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DAY 2
Tuesday Panels Focus onVideo, Content and the Edge
As Tuesday kicks off, COMPTEL PLUS has a
packed agenda ahead with sessions that
cover the hottest topics in the competi-
tive telecom industry today, including a focus on
how the Gigabit bandwidth era will play out for
communications companies going forward. Topics
today include how exponentially growing video
traffic affects networks, how content fits into new
business models, funding strategies for network-
builders and what’s happening at the edge.
The opening keynote features Google and repre-
sentatives from NTCA, ITTA and Public Knowledge,
discussing the future of video delivery. This expert
panel will explore how broadband-related inno-
vations are changing the media landscape, and
how the broadband ecosystem is adapting to new
consumer expectations that demand content and
services when they want, on the devices they want,
and at speeds and prices that are competitive. The
discussion will address those challenges and more.
A marquee panel featuring Netflix and Hulu, the
leaders in deploying over-the-top (OTT) services,
along with Verizon, who will soon launch a mobile-
first OTT offering, will examine how the rise of
streaming options has affected networks-based
companies. Moderated by Rob Pegoraro from
USA Today, the panel will examine how streaming
companies are transforming the traditional televi-
sion business model and the future of content.
It will primarily focus on the aspects of delivery,
creation, financing and production of content, and
the panelists will evaluate how an evolving televi-
sion model will impact the marketplace.
Kevin Laws, COO at AngelList, will be joined by
representatives from Brevet Capital, W.G. Nielsen
and CIT Communications & Technology Finance in a
Wall Street Journal-moderated discussion on invest-
ment strategies for the future.
The size and age of a company directly impacts
funding strategies. This panel will discuss financing
alternatives for companies from infancy tomaturity,
including early-stage startup and growth-stage funding
arrangements by investors in the technology sector.
It alsowill address what investors look for as they
evaluate start-ups and companies, as well as discuss
the various ways inwhich companies from incubator to
moremature stages can seek and secure funding.
And finally, don’t miss the panel discussion on
“What’s Happening at the Edge.”
This panel, featuring Data Foundry, EdgeConneX,
Equinix and Axiom, moderated by Alan Hill of
INCOMPAS, will address the infrastructure – both fiber
routes and data centers – needed to support what is
happening at the edge. The panelists will discuss how
network and data center providers have to evolve
to handle the massive demands in bandwidth and
how the Internet of Things is impacting capacity and
drivingmovement closer to the edge. o
By Tara Seals
Don’t-Miss Sessions for
Tuesday, October 20
9 – 10 a.m. Keynote Panel - The Disruptive Impact
of Technology on Traditional Video Delivery (Golden
Gate Ballroom)
10:30 – 11:30 a.m. Looking Ahead: The Future
of Content (Golden Gate Ballroom)
11:45 - 12:45 p.m. Networks for Competition and
Choice Press Briefing on Video Programming Reform
(Yerba Buena Ballroom (Expo Hall) - The Hub)
1 – 2 p.m. Funding Strategies for All Stages of
Your Business (Yerba Buena Ballroom (Expo Hall) -
The Hub)
2 – 3 p.m. What’s Happening at the Edge
(Yerba Buena Ballroom (Expo Hall) - Data Center &
Cloud Platform Zone)