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 | |
Opening Keynote | Greg Mesch – CEO, CityFibre | ||
The Future of the Market | Tim Stranack – Founder & Director at Community Fibre, and INCA Chair Jeremy Chelot, CEO, Netomnia/YouFibre Helen Wylde-Archibald, CEO, Wildanet Hayden Shaw, Insight Director, FDM Donal Hanrahan, Direcotr of Strategy, Strategic Imperatives/X3T |
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Break | |||
11:00 | Parallel sessions: | ||
Whither Innovation? | James Blessing – Head of IT, Freedom Fibre Stephen Terry, Group Head of Regulatory, APFN Wail Sabbagh, Director, Strategic Imperatives |
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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 |
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11:50 | Keynote: Disrupt or Be Disrupted | Calix - speaker tbc | |
12:05 | Killer Apps | Tiffany Schurr – Global Vice President Cloud Solutions, Calix, and INCA Board Member Daniel Heery – Founder, Cybermoor and INCA Board Member |
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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 Rebecca Molyneux – Deputy Director, Broadband Regulation and Investment, DSIT Katy 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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Break: Refreshments & Networking | |||
15:30 | Parallel Sessions: | ||
Investing in Connectivity: Public Fibre & Digital Equity | Rob Leenderts – Founder & Director at The AssetHUB, BroadbandHUB and Hubbub, and INCA Board Member Alexia Course – Chief Commercial Officer, Transport for Wales Ben Allwright – CEO, Ogi Shueb Ahmed – Commercial Lead - Fibre, Boldyn Networks Shaun Fensom – CNI |
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Consumer Engagement: Designing a Public Awareness Campaign | Emma Shearer – Senior Public Affairs Manager, CityFibre | ||
Project Gigabit: Where Next | James Saunby – Consulting Director, GreySky Consulting, and INCA Board Member | ||
16:20 | Keynote | ||
Altnet Apocalypse | John Irvine – CEO, Wightfibre and INCA Board Member Giles Rowbotham – General Counsel and Chief Development Officer, nexfibre Ben Allwright – CEO, Ogi Stefan Stanislawski – CEO, Connect Fibre/Lightning Fibre |
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17:00 | 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 | |
Opening Keynote | |||
09:50 | The Final Few Percent | James Saunby – Consulting Director, GreySky Consulting, and INCA Board Member Chris Croot – Head of Network Architecture & Design, Quickline Alex Mather – Head, Digital Connectivity Forum Peter Gradwell – Chief Commercial Officer, Telet Research |
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Break: Refreshments & Networking | |||
11:00 | A New Vision: The Future of INCA | Paddy Paddinson – CEO, INCA Tim Stranack – Chair, INCA |
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11:30 |
Parallel Sessions: |
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Diversity, Equity & Inclusion | |||
Network Sharing |
Max Fernando – Head of Regulatory and Compliance, Glide |
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Security and Resilience |
David Happy MBE– NED and Chair, Transport for Wales Fibre |
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12:15 | Lunch & Networking | ||
Welcome Back | Ros Singleton | ||
13:20 | Ofcom Keynote | Dave Clarkson – Competition Policy Director (Telecommunications), Ofcom | |
13:35 | Infrastructure Sharing Roundtable | Guy Miller – CEO, MS3 Networks Domhnall Dodds – Senior Regulatory Advisor, CityFibre Shaun Fensom – CNI Rob Leenderts – Founder & Director at The AssetHUB, BroadbandHUB and Hubbub, and INCA Board Member |
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14:05 | The Future of Investment | Charles Cameron – Managing Partner, Cameron Barney Herbst Hilgenfeldt (CBHH) | |
14:45 | Summit Reflections | Ros Singleton Paddy Paddinson – CEO, INCA Tim Stranack – Chair, INCA |
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15:00 | Close |