2012 FTTH LATAM Conference - Agenda
(last updated April 23, 2012)
Tuesday, April 24, 2012 | |
| 7:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. | Registration Opens |
| 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. | Training Session Room: Oaxaca – 4th Floor |
| 8:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. | ODN Course - Gilberto Guitarte, Chairman, LATAM Chapter FTTH Council |
| 11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. | Refreshment Break |
| 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. | Fiber Optics Cables - Marco Antonio Scocco, TELCON |
| 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. | Lunch |
| 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. | OLT /ONT Course - Fernando Lehnen, Calix |
| 3:30 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. | Refreshment Break |
| 3:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. | Testing - Ricardo Rea, EXFO |
| 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. | Reception in Table Top Area Room: Girasoles – 6th Floor |
Wednesday, April 25, 2012 | |
| 7:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. | Registration Opens |
| 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. | Conference - Day 1 Room: Del Sol – 6th Floor |
| 8:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. | FTTH LATAM Chapter & North America Welcome and Introduction Gilberto Guitarte, Chairman - LATAM Chapter FTTH Council Americas Heather B. Gold, President - FTTH Council Americas |
| 9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. | International FTTH Councils Overview Edgar Aker, Vice-Chairman, Business Committee - FTTH Council Europe Shoichi Hanatani, Education & Training Chair - FTTH Council Asia Pacific |
| 10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. | Keynote Presentation Ing. Carolina Cosse, President - ANTEL |
| 10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. | FTTH Council Americas Awards Presentation |
| 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Refreshment Break in Table Top Area Room: Girasoles – 6th Floor |
| 12:00 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. | Lunch on OWN |
| 2:00 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. | Marketing Panel Moderator: Liza Poe, Marketing Chair, LATAM Chapter Panelists: - LATAM FTTH Market Update and Projections – Roland Montagne, IDATE - Optimize your FTTx network planning, Maximize your ROI – Raf Meersman, COMSOF - SUPPLY CHAIN How to Eliminate Hidden Costs and Optimize Capex and Opex – Elder Branco, ANIXTER - Consideration for the development of a successful Go To Market strategy – Francisco Fuentes, HUAWEI - How the Market of MDUs affects future trends in FTTH – Mark Boxer, OFS/Furukawa |
| 3:45 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. | Refreshment Break |
| 4:15 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. | Financial and Regulatory Panel Moderator: Reinaldo Jeronymo, Regulatory Chair, LATAM Chapter Panelists: - CAPEX Optimization on Mobile Networks with Fiber Backhaul – Antonio J. Diaz, Calix/MEF - Next-Generation Bandwidth and Connectivity – Juan Colina, CORNING - Cost Reduction in European FTTH projects: Reuse Pipeline infrastructure in Spain and France – Ezequiel Márquez Cortés, TVC - Optimizing the FTTH Business Case with Modular Home Gateways – Bas Huiszoon, GENEXIS |
| 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. | Welcome Reception in Table Top Area |
| Thursday, April 26, 2012 | |
| 7:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. | Registration Opens |
| 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. | Conference - Day 2 Room: Del Sol – 6th Floor English/Spanish Simultaneous Interpretation Available |
| 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. | FTTH LATAM Chapter Welcome and Introduction of Day II Gilberto Guitarte, Chairman - LATAM Chapter FTTH Council Americas |
| 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. | Proven Technology Panel |
| 11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. | Refreshment Break in Table Top Area Room: Girasoles – 6th Floor |
| 11:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. | Keynote Presentation André Krieger - Telefonica Brasil Director of FTTH Deployment |
| 12:15 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. | Lunch on OWN |
| 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. | Carrier Panel - Gilberto Guitarte - The key challenges of the implementation of a FTTH Network in Mexico City – Humberto Elenes, TOTALPLAY Mexico - The FTTH Train, moving forward together – Jorge Pierri, ANTEL Uruguay - FTTH and apartment building (MDUs), a challenge with Options! – Jheyson Ayala, COMTECO Bolivia - FTTH 2012 Rollout Plans – Eduardo Jedruch, WILTEL |
| 3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. | Refreshment Break |
| 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. | Innovations Panel Moderator: Gilberto Guitarte, Chairman, LATAM Chapter Panelists: - Latest Connectivity Evolution in a Developing FTTH Technology – Joshua Seawell, SUMITOMO - Critical Importance of Bend Insensitive Fibers in FTTH –Adrian Amezcua Correa, PRYSMIAN Group/Draktel - Changing role of the OLT FTTH Innovations Panel – Eric Presworsky, ZHONE - FTTH Drop Cable Termination – Don Larson, 3M - FTTH Testing for All by Evolution in Field Test Equipment and User-friendly GUI – Héctor Moreno, EXFO |
| 5:00 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. | Closing Remarks Gilberto Guitarte, Chairman - LATAM Chapter, FTTH Council Americas Heather B. Gold, President - FTTH Council North America Americas |
| Friday, April 27, 2012 | |
| 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | LATAM Chapter Meeting and Elections Room: Taxco – 4th Floor |
| 8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. | Welcome coffee and networking |
| 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. | FTTH LATAM Chapter Summary of accomplishments and challenges – Gilberto Guitarte, Chairman, LATAM Chapter |
| 10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. | FTTH LATAM Chapter Committee Chairs Presentations Marketing Committee – Liza Poe Regulatory Committee – Reinaldo Jeronymo Technology Committee – Eduardo Jedruch |
| 10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. | FTTH LATAM Chapter Projections and Presentation of nominated slate of LATAM candidates for Chairman and Committee Chairs – Gilberto Guitarte, Chairman, LATAM Chapter |
| 10:45 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. | FTTH LATAM Chapter Elections |
| 11:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. | Closing remarks - Gilberto Guitarte, Chairman, LATAM Chapter |
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