Agenda

Head of Wire and Cable,  CRU

Managing Director,  LEONI Kabel GmbH

Head of Wire and Cable,  CRU

Managing Director,  LEONI Kabel GmbH

Secretary General,  ENTSO-E

Vice President, Telecom Solutions,  Prysmian

Antoni Bosch is currently Vice President Telecom Solutions Business Unit in Prysmian Group since 2013. He also is Board member of the FTTH Council Europe since 2016.
With more than 25 years’ experience in the telecom industry has a proven track record of business achievements and experience mainly in sales, marketing and business management in an international environment. In his current position hold a unique view of the worldwide telecom market, dealing with the major telecom operators worldwide and managing a business over 800mln€, although being mainly Europe centric it is spread within EMEA, Americas and APAC regions. Antoni Bosch holds a MSc degree in Telecommunications Engineering by Polytechnic University of Catalonia (Barcelona) with a MBA from Esade Business School (Barcelona)and an Executive PDG from Iese Business School (Barcelona) and SDA Bocconi (Milan). He joined Prysmian in 1998 and since then he has developed his professional career within the telecom business holding several positions as Business Manager and Sales & Marketing Director.
Before joining Prysmian he worked in the telecom sector as a Consultant and Head of Systems of the Air Traffic Control Center of Barcelona Airport.

President,  Superior Essex Communications

Vice President and General Manager, Optical Cable,  Corning Inc

Dr. Bernhard Deutsch was appointed vice president and general manager, Optical Fiber and Cable in February 2018.  
Deutsch joined Corning Cable Systems (Siemens Communication Cables) in 1995 as manager, application and systems engineering in Munich, Germany. Since then he held various roles with growing leadership responsibilities in technology, marketing and market development, program and product line management.
Prior to joining Corning, Deutsch was research director at Grohmann Engineering GmbH (now Tesla Grohmann Automation) in Prüm, Germany and served in the German Air Force.
Deutsch holds more than 15 patents and is the co-author of four books and numerous national and international publications. He is a council member of the International Cable Makers Federation (ICF) and has served on advisory boards of Paxio Inc. and Optical Solutions Inc., the Sector Board Telecommunications of the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), as chairman of the FTTH Council’s Technology Committee, and on the board of directors of the Catawba Science Center and Canine Companions for Independence.
He holds a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Kaiserslautern, Germany.

Managing Director,  Midal Cables

Mr. Hamid Rashid Al Zayani a Baccalaureate in Business Administration from American University, Beirut holds position of Honorary Counsellor of the Republic of Albania in Bahrain.
He is the Founding Partner of Al Zayani Investments, a dynamic company with a proven track record in the fields of Industry, Banking, Automobile Distribution, Property, Hotels and Services. He is the Chairman of Bahrain Welding Wire, Bahrain Specialist Hospital, Al Jazeera Tourism Company and heads the Industry and Energy Committee that was formed to draw strategy to the Bahrain Chamber of Commerce & Industry Board on issues relating to Industry and Energy.
 He is the Managing Director of Midal Cables Limited, Metal Form and also Chair’s the Board of all the subsidiaries of Midal at their international locations, such as UK, Turkey, Saudi, Canada, Kenya and Mozambique. He also holds a position as Director in Imerys Al Zayani Fused Minerals W.L.L 
He is the Vice Chairman of Rashid Alzayani Foundation, Madem Gulf Industries and Arab Federation for Engineering Industries.
He is the President of Arab Cable Manufacturers Association and International Cablemakers Federation (Vienna) along with being the Board Member of Gulf Closures WLL and Child Care Home.
 Mr. Hamid Rashid Al Zayani’s past positions include that of the President and Board Member of the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) in Bahrain.

CEO,  Sarkuysan A.S

Sevgür Arslanpay had been graduated from Technical University of Istanbul, as Chemical Engineer in 1983. Following his graduation, Arslanpay started working within the same year at Sarkuysan A.S. which is the largest copper rod&wire producer in Turkey. Since then, he has worked at various positions within the Company and finally was appointed as General Manager as of July 1st, 2015.  
In addition to his position at Sarkuysan A.S. he is the member of the board at Demisas A.S., Sarmakina A.S., Sark Wire in Usa and Sark - Bulgaria in Bulgaria. He is also active in various business councils and professional organizations; as Vice Chairman of Turkish Exporters Non-Ferrous Association and Turkish-Bulgarian Business Council.

Secretary General,  Union of the Electricity Industry - Eurelectric

Kristian Ruby is a widely recognised expert with a strong communication profile and extensive experience in political affairs. He joined Eurelectric from Wind Europe, where he served as Chief Policy Officer and was in charge of development and implementation of the political strategy.
Prior to this, Ruby worked as a journalist and served seven years as a public servant in the Danish Ministries of Environment, and Climate and Energy and in the European Commission in the cabinet of the former Climate Action chief, Connie Hedegaard. Kristian holds a master degree in history and international development.

Director Research Innovation & Technology,  ACOME Group

Director Strategy and Business Development,  CommScope

International Market Manager,  Sonepar