CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
Monday 2 November
08:25–
08:30
Welcome and introduction. Mladen Vratonjic, Board Chair
and Director, TCCA
08:30–
09:00
Fires, oods: bridging the mission critical gaps - global
and regional cooperation and advocacy. Kevin Graham
(AUS), Director, Australasian Critical Communications Forum
(ACCF)
09:15–
09:45
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
5G: will it really make a di erence for mission
critical communications? Adrian Scrase (UK), CTO,
ETSI. Chair:PhilMason (UK), Managing Editor, Critical
Communications Portfolio, Mark Allen Group
10:00–
10:30
Where do we stand with mission critical 4G and what are
the main improvements in 5G? Marc Balliet (FRA), Public
Safety Business Consultant, Nokia
10:30–
11:30
Focused Group Discussion – challenges and
opportunities of 5G
10.45–
11.15
Harnessing the latest technology to provide fairness
and equality of contact in a public safety context. Matt
Palmer (UK), Product Portfolio Director, Capita. Session
sponsored by Capita
11:30–
12:00
The move to mission-critical broadband in Norway: pros
and cons of di erent business models. Knut Baltzersen
(NOR), Specialist Director, DSB
12:10–
13:05
PANEL DISCUSSION
What are the main challenges in delivering
broadband/5G transition around the world? Ken
Rehbehn (UK), Directing Analyst, Omdia; Steve Whatson
(UK), Deputy Programme Director, ESMCP; Sanne Stijve (SWI),
Programme Director, Swiss Federal O ce for Civil Protection.
Chair: Tero Pesonen (FIN), Chair, Critical Communications
Broadband Group, TCCA
13:15–
13:45
Drone operations: di erent agencies, di erent standard
operating procedures. Timo Vihervaara (FIN), National
Border Police, Finland; Ari Toivonen (FIN), Development
Manager, Erillisverkot
14:00–
14:30
What changes will 5G technology bring to the PMR
industry and how incorporating narrowband features
will drive customer value in the future. Yelin Jiang,
Executive Vice President, Hytera. Session sponsored by
Hytera
14.15–
15:30
ICCA presentations: Best use of critical communications
during a major incident
14.45–
15.15
Network security for mission critical communications.
Kari-Pekka Perttula, Strategic Product Manager, Ericsson.
Session sponsored by Ericsson
15:45–
16:15
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Embracing technology for a safer world. Paul Steinberg
(USA), Senior Vice President of Technology, Motorola
Solutions. Chair: Phil Mason (UK), Managing Editor, Critical
Communications Portfolio, Mark Allen Group
16:30–
17:00
Guide to push-to-talk solutions: land mobile radio,
FirstNet and more. Ryan Poltermann (USA), Innovation
Architect, Commdex Consulting
17:00–
18:00
Focused Group Discussion - TETRA to 4G transition
17:15–
17:45
Public Safety Radio Communications In Buildings:
Ensuring Responders Safety. David Adams, Director,
Business Development, PCTEL. Session sponsored by PCTEL
18:00–
18:45
PANEL DISCUSSION/INTERVIEW
High speed internet from Space! Jonathan Hofeller
(USA), Vice President of Starlink and Commercial Sales, SpaceX;
Nick Shave (UK), Vice President, Strategic Programmes,
Global Government, Inmarsat; Dylan Browne (USA), Head
of Government, OneWeb; Antti Kaupinen (FIN), Head of
Department - Safe Society, AI and 5G, Suomen Erillisverkot.
Chair: Barbara Held (GER), Journalist, Der Behörden Spiegel
19:15–
19:45
The makings of a critical communications network. Alan
McIntyre (USA), Engineering Director, Southern Linc; David
Woodham (USA), Network Engineering Manager, Southern
Linc; Ritesh Desai (USA), Product Engineering Manager,
Southern Linc
All times UK GMT
Brand Leader sponsors
Atos provides a comprehensive, end-to-end, critical communication
portfolio. This includes private network infrastructure, secure devices
and mission-critical applications under the new brand Lifelink. The
company’s critical communication solutions cover many use cases
in many industry verticals. These include public safety and defense,
energy and utilities, transport, manufacturing, and telecom and media.
It is a European leader in cloud, cybersecurity and high-performance
computing. The group also provides end-to-end orchestrated hybrid
cloud, big data, business applications and digital workplace solutions.
It’s CCWeek 2020 and Hytera Communications is proud to be a main
sponsor of this new virtual experience for the critical communications
industry.
Hytera is a pioneering, leading global provider of professional
mobile radio communications equipment and solutions. It is
dedicated to providing the most innovative, value-added and usercentric
communications solutions, in order to help organisations
excel at operational efficiency and making the world safer. Hytera
sub-brands include Sepura, Teltronic, Norsat, Sinclair and HYT.
Leonardo is a global company in aerospace, defence and security,
presenting an integrated offer of high-tech solutions for both
civil applications and military requirements. Specifically, its Cyber
Security division is a reference partner for domestic and international
customers operating in critical contexts with high, end-to-end,
security requirements.
Leonardo offers solutions for logical-physical security, for the
resilience of agencies, organisations and governments. It also offers
them for the optimisation of cooperation/coordination of operational
forces on the ground.
Motorola Solutions is delighted to be one of the Brand Leader
sponsors of this year’s virtual Critical Communications Week.
Critical Communications Week is key to nurturing existing
customer relationships, as well as initiating new conversations in the
public safety community. The COVID-19 pandemic has shown us
that knowledge-sharing and communication have never been more
important. We look forward to participating in a variety of sessions
across CCWeek’s inspiring conference programme and engaging with
CCWeek visitors.
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