Agenda

Monday 12 June
9am
Registration and refreshments

Registration

9.40am
Welcome and housekeeping

Plenary

9.45am
Opening keynote speech: The Rt Hon Sir John Whittingdale OBE MP, Minister for Data and Digital Infrastructure

Keynote

10am
Telecoms: The Big Questions

Plenary

10.30am
Break

Break

10.35am
International Collaboration on Telecoms

Room A

Bringing NPL's expertise to the UK's new Telecoms Lab (UKTL): resilience and security in UK Telecoms

Room B

10.55am
Break

Room B

11am
Presentation from SONIC Labs

Room B

11.20am
Break

Break

11.40am
Future Telecoms: The UK Approach

Room A

Non-terrestrial Telecoms Platforms

Room B

12.20pm
Break

Break

12.25pm
Semiconductors and Telecoms Supply Chain Security 

Room A

Compete to Innovate: Achieving Policy Objectives through Government R&D Competitions

Room B

1.05pm
Lunch

Break

2pm
Industrial Adoption of 5G 

Room A

Championing Security, Resilience and Openness Through Telecoms Standards

Room B

2.40pm
Break

Break

2.45pm
Spectrum: Maximising Efficiency and Availability

Room A

Open RAN: From the Lab to the Field 

Room B

3.30pm
Extended Break

Room A

Break

Room B

3.35pm
Spotlight: the US Approach

Room B

3.50pm
Spotlight: Quad Open RAN Security Report

Room B

4.05pm
Looking Ahead: the Vision for 6G

Room A

Security in the Open Network Landscape

Room B

4.45pm
Closing Speech: Susannah Storey, Director General for Digital Technologies and Telecoms at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology ( DSIT )

Plenary

5pm
Networking Reception sponsored by techUK

Networking