Wireless & Convergence



Customers expect seamless and uninterrupted connectivity everywhere.
Simply providing connectivity over multiple access network types is not sufficient to meet customers’ expectations and delivering operational efficiencies when managing these as independent networks. This track will explore building a converged network, examining the utilization of O-RAN, multi-access technologies, network slicing, and Wi-Fi to provide a comprehensive solution.
Track Speakers

John Bahr
Distinguished Technologist
CableLabs

Kamaljit Bal
Wireless Private Network Architect
Rogers Communications

Charles Cheevers
CTO, Home Networks
Vantiva

Neel Dayal
Senior Director, Innovation and Partnerships
Rogers Communications

Sorna Dhanabalan
Lead Architect
Cox Communications

Jeff Hales
Principal Architect
Cox Communications

Lili Hervieu
Principal Architect, Wireless Research & Development
CableLabs

Aamir Hussain
SVP, Chief Technology and Product Officer
Liberty Latin America

Mr. Robert Jaksa
Principal Engineer
Comcast

Scott Kenny
VP of Standards, Specifications and Technical Editing (STET), and Lab Project Management Office (PMO)
CableLabs

Pratyusha Malladi
Principal Engineer
Charter Communications

Saju Palayur
Senior Technical Director of Software Engineering
Maxlinear Inc.

Mark Poletti
Director Mobile Networks and Principal Architect
CableLabs

Maria Popo
President and CEO
SCTE

Thirumurthy Rajamanickam
Head of Broadband Devices Product Architecture
Nokia

Josh Redmore
Principal Architect, Wireless Access Technologies
CableLabs

GS Sickand
VP of Wireless Engineering
Cox

Dileep Kumar Soma
Principal Wireless Engineer
Charter Communications

Dr. Roy Sun
Ph.D., Principal Architect
CableLabs

Dr. Rikin Thakker
Chief Technology Officer and SVP, Technology
NCTA - The Internet & Television Association

David Urban
Independent

Dorin Viorel
Distinguished Technologist
CableLabs

Arun Yerra
Principal Mobile Network Architect
CableLabs

Lei Zhou
Engineer
Charter Communications
Track Sessions
- All timing - Atlanta Time Zone