Zero Touch Automation Congress 2019 | LAYER123 (Is part of the Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC group) | 26 March 2019 | Eurostars Suites, Alfredo Marqueríe, 43, Madrid 28034, Spain

Discover what's going on in the industry and where it's heading. Last year, we saw the focus on Zero Touch/Carrier Automation innovation, the new services and applications, NFV orchestration and Future OSS. Next year, the Congress will propel the industry forward into the next phase, serving as a showcase and knowledge exchange for the market makers and attendees like yourselves to engage and to develop a clearer understanding of the state of the art and to foster new thinking and innovation in technology, applications, services, and standards.

Featured Topics 2019:
• Open APIs - the new open networking standard
• The role of open source networking in automation
• Operationalising automation
• Closed-loop automation
• Telefonica UNICA workshops

2019 Speakers

Dr. Shahin Arefzadeh
CTO, Ziotis

Mr. Carlos Arias Leivas
Gerente de Arquitectura de Infraestructura, Telefonica

Mr. Daniel Bar-Lev
Director, Office of the CTO, MEF

Mr. Alfonso Carrillo Aspiazu
Chief Architect OnLife Networks, Telefónica

Mr. Jean-Michel Cornily
Standards Expert - OA&M for Mobile Networks, Orange

Ms. Maria Cuevas
Head of Mobile Core Networks Research, BT

Dr. Antonio Elizondo
Head of Network Technology and Innovation Strategy, Telefónica

Ms. Sonia Fernandez Tejeria
Researcher Core & Platforms Technology, Telefonica

Mr. Gerardo García De Blas
Technology Expert, Network Virtualisation Initiative, GCTIO Unit, Telefónica

Mrs. Alla Goldner
TSC Member and Usecase Subcommittee Chair, ONAP.

Mr. Michael Howard
Sr. Research Director & Advisor, Carrier Networks, IHS Markit

Mr. Ken Kanishima
Senior Research Engineer, NTT

Mr. Peter Konings
Head of Product Development, Europe, Verizon

Mr. Aurelia Martínez Guerra
Global CTO Manager, Telefónica

Ms. Johanne Mayer
Evangelist - NaaS 2020, Telstra

Mr. Neeraj Pandey
AVP, VODAFONE

Mr. Kaustubha Parkhi
Principal Analyst, Insight Research

Dr. Dan Pitt
SVP, MEF

Mr. Luca Prete
Deployment Engineer, ON.Lab

Mr. Walter Prior
Global Head Business Development-Digital Operations, Nokia

Mr. Francisco-Javier Ramón
Head of Network Virtualisation, GCTIO, Telefónica

Dr. Bessem Sayadi
Research Manager, Nokia Bell-Labs

Ms. Nurit Sprecher
Vice-Chair, ETSI ZSM ISG

Mr. Shahar Steiff
AVP New Technologies, PCCW Global

Mr. Alfonso Tierno
Software Technology Expert, TELEFONICA

Mr. Thomas Tovinger
3GPP

Mr. Farni Weaver
Technology Strategist, Sprint

Mr. Umut Yazici
Expert Ip Access Network Engineer, Turkcell

Mr. Helmut Zürner
Senior Manager Virtual Network Products Europe, Verizon

2019 Sponsors & Partners

HOST OPERATOR:
• Telefónica

FOUNDING PARTNERS:
• Deutsche Telekom
• Orange
• NTT Docomo
• BT
• Verizon
• Colt

PLATINUM SPONSOR:
• Huawei

FORUM PARTNERS:
• European Telecommunications Standards Institute
• MEF
• tmforum
• Broadband Forum

SUPPORTING ORGANISATIONS:
• Detecon International

ANALYST ASSOCIATES:
• Analysys Mason
• GlobalData
• Appledore Research
• IHS Markit
• Strategy Analytics
• ACG Research
• 451 Research
• Dell'Oro Group
• EJL Wireless Research
• International Data Corporation
• Ashton, Metzler & Associates
• ABI Research
• Exact Ventures
• HardenStance
• 650 Group
• Technology Business Research
• Rethink
• ICT Intuition
• Disruptive Analysis
• Vertical Systems Group
• Senza Fili
• Battle Green Research
• Futuriom

OFFICIAL MEDIA PARTNERS:
• VanillaPlus
• InfoCom
• CIO Applications
• Telecompaper

OFFICIAL TV PARTNER:
• TelecomTV