ANGA COM, which runs from June 3rd to 5th in Cologne, has published a preview of its conference programme with a high participation of CEOs. The exhibition is also on course to break records with already 480 exhibitor registrations from 40 countries and bookings for more stand space than last year. In 2024, the Exhibition and Conference for Broadband, Television & Online recorded 23,000 participants.

The conference programme will kick off with a keynote speech by Hendrik Wüst, Premier of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia. It will be followed by the Gigabit Summit on one of the most important question of the coming months: What needs to change in Germany after the election?

This will be discussed with:

• Dr. Daniela Brönstrup, Vice President, Federal Network Agency
• Marcel de Groot, CEO, Vodafone Deutschland
• Friedrich Joussen, Executive Chairman, 1&1 Versatel
• Timo von Lepel, Managing Director, NetCologne
• Andreas Pfisterer, CEO, Deutsche Glasfaser
• NN, new federal government

Internationally, the high CEO participation in the programme will be rounded off by a cooperation panel with Egon Zehnder in English language. ANDA COM will showcase three international speakers:

• Adel Al-Saleh, CEO, SES
• Alex Goldblum, CEO, Eurofiber
• Christian Hillabrant, CEO, Vantage Towers

he first highlight of the media programme is an exclusive interview with Dr. Katrin Vernau, Director General of WDR since January 1st. She will answer the question “Quo Vadis WDR?” posed by Thomas Lückerath (Editor-in-Chief, DWDL.de). This will be immediately followed by the top-level Media Summit on the topics content, streaming and transformation. Expected participants are:

• Matthias Heinze, SVP Commercial & Managing Director, Warner Bros Discovery
• Henrik Pabst, Managing Director and Chief Content Officer, Seven.One Entertainment Group
• Eun-Kyung Park, Country Manager, The Walt Disney Company Germany, Switzerland & Austria
• Dr. Christoph Schneider, Country Director, Prime Video DE/AT & Managing Director, Amazon Digital Germany
• Elke Walthelm, Chief Operating Officer, Sky Deutschland

The second day will begin with the Fibre Summit entitled How far will we get with FTTH in 2025?, which will address the key question of how the speed of roll-out and connection will develop not only in public areas, but also over the last few meters in apartment buildings. This key topic will be discussed by:

• Jan Georg Budden, CEO and Co-Founder, Deutsche GigaNetz
• Nelson Killius, CEO, M-net
• Markus Oswald, CEO, Tele Columbus
• Jens Prautzsch, CEO, Unsere Grüne Glasfaser
• Bernd Thielk, Managing Director, willy.tel
• Dr. Sören Trebst, CEO, OXG Glasfaser

The complete conference programme with all strategy and technology panels will be published by the beginning of April.

Dr. Peter Charissé, CEO ANGA COM: “The exhibition and conference programme are right on track for success. I am particularly pleased about the high participation of fiber CEOs, the keynote of Hendrik Wüst, Premier of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, and the first-class presence of the media industry once again. Over the next few weeks, we will be publishing many up-to-date strategy and technology panels. The programme will become even more international. Cologne is and will remain the ideal meeting point and marketplace for the telecommunications and media industry.”

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