LIGHT READING
12th Annual
12-14 March, 2019
Embassy Suites Downtown Denver Convention Center, Denver, Colorado
Back by popular demand for its 12th consecutive year, Cable Next-Gen Technologies & Strategies is a two-day event that tackles both the opportunities and challenges facing the cable industry and broker a conversation about what the industry's next steps should be. Leading cable and OTT executives will discuss the industry's latest technological thrusts, the strategies behind them and the hurdles in front of them. Agenda topics include DOCSIS 3.1, Full Duplex DOCSIS, Full Duplex, Distributed Access Architecture, Fiber Deep, 5G backhaul and small cells, Pay TV Business Models, Virtualization, role cable operators will play in the emerging IoT market, WiFi-First services and more.
Who is the event for?
Cable operators, Carriers, Utility, Public sector, Education, Hardware/software vendors
Back for the second year in a row, Automation Everywhere brings together the foremost developers of the technologies that go to make up automation (including virtualization, AI, machine learning, telemetry, robotics, analytics, automation middleware and security) with the communications service providers, systems integrators and OTTs that are blazing the trail by deploying them as part of production networks.
Who is the event for?
Communication service providers, System integrators, OTTs, Technology developers
2nd Annual
2 April, 2019
Denver, Colorado
Light Reading returns to Smart Cities Connect for a breakfast workshop focused on the deployment of gigabit-plus broadband in the era of 5G and how urban areas into true smart cities. Rather than rolling out disconnected islands of IoT, operators and city leaders that work together forge a big-picture vision that transforms life and business, improves the environment and generates multiple returns on investment.
Who is the event for?
Municipalities, Carriers/Operators, Utility, Public Sector, Industry organizations, Hardware/Software vendors
Co-located at Smart Cities Connect event
2nd Annual
8 April, 2019
Las Vegas, Nevada
In this special NAB breakfast workshop, experts from across the video spectrum will discuss various options for entering the OTT market, including embracing IP video, deploying cloud-based solutions, integrating streaming content into legacy pay-TV platforms, offering OTT skinny bundles and targeting college students and military bases, among others.
Co-located with at the NAB Show
14th Annual
6 May, 2019
Denver, Colorado USA
Now in its 14th year, the communications networking industry's most prestigious industry awards program – which will begin in January 2019 with the announcement of the categories and call for submissions – concludes with a fantastic evening at a high-profile venue that includes cocktails, dinner, networking, the presentation of more than 30 awards and multimedia entertainment from the Light Reading team.
Who is the event for?
Hardware/software vendors, Operators/Carriers
11th Annual
6-8 May, 2019
Denver, Colorado USA
Piecing together the 5G puzzle.
We're excited to announce that 2019 will mark the merging of two market leading telco conferences in North America. Light Reading's BCE and 5G North America will merge to form the BIG 5G Event, in what is anticipated to be the leading conference for the service provider community in the continent with 1,250+ telecom professionals in attendance, 100+ Speakers and infinite
Through a demo-led exhibition, cutting edge content and personalized VIP services, the BIG 5G Event will provide unrivalled access to the buyers in the North American telco market. With a comprehensive conference program and multiple networking sessions, don’t miss out on this unique opportunity to demonstrate and present your services to customers actively looking for solutions to improve their existing networks.
Who is the event for?
Operators/Carriers, Connectivity Providers, Telco Solution Providers, Standards bodies, Regulators, Analysts, Consultants, Cable operators, Cloud Services/Data Center, Utility,
Public sector, Education, Hardware/software vendors
2nd Annual
24 June, 2019
Nice, France
Back for a second year, the 5G & Optical Transport breakfast at NGON & DCI will look at the scale and performance requirements dictated by the 5G radio network which are forcing a radical re-think of the fronthaul, midhaul, and backhaul networks that support 5G. There is strong industry consensus that the physical medium for 5G “xhaul” will be fiber. However, beyond this consensus point, there are many options being put forward and much debate – including choice of transport protocols and even basic physical layer decisions for fiber. This breakfast workshop will explore the range of 5G xhaul transport options with the goal of mapping each to the specific requirements of the 5G RAN and anticipated applications.
Who is the event for?
Communication service providers, System integrators, OTTs, Technology developers
Co-located at the NGON & DCI Europe event
5th Annual
17-19 September, 2019
Dallas, Texas
In a NEW location, NFV & Carrier SDN will tackle real-world issues and deployment challenges through thought-provoking keynotes from service provider executives who are on the front lines of NFV and SDN deployment. This year's event will continue assessing what NFV and SDN are executing on several crucial fronts, including automation from service assurance to security enforcement, more rapid development of innovative services and successful monetization of the cloud by CSPs. Security will also be discussed in terms of readiness and performance of commercial security solutions.
Who is the event for?
Cable operators, Carriers, Web services/OTT, App developers, Cloud Service, Utility, Public sector, Education, Hardware/software vendors
1 October, 2019
New Orleans, Louisiana
Cable is now staking out its own turf in the software-defined networking (SDN) and network functions virtualization (NFV) space, even leading the way in such aspects as the virtualization of access networks. Now that CableLabs has identified three new components of next-gen cable networks – service orchestrator, NFV orchestrator and master SDN controller – engineers are developing the interfaces and standards to make cable virtual network functions (VNFs) a reality. But much more work remains to be done to bring virtualized functions and services to market. This breakfast forum will assess the market's current state, explore cable's pioneering virtualization efforts, examine the early trials and pilots and look at what comes next.
Who is the event for?
Cable operators, Carriers, Utility, Public sector, Education, Hardware/software vendors
Co-located at SCTE Cable-Tec Expo
22 October, 2019
Los Angeles, California
With operators in the US (and worldwide) poised to launch commercial 5G services in 2019, this third annual breakfast workshop at Mobile World Congress Americas will identify and discuss 5G challenges.
Who is the event for?
Operators/Carriers, Connectivity Providers, Telco Solution Providers, Hardware/software vendors
Co-located at Mobile World Congress Americas
Light Reading's rebranded flagship OSS event focuses on where network operators are innovating to automate, streamline and update their OSS to support their network virtualization and digital transformation efforts. Day one will explore software defined operations while day two will feature a deep dive into the core components of the autonomous network, namely analytics, artificial intelligence, intent-based orchestration and robotic process automation.
Who is the event for?
UK and European telecom operators, Telecom technology vendors
7th Annual
7 November, 2019
London, United Kingdom
The Global Telecoms Awards (GLOTELS) recognize innovation from any company involved in advancing and transforming today's telecoms industry. This includes service providers, vendors, solutions providers, consultancies and anything in between. Now in its seventh year, the awards have become a highlight of the telecoms calendar, with real value attached to winning an award that is judged on merit alone. With 18 categories to choose from, many new awards have been included, designed to do justice to our increasingly diverse industry.
Who is the event for?
Hardware/software vendors, Operators/Carriers
The next-gen transport infrastructure that connects RAN sites to data centers and cloud services providers, and is fundamental to operator success in the 5G era. This third annual event will investigate the transport and networking requirements of 5G as US operators move closer towards commercial launch.
Who is the event for?
Cable operators, Carriers, Web services/OTT, App developers, Cloud Service, Utility,
Public sector, Education, Hardware/software vendors
Now entering its 13th year, Light Reading's longest-running event focuses on the efforts by cable operators to build on their success in the $150 billion US commercial sector, maintain their growth momentum and overcome the hurdles that threaten to hamper continued growth. The event will cover the hottest trends in commercial services, the fresh initiatives that cable operators are pursuing, the new technologies and products that vendors are developing, and the operational, technical, financial and competitive challenges that operators face. In particular, the conference will look at cable's efforts to leverage new technologies, products and strategies to lure midsized and large enterprises and expand to new vertical markets.
Who is the event for?
Cable operators, Carriers, Utility, Public sector, Education, Hardware/software vendors
Now entering its sixth year, 2020 Vision is an exclusive, meeting of global CSP executives focused on navigating the disruptive forces at work in telecom today. Simply put, it's the must-attend event for C-level executives in the communications industry. 2019’s summit will deliver hard-hitting research from Heavy Reading with a combination of orchestrated and informal discussions among diverse network operators, providing an in-depth look at the impact of all this change. This exclusive event is dedicated to not only defining the future of next-gen communications but also working out how to make it profitable.
Who is the event for?
C-level, VP’s and directors across telecommunications industry