2021 Agenda
Note: We will be announcing the agenda for MFF 2022 later this summer
Quantum Leaps 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
Don McGuire SVP & CMO, Qualcomm
Chetan Sharma (Moderator) CEO, Chetan Sharma Consulting
9:00 - 9:30 am
5G: New Revenue and Monetization
Nicki Palmer Chief Product Development Officer, Verizon
Ina Fried (Moderator) Chief Technology Correspondent, Axios
9:30 - 10:00 am
6G - Charting the course for beyond 5G
Asha Keddy CVP, Next Generation & Standards, Intel Corporation
Chetan Sharma (Moderator) CEO, Chetan Sharma Consulting
10:00 - 10:30 am
Break
10:30 - 11:00 am
5G - Industrial Automation and Enterprise Opportunities
Rasesh Patel Chief Platform & Product Officer, AT&T Business
Chetan Sharma (Moderator) CEO, Chetan Sharma Consulting
11:00 - 11:30 am
Quantum Leaps: Scaling Smart Manufacturing
Niklas Heuveldop President & CEO, Ericsson North America
Chetan Sharma (Moderator) CEO, Chetan Sharma Consulting
11:30 - 12:00 pm
5G Era of Competition and Innovation
Mike Sievert President & CEO, T-Mobile
Chetan Sharma (Moderator) CEO, Chetan Sharma Consulting
12:00 - 1:30 pm
Lunch
Afternoon Sessions
1:30 - 2:30 pm
5G: Economics and Open Innovation
Igal Elbaz SVP - Engineering & Operations, AT&T
Chetan Sharma (Moderator) CEO, Chetan Sharma Consulting
Bikash Koley Head - Global Networking & Telecom Cloud, Google
Bejoy Pankajakshan CSO & CTO, Mavenir
Kaitki Agarwal CTO and Co-Founder, A5G Networks
Cybersecurity: New Challenges. New Frontiers
Cristin Goodwin GM & Associate General Counsel - Cybersecurity, Microsoft
Rohit Ghai (Moderator) Group CEO, RSA
Don Stroberg CEO, Onclave Networks
Michael Lynch Chief Strategy Officer, Prove
Saeed Abu-Nimeh CEO and Co-Founder, SecLytics
Eric Leonard Head of Mobile Security, Boeing
2:30 - 3:25 pm
Private Networks and Edge
Sanjay Uppal SVP & GM, Service Provider & Edge, VMware
Ron Marquardt (Moderator) VP - Advanced Technologies and Innovation, T-Mobile
Caroline Chan VP & GM - 5G Infrastructure, Intel
Philip Neufeld Executive Officer, IT, Fresno Unified School District
Chris Penrose COO, FogHorn
Robotics: Living with Machines
Sridhar Solur Chief Platform Officer, Berkshire Grey
Matt Grob (Moderator) CTO, XCOM
Damion Shelton CEO, Agility Robotics
Anand Nandakumar CEO and Founder, Halo
Bill Peine Senior Director - Surgical Robotics, Medtronic
3:25 - 4:05 pm
Networking
4:05 - 5:00 pm
5G Revenue and New Services
Biju Nair President - Global Connected Living, Assurant
Ina Fried (Moderator) Chief Technology Correspondent, Axios
Howard Wright CEO & President, C360
Juho Sarvikas President of North America and Australia , Qualcomm
Ragu Masilamany VP - Solutions Sales Engineering, Amdocs
5:00 - 6:00 pm
Investing in Quantum Leaps
Chrissy Meyer Partner, Root Ventures
Karen Weise (Moderator) Technology Reporter, New York Times
Ken Denman General Partner, Sway Ventures
Rob Coneybeer Partner, Shasta Ventures
Len Jordan Managing Director, Madrona
6:00 - 8:00 pm
Networking Reception
Chill, Network, and form partnerships for Life
* - Agenda subject to change
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
Alex Katouzian SVP & GM, Mobile, Qualcomm
Chetan Sharma (Moderator) CEO, Chetan Sharma Consulting
9:00 - 9:30 am
Dominating the 5G Era
Mike Sievert President & CEO, T-Mobile
Chetan Sharma (Moderator) CEO, Chetan Sharma Consulting
9:30 - 10:00 am
6G - Charting the course for beyond 5G
Asha Keddy CVP, Next Generation & Standards, Intel Corporation
Chetan Sharma (Moderator) CEO, Chetan Sharma Consulting
10:30 - 11:00 am
5G Monetization
Nicki Palmer Chief Product Development Officer, Verizon
Ina Fried (Moderator) Chief Technology Correspondent, Axios
11:00 - 11:30 am
5G - Industrial Automation and Enterprise Opportunities
Rasesh Patel Chief Platform & Product Officer, AT&T Business
Chetan Sharma (Moderator) CEO, Chetan Sharma Consulting
11:30 - 12:00 pm
Quantum Leaps: Scaling Smart Manufacturing
Niklas Heuveldop President & CEO, Ericsson North America
Chetan Sharma (Moderator) CEO, Chetan Sharma Consulting
11:15 - 12:00 pm
AI – Closing the Feedback Loop
Gil Rosen CMO, Amdocs
Ken Denman General Partner, Sway Ventures
The Age of Telemedicine – Rethinking Healthcare
Dr. Sam Browd Neurosurgeon, Seattle Children's Hospital
Dr. Matt Faiman Director - Telehealth, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
12:00 - 12:45 pm
Cybersecurity: New Frontiers, New Challenges
Rodger Desai CEO & Founder, Prove
Building Resilient Supply Chains: JIT to JIC
Biju Nair President - Global Connected Living, Assurant
Hank Skorny President – Connected Solutions, Aptiv
12:45 - 1:00 pm
Break
1:00 - 1:30 pm
Policy and Competition in the 5G Era
Ajit Pai Chairman, FCC
Chetan Sharma (Moderator) CEO, Chetan Sharma Consulting
1:30 - 2:00 pm
Roundtables
1:30 - 2:00 pm
5G Innovation
John Baker SVP, Mavenir
Acceleration of Enterprise Opportunities
Agenda ,
2:00 - 2:30 pm