Agenda – Get to Fast Faster 2025

Tuesday, 16 September 2025

Pre Conference

12:00 pm – 5:30 pm

Partner Connect Session
How to succeed with Nokia

5:30 pm – 7:00 pm

Welcome Reception & Interactive Demonstration Zones Visit

Wednesday, 17 September 2025

Conference Day 1

9:00 am – 9:10 am

Opening of day 1
GTFF event host

9:10 am – 9:20 am

Welcome remarks

John Harrington – Executive Vice President and Head Network Infrastructure, Europe, Middle East, Africa & Asia Pacific, Nokia

9:20 am – 9:35 am

Access for the AI future

Sandy Motley – President of Fixed Networks, Nokia

9:35 am – 9:55 am

A new era of affordable internet

Shannedy Ong – CTO, Surge

9:55 am – 10:15 am

Wired for success

Geert Heyninck – Vice President, Broadband Networks, Fixed Networks, Nokia

10:15 am – 10:25 am

Introduction to Demos: GET TO FAST, FASTER – LIVE!

Steve De Croos – Head of Fiber Solutions, Fixed Networks Business Centre APAC, Nokia

10:25 am – 11:00 am

Morning Break & Interactive Demonstration Zones Visit

11:00 am – 11:20 am

Real-world AI : Pioneering environment and network sensing in PON

Jochen Maes – Head Nokia Bell Labs, Fixed Networks, Nokia

11:20 am – 11:40 am

Breaking barriers: Market disruption for the underserved

Danny Theseira – Senior Advisor, Head of Broadband Business Group, Globe Telecom

11:40 am – 12:00 pm

Rethinking the modern telco – the fibertime™ story

Danvig De Bruyn – Chief Operating Officer, fibertime™

12:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Networking Lunch & Interactive Demonstration Zones Visit

2:00 pm – 2:20 pm

Top 3 Network Myths: Busted!

Andrew Bender – CTO and Head of Strategy, Fixed Networks, Nokia

2:20 pm – 2:40 pm

Building a fully connected world with optical fiber – Powered by Furukawa Electric and Nokia

Toshihiko Ota – Senior Executive Officer, Head, Telecommunications Solutions Div. & Next-Gen Photonics Business Creation Project, Furukawa Electric

2:40 pm – 3:00 pm

10 trends shaping fiber broadband

Ana Pesovic – Marketing Director, Fiber, Fixed Networks, Nokia

Maurizio Severi – Head of Fiber Business Line, Fixed Networks, Nokia

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Afternoon Break & Interactive Demonstration Zones Visit

4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Workshop: Enlighten your LAN with Aurelis

Cemil Canturk – Product Marketing Director, Fixed Networks, Nokia

Alex Lim – Director, Lite Kabel

Jared Griffith – Vice President, Service Providers Engineering, Ruckus

Workshop: Broadband Easy – A digital approach for effective fiber rollout

Cris Van Overloop – Product Marketing Director, Fixed Networks, Nokia

Ming Zhang – Product Line Manager, Professional services, Services & Solutions, Networks Infrastructure, Nokia

5:00 pm – 5:10 pm

Closing Day 1

5:10 pm – 6:30 pm

Free time and refresh for Networking Dinner

6:30 pm – 9:00 pm

Networking Dinner
Olive Beach Front

Thursday, 18 September 2025

Conference Day 2

9:00 am – 9:10 am

Opening of day 2
GTFF event host

9:10 am – 9:30 am

Global Outlook 2025-2026: Navigating uncertainty

Syetarn Hansakul – Senior Analyst, Asia, The Economist

9:30 am – 9:50 am

Supply chain: Managing global uncertainty

Padraig Healy – Vice President, Supply Chain, Fixed Networks, Nokia

9:50 am – 10:10 am

Bridging worlds for wonder & happiness

Akiko Fukuda – Senior Vice President, Smart World Business, Business Solution Div., NTT DOCOMO BUSINESS

10:10 am – 10:30 am

Powering Homes with intelligent solutions and powerful devices

Dirk Verhaegen – Vice President, Broadband Devices Business, Fixed Networks, Nokia

10:30 am – 11:00 am

Morning Break & Interactive Demonstration Zones Visit

11:00 am – 11:20 am

AI Odyssey: From rules to reasoning to autonomy

Sireesha Kora – Head of Cloud-Native SDN Controller Applications & AI/ML, Fixed Networks, Nokia

11:20 am – 11:40 am

From fiber to future: Empowering the digital journeys of tomorrow

John Paul Aguilar – SVP, Consumer and SME Business Group, Converge ICT Solutions

11:40 am – 12:15 pm

Panel session: Fixed Access embracing the Future

Moderator

Eric Festraets – Director, Strategic Marketing, Fixed Networks, Nokia

Panellist

Danvig De Bruyn – Chief Operating Officer, fibertime™

Elaine Kyalo – Head of Fixed Network Solutions, Safaricom, Kenya

Shannedy Ong – CTO, Surge

Syetarn Hansakul – Senior Analyst, Asia, The Economist

12:15 pm – 2:00 pm

Networking Lunch & Interactive Demonstration Zones Visit

2:00 pm – 2:20 pm

Broadband monetization trends

Eric Festraets – Director, Strategic Marketing, Fixed Networks, Nokia

2:20 pm – 2:40 pm

Optimizing Wi-Fi with Corteca

Justin Doucette – Head, Nokia WiFi, Fixed Networks, Nokia

2:40 pm – 2:50 pm

Highlights of GTFF 2025

Vimal Kothandaraman – Vice President and Head of Fixed Networks, Nokia

2:50 pm – 3:00 pm

Lucky Draw & Closing of GTFF

3:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Afternoon Tea Break & Interactive Demonstration Zones Visit