NGMN Alliance will hold its highly recognized global Industry Conference & Exhibition (IC&E) taking place every two years, on September 7-9, 2022, at the Pavillon d'Armenonville in Paris. C-level and other top management participants will share their perspectives on today’s and tomorrow’s opportunities and challenges and the future of mobile telecommunications.
The event features an eminent and outstanding line-up of speakers while offering unique networking opportunities with the world’s top leaders from major operators, network vendors and academia.
The IC&E 2022 starts on September 7 with a Grand Opening evening event that includes the exhibition's opening. On September 8, the conference will focus on the topics of mastering the route to disaggregation, cloudification and the road to 6G, to be followed by the discussion on green future networks and green tech innovation on September 9.
Arash Ashouriha, SVP group technology innovation, Deutsche Telekom and chairman of the NGMN Alliance board explains, "Our conference is known to be ‘the platform’ where key industry leaders and decision-makers meet and exchange with ecosystem partners. This year’s agenda, confirmed speakers and exhibitors speak for themselves; our audience can expect a valuable and exciting event.”
Laurent Leboucher, group CTO and senior vice president at Orange Innovation Networks and NGMN Alliance board member adds, "Bringing the IC&E to Paris is an honor, and with Orange being a major sponsor and exhibitor, I look forward to the event and many relevant discussions with industry peers.”
"Globally recognized top speakers from around the globe representing operators, vendors, system integrators and research institutions provide their insights and visions for the most pertinent subjects of our industry," concludes Anita Döhler, CEO of NGMN Alliance.
Individual presentations paired with panel discussions moderated by renowned industry experts Camille Mendler, Gabriel Brown, Guy Daniels and Stéphane Téral will address vital themes of the telecommunications industry:
- How is the mobile industry mastering the route to disaggregation? – with an analyst’s view and lessons learned from greenfield and brownfield operators, as well as relevant insights provided by vendors and system integrators.
- How does the industry ensure 6G meets market and industry requirements?
- What are likely to be the key technology enablers offered by 6G?
- What do we learn from 5G and how will 5G evolve to 6G?
- How is the mobile industry managing sustainability challenges? And how is this achieved while deploying 5G and moving to 6G?
Alongside the conference, an exhibition will showcase leading international industry and research partners. For IC&E 2022, Autonom, Crossflow Energy, Eurecom, Fraunhofer, Huawei, InterDigital, Keysight, Kynetic Energy, Mowea, Nokia, Orange and Rosenberger will demonstrate state-of-the-art concepts and solutions.
This year’s IC&E sponsors include Alium, Avanci, Bell, Deloitte, Ericsson, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Huawei, IBM, Juniper Networks, ng-voice, Orange, Qualcomm, Rohde & Schwarz, Sisvel, Spinner, TELUS and umlaut.
