:: FTTH India 2018 ::

agenda


Thursday, 27th September, 2018 1900 hrs onwards	Pre-Conference Networking Dinner

Friday, 28th September 2018 0915 – 0930 hrs	FTTH Exhibition and Use Case Demo’s – Inauguration by Chief Guest

0900 – 0930 hrs	Registration

0930 – 1030 hrs Inaugural Session	Broadband Framework: Strategic Direction & Implementation India now needs to set aspirational goals in order to reach at least the Asia & Pacific average (41.88 individuals per 100 inhabitants) in terms of the individuals using the internet per 100 inhabitants.

Welcome Note Keynote Address Industry Keynote Address Special Address Address by Guest of Honour Address by Guest of Honour Address by Chief Guest Vote of Thanks	Mr. TV Ramachandran, President, Broadband India Forum & Chairman, FTTH India Conference Committee Shri Peeyush Khare, CGM, Maharashtra Telecom Circle, BSNL Mr. Anuj Jain, President - Jio GigaFiber Business, Reliance Jio Mr. KS Rao, CEO, Telecom Services Business, Sterlite Tech Shri A.K Jana, Chief Executive Officer, GAIL Gas Limited Shri Sunil K. Gupta, Secretary, TRAI Shri N. Sivasailam, IAS, Special Secretary, DoT Mr. Shashi Dharan, Managing Director, Bharat Exhibitions

1030 – 1130 hrs Panel Discussion	Session Chair – Shri Sunil K. Gupta, Secretary, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) Relevance of FTTX in a Broadband driven Economy and Ease of Business Need to redefine broadband Future readiness and global parity with high data traffic growth expected requires significant investments The bulk of investment lies in fiberising the backhaul and high capacity microwave links, which is also most critical for making the network data ready.
Introductory Address by Session Chair Panelist Panelist Panelist Panelist Session Chair	Shri Sunil K. Gupta, Secretary, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) Shri Peeyush Khare, CGM, Maharashtra Telecom Circle, BSNL Mr. Naveen Gupta, VP, FTTH Business, Reliance Jio Ms. Swati Rangachari, Chief of Corporate Affairs, Sterlite Technologies Dr. Bharat Dave, Chairman, President & CEO, Alphion Closing remarks by Session Chair

1130 – 1145 hrs	Refreshments & Networking Break

1145 - 1345 hrs Technical Session 1	Session Chair - Mr. Naveen Gupta, VP, FTTH Business, Reliance Jio FTTX : Focus on OFC in the Last Mile FTTX Tech. Solutions & Business Models Key Challenges, Key trends & market outlook Cost Implications
Opening Remarks by Session Chair Speaker Speaker Speaker Speaker Speaker Session Chair	Mr. Naveen Gupta, Vice President, FTTH Business, Reliance Jio Shri V. Munindra Nath, CGM (BBNW), Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited Mr. Ayush Sharma, President & Head of Programmable Networking & Intelligence Business, Sterlite Technologies Mr. Ravi Shankar Rai, Managing Director, Savitri Telecom Services Mr. Wes Oxlee, Director CCS Business Development, CommScope Theme: Connecting to the Future - Innovative Solutions that enable a simplified and rapid FTTH access deployment Dr. Bharat Dave,Chairman, President & CEO, Alphion Closing remarks by Session Chair

1345 - 1430 hrs	Networking Lunch

1430 - 1600 hrs Technical Session 2	Session Chair - Shri Peeyush Khare, CGM, Maharashtra Telecom Circle, BSNL Preparing OFC Network Densification for 5G What should be the technology models What are the likely Business models What are the key Challenges What are the key enablers in Policy & Regulation required from the Govt

Opening Remarks by Session Chair Speaker Speaker Speaker Speaker Session Chair	Shri Peeyush Khare, CGM, Maharashtra Telecom Circle, BSNL Mr. Dhiraj Sharma, Senior Vice President, Reliance Jio Mr. Shajan George, Technical Director, R&M India Pvt. Ltd. Mr. Rajesh Mehta, Product Head, Lepton Software Mr. Bhaskar R M, CEO, Affine Tech Systems Pvt. Ltd. Theme: IoT enabled FTTH Progressing Monitoring Closing remarks by Session Chair

1600 - 1700 hrs Valedictory Panel Discussion:	Session Chair – Shri Sunil K. Gupta, Secretary, TRAI FTTH is not just High-Speed Internet Why India will require 1Gbps connection Telco readiness for next generation fixed line networks FTTH business case Why Cable operator and vDSL copper lines will not substitute FTTH

Opening Remarks by Session Chair Panelist Panelist Panelist Panelist Panelist Session Chair	Shri Sunil K. Gupta, Secretary, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) Shri A.K Jana, Chief Executive Officer, GAIL Gas Limited Mr. Selvakumar Rajasekaran, Sr. VP Enterprise Products, Reliance Jio Ms. Swati Rangachari, Chief of Corporate Affairs, Sterlite Technologies Mr. Kunal Bajaj, CEO, CloudExtel (A Bombay Gas Venture) Mr. Deepak Nadar, Business Head (FTTH), ONEOTT iNTERTAINMENT LIMITED Closing remarks by Session Chair

1700- 1710 hrs	Concluding Remarks & Vote of Thanks – Mr. TV Ramachandran

1710 hrs onwards	Tea/Coffee refreshments