Agenda

The importance of American leadership in building a fiber enabled society

ICT Industry Keynote 1

The fiber network requirements of current communication trends and the importance of optical fiber and cable to achieve them

ICT Industry Keynote 2

What applications are the basis of the connected society: bandwidth and latency requirements of Smart Cities, connected vehicles and other 5G enabled applications

The world’s leading producers of optical fiber and cable discuss the challenges and opportunities ahead for supplying global fibre and cable markets.

• How is the global market balanced?
• In which products do you see the greatest opportunities?

Understanding the evolution of 5G network architecture and what that means for fiber and cable demand.

Hear a diverse collection of telecom network operators, of different sizes, utilities and broadcasters outline what they forecast will be their next generation of optical fiber and cable needs.

Views from leading financiers and capital market experts on the key considerations that investors are consider in this space.

Insights on production and consumption from the key markets that will impact global trade

• Europe
• China
• India
• Other emerging markets

A forward-thinking municipal leader will share their experience of Smart Cities and how this is built on an ocean of hybrid fiber and cable connected IoT sensors.

A panel of leading figures discuss improvements that are being made throughout the process from silicon, to preform glass to cables and how these are distributed throughout the global supply chain.

This session will provide a platform for innovators in the producers of optical fiber, cable, and associated materials to outline where R&D is being focused. It will show how cables are becoming smaller, denser and tougher while becoming faster and easier to deploy.

A session that explores how the core economics of the optical fibre manufacturing process are evolving and how the principals of Industry 4.0 andsustainable manufacturingare being applied in the optical fiber supply chain?