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 |
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| 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 |
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| Navigating Brand Identity | Hayley Sykes – Director of Communications and Public Affairs, nexfibre Sarah Vining – Brand Marketing Director, Ogi |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 Fensom – CNI |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 10:25 | A New Vision: The Future of INCA | Paddy Paddison – CEO, INCA Tim Stranack – Chair, INCA |
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| 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 |
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| Wholesale Standards | Max Fernando – Head of Regulatory and Compliance, Glide | ||
| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 13:30 | Infrastructure Sharing Roundtable | Guy Miller – CEO, MS3 Networks Domhnall Dods – Senior Regulatory Advisor, CityFibre Shaun Fensom – CNI Rob Leenderts – Founder & Director at The AssetHUB |
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| 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 |
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| 15:10 | Summit Reflections | Ros Singleton Paddy Paddison – CEO, INCA Tim Stranack – Chair, INCA |
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| 15:10 | Close |
