Big 5G Event 2019 | Knect365 Informa Business | 6 May 2019 | The Colorado Convention Center, 700 14th St, Denver, CO 80202, USA

We’re excited to announce that 2019 will mark the merging of two market leading telco conferences in North America. Light Reading’s Big Communications Event (BCE) and 5G North America have merged to form the Big 5G Event - anticipated to be THE leading conference for the service provider community in North America and a must attend event for those eager to stay abreast of the major technological innovations affecting this trillion dollar industry.

The Big 5G Event's 5-track conference covers the industry's most pressing topics, pieces together the 5G puzzle and highlights other key areas of network innovation. Topics covered include: SDN, NFV, "anyhaul" transport, edge computing, AI/analytics, IoT and C-V2X platforms, 5G RAN, 5G core and devices, process automation, network security, SD-WAN and much more.

The 1,500+ telecom professionals who will be attending across the two days will enjoy access to multiple keynote sessions delivered by renowned service and solution provider representatives, as well as thought leadership from Heavy Reading’s leading analysts who will guide proceedings across the content rich two days.

2019 Speakers

Nicola Palmer
SVP, Network Product Development and 5G Ecosystems, Verizon

Andrew Dugan
Chief Technology Officer, CenturyLink

Ulf Ewaldsson
Senior Vice President Technology Transformation, T-Mobile

Ibrahim Gedeon
Chief Technology Officer, TELUS

Patrick Riordan
Chairman, President and Chief Strategy Officer, NSIGHT

Mishka Dehghan
Vice President, 5G Development, Sprint

Tom Simpson
Chief Operating Officer, Cincinnati Bell

Craig Sparks
Chief Innovation Officer, C Spire

Alex Moulle-Berteaux
Chief Operating Officer, Starry

Eric Bozich
Senior Director of Wireless Densification, CenturyLink

Tim Burke
Vice President - Strategic Technology, Liberty Global

Jim McKenna
President and CEO, Redzone Wireless

Jeff Shafer
AVP, Edge Solutions & Portfolio Transformation, AT&T Business

Srinivasa Kalapala
Vice President - Global Technology and Supplier Strategy, Verizon

Derek Peterson
CTO, Boingo Wireless

Chris Aniszczyk
VP of Developer Programs, Linux Foundation

Edward Fox
CTO, MetTel

Igor Glubochansky
AVP, Mobility Product Management, AT&T

Heather Campbell
Regional Network Director, Sprint

Mark Jen
Co-Founder and CTO, Common Networks

Anand Shah
Director, Technology Strategy and Architecture, Verizon

Jyoti Sharma
Technology Strategy & Architecture, Verizon

Bill Walker
Senior Director, Strategy & Advancement, CenturyLink

Troy Saulnier
Strategy and Architecture Network Transformation, Bell Canada

Tom Sawanobori
SVP and CTO, CTIA

Shay Phillips
AVP – Product Marketing Management, AT&T Internet of Things Solutions, AT&T

Dennis Ong
Distinguished Architect & Head of Architecture & Systems Engineering, Verizon

Drew Morin
Director, Federal Cyber Security Technology and Engineering Programs, T-Mobile

Kevin McBride
Principal Architect, SDN & NFV Technologies, CenturyLink

Preston Marshall
Vice-Chair, CBRS Alliance

Sunil Lingayat
Chief of Cyber Strategy and Technology, T-Mobile

Angela LaFosse
Marketing Director, Business Mobility & Internet of Things, Bell Mobility

Ivy Kelly
Distinguished Member of Technical Staff, C Spire

Samer Geissah
Director, Technology Strategy, IoT and Emerging Technologies, TELUS

Kendall Bancroft
Sr. Director Small Business Sales, Indirect Channels, Rogers Communications

Chris Parra
Vice President of Business Development and Strategy for the Z5G Group, Zayo

Kishore Raja
Vice President, Engineering Strategic Programs, Boingo Wireless

Kevin Sahim
VP, Engineering (Managed Services), GTT

Mirko Voltolini
VP Technology and Architecture, Colt

Ray Watson
Vice President, Global Technology, Masergy

Stéphane Téral
Executive Director – Research and Analysis, Mobile Infrastructure & Carrier Economics, IHS Markit

Ted Wagner
Sr. Director, Interconnection Product Management, Equinix

Scott Mills
VP Sales Engineering, Digital Realty

Greg Pettine
Founder and EVP, Business Development, EdgeMicro

Jim Poole
Vice President, Ecosystem Business Development, Equinix

Milind Gunjan
Technology Development Strategist, CTO’s Office, Sprint

Mark Gilmour
VP - Mobile Connectivity Solutions Business Development, Colt Technology Services

Bruce Garrison
Senior Vice President, Zayo Colocation (zColo), zColo by Zayo

Rodney Elder
Global Principal, Americas, Equinix

Brian Daniels
Senior Vice President, Strategic Networks, Z5G, Zayo

Sinan Akkaya
Director of RAN Engineering, AT&T

Shubh Agarwal
SVP, 5G Core, Metaswitch

Haseeb Akhtar
Principal Solutions Consultant, Ericsson

Jee Alkebsi
Lead Technical Sales Architect, NetNumber

Masood Amin
Head of Product Management, Altran

Tom Anderson
Principal Technologist, ATIS

Berge Ayvazian
Senior Analyst and Consultant, Wireless 20/20

Els Baert
Director of Marketing and Communications, NetComm

Mr. John Baker
SVP Business Development, Mavenir

Alessandro Barbieri
Vice President, Product Management, Pluribus Networks

Kreg Barrett
Global Business Development Director of Telecommunications and Energy, DigitalGlobe

Chris Bastian
SVP/CTO, SCTE/ISBE

Steve Bell
Senior Analyst, Heavy Reading

Eran Bello
Corporate CMO & GM, ASOCS

Kevin Boyle
Customer Solutions Sales Manager, Ericsson North America

Joe Braga
Head of IoT Products & Solutions Marketing, Telit

Alan Breznick
Cable/Video Practice Leader, Light Reading

Gabriel Brown
Principal Analyst, Heavy Reading

Jeff Brown
Director, Global Field Marketing, Calix

James Buchanan
Senior Vice President & General Manager Edge Cloud, ADVA

Jack Burton
Principal, Broadband Success Partners

Larry Byrd
Solutions Architect, Netrounds

Ian Campbell
CTO, Service Provider Mobility & Automation, Cisco

Mike Capuano
CMO, Pluribus Networks

Sean Casey
Executive Director, Product Management, CSG

Jesse Chiang
Director of Edge Product Marketing, QCT

Dr. Prabhakar Chitrapu
Lead Member of Technical Staff, AT&T & Chair - TECH & 5G Working Group, SCF

Amy Chow
Technology Council Member, GLG

Ed Chow
Manager, Civil Program Office, NASA Jet Propulsion Lab

Scott Chrismer
VP, Strategic Communications, ClickSoftware

John Contestabile
Program Manager, Emergency Preparedness & Response Systems, Johns Hopkins, Applied Physics Lab

Paul Crann
Head of Customer Marketing, Amdocs Americas

James Crawshaw
Senior Analyst, Heavy Reading

Mike Dano
Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, Light Reading

Michael Dennis
Business Development Leader SP, Cloud Security Business Unit, Cisco Systems

Pedro Direne
Sales Enterprise Executive, ZephyrTel

Stephen Douglas
Corporate Solutions & Technical Strategy, Spirent

John E. Smee
Vice President of Engineering, Qualcomm

Ahmed El Sawaf
Network Transformation and Telco Cloud Senior Advisor, Saudi Telecom Company

Shirin Esfandiari
Product Marketing Director, Oracle Communications

James Feger
GM Service Provider, F5

John Foley
General Manager, Safer Buildings Coalition

Mike Frane
Vice President for SD-WAN, Windstream

Caroline Gabriel
Senior Contributing Analyst, Analysys Mason

Kim Gibbons
Chief Marketing Officer, NetNumber

Yuri Gittik
Head of Strategic Developments and Innovation, RAD

Nada Golmie
Chief, Wireless Networks Division, Communications Technology Laboratory, NIST

Bobbi Harris
Founder, Smart Water, Smart City

Paul Hjul
Director, Crystal Web

Jim Hodges
Principal Analyst, Cloud & Security, Heavy Reading

Jeorge Hurtarte
Product Manager, LitePoint

Chih-Lin I
Chief Scientist of Wireless Technologies, China Mobile Research Institute

Donny Jackson
Editor, IWCE's Urgent Communications

Kurt Jacobs
Director, JMA Wireless

Vladan Jevremovic
Sr. Research Director, iBwave Solutions

Lakshmi Kandadai
Director, Product Marketing, Palo Alto Networks

Adnan Khan
Senior Business Development Manager, Wireless Products, Anritsu

Sree Koratala
Vice President, Cloud and Network Virtualization Function Infrastructure, Ericsson North America

Erik Kreifeldt
Principal Analyst, TeleGeography

Nirlay Kundu
Distinguished Engineer, Verizon Innovation Labs

Todd Landry
Corporate Vice President of Product and Market Strategy, JMA Wireless

Ray Le Maistre
Editor in Chief, Light Reading

Gary Lee
Associate Vice President, QCT

Richard Liu
Senior Director of Product Marketing, QCT

Wing Lo
RAN Products, NETSCOUT Systems

Cuong Luu
Program Manager, Science & Technology Directorate, US Department of Homeland Security

Mohamed Madkour
VP Global Wireless Networks Marketing and Solutions, Huawei Technologies

Pamela Mallette
VP Customer Engagement Marketing, Spirent Communications

Peter Margaris
Head of Service Provider Marketing, Palo Alto Networks

Preston Marshall
Technical Program Manager, Google

Harpinder Matharu
Senior Director, Communications Strategy and Marketing Group, Xilinx

Shahed Mazumder
Principal Strategist, Technology Strategy, CableLabs

Stephanie McCall
Show Director, IWCE's Public Safety Summit

Shane McClelland
Vice President, Strategy and Business Development, Head of Transport, Ericsson

Patrick McNerney
COO, 3D Design & Engineering

Susan Metcalfe
Partner, Potomac Law Group

Ed Mills
Public Safety Engagement & Technology Solutions Manager/Lieutenant, Colorado Governor's Office of Information Technology/Evergreen Fire Rescue

Joe Mocerino
Principal Solutions Architect, Packet Optical Networking, Fujitsu Network Communications

Kevin Morgan
Chief Marketing Officer, Clearfield

Paul Nicholson
Senior Director of Product Marketing, A10 Networks

Emil Olbrich
President, PrimeLime

Ron Parker
VP Technology and Chief Architect, Affirmed Networks

Sanjay Patel
Principal Strategist, CableLabs

Chris Pearson
President, 5G Americas

Sterling Perrin
Principal Analyst, Optical Networking & Transport, Heavy Reading

Richard Piasentin
Chief Marketing & Chief Strategy Officer, Accedian

Dilip Pillaipakam
VP, Service Provider Business, Infoblox

Dan Pitt
Senior Vice President, MEF

Ben Posthuma
Connectivity Solutions Manager, Kymeta

Chuck Powell
Product Director, Radio Frequency Systems

Marc Price
Global CTO, Matrixx Software

Keith Rayle
Strategist, Fortinet

Mark Reudink
Director, Product Development, Crown Castle

Michael Ritter
Senior Director Technical Marketing and Analyst Relations, ADVA

Michael Roberts
Director of Research, Ovum

Cristina Rodriguez
Vice President Data Center Group, General Manager Wireless Access Network Division, Intel

Roz Roseboro
Principal Analyst, Cloud Infrastructure & Management, Heavy Reading

Oded Sagee
Senior Director of Embedded & Integrated Solutions, Western Digital

Vikram Saksena
Chief Solutions Architect, Office of the CTO, NETSCOUT Systems

Haig Sarkissian
Sr. Analyst and Principal Consultant, Wireless 20/20

Paul Scanlan
CTO Carrier Network Business Unit, Huawei

Michael Senn
Pincipal Technologist, NetNumber

Meredith Singer
Associate, Wiley Rein LLP

Tommy Siniard
CTO, 3-GIS

Vincent Sritapan
Mobile Security R&D Program Manager / Cyber Security Division - Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency, US Department of Homeland Security

Nicolas St-Pierre
VP, Office of the CTO, Sandvine

Oguz Sunay
Chief Architect for Mobile Networking, ONF

Eric Toenjes
National Market Manager, Mobility, Graybar

Tom Tofigh
Member, ONF

Manish Tripathi
VP of Engineering, Qualcomm

David Wang
Founder & CEO, Wave2Wave

Kirk Webb
Research Associate, Flux Research Group, University of Utah

Susan Welsh de Grimaldo
Director, Strategy Analytics

Dustin Wu
Director of Solution R & D, QCT

David Yates
VP Product Management, Guavus

Shah Zeb
President of Advanced Technology Group, Mobilitie

2019 Sponsors

DIAMOND SPONSOR:
• Cisco

SUPER PLATINUM SPONSOR:
• NetComm
• Qualcomm
• QCT
• Western Digital

PLATINUM SPONSORS:
• ADVA
• amdocs
• Ericsson
• Huawei
• Intel
• Netscout
• Xilinx

GOLD SPONSORS:
• A10
• Accedian
• Anritsu
• Altran
• Arista
• ClickSoftware
• CSG
• Digital Globe
• F5
• Fortinet
• Fujitsu
• Guavus
• Infoblox
• INSEEGO
• JMA Wireless
• Mavenir
• Netnumber
• Netrounds
• Oracle Communications
• Palo Alto Networks
• Pluribus Networks
• RAD Data Communications
• Samsung Networks
• Sandvine
• Wave2Wave

SILVER SPONSORS:
• 3-GIS
• Affirmed Networks
• ASOCS
• Calix
• Cisco Umbrella
• Clearfield
• Crown Castle
• iBwave
• Kymeta
• LITEPOINT
• MATRIXX Software
• Mobilitie
• Metaswitch
• RFS
• Spirent
• Telit
• ZephyrTel

BADGE & LANYARD SPONSOR:
• Mobilitie Intelligent Infrastructure

DELEGATE BAG SPONSOR:
• QCT

WORKSHOP SPONSOR:
• CTIA - The Wireless Association

BREAKFAST WORKSHOP SPONSOR:
• F5

SECURITY FOCUS DAY SILVER SPONSOR:
• Netnumber

EXHIBITORS:
• 3-GIS
• 3Z Telecom
• ADVA
• Advantech Corporation
• Affirmed Networks
• Alpine Optoelectronics
• Apis Training
• Altran
• amdocs
• Amphenol Antenna Solutions
• Arista
• ASOCS
• Atrinet
• BAE Systems
• Bear Systems
• Casa Systems
• CenturyLink
• Cisco
• ClickSoftware
• CSG
• DigitalGlobe
• Enghouse Networks
• Ericsson
• ETS- Lindgren
• Flash Networks
• FNT Software
• Forsk
• Fujitsu
• Guavus
• Happiest Minds
• Huawei
• iBwave
• Iceotope
• INSEEGO
• Intel
• JMA Wireless
• Lanner
• Metaswitch
• Mobilitie
• Netcracker
• Netnumber
• Netrounds
• Netscout
• Nexcom
• Omnitron
• Oracle Communications
• PCTEL
• Pluribus Networks
• Pure Storage
• Quanta Cloud Technology
• RAD Data Communications
• Remcom
• Samsung Networks
• Sandvine
• Sedona Systems
• SevOne
• Supermicro
• Utimaco
• Visicom
• VRICON
• Wave2Wave
• Xilinx
• Zeetta Networks
• ZephyrTel

ASSOCIATE SPONSOR:
• Schneider Electric

START UP ELEVATE EXHIBITORS:
• Xerillium

MEDIA PARTNERS:
• ATIS
• CCA
• Colorado Technology Association
• CIOReview
• Dynamic Spectrum Alliance
• HAPTIC
• IoT Now
• IoT World Today
• Infocom
• IWCE
• Mind Commerce
• Parks Associates
• Telecom Reseller
• Tractica
• Vanilla Plus