NGON & DCI World 2022 | Informa PLC | 20 June 2022 | Hyatt Regency Barcelona Tower, Avinguda de la Granvia de l’Hospitalet, 144, 08907 L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain

Optical networks are at a major turning point in their applications and services, with new technology developments and operational models affecting the fundamental component infrastructure, software architecture and new technology integration.

This event provides the global go-to meeting place for optical networking professionals to formulate and benchmark strategic and technical frameworks, learn about new technologies on the horizon and equipping their network with the best possible operating strategy and technology advancements, to operate ahead of the competitive curve.

2022 Speakers

Justin Abbott
Director of Product Line Management, Lumentum

Carlos Abellan
CEO & Co-Founder, Quside

Edison Alfaro Leon
Director of Network Planning Department, WOM Chile

Nicolas Almendro
VP EMEA Presales DCC Optics, Nokia

Jon Baldry
Director, Metro Marketing, Infinera

Nicola Benvenuti
Vice President, IP & Optical Product Line Management, Ciena

Dejan Bilbija
Director Sales Systems Engineering EMEA, Ciena

Harald Bock
CTO, Infinera

Dave Brown
Director of Communications, OIF

Italo Busi
Principal Optical Transport Network Research Engineer, Huawei

Rafael Canto Palancar
Transport & IP Network Manager, Telefonica

Philippe Chanclou
Team Manager: Fixed Access Networks, Orange

Santiago Constanzo
Technical Leader, Telecom Argentina

Edward Echeverry
Head of Planning and Engineering of Transport Networks, Telefonica

Sebastian Etxeverry
Chief Technology Officer, LuxQuanta

Adrian Farrel
Managing Director, Old Dog Consulting

Mattias Fridstrom
Vice President & Chief Evangelist, Arelion

Cornelius Furst
Product Line Manager, ADVA

Karl Gass
Physical & Link Layer Working Group Vice Chair – Optical, OIF

Mark Gibbon
Architect - Regional Portfolio Management, Ciena

Oscar Gonzalez de Dios
Technology Expert of Transport Networks, Telefonica

Stijn Grove
Managing Director, Dutch Data Centre Associationn

Emir Halilovic
Principal Analyst, GlobalData

Andreas Hegers
VP IP Optical Center of Excellence EMEA, Ribbon

Jonathan Homa
Senior Director of Solutions Marketing, Ribbon

Kevin Kent
Data Center Operations, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Centre

Daniel King
Consultant ODC & TeraFlow, Old Dog Consulting

Vladimir Kozlov
CEO, Lightcounting

Sema Kurt
Senior Network Planning Expert, Turkcell

Maxim Kuschnerov
Director of the Optical and Quantum Communications Laboratory, Huawei

Trevor Linney
Research leader - Access Networks, Openreach

Xiang Liu
Principal Scientist, Transmission Network Product Line, Huawei

Thomas Logiadis
Head of Core Transport Network Planning Section, OTE

Diego Lopez
Senior Technology Expert, Telefonica

Luca Luchesini
Leader Global SLTE, Network Infrastructure Optical Networks, Nokia

Sandesh Manganahalli Jayaprakash
Junior Scientist, TNO

Craig McMillan
EMEA Sales Engineering Director, Ciena

Christopher Mulley
Principal Architect, ZTE

Raul Muñoz
Research Director, Head of Packet Optical Networks and Services, CTTC

Kiat Narong
Network Director, AIS Thailand

Paulo Oliveira
Transport Network Engineer, NOS SGPS

Hiroshi Ota
SG15 Advisor, ITU

Antonio Perales
Technical Expert, Telefonica

Luca Pesando
Chairman ISG F5G, ETSI

Alex Rabbetts
Managing Director, European Data Centre Association

Ian Redpath
Research Director, Transport & Components, Omdia

Daniel Retsan
IP and Transmission Network Specialist, Magyar Telekom

Stephan Rettenberger
SVP - Marketing & Investor Relations, ADVA Optical

2022 Sponsors and Partners

HOST OPERATOR:
• Telefonica

PRINCIPAL SPONSOR:
• Huawei

PLATINUM SPONSOR:
• Ciena
• Nokia
• ZTE

GOLD SPONSORS:
• ADVA
• Ekinops
• Infinera
• Ribbon

SILVER SPONSORS:
• Lumentum
• 3-GIS

EVENT SUPPORTERS:
• CPD Certification Service

EVENT PARTNERS:
• Omdia
• Light Reading
• Telecoms.com