PITA 22 nd AGM & TRADESHOW 2018 23-27 April 2018 Hyatt Regency Guam Resort Unlocking and Securing Digital Lifestyles in a connected Pacific [Attire for the PITA 22 nd AGM & Tradeshow 2018 is Island floral business casual] Day 1 Monday 23 April 2018: 0800-1. Registration opens and Exhibition Hall Setup [whole day] 0900-1030: 2. CEO Forum (closed session) Hyatt Conference Rooms (2 nd Floor) Main Ballroom (1 st Floor) available for use by delegates 1030-1100: Morning Tea break 1000-1230 3. Annual General Meeting of PITA Meeting of PITA Members Room: Hyatt Main Ballroom (1 st Floor) 1230-1400: Lunch Break 1400-1530: 4. Opening Session and Regional Reports Room: Hyatt Main Ballroom (1 st Floor) Traditional opening and Order Welcome by Host and PITA - Docomo Pacific, Inc - Pacific Islands Telecommunication Association Chief Guest and Opening Address Vote of Thanks 5. Regional Reports 5.1 Regional Connectivity Report for the Pacific The study by ITU on maximising availability of international connectivity for the small Islands and developing states, with the collaboration of PITA for the Pacific augments well with the need from the small islands states, with the growing number of submarine cables projects and next generation HTS satellites for connectivity in the Pacific. The report draws most of its information from the workshop that was held in the Pacific by the ITU and PITA on enhancing access to submarine cables in the Pacific and from the stocktake that started from that workshop.
5.2 Report on Strategies for Telecoms in the Pacific for the next 5-10 years Phased over three years, the study by ITU with PITA on Strategies for Telecoms in the Pacific was aimed at consolidating strategies towards a common goal of harnessing the potentials of ICT and the catalyzing of resources in the Pacific for achieving key national development goals for a digital economy and digital society. Group Photo 1530-1600: Afternoon Break 1600-1730: 6. JOIN THE CONVERSATION A panel discussion by high level players in PITA on gearing up for unlocking and securing digital lifestyles in a connected Pacific, WHAT sort of re-imaginations would be needed for the telecoms to be able to deliver this, WHERE has the inroads been achieved and impacts from market patterns, and trends? WHAT are the national and business factors, and overheads to be considered? HOW could the external relations be leveraged in bridging the lack of scale in the region? Should the members wait, or be proactive to consider the lead role in this space? Moderator Panelists [panelists invited] End of Day 1 Tour of Exhibition Hall and exhibits 1830 Welcome Reception Sponsored by DIAMOND Sponsor Day 2 Tuesday24 April 2018 0900-1030: 7. PLENARY: DISRUPTORS & STRATEGIES Country Case Studies on disruptors and strategies, inroads and experiences Room: Hyatt Main Ballroom Floor 1 Keynote: The transformation journey to be a Digital Telco Explore the various Telco innovation approaches that are happening today and tackle the vexing question of how the Telco should approach finding the right digital services projects to pursue Country & Case Study The key Tenets of the Digital Customer Experiences, a Case Study This presentation aims to get the audience understand on leveraging on digital services to improve on customer experiences, and how one Pacific Island telecommunications company is positioning itself by leveraging past and current infrastructure improvements for better experiences and business outcomes. This presentation will discuss the key tenets of digital customer experiences, infrastructure investments Vs revenue-enhancing customer experiences, including correlation into the hospitality, transportation, healthcare and government markets [spot taken]
1030-1100: Morning Tea break 1000-1230 8. DISRUPTORS & STRATEGIES Conference Conference session Room: Hyatt Main Ballroom Floor 1 Raising the bar and consistency with Digital Networks and Services At recent PITA forums, CEOs expressed the benefit of capitalising on existing relationships for sharing and being truly inter-connected 1. There will be a need to develop new strategies to have these realized. Where needed, member countries can work closely with each other for sharing new e-application platforms, access to latest core technologies, and raise the consistency of best practices and technology that will be crucial in diversity for disasters 1 while also raising the scale when dealing with external markets and suppliers. 1 a failed network component in one country can be taken over by another working network This session is to examine what technologies are out there that members can consider adopting for the above aims. Also, this session will raise discussions points on impacts on telecoms by disruptive technologies, the role of IoT, Cloud and Virtualisation, and OTT in these respects. Keynote [proposal invited] Presentations 1230-1400: Lunch Break 1400-1530: BREAK OUT Virtualised Mobile Core as a service To show and discuss how cost effective and scalable NFV based LTE core rollouts, as compared to the traditional offerings with a case study [spot taken] [more proposals invited] Exhibition 9. Disruptors and Strategies Workshop Conference session: Technical and Commercial presentations for telecoms Room: Hyatt Main Ballroom Floor 1 9.1 Disruptors and Interconnection Strategies; [proposals invited] 9.2 Back to the Drawing board, building RAN from the ground up To discuss the benefits of the next generation Mobile networks and new technology that to enables 5G networks, which can be used in 4G networks today, and bring signification cost benefits to the Operator [spot taken] 9.3 Five challenges & opportunities for cellular IoT in the Pacific in the lead-up to 5G Cellular IoT looks to transform the role of telecommunication operators in society. Nowhere is this more true than in the Pacific, where often wireless communication is the fabric that holds remote communities together. Standards and protocols for cellular IoT
are cementing rapidly but this is still a relatively immature sector with only larger operator able to bring credible offerings to market. In this talk we ll look at some of the challenges and opportunities at bringing real solutions based on cellular IoT now and how those solutions can evolve with the maturation of 5G. [spot taken] 9.4 VoLTE/VoWiFi IMS deployment benefits for small MNO s A high-level presentation of how such services can be launched and the benefits gained by doing so [spot taken] 1530-1600: Afternoon Break 1600-1730: BREAK OUT Exhibition & Workshop 10. Digital Leadership Workshop. For delegates from Government and interested participants. Room: Hyatt Main Ballroom 1 st Floor Theme: Government and ICT Development, Needs and Issues towards unlocking and securing digital lifestyles in a connected Pacific Administrative: Welcome and Introductions: PITA President Appointing a Moderator Keynote Presentation [proposal invited] Presentations 10.1 (Digital Village Case study) 10.2 [proposals invited] 10.3 [proposals invited] 10.4 (Country Case Presentation) Abstracts Speakers 1830 SOCIAL FUNCTION Day 3 Wednesday 25 April 2018 0900-1030: 11. SECURING THE DIGITAL LIFESTYLES Plenary Session Panel Discussions Room: Hyatt Main Ballroom (1 st floor) Let s be Bold 1 : Enabling a real connected Pacific - the dual challenge: Part One The national access With the need to meet future demands from digital transformations and the information revolution, most Telcos are not only facing challenges to upgrade their coverage & reach of High Speed Broadband (4G+), but also to ensure there is greater ubiquity, as well as diversity and resilience in them for disasters. There is also the
opportunity of the next generation HTS satellites with lower orbits that could complement most terrestrial networks; What recipes seem to be successful? 1 Let s be Bold sentiments by CEOs at the Pacific Workshop in PTC 17 Keynote Presentation [proposals invited] Panelists 1: Speaker1 will speak on the opportunity for growing the broadband micro markets, where ISPs and remote agencies can be empowered to respond to unmet demands in micro markets [spot taken] 2: Speaker 2 will discuss joining the ecosystem in providing more automated and intelligent platform for delivering services, including cloud, IoT based services for the mobile landscape [spot taken] 3: Speaker 3 will share on the case studies, using the new HTS satellites to upgrade mobile networks, to raise penetration, and provide mobiles services to the unconnected people, efficiently and more economically [spot taken]..more panelists invited [proposals invited] 1030-1100: Morning Tea break 1000-1230 12. SECURING THE DIGITAL LIFESTYLES Main stream and Alternative Connectivity Room: Hyatt Main Ballroom 1 st Floor Let s be Bold: Enabling a real connected Pacific - the dual challenge: Part Two International and national connectivity With the digitalization and the growing broadband to the community, most Telco s are facing challenges to grow their international capacity and at the same time consider the most economic solutions. There are new choices with next generation HTS satellites, whist on the other hand, there are aggressive funding schemes by donors for submarine cable. There is also a new role of government in this space. How will it work and what will be the successful recipes for the needed efficiencies and development? Huge commitments in costly submarine cable schemes may tie up needed funds for access and applications, that can in return, accelerate the needed growth and scale, drive local content and create new ecosystems. There is also the need to expand high speed connectivity to the rural and outer islands. Submarine cables terminate only to main centers and can be disastrous for small island country if there are any unplanned outages and no back up. As more countries are now being connected physically by submarine cables with the year 2020 1 targeted for countries to be all connected; how can each country gain access to each other s connectivity and truly become interconnected directly? What recipes seem to be successful? 1 ITU/PITA Workshop on Enhancing Access to Submarine Cables in the Pacific Islands Keynote Presentation [proposals invited] Panelists [Panelists invited]
1230-1400: Lunch Break 1400-1530: 13. SECURING THE DIGITAL LIFESTYLES Industry Contributions Room: Hyatt Main Ballroom 1 st Floor 1530-1600: Afternoon Break 1600-1730: BREAK OUT 13.1 Operational continuity in a Communications Denied Environment To examine types of challenges and considerations facing the Pacific Islands as they evaluate modernizing and hardening their infrastructure. This presentation will discuss on how to define and develop a reliable distributed, network with geographic separation, plan for secure and reliable communications when the connected world goes offline, and integration to existing and emerging technology. An interesting area of this presentation is the integration innovation of various technologies to bring about the HF Cloud [spot taken] 13.2 Internet Filtering State of Play Raise awareness amongst Pacific telcos of the general state of internet filtering around the world, including mandatory filtering imposed by regulators and optional filtering as a value add service. Implementation on fixed line & mobile networks. Comparison of software & hardware solutions. [spot taken] 13.3 Synthetic IDs: Great for Fraudsters, Bad for CSPs Presentation on how to use digital risk profiling to prevent fraud and theft. [spot taken] 13.4 Extracting the Intelligence - Know your Data CEO/CIO DASHBOARD For modern EXCOS to realize the true potential of your data and dash boarding, take control of your operational data [spot taken] Exhibition & Workshops 14 Workshop 1 Harnessing full potentials of IP, Cloud and Virtualised Networks Room: Main Ballroom 1 st Floor 15 Workshop 2 Telecom Finance Product Cost Modelling, Pricing & Business Cases Room: Hyatt Conference Rooms 2 nd Floor This workshop will cover the following topics: - Overview of relationship between telecom market research, product costs, forecasts, pricing and revenue. - High level overview of telecom product cost models development process (information gathering, cost allocation methodologies, product unit cost determination) - Review of a typical telecom business case from financial perspective key financial
success measures, how to calculate Cash Flow, P&L, NPV, IRR. - Overview of market based product pricing. How to use inputs from customer needs analysis, competitive analysis and cost modelling to determine the product price. - Practical examples & case studies [spot taken] Evening Closing Night Reception Day 4 Thursday 66 April 2018 16. Whole day networking and bilateral @ Location Venue Sponsored facilities include o Transfers from and to Hyatt Regency Guam Resort o Bilateral areas with chairs and tables @ Conference Room o Refreshments snack and drinks o Lunch o Sporting activities Start: 0800am End: 1700pm For Details refer to Networking Activities Information with Host Secretariat Support Team Day 5 Friday 07 April 2017 17. Workshop and Technical Tours Room: Docomo Pacific, Inc Facilities 0930-1030 17.1 Workshop by PTC Academy (TBC) 1030-1050 Morning Break 1050-1230 17.2 Workshop /Technical Tours and site Visits 1230-1330 LUNCH Break 1330-1500 continue 17.2 /Free ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS PITA Management and Host, Docomo Pacific, Inc., are thankful to all Speakers, Delegates and to the following sponsors in enabling more values to everyone at the PITA 22 nd AGM and Tradeshow:
Logos of Sponsors WHO s SPEAKING (Search the list; in Alphabetic Order) Photo Name and Bio You can find them at Bill Ciminelli has been with REDCOM for two years. Prior to REDCOM Bill worked in Business Development, Marketing and Product Management for EarthLink, American Fiber Systems, Global Crossing and Nortel. Bill has a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and Political Science, and an MBA from Clarkson University. E: bill.ciminelli@redcom.com Dave Metcalf, VAS-X Ian Flego, PARCUS Group Igor Glavanic, PARCUS Group Jan Schaar is as a Director of Business Development with Mavenir. Having over 19 years of experience in the telecommunications industry, Jan has worked on both Vendor and Operator side, worked for technology companies in Malaysia and Australia, and Singtel-Optus before joining Mavenir in early 2015. Jan holds a Bachelor degree in Physics from Rotterdam University. E: Jan.schaar@mavenir.com
Jaques-Samuel Prolon is the Chief Commercial Officer, Kacific Broadband Satellites, and has over 20 years experience in senior telecommunications and IT roles. He is familiar with the challenges of scaling-up companies, building world-class operational teams and managing strategic partnerships on the global stage. He holds an emba from the AGSM and two masters degrees. Jacques- Samuel is strongly committed improving the economic wellbeing of Pacific nations. E: js@kacific.com John Turnbull is the Director- Pacific, SES Networks. He leads SES Networks in the Australia and Pacific efforts with 25 years experience in the telecommunications Industry in Australia and internationally specializing in Internet back-haul to under-served and remote locations. John also holds an MBA from the Australian Institute of Business. E: john.turnbull@o3bnetworks.com Miguel Lopes has 20 years of experience working in ICT and Electronic Payments. He s Head of Business Development Manager for Asia-Pacific Region, and is based in Sydney. E: miguel.lopes@wedotechnologies.com Robert Suber has over 30 years of experience in Satcom businesses based in Europe, USA and South East Asia. Today, Robert is the Managing Sales Director at Intelsat, responsible for Carriers, Service Providers and Integrator customers across the Oceania region Shane Hobson is the Pacific Region Territory Manager for Bypass Network Services Ltd. shane.hobson@bypass.net.nz Ph +64 21 742 634 Let s be Bold Part One The National Access Tobias Skog, PARCUS Group Tracy Currie is CEO of Capto, a management consulting firm specializing in the healthcare, telecommunications, media and entertainment industries. With more than 25 years of experience, Tracy is an expert on data center and other critical business-management issues. E: Tracy.Currie@capto.net Disruptors & Strategies Country Case Study ALEPO CATALEYA Cirrus Networks