 Rene Bonk
Lead Technology Strategist, Nokia
Dr. Rene Bonk is a lead technology strategist in the CTO organization of Nokia's Fixed Network
Division. As the head of Nokia's standardization delegation to ITU-T SG15/Q2 he leverages his
expertise in optical communications to drive innovation and standardization. Dr. Bonk is a
distinguished member of the technical staff (DMTS) and has over 15 years of experience in
optical access systems and networks, photonic components, and standardization.
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 Bruno Cornaglia
Senior Manager, Vodafone
Bruno Cornaglia is Fixed Access Senior Manager in Vodafone Group responsible of roadmap and innovation for all access technologies (copper, fiber and coax). Main goals reached in the past was the first worldwide NG-PON2 trial in Spain in 2015, the test of FANS (Fixed Access Network Sharing) technology developed by Broadband Forum in Ireland in 2016 and in Greece in 2018. He is now actively involved in evolving the fixed access network by using the latest technologies, like controller, disaggregation and artificial intelligence, in particular for enhanced wholesale services. Since January 2020 he is also SDN/NFV (now Provider Cloud) Work Area Co-director at Broadband Forum and Chairman of Fixed Broadband Project Group at Telecom Infra Project (TIP). He is author or co-author of more than 20 papers on multiple technologies.
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 Frank Effenberger
Q2 Rapporteur, ITU-T
Dr. Effenberger has worked in the optical access field for over 30 years at Bellcore, Quantum Bridge Communications (Motorola), and Futurewei Technologies, where he is now the Fellow for fixed access network technology. His team works on forward-looking fiber access technologies and has played a founding role in the development of all the major PON systems in use today. Frank is the rapporteur for ITU-T Q2/15, is a Fellow of the OSA and the IEEE, and holds 140 US patents.
Olivier FerveurETSI ISG F5G I Senior Architect, Service Transport Networks & Fixed Access, Post LuxembourgDr. Olivier Ferveur is a dedicated professional in the telecommunications sector, serving as a senior architect at POST Luxembourg since 2009. His Ph.D. research into IP/MPLS transport architectures has informed his substantial contributions to the field. As the chair of the ETSI ISG F5G, he has played a collaborative role in advancing fixed network technologies.
Lincoln Lovie
Technical Chair, Broadband Forum
Lincoln Lavoie is a senior engineer at the University of New Hampshire Interoperability Laboratory, responsible for the Broadband and Open Source programs offered by the lab, including: 5G, NFV, Gfast, DSL, Wi-Fi, and PON programs. He currently serves as the technical chair of the Broadband Forum and is a member of the Linux Foundation Anuket TSC. Lincoln has worked in the broadband industry for the past 20 years, with a focus on access technologies, and most recently the migration to virtualized and disaggregated technologies. Lincoln received his Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of New Hampshire in 2008.
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Ian Horsley
Research Programme Lead, BT
Ian Horsley has worked in broadband access for 20 years at British Telecom, where he is now a Distinguished Engineer and responsible for the fixed access network research programme. Ian is the chair of ITU-T SG15 WP1
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 Qizheng Li
Standards Engineer, Network Technology Research Dept., China Telecom Research Institute
Qizheng Li is mainly engaged in technical research and standardization on optical access network technologies for years, including the WDM-PON, 50G-PON, FTTR and VHSP. He is the editor of ITU-T standard G.fin-XDLL, he also serves as the co-editor of ITU-T standards G.sup.FIP4H.
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 Rainer Strobel
Research & Standard Expert, Maxlinear
Rainer Strobel received his M.Sc. degree from the Technical University Munich in 2011. He completed the doctoral thesis in 2017 at the Institute for Signal Processing of the Technical University Munich in cooperation with Intel. He currently works at MaxLinear on Fiber Access and Wireless LAN.
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Yue Sun
China Unicom
Yue Sun, senior researcher from China Unicom, has been conducting long-term research on relevant technologies and standards in the fields of optical access networks and in-premises network, mainly responsible for PON, FTTR, and other directions. Serving as the editor for multiple standards at ITU-T and ETSI, including G.FIN-NM, GS.0025, etc
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 Cheng Qiang
Director, Broadband Network Technologies and Standards, China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT)
Qiang Cheng is a senior expert in the standardization, and has over 20 years of experience specializing in the research and standardization of access/home network technologies, e.g. DSL, PON, VLC, Wi-Fi. He actively participates in ITU-T SG15 Q3 and CCSA TC6 WG2. He has drafted more than 20 China national standards in access/home network area. He also work as co-editor of G.9940, G.fin-NM, and G.wmci etc.
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 Marcos Martínez Vázquez
Q3 Rapporteur, ITU-T
Marcos Martínez Vázquez is a seasoned telecommunications engineer with over 25 years of experience in the microelectronics sector, having worked with various companies. He currently serves as the Director of Standards at MaxLinear, where he oversees the company's diverse standardization efforts. Marcos holds several leadership positions in prominent Standards Development Organizations (SDOs), including his role as Rapporteur of the Q3/15 group in ITU-T. In this capacity, he leads the development of innovative wired and wireless communication standards for access and in-premises networks.
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 Eric Wang
Director of Access Technology Lab, Huawei
Eric Wang has more than 15 years working experience at Huawei with deep industrial knowledge and insights in the area of access technologies after getting his PhD degree in Computational Mathematics from Nanjing University. He has lead successfully many xDSL/Coax/PON/FTTR innovations towards providing extremely good network experience for final customers. He also performed leadership services in ITU-T and contributions to ITU-T/CCSA/ETSI for those corresponding access technologies specifications.
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 Ning Wang
Senior Engineer, Department of Fundamental Network Technology, China Mobile Research Institute
Dr. Ning Wang received his PhD degree in optics and photonics from University of Central Florida in 2020. Since 2021, He joined China Mobile Research Institute and working on the research and standardization of the next generation of optical access networks. His research interest includes high speed PON, FTTR, optoelectronic devices and nonlinear fiber optics. He has published over 20 journal papers and conference proceedings. Dr. Ning Wang has also intensively contributed to the standards of 50G PON and FTTR in ITU-T, and serves as the editor of G.sup.CMAFP. |
 Zhongyi Wang
Standards Engineer, Wired Planning Department, ZTE Corporation
Zhongyi Wang has been involved in the technical research and standardization of optical access network technologies in ITU-T and CCSA for several years. His research interests mainly focus on 50G PON, fibre sensing, VHSP, and FIP. He also serves as a co-editor of ITU-T G.sup.ISAC4FIP."
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 Tony ZengAssociate Rapporteur of ITU-T SG15 Q3 I Huawei, FranceTony is now the standard director of EU in Huawei Optical Business Product Line, leading optical standard group for ITU-T SG15, IEEE 802.11, ETSI ISG F5G, BBF, CCSA TC6, etc. He actively participates in various standard areas of optical network, e.g. access & in-premises networking technologies, Wi-Fi, network management, IoT protocols. In ITU-T SG15 Q3, Tony focus on fibre based in-premises technologies, including Fibre-to-The-Room (G.fin), Unified wire-line communication standard series (G.hn), light communication standard (G.vlc). He is now the Associate Rapporteur of ITU-T Q3/SG15.
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