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Programme

Joint ITU-NGMN Alliance Workshop “Open Source and Standards for 5G”
San Diego, California, USA, 25 May 2016

Contact: tsbworkshops@itu.int

25 May 2016

​08:30 - 08:45​Welcome and Registration
​08:45- 09:00​Opening Remarks
Morning Session – Technology
This three-segment session will focus on technical issues and will have contributions from various speakers including standards and open source experts
​09:00 - 09:45Segment 1: Introduction to 5G Technology – What technical challenges need to be addressed en route to 2020?

Moderator: Mike McBride, ONF

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​09:45 - 11:15​​Session 2: Open Source Perspective – Is open source one of the building blocks of 5G?

Moderator: Mike McBride, ONF

Speakers:
​11:15 - 11:30 Coffee Break
​11:30 - 12:30 Session 3: Interactive Session with Event Participants  

Objectives: The morning session moderator will present an overview of the opinions expressed during Segments 1 and 2 and will invite event participants to actively discuss and exchange ideas on issues that have emerged in Segments 1 and 2.             
​12:30 - 13:30 ​Lunch Break
A​fternoon Session – Legal Issues and Way Forward
This session will focus on legal issues (segments 1 and 2) and will have contributions from various speakers including standards and open source experts. This session will close with a third segment on the way forward
13:30 - 15:00​Segment 1: Legal Issues of Open Source and Standards – Main Issues from Open Source Community and Stakeholders

Moderator: Amy Marasco, Microsoft [ Biography ]

Speakers:

15:00 - 16:00​Segment 2: Interactive Session with Event Participants

The afternoon session moderator will present an overview of the opinions expressed during Segment 1 and will invite event participants to actively discuss and exchange ideas on issues that have emerged in Segment 1.​
16:00 - 16:30​Coffee Break​
16:30 - 17:30​Segment 3: Interactive Session with Event Participants – Way Forward

The two event moderators will invite event participants to actively engage in a discussion around the following questions: How can we all interwork? How do we move forward?​
17:30​Conclusions from the Moderators and Closing Remarks by NGMN and ITU