Key Sessions

Pamela Clark-Dickson

Chair's Opening Remarks

Ovum

Chih-Lin I

TELCO TRANSFORMATION IN THE ERA OF 5G

China Mobile

Khoo Yuen Hing

UNLEASHING 5G ERA CONNECTIVITY FOR THE NEXT BILLION

Huawei

Jake Saunders

Panel Discussion: FINDING THE TECH MEGA-BOOST TO THE BOTTOM LINE

ABI Research

Jongkwan Park

Leading the Age of 5G Hyper-Innovation

SK Telecom

Day 1Tuesday, 29 September 2020

9:30am - 10:50am80 mins

ConnecTechAsia HeadIiners

Resilient Future in Asia Through Tech

Natalie Black - Her Majesty’s Trade Commissioner for Asia Pacific, UK Government, Department for International Trade (DIT)
Edy Sulistyo - CEO, GoPlay
Huey Tyng Ooi - Managing Director, Head of GrabPay, Grab
Brenda Harvey - General Manager, IBM Asia Pacific
Vikram Sinha - Director & COO, Indosat Ooredoo
Carolyn Dawson - MD TMT, Informa Tech
S Iswaran - Minister for Communications and Information, Ministry of Communications and Information
Mercedes Ruehl - Asia Tech Correspondent, Financial Times
Adeline Phua - Principal Analyst, Omdia

10:30am - 11:00am30 mins

Association & Exhibitors Showcase 1

Rebound to the Future: Accelerating the Redesign of Security to Ensure Business Resilience

11:00am - 11:05am5 mins

CommunicAsia Keynotes: Unleashing Connectivity with Telco Transformation

Chair's Opening Remarks

Pamela Clark-Dickson - Principal Analyst, Ovum

11:05am - 11:25am20 mins

CommunicAsia Keynotes: Unleashing Connectivity with Telco Transformation

TELCO TRANSFORMATION IN THE ERA OF 5G

Chih-Lin I - Chief Scientist of Wireless Technology, China Mobile

11:25am - 11:45am20 mins

CommunicAsia Keynotes: Unleashing Connectivity with Telco Transformation

UNLEASHING 5G ERA CONNECTIVITY FOR THE NEXT BILLION

Khoo Yuen Hing - Director of Technology & Solutions of Asia Pacific Region, Huawei

11:30am - 12:00pm30 mins

Association & Exhibitors Showcase 2

A Comparison of GaN vs. GaAS System Performance

11:45am - 12:15pm30 mins

CommunicAsia Keynotes: Unleashing Connectivity with Telco Transformation

Panel Discussion: FINDING THE TECH MEGA-BOOST TO THE BOTTOM LINE

Jake Saunders - MD & VP, Asia-Pacific & Advisory Services, ABI Research
Konesh Kochhal - Director: Industry Ecosystem Engagements, Huawei
Desmond Cheung - Chief Technical Officer, 3 Indonesia
Wing Lee - Chief Executive Officer, YTL Communications

12:00pm - 12:30pm30 mins

Association & Exhibitors Showcase 2

Making Devices Smarter with Low-Power Edge AI

12:15pm - 12:35pm20 mins

CommunicAsia Keynotes: Unleashing Connectivity with Telco Transformation

Leading the Age of 5G Hyper-Innovation

Jongkwan Park - SVP and Head of 5GX Labs, SK Telecom

12:30pm - 1:00pm30 mins

Association & Exhibitors Showcase 2

How the varying levels of access to information/communication technology affects Asian countries and their citizens

12:35pm - 12:50pm15 mins

CommunicAsia Keynotes: Unleashing Connectivity with Telco Transformation

Live Speaker Q&A

12:50pm - 1:15pm25 mins

CommunicAsia Keynotes: Unleashing Connectivity with Telco Transformation

Networking Break

1:30pm - 1:35pm5 mins

Monetising Services: Delivering Consumer 5G Products and Service

Chairman's Opening Remarks

Neil Shah - Vice President, Research & Partner, Counterpoint Technology Market Research, Counterpoint Technology Market Research

1:30pm - 1:35pm5 mins

Operator Technologies: Maximising Coverage and Evolving the RAN

Chairman's Opening Remarks

Shiv Putcha - Founder and Principal Analyst, Mandala Insights

1:30pm - 2:00pm30 mins

Association & Exhibitors Showcase 1

Product demonstration - real time closed captioning on live video

1:30pm - 2:00pm30 mins

Association & Exhibitors Showcase 2

Every Ecommerce site will become a Marketplace

1:35pm - 1:55pm20 mins

Monetising Services: Delivering Consumer 5G Products and Service

A DEEP-DIVE INTO REAL-WORLD 5G APPLICATIONS IN CAMBODIA

1:35pm - 1:55pm20 mins

Operator Technologies: Maximising Coverage and Evolving the RAN

MOBILE 2025: MATURING of 5G

Shawn Yu - VP, Wireless Network Marketing & Solution Sales, Huawei

1:55pm - 2:15pm20 mins

Monetising Services: Delivering Consumer 5G Products and Service

MONETIZING 5G THROUGH ENTERPRISE SERVICES

Nitin Vig - Chief Architect, APAC CoE, Juniper Networks
Kanika Atri - Senior Director, Strategic Marketing, Juniper Networks

1:55pm - 2:25pm30 mins

Operator Technologies: Maximising Coverage and Evolving the RAN

Panel Discussion: THE RAN EVOLUTION

Shiv Putcha - Founder and Principal Analyst, Mandala Insights
Karan Sarin - Assistant Director – Radio Access Network, Ooredoo Group
Neeraj Pandey - VP Network Engineering & Delivery, Vodafone
Rajesh Gangadhar - CTO & Head of Access Solutions, STL

2:00pm - 2:30pm30 mins

Association & Exhibitors Showcase 1

OmniSci

2:00pm - 2:30pm30 mins

Association & Exhibitors Showcase 2

IPv6 deployment in the Asia Pacific region

Jessica Wei - Senior Technical Trainer, APNIC

2:15pm - 2:45pm30 mins

Monetising Services: Delivering Consumer 5G Products and Service

Panel Discussion: MAXIMISING THE 5G AND IoT CONSUMER OPPORTUNITIES

Neil Shah - Vice President, Research & Partner, Counterpoint Technology Market Research, Counterpoint Technology Market Research
Khurshid Bhatt - Regional Chief Technology Officer, Aircel
Faheem Tabassum - Senior Manager 5G Cloud Edge, Optus Business
Haroon Rashid - Head of Technology PMO – BSS, BI, Infrastructure & Development, Ufone

2:25pm - 2:45pm20 mins

Operator Technologies: Maximising Coverage and Evolving the RAN

5G PoCs, DEPLOYMENT AND ROAD AHEAD: A PERSPECTIVE FROM SPARK NZ

Prasan De Silva - Architecture in Mobile Networks, Spark New Zealand

2:30pm - 3:00pm30 mins

Association & Exhibitors Showcase 1

CDN and Cloud Security

2:30pm - 3:00pm30 mins

Association & Exhibitors Showcase 2

MDU!Click: Deploying MDU Networks 1-Click at a Time

2:45pm - 3:00pm15 mins

Monetising Services: Delivering Consumer 5G Products and Service

Live Speaker Q&A

2:45pm - 3:00pm15 mins

Operator Technologies: Maximising Coverage and Evolving the RAN

Live Speaker Q&A

3:00pm - 3:25pm25 mins

Monetising Services: Delivering Consumer 5G Products and Service

Networking Break

3:00pm - 3:25pm25 mins

Operator Technologies: Maximising Coverage and Evolving the RAN

Networking Break

3:00pm - 3:30pm30 mins

Association & Exhibitors Showcase 1

Business as Usual. Redefined.

3:00pm - 3:30pm30 mins

Association & Exhibitors Showcase 2

Mobile Numbering Intelligence for succesful onboarding, customer verification and routing of important A2P SMS

3:30pm - 4:00pm30 mins

Association & Exhibitors Showcase 1

iBwave Presentation

4:15pm - 4:35pm20 mins

Monetising Services: The Enterprise Opportunity

BUSINESS MODELS FOR CONSUMER 5G

Wasit Wattanasap - Head of Nationwide Operations and Support Department, AIS

4:35pm - 5:05pm30 mins

Monetising Services: The Enterprise Opportunity

Panel Discussion: MONETISATION IN MIND

Neil Shah - Vice President, Research & Partner, Counterpoint Technology Market Research, Counterpoint Technology Market Research
Ahmed Saady Yaamin - Enterprise Business Intelligence | Market Operation, Robi Axiata Limited
Asif Aziz - Chief Commercial Officer, Jazz
Harvey Wright - Head of 5G, Optus

5:05pm - 5:20pm15 mins

Monetising Services: The Enterprise Opportunity

Live Speaker Q&A

5:20pm - 5:25pm5 mins

Monetising Services: The Enterprise Opportunity

End of Day 1