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 MAXIMILIANO BELLASSAI
Mobile Business Unit
General Director
TIGO PARAGUAY
TOP SPEAKERS
MAURO FUKUDA EDUARDO DURAN TANIA VILLA TRÁPALA MAYERLY DÍAZ ROJAS
Technology and Services NARDECCHIA Telecommunications and Vigilance and Control Director
Platforms Director Head of Innovation and Radio Analysis Director MINISTERIO DE
OI Trends Telco & TI IFT MÉXICO TECNOLOGÍAS DE LA
ENTEL CHILE INFORMACIÓN Y LAS
COMUNICACIONES
DE COLOMBIA

FERNANDO RIKICHI OTANI JANILSON BEZERRA ALBERVAN FERREIRA LUZ JOSÉ OTERO FELIPE HERZOG
Sales and Operations Director Director of Network Innovation Prepaid System and Director of Latin America & Intitutional and Government
SKY & Governance Engineering Senior Manager the Caribbean Relations Manager
TIM BRASIL CLARO 4G AMERICAS SKY BRASIL

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ARTHUR SKINNER NETO LUIZ FELIPE BARROS ATILA BRANCO MARTIN WESSEL
Head of
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Country Manager Brazil
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Access and Transport Network
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 SÉRGIO KERN EDUARDO KOKI IHA RINALDO DUARTE TIAGO GALLI MICHELLE BASTOS LAGE
Radiofrequency Spectrum and Head of Smart Cities & IoT CARVALHO General Manager FERREIRA
Mobile Regulations Director Innovation Continuos Education PORTO CONECTA Quality & Processes Executive
SINDITELEBRASIL TELEFONICA Manager Manager
INATEL TIM BRASIL
TOP SPEAKERS

JOÃO MOURA EDUARDO TUDE DAVID PFANNEMULLER ANA CAROLINA DANIEL NUNES
Senior Executive President GUIMARAES MAGLIANO ROMANO Professor and Technical
TELCOMP TELECO Core Network Technology Intitutional and Government Consultant
Consultant Relations Manager INATEL
OI OI

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Transport TIM BRASIL renata.figueiredo@informa.com
TIM BRASIL

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 WHY ATTEND LTE & 5G LATIN AMERICA 2016?
Now in its 7th year, LTE & 5G Latin America is firmly established as the region’s only dedicated LTE and 5G event.
Join senior experts from across the region to discuss the latest industry updates, network, and plan for the year ahead.

HEAR DEFINE DISCOVER NETWORK

your network vision for 5G hands-on demos of the with senior executives
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the latest LTE & 5G
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 SIGNALING FOCUS DAY
PRE CONFERENCE FOCUS DAY - 5TH APRIL

09:30 Chair’s Welcome: 12:40 Lunch Break

Rinaldo Duarte Carvalho, Gerente de Educação Continuada, INATEL
09:40 Overview of the Signaling Market in LatAm
• Market status update
• Highlighting the key recent developments in signaling solutions
• What are the challenges being faced as a result of the signaling storm?
Rinaldo Duarte Carvalho, Gerente de Educação Continuada, INATEL
14:00 Simplifying Signaling to make International LTE Roaming a Reality
David Pfannemuller Guimaraes, Core Network Technology Consultant, OI
14:40 Service Customization and Agility: Remain Relevant
A discussion about identifying opportunity in the signaling plane and making it
happen today and tomorrow.

10:10 Telecom meets Cloud: A Dynamic Convergence
10:40 Morning Coffee Break
11:20 PANEL DISCUSSION: The Impact of IOT Applications in Signaling Traffic
on 4G Networks
• How will the IOT movement affect signaling traffic?
• M2M communications: Another huge threat to signaling infrastructure?
• Analysing the uptake of IOT/M2M: Can we predict when the signaling
“tsumani” will hit?
15:10 Afternoon Coffee Break
15:40 PANEL DISCUSSION: Security: Diameter Signaling
• Why is security such a hot topic in LTE?
• What is the industry doing about security?
• Challenges + Issues around securing diameter signaling networks
• Best practices for building a secure LTE/Diameter network
16:20 End of Latam Signaling Focus Day

12:00 PANEL DISCUSSION: Signaling Challenges with Advanced Services

• What are the drivers behind VoLTE and VoWi-Fi roll-out
• How are these voice technologies deployed
• What are the Diameter signaling implications when deploying VoLTE and
VoWi-Fi
David Pfannemuller Guimaraes, Core Network Technology Consultant, OI

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08:00 Registration and Welcome Coffee
08:20 Conference Welcome
08:30 Chairperson’s Opening Remarks: Ari Lopes, Principal
Analyst LATAM, OVUM
08:40 Mobile Broadband in Latin America and Perspectives
for LTE an 5G in the Region
José Otero, Director of Latin America & the Caribbean,
4G AMERICAS
Track A
CONFERENCE DAY 1 - 6TH APRIL
5G SESSION LATIN AMERICA
Chairperson: Ari Lopes, Principal Analyst LATAM, OVUM
11:50 The 5G Revolution: Different Points of View and
Scenarios
Daniel Nunes, Professor and Technical Consultant, INATEL
12:10 Evolution of LTE-Advanced to 5G in the Latin American
market
12:30 PANEL DISCUSSION: What New Services and
Applications will Drive Consumer Demand for 5G?
Moderator: Eduardo Tude, President, TELECO
Panelists:
Maximiliano Bellassai, Mobile Business Unit General Director,
TIGO PARAGUAY
13:00 Afternoon Refreshments & Exhibition Visit
14:20 mHealth Opportunities Made Possible by Reliable LTE
Networks
Internet of Things Roll-Out, Big Data & Data Analytics
14:50 PANEL DISCUSSION: Identifying the New verticals that
will Pioneer the Market in LatAm
15:10 Opening the Mind, Changing the Mindset for IOT
Albervan Ferreira Luz, Prepaid System and Engineering
Senior Manager, CLARO
15:40 Real Concept of IoT in Telecoms
Eduardo Koki Iha, Head of Smart Cities & IoT Innovation,
TELEFONICA
16:10 Networking Lunch & Exhibition Visit
16:40 PANEL DISCUSSION: Network Trajectory and How IoT
Change the Scenario of Telecommunications
Felipe Herzog, Intitutional and Government Relations
Manager, SKY BRASIL
Sérgio Kern, Radiofrequency Spectrum and Mobile
Regulations Director, SINDITELEBRASIL
Caio Faria Lima, Judiciary Committee Coordinator, Câmara
Brasileira de Comércio Eletrônico (camara-e.net)
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Keynote Sessions:
09:00 Ways to have and Execute a Consistent Strategy that TELCO BIG NAMES’ PANEL
Passes Through Innovation 10:20 PANEL DISCUSSION: How are Operators Preparing for IoT?
Luis Minoru Shibata, CSO - Chief Strategy Officer, Mauro Fukuda, Technology and Services Platforms Director, OI
TIM BRASIL
Atila Branco, Access and Transport Network Director,
10:00 Open Roads to a Better Connected Region in the TELEFONICA
Digital Era Fernando Rikichi Otani, Sales and Operations Director, SKY
Reserved for Diamond Sponsor 10:40 Morning Refreshments, Speed Networking & Exhibition
Visit
Track B
HETNET2020
Chairperson: Sonia Agnese, Senior Analyst, OVUM 11:50 Challenges and Lessons Learned: Evolution of the
Mobile Network Architecture for NFV / SDN
Heterogeneous Networks & Backhaul
Alberto Boaventura, Technology Consultant, OI
11:50 Synchronizing HetNets for 4G LTE and Beyond
12:20 Defining the Business Case for Virtualization
Martin Wessel, Technological Innovation Manager, TELECOM
Martin Wessel, Technological Innovation Manager, TELECOM
PERSONAL ARGENTINA
PERSONAL ARGENTINA
12:10 Massive MIMO for Next Generation Wireless Systems
12:50 Updating the Telefonica NFV Story for 2016
12:40 PANEL DISCUSSION: Small Cells and LTE Unlicensed Focus
Alberto Boaventura, Technology Consultant, OI 13:20 Networking Lunch & Exhibition Visit
13:10 Networking Lunch & Exhibition Visit 14:30 PANEL DISCUSSION: The NFV Roadmap in Latin
America
14:20 PANEL DISCUSSION: LTE Cooperation Between RAN and
OSS to Improve User Experience Senior Executive, ANTEL URUGUAY (awating the final
John Reister, John Reister, VP Marketing and Product confirmation)
Management, VASONA NETWORKS
15:10 Virtualized Management and Orchestration
SON & QoS Chris Purdy, Chief Technology Officer, CENX
14:40 SON with MME-POOL 15:40 PANEL DISCUSSION: The Vendor Landscape
15:00 PANEL DISCUSSION: Deploying SON Early in LTE Rollout • Handling product lifecycles in an SDN/NFV environment
Daniel Dribinski, Co-Founder & CTO, CELLWIZE • Managing different vendors and avoiding lock in
Chris Purdy, Chief Technology Officer, CENX
15:40 A Complete Strategy for Quality of Service (QoS) in
Telecommunications IFT- México 16:10 Afternoon Refreshments & Exhibition Visit
Tania Villa Trápala, Telecommunications and Radio Analysis
16:40 The Evolving Role of SDN & NFV on the Road to 5G
Director, IFT MÉXICO
Daniel Nunes, Professor and Technical Consultant, INATEL
16:10 Afternoon Refreshments & Exhibition Visit
17:20 Traffic Management in a Virtualized Environment
16:40 Cell Quality Project: Remote Monitoring and Real Time
Management of Mobile Operators Systems 17:40 PANEL DISCUSSION: Edge Data Center
Mayerly Díaz Rojas, Vigilance and Control Director, MINISTERIO
DE TECNOLOGÍAS DE LA INFORMACIÓN Y LAS
COMUNICACIONES DE COLOMBIA
17:00 PANEL DISCUSSION: Understanding Customer Experience
from the App’s Point of View
Michelle Bastos Lage Ferreira, Quality & Processes Executive
Manager, TIM BRASIL
17:30 Porto Conecta’ s 4G: Network Expansion and Customer
Loyalty
Tiago Galli, General Manager, PORTO CONECTA
17:50 Networking Cocktail
18:10 1st LTE AWARD LATAM
 Keynote Sessions:
08:00 Registration and Welcome Coffee Tania Villa Trápala, Telecommunications and Radio Analysis Janilson Bezerra, Network Innovation & Governance Director,
08:20 Conference Welcome Director, IFT MÉXICO TIM BRASIL
Mayerly Díaz Rojas, Vigilance and Control Director, IT and Eduardo Duran Nardecchia, Head Innovation and Trends
08:30 Chairperson’s Opening Remarks: Ari Lopes, Principal Communications Ministry of Colombia Telco & TI, ENTEL CHILE
Analyst LATAM, OVUM Martin Wessel, Technological Innovation Manager, TELECOM
09:40 The Future of 5G in Latin America and Beyond
08:50 REGULATOR SESSION: Updates on the Main Latin Reserved for Platinum Sponsor PERSONAL ARGENTINA
American Regulatory Issues 10:40 Morning Refreshments, Speed Networking & Exhibition
10:00 PANEL DISCUSSION: Exploring the Challenges of the
Do you have any burning questions to ask? Please email Visit
Arrival of the 5G in Latin American Market
renata.figueiredo@informa.com
José Otero, Director of Latin America & the Caribbean, 4G Do you have any burning questions to ask? Please email
CONFERENCE DAY 2 – 7TH APRIL

AMERICAS renata.figueiredo@informa.com

Track C Track D
LTE EVOLUTION LTE SERVICES AND INFRASTRUCTURE
Chairperson: Ari Lopes, Principal Analyst LATAM, OVUM Chairperson: Sonia Agnese, Senior Analyst, OVUM 11:50 The role of Big Data in the Virtualization Evolution
Eduardo Duran Nardecchia, Head Innovation and Trends
Services Innovation, VoLTE & VoWi-fi Cloud RAN Telco & TI, ENTEL CHILE

12:20 PANEL DISCUSSION: Addressing the Security Question

11:50 PANEL DISCUSSION: Simplifying and Scaling the Mobile
VAS Ecosystem
12:10 The Most Important LTE Services to Drive Consumer
Adoption
12:40 PANEL DISCUSSION: Customer Experience on VoLTE
David Pfannemuller Guimaraes, Core Network Technology
Consultant, OI
13:20 Networking Lunch & Exhibition Visit
14:30 PANEL DISCUSSION: VoWiFi Services
15:00 Current Status of 4G, VoLTE and LTE-A in the World
Ari Lopes, Principal Analyst LATAM, OVUM
15:30 Afternoon Refreshments & Exhibition Visit
11:50 The Benefits of Cloud-RAN Architecture in Mobile
Network Expansion 13:00 Networking Lunch & Exhibition Visit
12:10 PANEL DISCUSSION: Cloud RAN Architectures for Latin 14:20 PANEL DISCUSSION: Transport SDN – Risks, Challenges
America and Opportunities
Cicero Olivieri, Fixed Network and Transport Director, Cicero Olivieri, Fixed Network and Transport Director, TIM
TIM BRASIL BRASIL
Alberto Boaventura, Technology Consultant, OI
15:00 PANEL DISCUSSION: Using NFV technologies to
Actively Compete with OTT Players
Content Management
15:30 Afternoon Refreshments & Exhibition Visit
12:40 The World of OTT and Telco: Challenges and
Opportunities in Tigo Paraguay
Maximiliano Bellassai, Mobile Business Unit General Director,
TIGO PARAGUAY
13:10 Networking Lunch & Exhibition Visit
14:20 PANEL DISCUSSION: What Kind of New Services can
LTE Offer to OTTs?
Luiz Felipe Barros, Country Manager Brazil, VIBER

14:40 Video Streaming: Ensuring a Good Customer

Experience
15:30 Afternoon Refreshments & Exhibition Visit

Closing Plenary Keynote

16:00 PANEL DISCUSSION: Market Trends for Local Breakout versus Home Routed 17:00 DISCUSSION PANEL: How Can Operators be Prepared for this Scenario of Constant
David Pfannemuller Guimaraes, Core Network Technology Consultant, OI Changes on the Ways of Communication?
Enrique Wong Lam, Head of Wholesale VAS Product Marketing, Telefónica Business Solutions Moderator: João Moura, Senior Executive, TELCOMP
Ana Carolina Magliano Romano, Tax Specialist, OI
16:30 Delivering Connectivity for the Olympic Games Rio 2016
Arthur Skinner Neto, Head of Telecommunications Services, RIO 2016 ORGANIZING 18:00 END OF LTE LATAM CONFERENCE 2016
COMMITTEE FOR THE OLYMPIC GAMES

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 LTE & 5G LATIN AMERICA NEW
LTE & 5G LATIN AMERICA AWARDS
AWARDS 2016
The inaugural LTE & 5G Latam Awards are your
chance to celebrate the growth and innovation
within the region’s market.

The categories for 2016 are:

■ Best IoT application over cellular networks
■ Best 4G Network (operator)
■ Best 4G Network Product (vendor)
■ Best Efforts Toward 5G
■ Best Network Virtualization Product
■ Best HetNet Solution

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The deadline for entries is 1st February 2016 – contact Renata.figueiredo@informa.com for further details. Enter today to position
your company as leaders in the LatAm LTE & 5G market!
The awards are independently judged by an expert panel of impartial industry analysts, who score each submission on the criteria set for each
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