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2024 INCA Summit: Programme

Here's the developing programme for the INCA Summit: Defining The Future, running over the 26th and 27th November. The outline provides session titles and the names of session chairs or keynote speakers where these are confirmed. Hopefully it will provide a sense of the structure and content over the two days of the Summit.

We'll add additional speakers as they are confirmed.

Day One: Tuesday 26 November 2024

 

09:30 Welcome Ros Singleton – Chair, Telecoms Supply Chain Advisory Council, INCA Board Member, and Summit Chair  
09:35 Opening Keynote Matthew Hare – CEO, Zzoomm  
09:50 The Future of the Market Tim Stranack – Founder & Director at Community Fibre, and INCA Chair
Jeremy Chelot – CEO, Netomnia and Group
Helen Wylde-Archibald – CEO, Wildanet
Hayden Shaw – Insight Director, FDM
Donal Hanrahan – Director of Strategy, Strategic Imperatives
Matt Yardley – Managing Partner, Analysys Mason
 
10:30 Break    
11:00 Parallel sessions:    
  Whither Innovation? James Blessing – Head of IT, Freedom Fibre
Stephen Kingdom – CTO Fixed Networks, Xantaro
Wail Sabbagh – Director, Strategic Imperatives
Nathan Spilstead – Managing Director, LXS Consulting
Kevin Herbert, Director of Product Engineering and Business Solutions - Ogi
 
  Navigating Brand Identity Hayley Sykes – Director of Communications and Public Affairs, nexfibre
Sarah Vining – Brand Marketing Director, Ogi
 
  Collaborating for Success: The Telecoms Access Review (TAR) Robert Burles – Director of Regulatory Policy, APFN/Cuckoo
Gita Sorensen – Managing Director, GOS Consulting
Malcolm Corbett
Richard Cadman
 - Director, SPC Network
 
11:50 Keynote: Disrupt or Be Disrupted Tiffany Schurr – Global Vice President Cloud Solutions, Calix  
12:05 Killer Apps Tiffany Schurr – Global Vice President Cloud Solutions, Calix, and INCA Board Member
Daniel Heery – Founder, Cybermoor and INCA Board Member
Gabriel Cosgrave - GM EMEA & SVP Global Sales, Tivo
Alex Cacciamani 
- CEO, Infranomics
 
12:45 Lunch & Networking    
  Welcome Back Ros Singleton  
13:50 Keynote Suw Charman-Anderson – Founder, Ada Lovelace Day  
14:05 The Future of Policy Alex Blowers – Director of Regulatory Affairs, CityFibre
Mark Shurmer – Managing Director of Regulatory Affairs, Openreach
Bradley Carter-Roberts – Head of Broadband Strategy and Regulation Team, DSIT
Katie Crellin – Head of Regulation Policy and Compliance, PXC
Giles Rowbotham – General Counsel and Chief Development Officer, nexfibre
Till Sommer – Head of Policy, ISPA
 
14:45 INCA AGM    
15:00 Break: Refreshments & Networking    
15:30 Parallel Sessions:    
  Investing in Connectivity: Public Fibre & Digital Equity Rob Leenderts – Founder & Director at The AssetHUB
Guy Reiffer– Managing Director, Transport for Wales
Ben Allwright – CEO, Ogi
Shueb Ahmed – Commercial Lead - Fibre, Boldyn Networks
Shaun FensomCNI
 
  Working With Openreach Gita Sorensen – Managing Director, GOS Consulting
Domhnall Dods – Senior Regulatory Advisor, CityFibre
Mark Dalziel - Programme Director, OTA
Darren Wallington - Head of Passive Products, Openreach
 
  Project Gigabit: Where Next James Saunby – Consulting Director, GreySky Consulting, and INCA Board Member
Raj Kalia – Managing Director, Arkal
Roberta Ashfield – BDUK
Hector Gibson Fleming - CEO, Wessex Internet
 
       
16:20 Keynote: Enabling and Enhancing Your Proposition – Aggregating TV and OTT Video to Reach the Next Level Gabriel Cosgrave - GM EMEA & SVP Global Sales, Tivo
Brent Smith – Chief Strategy Officer & Co-founder, Evolution Digital
 
16:35 Altnet Apocalypse Hayden Shaw – Insight Director, FDM
Giles Rowbotham – General Counsel and Chief Development Officer, Nexfibre
Ben Allwright – CEO, Ogi
Stefan Stanislawski – CEO, Connect Fibre/Lightning Fibre
 
17:15 Close of Day One    
  Networking Drinks sponsored by GOS Consulting
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19:00 - late INCA Awards Dinner – this is a separately ticketed event    

 

Day Two: Wednesday 27 November 2024

 

09:30 Welcome Ros Singleton  
09:35 A Message from the Government Sir Chris Bryant – Minister of State for Data Protection and Telecoms, DSIT – a specially recorded video message.  
09:45 The Final Few  James Saunby – Consulting Director, GreySky Consulting, and INCA Board Member
Chris Croot – Head of Network Architecture & Design, Quickline
Alex Mather – Head, Digital Connectivity Forum
John Irvine – CEO, WightFibre
Gareth Burgess - Consultant to Connect Fibre
 
10:25 A New Vision: The Future of INCA Paddy Paddison – CEO, INCA
Tim Stranack – Chair, INCA
 
10:40 Break: Refreshments and Networking    
11:10 Keynote Jonathan Fowler - Director Technology and Solutions, Adtran  
11:25 Parallel sessions:    
  Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Rebecca Dobson - Chief People Officer at MS3 Networks
Lisa Hand – People Experience Director, Ogi
 
  Wholesale Standards Max Fernando – Head of Regulatory and Compliance, Glide
Rob Leenderts – Founder & Director at The AssetHUB
 
  Security and Resilience David Happy MBE– NED and Chair, Transport for Wales Fibre
Dr Greig Paul – Technical Advisor, UK Telecoms Lab
James Blessing – Head of IT, Freedom Fibre
 
12:10 Lunch & Networking    
  Welcome Back Ros Singleton  
13:15 Ofcom Keynote Dave Clarkson – Interim Group Director, Networks and Communications, Ofcom
Ben Harries - Director of Competition Policy, Ofcom
 
13:30 Infrastructure Sharing Roundtable Guy Miller – CEO, MS3 Networks
Domhnall Dods – Senior Regulatory Advisor, CityFibre
Shaun FensomCNI
Rob Leenderts – Founder & Director at The AssetHUB
 
14:10 Break: Refreshments and Networking    
14:30 The Future of Investment Charles Cameron – Managing Partner, Cameron Barney Herbst Hilgenfeldt (CBHH)
Simon Adcock - Head of Portfolio and Co-Fund Manager, Gresham House
Oliver Bradley, Senior Managing Director, Global Head of Digital Infrastructure, Macquarie Capital
 
15:10 Summit Reflections Ros Singleton
Paddy Paddison – CEO, INCA
Tim Stranack – Chair, INCA
 
15:10 Close    

 

Platinum Summit Sponsors

 

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Calix logo

 

National Grid Telecoms logo

 

Tivo logo

 

 

Gold Plus Sponsors

 

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Ogi logo

 

Strategic Imperatives logo

 

 

Gold Sponsors

 

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Silver Sponsors

 

Deepomatic logo

 

Netadmin Systems logo

 

PXC logo

 

Bronze Sponsors

 

Digpro logo

 

INCA gratefully acknowledges the generous support provided by all of our sponsors.
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