Agenda

• Welcome Speech: Mr. Tilak Raj Dua, Chairman, IAFI.
• Background Presentation and introduction: Mr. Bharat Bhatia, President, IAFI.
• Industry Keynote: Mr. Jitendra Singh, Senior Director, Government Affairs India & South Asia, Qualcomm & Vice President, IAFI.
• Address by Guest of Honour: Smt. Revathi Mannepalli, Joint Wireless Advisor, DoT & Member RRB, ITU.
• Remarks by the Guest of Honour: Shri V. J. Christopher, Wireless Advisor to the Government of India.
• Chief Guest Speech: Smt. Gunjan Dave, Member T, Department of Telecommunications
• Vote of Thanks: Mr. H C Soni, Vice President Finance & Treasurer, IAFI.

• (Moderator: Shri. M.K. Pattanaik, Sr. Deputy Wireless Advisor, DoT)
• Overview of 6GHz spectrum considerations: Dr. Punit Rathod, Lead Technical Standards Qualcomm.
• Spectrum Options for Private Satellite Services in India: Dr. P K Jain, Director, INSPACe.
• WRC-23 Agenda Item 1.2 – Scope and Way Forward: Dr. Sendil Kumar Devar, Director - Standardization and Spectrum, Ericsson.
• Economic benefits and Global Rollout of Wi-Fi 6e in the 6GHz band: Mr. Paramjit Singh Puri, Director Membership, APAC & Europe, Wi-Fi Alliance.

• Overview of the DOS Study: Dr. S C Bera, Group Director, SNSICG/SNPA, Space Applications Centre, ISRO
• Overview of sharing studies done by ITU-R for WRC-23 agenda item 1.2: Dr. Guillaume Lebrun, Global Connectivity Policy Manager, META

• Presentation of Wi-Fi 6e Consumer Study by CUTS International: Mr. Amol Kulkarni, Director (Research) CUTS International.

• (Session Chair: Smt. Revathi Mannepalli, Joint Wireless Advisor, DoT)
• Panellists:
• Mr. Steve Namaseeveyum, Vice President, Industry Engagement, WBA.
• Mr. Paramjit Singh Puri, Director Membership APAC & Europe, Wi-Fi Alliance.
• Mr. Amol Kulkarni, Director (Research) CUTS International.
• Dr. Guillaume Lebrun, Global Connectivity Policy Manager, META.
• Dr. Sendil Kumar Devar, Director - Standardization and Spectrum, Ericsson.
• Mr. Jitendra Singh, Senior Director, Qualcomm & Vice President, IAFI.
• Mr. Alan Norman, Director Public Policy, META.
• Mr. Bhuvnesh Sachdeva, Senior Vice President, HFCL.
• Mr. Bashir Patel, Global Spectrum & Policy Regulator, GSOA.
• Mr. Michael Krämer, Director of Communications Policy, EMEA, Intel.

Concluding Remarks and Vote of Thanks