Conference Tracks

The Business of Infrastructure: Macro, Micro & Fiber:

Networks of tomorrow will be built differently than the networks of today, bringing together the power of compute and connectivity; wired and wireless; software and hardware. As a result, the business of the infrastructure asset owner is evolving, with new opportunities, new technologies and competitive threats. This series of sessions focus on business trends, expansion opportunities and new models emerging for the integrated digital infrastructure owner/operator.

• Who Should Attend? C-suite executives in the infrastructure business: towers, data centers, fiber networks, real estate REITs and their supply chain partners in site development, professional services, legal and regulatory compliance.

RAN to EDGE Innovation

Innovation is booming in the Radio Access Network all the way out to the Edge of the network – be that a device, a vehicle, an enterprise or a building. From open-source software to hardware to antenna technology and spectrum sharing, this series of sessions is focus on the network itself and the innovation driving a new era in high-capacity indoor and outdoor wireless connectivity.

• Who Should Attend? Networking executives at mobile network operators, rural and competitive network carriers, technology vendors and infrastructure owners.

Site Services & Solutions

5G networks cannot be developed, optimized and managed utilizing 2G tools. As networks continue towards smaller, denser, software-enabled technology, the imperative grows for new approaches to the art and science of site enablement. This series of sessions highlights the leading platforms that are emerging to automate, expediate and speed the time to market for 5G sites.

• Who Should Attend? Networking executives at mobile network operators, rural and competitive network carriers, utilities, telcos, vertical asset owners and site development, construction and management firms.

Enterprises, Integrators & Property Owners

Unlike previous wireless generations that were almost entirely driven by consumer adoption, the 5G market is designed to be an early entry point for the enterprise community. Next-gen wireless — including 5G, CBRS, Wi-Fi 6 – have the potential to provide competitive advantage, unlock the power of other emerging technologies, and transform organizations as well as industry. This series of sessions provide insight and expertise to the enterprise community – and their key suppliers such as integrators and commercial landlords – into the how and why to adopt advanced connectivity solutions.

• Who Should Attend? CTOs, CIOs and IT Networking executives from enterprises – industrial, hospitality, hospital/health, transportation, and more; integrators and IT distributors; technology vendors and professional services firms.

Rural Connectivity: Carriers, Governments & Schools

The COVID pandemic has made clear the deficiencies in rural broadband connectivity. And yet, the emergence of OpenRAN, CBRS, Private LTE and other solutions, has created new opportunities for more than the traditional carrier to meet the needs of rural and underserved communities. Schools, governments, non-profits, utilities and commercial enterprises – as well as the traditional WiSP – will deliver connectivity services. This series of sessions covers the technology options, business cases, funding sources and best practices to meet this important constituency with next generation broadband services.

• Who Should Attend? Networking executives at rural and competitive network carriers, utilities, telcos, vertical asset owners; university and higher education; enterprises; technology vendors in the CBRS, TVWS and Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) sectors.

Capital, Finance & Investors

The increasing demand for bandwidth offers new investment, acquisition and merger opportunities for all subsectors of the digital infrastructure community. This Series of Sessions is designed to bring the investment community together with infrastructure owners in a new, wider perspective of digital, connected and data rich infrastructure — enabled by optical fiber networks, vertical communications real estate (towers, rooftops, satellite, mobile platforms); edge computing, data centers, small cells, and more.

• Who Should Attend? Investment professionals, infrastructure investment funds, investors, analysts, infrastructure owners, entrepreneurs and business innovators

Policy & Regulation

This series of panel sessions allows your executive team to stay up to date on matters of policy and legislation that impact digital infrastructure from the Federal and State perspective. Leading policy experts from The Hill discuss the latest news from Washington and offer insight from the behind the scenes rulemaking that pertain to 5G infrastructure deployment from a national as well as local perspective.

• Designed for legal and policy firms and professionals; asset owners; network operators; and investors