Telecom Infra Project 2016 Summit

Menlo Park, CA
November 1 & 2, 2016

At the first-ever TIP Summit, members shared ideas for new collaborations, heard from the TIP board and other industry leaders, and discussed progress on their project groups.

The Summit featured keynote talks and technical deep dives from TIP members including Deutsche Telekom, Facebook, SK Telecom, and others on project group technology like OpenCellular and Open Packet Transport architecture (Voyager), as well as best practices for organizational transformation and business process evaluation.

Welcome and Updates to the TIP Foundation

Dr. Alex Jinsung Choi CTO, SK Telecom and TIP Chairman

New, Open Approaches to Building Networks at Scale

Jay Parikh Head of Engineering and Infrastructure, Facebook

Building a Better Internet

Dr. Bruno Jacobfeuerborn CTO, Deutsche Telekom AG

Driving Connectivity in the Scottish Islands: Airmasts and Droneways

Mansoor Hanif, EE

Accelerating Connectivity: An Open Approach to Switching, Routing and Transport

Hans-Juergen Schmidtke, Facebook Ihab Terazi, Equinix Brian Protiva, ADVA Optical Networking Uwe Fischer, Coriant Navindran Naidoo, MTN

Deploying in Rural Areas: Theory, Trials and the Future

Heather Marquez, Facebook Emre Tepedelenlioglu, Facebook Michael Darcy, Africa Mobile Networks

People and Process Panel

Pedro Canahuati, Facebook (moderator) Michael Sahota, Agilitrix Jean Francois Cote, Bell Canada Rahul Bajpai, Deloitte Ian Wood, Telstra Guenia Gawendo, Telefonica

OpenCellular Overview and Updates

Kashif Ali, Facebook