5G - the Lynchpin of Massive IoT

In collaboration with Invest Ottawa and IoT613, we’ve assembled expert speakers from leading companies in 5G and IoT to help you navigate and
make sense of what’s imminent. You will learn about

• key aspects of 5G technology,
• challenges of 5G such as security, spectrum, ...
• use cases and how companies are already incorporating 5G in IoT solutions, and
• where you can go for help to develop and test your 5G IoT products and services.

We are at a pivotal point for Internet of Things (IoT). The introduction of 5G will underpin “massive IoT” as we’ve never seen before. Massive in wireless device density. And, massive in the scale of IoT projects that can be undertaken only with a consistent and wireless standard like 5G. But that’s not all - 5G is built for IoT’s diverse demands - fast and reliable real-time communication, remote locations, long device battery life, both high and very-low bandwidth, etc.

With the increasing pace of 5G introduction, this is the time to get on board to 5G, to implement in your products, plan for 5G services, or just know how this new world will impact you.

Come and join us – this is your great opportunity to learn about 5G and IoT and to network with Ottawa’s IoT and 5G communities.

SPEAKERS

Keynote speakers from the leading companies in 5G and IoT, including

• Mal Raddalgoda, Director of Sales, IoT, Ericsson
• Bojan Subasic, Principal Product Line Architect, Thales
• Hassan Futainah, Solutions and Networks Engineering and Integration, CIENA

The following will complement keynote talks and be on hand to address related questions.

• Chris Ritchie, Business Development, Ontario Centers of Excellence
• Tim Warland, Invest Ottawa
• Walter Knitl, CEO Praxiem, Chief BDM IoT613

KEYNOTE BIOS

Mal Raddalgoda

Mal is a global subject matter expert on Internet of Things (IoT) with 25+ years of IoT connected solutions experience starting with developing the market development strategy for QNX Connected Car in 1990’s which was later acquired by BlackBerry. He has been a senior executive in a wide variety of IoT start-up companies in the areas of Healthcare Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM), Usage-Based Insurance (UBI), Trucking Fleet Management (AVL) and Aviation Fleet Management. Prior to joining Ericsson's Global IoT Team, Mal was responsible for the Vertical Market IoT business solutions for at Telus Mobility in Canada. At Ericsson, Mal is responsible for IoT Solutions and Platform sales to wireless carriers in North America.

Subasic Bojan

Mr. Bojan Subasic is Principal Product Line Architect for Data Communication Systems at Thales Canada Transportation Solutions. Mr. Subasic is responsible for the strategy and technology roadmap for future wired and wireless data communications for Urban Railway applications. He has spent the past 30 years working at the intersection of wireless communication technology and major industrial verticals, oil and gas industry, Public Safety and the Military, with strong emphasis on M2M and IoT applications. Mr. Bojan Subasic held executive positions in the Wireless OEM space with companies such as Redline Communication, where he was VP Research, Development and Production, and served as Principal Engineer & Wireless Communication Lead with Celestica GDS.

Hassan Futainah

Hassan is a technical prime leading teams that evaluate and test new technologies, solutions and network design for Metro Ethernet, Mobile Backhaul, Ethernet Pseudowire and services, to ensure network architectures comply with the technical specifications and standards and can be successfully interoperate end-to-end.

Hassan 30+ years of experience in various telecommunications fields including optical, packet switched networks, Packet-optical transport, wireless and wireless backhaul solutions with in variety of roles including R&D, Systems Engineering, solutions planning, networks integration and interoperability.

Prior to joining Ciena, Hassan worked for Nortel Networks and Siemens.