Conference Agenda
Wi-Fi and Delicensing of 6 GHz: The Driving Force of Broadband for All
Tuesday, 11th April,2023
The Le Meridien, New Delhi
| 0900 – 0930 Hrs IST | Registration |
| 0930 – 1040 Hrs IST | Session 1 Enabling Broadband through NextGen Wi-Fi technologies |
0930-0935 Hrs 0935- 0945 Hrs 0945- 0955 Hrs 0955-1005 Hrs 1005-1015 Hrs 1015-1025 Hrs 1025-1035 Hrs 1035-1040 Hrs | Moderator – Ms. Sapna Gupta Welcome Address – Mr. TV Ramachandran, President, BIF Address by Ms. Aruna Sundararajan, Chairperson, BIF Introductory Address – Mr. Tiago Rodrigues, CEO, WBA BIF-WBA MoU Signing Ceremony Special Guest of Honour – Shri V J Christopher, WA, WPC, DoT Special Guest of Honour – Dr. R K Upadhyay, CEO, C-DOT, Chairman BIF’s New Tech Committee Chief Guest – Shri Uma Shanker Pandey, Member (S), DoT, Ministry of Communications* Vote of Thanks – Mr. Debashish Bhattacharya, Sr. DDG, BIF |
| 1040 – 1055 Hrs IST | Invite Chief Guest and VIPs for demo on PM-WANI Roaming/OpenRoaming Refreshments & Networking Break |
| 1055 – 1210 Hrs IST | Session 2: Convergence of 5G & Wi-Fi |
1055-1100 Hrs 1100-1110 Hrs 1110-1120 Hrs 1120-1130 Hrs 1130-1140 Hrs 1140-1150 Hrs 1150-1200 Hrs 1200-1210 Hrs | Session Chair – Session Chair – Shri A K Tiwari, Principal Advisor, BIF – Introductory remarks (5 mins) Mr. Vivek Dua, GM (FWA), BSNL Mr. Jayant Mandal, Group Leader, C-DOT Mr. Steve Namaseeveyum, Vice President, Industry Engagement, WBA Ms. Sindhu Verma, Broadcom Mr. Paramjit Singh Puri, Global Director – Memberships, Wi-Fi Alliance Q&A and Closing remarks by Session Chair Inclusive Social Media – Let us communicate in an accessible way Ms. Nishtha Vashishta, Strategic Engagement Advisor, Saksham |
| 1210 – 1215 Hrs IST | Refreshments & Networking Break |
| 1215 – 1320 Hrs IST | Session 3: Delicensing of 6GHz Spectrum |
1215-1220 Hrs
1220-1230 Hrs 1230-1450 Hrs 1240-1250 Hrs 1250-1300 Hrs 1300-1310 Hrs 1310-1320 Hrs | Session Chair – Mr. Parag Kar, Vice President, BIF (Vice President, Government Affairs, India and South Asia, Qualcomm) Introductory remarks (5 mins) Mr. Amol Kulkarni, Director (Research), CUTS International Mr. Tiago Rodrigues, CEO, Wireless Broadband Alliance Mr Shubhodeep Adhikari, Broadcom Ms. Martha Suarez, President, DSA Mr. Sandeep Agrawal, Team Leader (Wi-Fi Solutions), C-DOT Q&A & Closing remarks by Session Chair |
| 1320 – 1405 Hrs IST | Networking Lunch |
| 1405 – 1530 Hrs IST | Session 4: Public Wi-Fi Roaming – OpenRoaming/OpenWiFi & PM-WANI- The Indian perspective. |
1405- 1410 Hrs 1410-1420 Hrs 1420-1430 Hrs 1430-1440 Hrs 1440-1450 Hrs 1450-1500 Hrs 1500-1520 Hrs 1520 – 1530 Hrs | Session Chair: Shri. Vivek Narayan, DDG (DS), DoT – Introductory remarks (5 mins) Mr. Sai Manapragada, Chairman & CEO, Xi-Fi Networks Mr. Srinivas Gudipudi, Founder & CEO, MatreComm Technologies Mr. Steve Namaseeveyum, VP Industry Engagement, WBA (OpenRoaming) Prof Himanshu Tyagi, Associate Professor, IISc Mr. Pramod Gummaraj, Founder & CEO. Aprecomm Private Limited Mr. Khetan Gajjar, Telecom Infra Project – “OpenWiFi is Made for India and Built in India for the World” Q&A and Closing Remarks by Session Chair – Mr Vivek Narayan |
| 1530 – 1535 Hrs IST | Short Break |
| 1535 – 1640 Hrs IST | Session 5: Global Perspectives towards Wi-Fi 7 |
1535 – 1540 Hrs 1540-1550 Hrs 1550-1600 Hrs 1600–1610 Hrs
1610-1620 Hrs 1620-1630 Hrs | Session Chair – Dr SN Gupta, Chairman of the Board, Bluetown India, BIMSTEC and South Asia – Introductory remarks ( 5 mins) Mr. Tiago Rodriques, CEO, WBA Mr. Bhuvnesh Sachdeva, Senior Vice President – HFCL Mr. Mark Grayson – Cisco Fellow – Cisco Networks Deterministic Wi-Fi creating new possibilities with Wi-Fi 6E and Wi-Fi 7 Mr. Kevin Robinson, CEO, Wi-Fi Alliance Q&A and Closing Remarks by Session Chair |
| 1630 -1640 Hrs IST | Wrap up and Vote of Thanks |
*Invited
EVENT VENUE
Le Meridien New Delhi, Le Meridien, Windsor Pl, Connaught Place, New Delhi, Delhi 110001