We will be announcing our 2024 Agenda later this summer
2023 Agenda
Quantumverse OpensWelcome
8:00 - 8:45 pm
Quantumverse: Pixels of Disruption
Chetan Sharma CEO, Chetan Sharma Consulting
8:45 - 9:15 am
5G Roadmap: Planning for the Coming Decade
Ed Chan SVP & CTO, Verizon
Chetan Sharma (Moderator) CEO, Chetan Sharma Consulting
9:15 - 9:45 am
Scaling 5G Monetization
Shimie Hortig Group President, Americas, Amdocs
Chetan Sharma (Moderator) CEO, Chetan Sharma Consulting
9:45 - 10:30 am
Break
10:30 - 11:00 am
DNA of AI: Building blocks of a transformative world
Andy Markus SVP & Chief Data Officer, AT&T
Ina Fried (Moderator) Chief Technology Correspondent, Axios
Durga Malladi SVP & GM - Technology Planning, Qualcomm
11:00 - 11:30 am
AI: Shaping the Mobile Ecosystem
Elena Fersman Head of AI Accelerator, Ericsson
Chetan Sharma (Moderator) CEO, Chetan Sharma Consulting
11:30 - 12:00 pm
Chronicles from the 5G Frontier
Ulf Ewaldsson President - Technology, T-Mobile
Chetan Sharma (Moderator) CEO, Chetan Sharma Consulting
12:00 - 1:30 pm
Lunch
Afternoon Sessions
1:30 - 2:30 pm
AI and Automation in the Enterprise (iOS Room)
Shanker Trivedi SVP - Enterprise Business, Nvidia
Aashu Virmani (Moderator) SVP, Cambridge Consultants
Shaun McCarthy President, North America, Nokia
Caroline Chan VP - Network & Edge Group, Intel
Terry Williams SVP & CIO, Costco Wholesale
Cybersecurity in Quantumverse (Android Room)
Jeff Simon SVP & Chief Security Officer, T-Mobile
Cristin Flynn (Moderator) Former General Counsel - Cybersecurity, Microsoft
Jonny LeRoy CTO, Grainger
Patrick Massey Director, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
William Bartholomew Principal Security Strategist, Microsoft
2:30 - 3:25 pm
Making Sustainability Economically Viable (iOS Room)
Brandon Johnson SVP - AI & Automation, Assurant
Jesse Noffsinger (Moderator) Partner, McKinsey
Frank Meehan Chief Product Officer, OpenESG
Ashu Suvarna Head - Sustainability, Hitachi America Ltd.
Anand Chandrasekher CEO and Co-Founder, Aira Technologies
The Golden Age of Healthcare (Android Room)
Mani Prakash VP - Enterprise R&D, Medtronic
Ina Fried (Moderator) Chief Technology Correspondent, Axios
Tueng Shen Associate Dean, School of Medicine & College of Engineering, University of Washington
Daniel Donoho Neurosurgeon, Children's National Hospital
Andy Hickl CTO, Allen Institute
3:25 - 4:05 pm
Networking
4:05 - 5:05 pm
AI and Automation in Networks and Operations (iOS Room)
Azita Arvani CEO - Americas, Rakuten Symphony
Marwan Fawaz (Moderator) Former Executive Advisor, Google
Justin Reilly CEO, Wavelo
Mazin Gilbert Executive - Telecommunications, Google
Ron Marquardt VP - Advanced Technologies and Innovation, T-Mobile
Industrial Metaverse: Catalyst for Change and Productivity (Android Room)
Mischa Dohler VP - Emerging Technologies, Ericsson
Jim Brisimitzis (Moderator) Founder, 5G Open Innovation Lab
Kevin Cramer Executive - Azure+, Microsoft
Vishal Shah GM - XR & Metaverse, Lenovo
Udiyan Padmanabhan CEO and Co-Founder, YDrive
5:05 - 6:00 pm
Investing in Quantumverse (iOS Room)
Jonathan Heiliger General Partner, Vertex Ventures
Jeff Bradley (Moderator) Startup Advisor and former SVP, AT&T
Paul Kedrosky General Partner, SK Ventures
Glenn Lurie General Partner, Stormbreaker
Austin Guyette Partner, Voyager Capital
6:00 - 7:30 pm
Networking Reception
Chill, Network, and form partnerships for Life
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New Future OpensWelcome
8:00 - 8:30 am
Quantumverse: Postcards from the Future
Chetan Sharma CEO, Chetan Sharma Consulting
8:30 - 9:00 am
Quantum Leaps – A Decade of Innovation and Disruption
Chetan Sharma CEO, Chetan Sharma Consulting
9:00 - 9:30 am
Dominating the 5G Era
Chetan Sharma CEO, Chetan Sharma Consulting
9:30 - 10:00 am
6G - Charting the course for beyond 5G
Chetan Sharma CEO, Chetan Sharma Consulting
10:30 - 11:00 am
5G Monetization
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11:00 - 11:30 am
5G - Industrial Automation and Enterprise Opportunities
Chetan Sharma CEO, Chetan Sharma Consulting
11:30 - 12:00 pm
Quantum Leaps: Scaling Smart Manufacturing
Chetan Sharma CEO, Chetan Sharma Consulting
11:15 - 12:00 pm
AI – Closing the Feedback Loop
Ken Denman General Partner, Sway Ventures
The Age of Telemedicine – Rethinking Healthcare
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12:00 - 12:45 pm
Cybersecurity: New Frontiers, New Challenges
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Building Resilient Supply Chains: JIT to JIC
Biju Nair President - Global Connected Living, Assurant
12:45 - 1:00 pm
Break
1:00 - 1:30 pm
Policy and Competition in the 5G Era
Chetan Sharma CEO, Chetan Sharma Consulting
1:30 - 2:00 pm
Roundtables
1:30 - 2:00 pm
5G Innovation
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Acceleration of Enterprise Opportunities
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