Speakers 2020

Rui Aguiar

PROFESSOR

Universidade de Aveiro, Networld2020 Steering Board

Hanan Al Aleeli

AMBASSADOR

Embassy of the United Arab Emirates to the Republic of Latvia

Muhammad Mahtab Alam

PROFESSOR

Tallinn University of Technology

Sultan Albalooshi

MANAGER SPECTRUM POLICY

Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of the UAE

Raimonds Aleksejenko

DEPUTY STATE SECRETARY

Ministry of Economics of the Republic of Latvia

Angelos Amditis

RESEARCH DIRECTOR

ICCS/ALICE

Christian Anting

GROUP CEO

TV3 Group

Luigi Ardito

SENIOR DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS EMEA

Qualcomm

Reinis Azis

DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL

Investment and Development Agency of Latvia (LIAA)

Sebastian Babiarz

CO-PRESIDENT

GUTMA

Joe Barrett

President

Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA)

Aniruddho Basu

SVP & GM, EMERGING BUSINESS

Mavenir

Michael Beesley

VP/CTO, MASS SCALE INFRASTRUCTURE GROUP

Cisco Systems

Anne Beimann

HEAD OF DIVISION 14: EUROPEAN AND INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE MATTERS

Greg Belaus

NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE

Uber

Marco Bellezza

CEO

Infratel Italia spa

Edmunds Beļskis

CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD

Per Beming

HEAD OF STANDARDS & INDUSTRY INITIATIVES

Ericsson AB

Howard Benn

VP COMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH

Samsung

Janis Bergs

VP SALES & MARKETING

SAF Tehnika

Ilga Bērzkalna

HEAD OF DEVELOPMENT

Latvijas valsts meži (LVM) / Latvia's State Forests

Dario Betti

CEO

Mobile Ecosystem Forum

Deniss Bickovs

IT PROJECT MANAGER

Freeport of Riga

Andy Billington

Innovation and Sustainability

Rail Baltica, RB Rail AS

Juris Binde

President & Chairman of the Management Board

Latvian Mobile Telephone (LMT)

Theo Blackwell

CHIEF DIGITAL OFFICER FOR LONDON

Greater London Authority

Ģirts Blumers

DIRECTOR OF INVESTMENT PROJECT DEPARTMENT

Investment and Development Agency of Latvia

István Bozsóki

HEAD OF DIVISION

ITU

Dean Bubley

DIRECTOR

Disruptive Analysis

Gintas Butenas

CTO

BITE Group

Paolo Campoli

Senior Director

EMEAR Service Providers, Cisco Systems Inc.

Viesturs Celmins

Managing Director

VEFRESH

Patrik Cerwall

HEAD OF STRATEGIC MARKETING INSIGHTS

Ericsson

Konstantinos Chalkiotis

VICE PRESIDENT 5G SOLUTIONS / ACCESS & HOME NETWORKS

Deutsche Telekom AG

Lorraine Chin

SMART CITY INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

Orange Business Services

Andrew Conway

DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING, UK

BAI Communications

Jacob Cornelis Groote

EVP 5G

KPN

Jānis Čupāns

PARTNER

Deloitte

Caspar de Jonge

PROGRAM MANAGER DATA AND SERVICES

Roland Doll

VICE PRESIDENT EUROPEAN AFFAIRS

Deutsche Telekom AG

Valdis Dombrovskis

EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT

European Commission

Stephen Douglas

Head of 5G Practice

Spirent Communications plc

Ulrich Dropmann

HEAD OF STANDARDIZATION

Nokia

Āris Dzērvāns

DEPUTY STATE SECRETARY DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION (CIO OF LATVIA)

Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development of the Republic of Latvia

Sofia Elamson

ADVISER

Nordic Energy Research

Atis Elsts

SENIOR RESEARCHER

EDI

Johanna Engman

CEO

Kista Science city AB

Catana Eusebiu

SENIOR MANAGER I&D

ERTICO-ITS Europe

Evita Feldberga

DIRECTOR OF SECTORAL POLICY DEPARTMENT

Ministry of Economics, the Republic of Latvia

Simon Fletcher

CTP

Real Wireless

Kenneth Fredriksen

Executive Vice President, CEE and Nordic Region & CEO

Huawei

Marc Funnell

HEAD OF DIGITAL, DIRECTOR OF DIGITAL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION

National Composites Centre (NCC)

Edward Gillespie

SENIOR EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT

AT&T

Mark Gilmour

HEAD OF MOBILE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS

Colt Technology Services

Alexia Gonzalez Fanfalone

ECONOMIST/ TELECOMMUNICATION POLICY ANALYST

OECD

Günter Graf

VICE PRESIDENT NEW BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

Frequentis AG

Christian Guttmann

Executive Director, Global Head of AI and Vice President

Tieto

Päivi Haikkola

SENIOR ECOSYSTEM LEAD

DIMECC / One Sea

Timo Harakka

MINISTER OF TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS OF FINLAND

Ministry of Transport and Communications of Finland

Heidi Himmanen

CHIEF ADVISER

Finnish Transport and Communications Agency Traficom

Steve Hoffman

Captain & CEO

Founders Space

Seung-Hun Hong

ASSOCIATE RESEARCH FELLOW

Korea Institute of Public Administration

Alojz Hudobivnik

CHAIRPERSON OF THE TECHNICAL BOARD

SIST

Steve Hwang

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER

Nokia / Government & Cities APAC

Ivars Ijabs

MEP

European Parliament

Ieva Ilves

ADVISER TO THE PRESIDENT FOR INFORMATION AND DIGITAL POLICY

Chancery of the President of Latvia

Geraldina Iraheta

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR

Digital Catapult

Olle Isaksson

DIRECTOR GLOBAL PARTNERING AND ECO-SYSTEMS

Ericsson

Takuya Izumi

DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION POLICY PLANNING

Marc Jadoul

STRATEGIC MARKETING DIRECTOR

Nokia

Gints Jakovels

INNOVATION LEAD (UAS / UTM DEVELOPMENT & SOLUTIONS)

LMT

Bilel Jamoussi

CHIEF, STUDY GROUPS DEPARTMENT

International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

Jans Jelinskis

TECHNICAL DIRECTOR

1NCE

Tālis Juhna

VICE-RECTOR FOR RESEARCH

Riga Technical University

Mira Juola

PORT DIGITALISATION MANAGER

Port of Oulu

Maija Kāle

ADVISER FOR DIGITALIZATION AND SUSTAINABILITY

Nordic Council of Ministers' Office in Latvia

Neils Kalniņš

5G TECHRITORY PROGRAM DIRECTOR

Electronic Communications Office (ECO) of Latvia

Alexandros Kaloxylos

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

The 5G Infrastructure Association

Anthony Karydis

MANAGING DIRECTOR

Mativision Limited

Kaspars Kaulins

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR

Tilde

Louise Keogh

COMMERCIAL DIRECTOR

nuron

Jussi Kiviniemi

WI-FI JANITOR

Juniper Networks

Dmitry Konyagin

ENTERPRISE BUSINESS TEAM LEADER

NVIDIA

Wolfgang Kopf

Senior Vice President for Public & Regulatory Affair

Deutsche Telekom AG

Ilkka Kotilainen

SPECIAL ADVISER

Finnish Transport and Communications Agency (Traficom)

Jēkabs Krieviņš

MEMBER OF THE MANAGEMENT BOARD

ALTUM

Martin Kristensson

VP DIGITAL BUSINESS

Volvo Cars

Andreas Kunz

SENIOR RESEARCHER

Lenovo

Torsten Küpper

Senior Director Government Affairs

Qualcomm Europe Incorporated​

Dimitrios Lalos

CEO

Marquee Wireless Inc.

Mohammad Lari

HEAD OF CROSS-GOVERNMENT AND INTERNATIONAL COORDINATION

5G Programme - DCMS, UK Government

Mika Lauhde

VICE-PRESIDENT, CYBER SECURITY & PRIVACY, GLOBAL AFFAIRS

Huawei Technologies LTD

Thomas Lebecque

SVP INNOVATION

American Tower

HyeonWoo Lee

PROFESSOR

Dankook University

Florian Leeder

VICE PRESIDENT MARKET SEGMENT MOBILE NETWORK TESTING

Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co KG

Paula Lehtomaki

Secretary General

Nordic Council of Ministers

Dominik Lenarczyk

DIRECTOR CONSULTING

UBIRCH GmbH

Ian Levy

TECHNICAL DIRECTOR

NCSC

Elina Lidere

5G INNOVATION LEAD

LMT

Olli Liinamaa

ECOSYSTEM MANAGER AT NOKIA / 5GTN LEAD AT OULU UNIVERSITY

Nokia / University of Oulu

Mikael Lind

SENIOR STRATEGIC RESEARCH ADVISOR

Research Institutes of Sweden (RISE)

Arturs Lindenbergs

INNOVATION LEAD, HEAD OF MOBILITY INNOVATIONS

LMT

Georg Löffelmann

HEAD OF MOBILE ACCESS

A1 Telekom Austria

Zygmunt Lozinski

SENIOR TECHNICAL STAFF MEMBER & QUANTUM AMBASSADOR

IBM

Sylvia Lu

Senior 5G Tech Lead, u-blox

Erik Christian Lund

HEAD OF IOT TRACKING DIVISION

Sony Network Communications Europe

Nitin Madan

PRODUCT LINE MANAGER

Broadcom Inc.

Philip Marnick

GROUP DIRECTOR, SPECTRUM

Ofcom

Konstantinos Masselos

PRESIDENT

Hellenic Telecommunications and Post Commission

Claudio Mazzali

SVP & CTO - OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Corning Optical Communications

Rakshit Mehta

INDUSTRY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT EXECUTIVE - TELECOM, MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT

IBM

Nanda Menon

DIRECTOR - CORPORATE DEVELOPMENT & STRATEGIC SALES

Athonet

Eugen Mikoczy

TELCO NETWORK / IT / CLOUD ARCHITECT

IBM

Tim Miller

Partner

Plum Consulting

Hilary Mine

VP AND MARKET UNIT LEADER

Nokia/ President, Digital Europe

Morten Friis Møller

SENIOR ADVISOR

Nordic Council of Ministers

Andreas Mueller

Chairman of the Board

5G Alliance for Connected Industries and Automation (5G-ACIA)

Ali Muhammad

SENIOR SCIENTIST

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland

Lauma Muizniece

DIRECTOR OF TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT

Investment and Development Agency of Latvia

Takehiro Nakamura

SVP AND GENERAL MANAGER

NTT DOCOMO, Inc.

Stefano Nativi

BIG DATA LEAD SCIENTIST

European Commission DG JRC

Thomas Neubauer

VP INNOVATIONS

TEOCO

Marios Nicolaou

5G PROGRAM MANAGER

Wind

Jānis Nīgals

DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION

Investment and Development Agency of Latvia

Mikko Niva

HEAD OF LEGAL - PRIVACY

Vodafone

Kennet Nomeland

RADIO SYSTEM ARCHITECT

Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency

Barbara Noonan

HEAD OF GOVERNMENT AND CITIES APAC

Nokia

Joann O'Brien

VICE PRESIDENT, 5G DIGITAL ECOSYSTEMS

TM Forum

Pearse O'Donohue

DIRECTOR FUTURE NETWORKS

DG CONNECT, European Commission

Eamonn O'Neill

PROFESSOR

University of Bath

Evangelos Ouzounis

HEAD OF SECURE INFRASTRUCTURES AND SERVICES UNIT

ENISA

Oskars Ozolins

SENIOR SCIENTIST

RISE Research Institutes of Sweden AB

Gatis Ozols

DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION SOCIETY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT

Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development

Ajit Pai

CHAIRMAN

Federal Communications Commission

Barbara Pareglio

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR CONNECTIVITY FOR AVIATION AND DRONES

GSMA

Graham Payne

EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN

Freshwave

Jorge Pereira

PRINCIPAL SCIENTIFIC OFFICER

European Commission

Luca Pesando

STANDARD MANAGEMENT

TIM - Telecom Italia

Jaroslaw Ponder

HEAD OF ITU OFFICE FOR EUROPE

International Telecommunication Union

Jurģis Poriņš

DEAN OF THE FACULTY OF ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Riga Technical University

Oskars Priede

MODERATOR, COMMUNICATIONS TRAINER

RunasKursi.lv

Juris Puce

Minister for Environmental Protection and Regional Development

Ingmars Pukis

VP & Member of the Management Board

Latvian Mobile Telephone

Bruno Ramos

AMERICAS REGIONAL DIRECTOR

International Telecommunication Union

Aurora Ramos

HEAD OF SMART NETWORKS AND SERVICES UNIT. ATOS RESEARCH

Atos

Christian Regnier

ENTERPRISE TECHNICAL ARCHITECT IN CRITICAL WIRELESS

Air France KLM

Diane Rinaldo

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Open RAN Policy Coalition

Kathryn Roe

DEPUTY DIRECTOR TELECOMS SECURITY & RESILIENCE

Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Salvis Roga

CEO

Green and Smart Technology Cluster (Green-Tech Cluster)

Kaspars Rožkalns

GENERAL DIRECTOR

Investment and Development Agency of Latvia (LIAA)

Andris Rubins

CEO, MANAGING PARTNER

NORD DDB Riga

Jean-Francois Rubon

VP, STRATEGY & INNOVATION

Thales DIS

Anne-Marie Sassen

EUROPEAN COMMISSION

Berna Sayrac

RESEARCH PROGRAM COORDINATOR

Orange

Audrey Scozzaro Ferrazzini

SENIOR DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS EUROPE

Qualcomm

Vassilis Seferidis

CEO

Zeetta Networks

Leo Selavo

PROFESSOR

University of Latvia

Claudia Selli

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR EUROPEAN AND POLITICAL AFFAIRS

AT&T

Leslie Shannon

HEAD OF ECOSYSTEM AND TREND SCOUTING

Nokia

Andreas Simoncic

BUSINESS LINE MANAGER AUTOMATION, NORTHERN EUROPE

Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology

Martin Sims

MANAGING DIRECTOR

PolicyTracker

Rosalind Singleton

CHAIR OF THE ADVISORY BOARD

UK5G

Dan Sjöblom

DIRECTOR GENERAL

Swedish Post and Telecom Authority

Ian Smith

PROGRAMME DIRECTOR

Ralf-Martin Soe

FOUNDING DIRECTOR

Tallinn University of Technology, FinEst Twins Smart City Center of Excellence

Sandis Spolitis

PROFESSOR, SENIOR RESEARCHER, HEAD OF RTU COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES RESEARCH CENTER (RTU COMTECH)

Riga Technical University

Johannes Springer

Director General

5G Automotive Association (5GAA)

Matt Stagg

DIRECTOR OF MOBILE STRATEGY

BT Sport

Anne Stephan

VICE PRESIDENT MARKET SEGMENT WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS

Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co KG

Renate Strazdina

COUNTRY MANAGER

Microsoft

Rolands Strazdiņš

COUNCILLOR OF THE MINISTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT ON DIGITAL AGENDA ISSUES

Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development of the Republic of Latvia

Iveta Strupkaja

DEPUTY DIRECTOR, EXPORT

Investments and Development Agency of Latvia (LIAA)

Peter Stuckmann

HEAD OF UNIT – FUTURE CONNECTIVITY SYSTEMS - DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS, CONTENT AND TECHNOLOGY (DG CONNECT)

European Commission

Kristaps Supe

PROJECT MANAGER

Investment and Development Agency of Latvia

Alexander Tettenborn

FEDERAL MINISTRY FOR ECONOMIC AFFAIRS AND ENERGY

Head of VIB3 "Development of digital Technologies"

Christian M. Theissen

PARTNER

White & Case LLP

Graham Thomas

COGNIZANT

Global Head of Data Privacy & Ethics

Poul Thorlacius-Ussing

HEAD OF DEPARTMENT FOR ADVISORY AND STANDARDS

Center for Cybersikkerehed

Linus Thrybom

R&D TEAM MANAGER

ABB AB

Karin Thurberg

DIRECTOR PRODUCT MANAGEMENT

Huawei Technology Sweden AB

Ioannis Tomkos

PROFESSOR

University of Patras

Piret Tonurist

SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER

OECD

Laszlo Toth

Head of Public Policy

GSMA

John Martin Tully

CO-FOUNDER, CEO

MikroTik

Petr Uhlir

SENIOR SPECIALIST

Wirelessinfo

Bugra uran

PRINCIPAL RESEARCHER

Koc University Ford Otosan Automotive Tech. Lab.

Mettina Veenstra

HEAD OF RESEARCH GROUP "SMART CITIES"

Saxion University of Applied Sciences

Karlis Vilcins

BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP MANAGER

LMT

Harish Viswanathan

HEAD, RADIO SYSTEMS RESEARCH

Nokia Bell Labs

Frank Wagner

VICE PRESIDENT GROUP PRIVACY

Deutsche Telekom

William Webb

CEO

Webb Search Ltd

Peter Wennerström

Head of Strategy and Business Development

Nokia Europe

Jonas Wessel

DIRECTOR

Swedish National Post and Telecom Agency

Ann Williams

COMMISSIONING AND CONTRACT MANAGER

Liverpool City Council

Colin Willocock

Chairman

5G Infrastructure Association (5G IA)

Ansis Zeltins

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Freeport of Riga Authority

Viesturs Zeps

CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD

Freeport of Riga Authority

Edward Zhou

VICE PRESIDENT OF GLOBAL PUBLIC AFFAIRS

Huawei