Gigabit Cities Live 2015 will deliver a highly ‘immersive’ experience for attendees, exploring everything from the infrastructure required to deploy ultra-high-speed networks to the applications these networks are enabling to how gigabit networks will transform communities.

Gigabit Cities Live is the only industry event that will bring together all constituents to objectively explore the gigabit network economy. Meet decision-makers from all aspects of the Gigabit Cities ecosystem – from service providers to urban leaders to technology vendors to applications developers and more – to learn about different approaches and business models for gigabit network success.

Hear thought leaders, see new products and services and learn from peers and solutions providers, all under one roof.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Eric Small Vice President, AT&T GigaPower AT&T Andy Berke Mayor City of Chattanooga Robert Howald VP of Network Architecture Comcast Philip Nutsugah VP, Product Development & Management, Broadband Access Cox Communications FEATURED SPEAKERS Michael Mattmiller CTO Seattle Matthew Apps Manager – Internet Product Management and Development TDS Telecom Gail Roper Chief Information Officer City of Raleigh Jory Wolf Chief Information Officer City of Santa Monica

Topics Covered Will Include:

• Business Models & Development Frameworks
  • Private/Public Partnership Structure
  • Economic Development tools and Best Practices
    
    
• Gigabit Cities Demo Lab
  • Entrepreneurs, academic researchers and visionaries are invited to participate in driving better civic outcomes from the infrastructure.
    
    
• Gigabit Cities Network Innovation
  • Virtualization – Software-Defined Networks
  • Capacity at the Edge: HetNets, Small Cells, Carrier WiFi
    
    
• Gigabit Applications and Innovation
  • Streaming HD Video (Amazon, NetFlix)
  • Cloud Services
  • The Network as a Platform for Innovation
    
    
• Gigabit Enterprise
  • Productivity
  • Big traffic inside – and between – datacenters
  • Special focus for technology, design, finance
  • Companies with high data needs – design firms, finance, others