing the potential future evolutions of the standard.• Deployment challenges • Troubleshooting • Speeds, feeds and connection lengths • Managing and monitoring performance • Potential evolution and improvements for the G.fast standard Paul Spruyt, xDSL Strategist, Nokia |
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| 14.30 | Taking G.fast to the Edge: Pushing the Limits of G.fast | |
 Covering both high rates and long reach. How far can G.fast be pushed? Explaining recent insights in the real-world capabilities of G.fast to solve a broad range of service provider challenges. Rami Verbin, CTO, Sckipio |
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| 15.00 | Finding The Elusive G.fast Sweet Spot with SDN | |
| Explaining how an open, programmable and scalable architecture based on SDN, and open interfaces and deployment models, delivers the optimum conditions for getting to G.fast profitably, sustainably and non-disruptively. Setting out the economics of what, how and why one can keep the good and throw away the bad from the existing network. Ronan Kelly, CTO, EMEA & APAC, ADTRAN |
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| 15.30 | COFFEE BREAK | |
| 16.00 | Benefits and Options to Deploy G.fast over COAX | |
| Describing the reasons to deploy G.fast over COAX, the gains that can be achieved by using COAX, and where it makes sense to deploy over COAX. Illustrating with the case study of an actual field trial of G.fast over COAX including a brief description of the trial site, performance data, and lessons learned from the installation. William Bittancourt, Senior Product Line Manager, Calix Networks |
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| 16.30 | End-to-end Management for the Experience Delivery Network | |
 It’s no longer sufficient for operators to limit their broadband service management to the access network – they must have an end-to-end (central office to the end-user’s in-home devices) solution that facilitates automatic/dynamic service management, call center diagnostics and remote repair, and efficient deployment of field service technicians when required. Presenting the vision and the capabilities of an end-to-end service management platform for the Experience Delivery Network. Djamel Bousaber, Technical Manager, ASSIA |
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| 17.00 | Use Cases and Technology Challenges | |
 Thierry Valette CTO Access Network, Western Europe Huawei |
| 17.30 | END OF CONFERENCE DAY ONE | |
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