Day 1: Wednesday 16th November
| 10:00 | Conference Welcome and Introduction | Ros Singleton (Conference chair) |
| 10:10 | Welcome to Liverpool | Steve Rotheram, Metro Mayor of Liverpool City Region |
| 10:20 | Keynote: Opportunities & Challenges Ahead for the Altnets |
Alex Blowers, Director of Regulatory Affairs CityFibre, and INCA Chair |
| 10:40 | Panel 1: Leadership |
Chair: Ros Singleton, CEO SpringFibre Speakers: David Cullen, Prism Consulting Kevin Murphy, CEO G.Network Nick Parbutt, CEO Toob |
| 11:20 | Refreshment Break | |
| 11:40 | Parallel Workshops | |
| W1: Policy & Regulation: Fibre to the People – empowering consumers to access innovative high quality, high value gigabit services. |
Chair: John Irvine, CEO WightFibre Mark Detre, G.Network Jarlath Finnegan, CEO, Giganet Adrian Wooster, Chief Innovation Officer, DKT David Green, Calix Oliver Johnson, CEO Point Topic |
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| W2: Tech & Ops: Systems & Security |
Chair: Huw Saunders, Director of Network Infrastructure and Resilience, Ofcom Dr Greig Paul, Strathclyde University Josef Karthauser, CTO and Founder Truespeed Gita Sorensen, Managing Director GOS Consulting Ben Willis, Principal Technology Adviser, Networks & Communications, Ofcom |
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| W3: Sector Strategies: Overbuild – UK Opportunity or Commercial Challenge? |
Chair: Ruth Kennedy, Group Business Performance Director TalkTalk Guy Miller, CEO MS3 Networks Mark Shurmer, Managing Director of Regulatory Affairs Openreach James Audley, Head of Wholesale Product, Marketing and Strategy Virgin Media Business Jeremy Chelot, CEO Netomnia & YouFibre Shaun Fensom, Director CNI |
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| 12:40 | Plenary: The Race to Fibre - How the UK is Shaping up Globally |
Chair: Benoit Felten, Director Plum Consulting Ronan Kelly, CTO EMEA & APAC Regions Adtran Jean-Donan Olliero, Head of Business Development Axione Jakob Bluestone, Telecoms Analyst Credit Suisse |
| 13:10 | Lunch | |
| 14:15 | Welcome back | |
| 14:20 | Keynote: Regulating the Competitive Market |
Lindsey Fussell, Group Director Networks & Communications, Ofcom |
| 14:40 | Panel 2: Regulatory Policy |
Chair: Alex Mather, Digital Connectivity Forum (formerly BSG) Speakers: Tim Stranack, Founder, CommunityFibre, Chair INCA Policy & Regulatory SIG Gita Sorensen, GOS Consulting Katie Crellin, Regulatory Policy and Reporting Manager County Broadband Stephen Terry, Head of Regulatory, Fern Group Max Fernando, Head of Regulatory & Compliance, Glide and Chair INCA Standards Group (tbc) |
| 15:10 | Refreshment break | |
| 15:30 | Parallel Workshops | |
| W4: Tech & Ops: Speeding up Deployment |
Chair: James Blessing, Head of IT Development, Freedom Fibre Stephen Kingdom, Senior Solution Architect Xantaro Jerry Mills, Chairman Mills Limited James Wheatley, Head of Product Management IQGeo Ian Cowser, Engineer Corning |
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| W5: Tech & Ops: Switching & Wholesale |
Opening Comment: Paul Bradbury, CEO TOTSCo |
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| Chair: Malcolm Corbett, CEO INCA Marcel Horst, Director Common Wholesale Platform Niall Halpenny, Director of Telecoms Sonalake Toby Treacher Managing Director The BroadbandHUB Clairton Fernandes, Sales Manager Netadmin Systems Matt Brewster, CTO Strategic Imperatives |
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| W6: Sector Strategies: Building the Future – getting the right people, the right skills and the right training to build the new gigabit networks. |
Chair: Julie Hobbins, Educational & Funding Lead, CityFibre Kerry Young, Chief People Officer Allpoints Fibre Tessa McCarthy, National Business Development Manager Sunbelt Rentals Stewart Pert, Head Of Design & Planning, Network Services-UK Sterlite Technologies Kate Richardson, Head of Inclusion & Diversity G.Network Caroline Thompson, Head of Learning & Development Allpoints Fibre |
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| 16:30 | Keynote: | Ronan Kelly, CTO EMEA & APAC Regions Adtran |
| 16:40 | Panel 3: Policy & Regulatory Requirements to Maximise the Potential of New Digital Infrastructure |
Chair: Pamela Learmonth, Policy & Regulatory Lead INCA |
| 17:05 | Wrap up | |
| 17:15 | Drinks Reception | |
| 18:15 | INCA Awards Dinner 2022 | Pre-dinner drinks, sponsored by GOS Consulting. Opening speech: Malcolm Corbett, CEO INCA Master of Ceremonies: David Happy Carriages: 10:45pm; Dress code:Smart casual. |
Day 2: Thursday 17th November
| 09:00 | Conference Day Two Welcome | Ros Singleton (Conference chair) |
| 09:10 | Parallel Workshops | |
| W7: Policy & Regulation: Barrier Busting - marking the DCMS Scorecard |
Chair: Pamela Learmonth, INCA Policy & Regulatory Lead Terry Daniell, Founder & Operations Director Trenches Law Ravi Mohindra, General Counsel & Head of Business Development Toob Aidan Paul, MD Dolomite Solutions Jesam Eyong, Head of Public Sector Engagement BBTF DCMS Jennie Bayliss, Bayliss Consulting |
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| W8: Tech & Ops: The Future of Wireless - Wifi6, Lifi, Gigabit Wireless, 5G |
Chair: Ros Singleton, CEO Spring Fibre David Burns, Wireless Coverage Bob Cushing, Prism Business Consulting Richard Swinford, Digital Infrastructure DCMS Matt Crawford, Head of Wireless Glide Paddy Paddison, Chief Information & Technology Officer Wildanet |
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| W9: Sector Strategies: Investing in the Altnets – the changing climate and focus for investors. |
Chair: Charles Cameron, Partner Cameron Barney Oliver Bradley, MD Macquarie Group James Harraway, Managing Director Infracapital Sean McLachlan, Senior Director and Fund ManagerAviva Investors Joel Pirard, VP Sales Telecom Digpro Reef Read, Associate Partner TMT Practice PMP Strategy Rob Skinner, Head of Sustainable Infrastructure Octopus Investments |
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| 10:10 | Keynote address | The Rt. Hon Michelle Donelan MP, Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport |
| 10:30 | Panel 4: Policy Debate |
Chair: Tim Stranack, Founder, CommunityFibre, Chair INCA Policy & Regulatory Special Interest Group Panellists: Catherine Colloms, MD of Corporate Affairs and Brand Openreach Alex Blowers, Director of Regulatory Affairs CityFibre Michael Lee, CEO B4RN Rob Burles, Head of Regulatory Affairs Swish Fibre |
| 11:00 | Refreshment Break | |
| 11:20 | Panel 5: The Social & Economic Impact of Gigabit Infrastructure |
David Cullen, Owner & Director Prism Consulting Dr Aileen Jones, Executive Director - Investment and Delivery Liverpool City Region James Audley, Head of Wholesale Product, Marketing and Strategy Virgin Media Business Matt Smith, Head of Public Procurement & Engagement Full Fibre Dave Hudson, Head of Partnerships & Alliances, ITS Technology Group |
| 12:00 | Panel 6: Net Zero |
Ian Adkins, Principal Consultant Analysys Mason James Thornton, Environment & Sustainability Manager CityFibre Darren Kilburn, Head of Policy & Economics Farrpoint Lee Spicer, Key Account Manager ACOME John Bathgate, EHS Manager Emtelle Charles Cameron, Partner Cameron Barney |
| 12:40 | Keynote: Fibre for Everything | Steven Vermylen, Fixed Networks Business Director North Europe - Nokia |
| 12:55 | Lunch | |
| 14:00 | Welcome back | |
| 14:05 | Keynote: | Lucy Powell MP, Shadow Secretary of State DCMS |
| 14:25 | Parallel Workshops | |
| W10: Policy & Regulation: Project Gigabit: Opportunities & Challenges |
Chair: James Saunby GreySky and INCA Vice Chair Martyn Taylor, Chief Commercial Officer BDUK Tim Stranack, Adviser to Box Broadband Sam Calvert, Chief Revenue Officer GoFibre Alex Blowers, Director of Regulatory Affairs CityFibre |
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| W11: Tech and Ops: Asset Re-use |
Chair: Holger Kessler, NUAR Stakeholder and Communications Lead GeoSpatial Commission Jerry McConkey, GeoPlace/NUAR David Pritchard, Solutions Architect Dura-line Rob Leenderts, Founder & Director AssetHUB Shueb Ahmed, Commercial Fibre Lead BAI |
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| W12: Sector Strategies: Engaging Local Communities – Getting the message out, Street-works notifications, Building new networks safely |
Chair: Daniel Heery, Project Mgr Cybermoor, Director CBN Alan Trueman, Head SHE CityFibre & Chair SHIFT Group Tom Rigg, Chief Operating Officer B4RN David Latham, Kent County Council and HAUC Mashood Ahmad, Managing Director Grayshott Gigabit |
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| 15:25 | Conference Wrap-up and thanks | |
| 15:40 | Close |
Please be aware that this programme remains subject to change.