More than 10 top-level speakers will share their view, plans and experiences in live presentations during the different sessions of the event. The event ends with a reception and walking dinner to network with both speakers and more than 200 attendees active in the fiber market today.
12:00 - Welcome
13:00 - Keynote speeches
What is the status of Fiber Deployments in Belgium and how does that compare to the rest of Europe? What is the role of the government?
Welcome & introduction
Raf Meersman (Vice-President FITCE.be)
How to accelerate the rollout
Wim Scharpé (Head of Telecommunication Division, FPS Economy, Belgian Government)
International/European State of Affairs for fiber deployment
Vincent Garnier (FTTH Council Europe)
Fiber for Everything
Björn Capens (Vice President, Europe, Fixed Networks Nokia)
14:00 - Permitting, Practical Obstacles & Deployment Challenges (labor/skill market shortage)
Can smart designs or do-it-yourself consumer packages help in deploying fiber more efficiently? How do we move from homes passed to homes connect?
The future of fiber is… PON
Gerlas van den Hoven (CEO Genexis)
Practical deployment Challences
Rik Missault (CEO Fiberklaar)
Smart design to Reduce Labour Shortage
Jerome Cousin (Sr Director EMEA Market at Commscope)
The Permit Puzzle for FTTH
Luc De Heyn (Chief Commercial Officer at Merkator)
First Panel Session
The speakers will interact & respond to questions from the audience
15:15 - Coffee break
16:00 - Innovations, Technology Evolutions, Worldwide Status
What can be the added value of AI in in the Fiber eco system? What are the next steps in sustainability?
AI & Automation in Fiber Roll-Out
Bart Acke (VP Network Build & Field services at Wyre)
The need for Fiber Densification
Piet Den Ouden (Key Account Director at Alcadon)
Sam Leeman (Business Dev. Connectivity Solutions at STL)
How the automated PatchRobot increases efficiency of Amadys' customers
Dion Bonné (VP Product Technology at Amadys)
Accelerating FTTH deployments with Cyclomedia's Digital Twin solutions
Bart Verbeeck (Sales Director Belgium at Cyclomedia)
Geert Bruylandt (Domain Manager - Fibre Network Program at Proximus)
Second Panel Session
The speakers will interact & respond to questions from the audience
17:15 - Closing Panel Session
Operator panel discussion
The different operators (Fiberklaar, Orange, Proximus, Telenet, Unifiber)
are invited to provide a short status update on their roadmap
and on their vision on the deployment horizons of 2 and 5 years.
- Philippe Toussaint (CTO Fixed Networks at Orange & CTO at VOO)
- Geert Standaert (CTO at Proximus)
- Nico Weymaere (CEO at Unifiber)
- Micha Berger ( CEO at Wyre)
- Rik Missault (CEO at Fiberklaar)
Final Panel Session
The speakers will interact & respond to questions from the audience
18:45 - Reception & walking dinner
