Agenda
The agenda and speakers will continue to be updated through June 2026, so please check back for the latest.
Registration and welcome coffee
Welcome and intro to the conference
Simon Fletcher
Chief Strategy Officer, SCF
Putting neutral host at the centre of the next-generation network
Abdulrahman Al Moaiqel
Chief Commercial Officer, TAWAL
Small cell market analysis for 2026-2031 – how to capitalize on growth forecasts
Caroline Gabriel
Industry Analyst and SCF Content Director
The future of Small Cells: Delivering for customers in the moments that matter
Michael Thompson
Head of Mobile Access Strategy, VMO2
Best-case or worst-case? The critical decisions shaping small cell deployment through 2030
Monica Paolini
Founder and Analyst, Senza Fili
Caroline Gabriel
Industry Analyst and SCF Content Director
Michael Thompson
Head of Mobile Access Strategy, VMO2
Güven Topcu
Radio Network Technology Principal, Turkcell
Jose Antonio Aranda Legazpe
Global Director of Corporate Affairs, Cellnex
Morning coffee break and networking
Neutral host outdoor – providing seamless, multi-operator connectivity to public places
Lance Bamford
Senior Director Advanced Technology, ANDREW®
Multi operator small cell for dense outdoor areas: Holy Mosque of Makkah case study
Dr. Khalid Al-Mashouq
CTO, ACES Group, CEO, ACES-NH
Public-private partnerships: Lessons from local authority deployment
Nick Wiggin
Partnerships Director, WIG
Matt Smith
Programme Manager RSPAWIR, Shropshire Council
Ada Lam
Senior Manager - Small Cells and Open RAN Product Design and Planning, BT Group
Neal Jones
Director of Smart Networks, Clarke Telecom
Michael Stevens
Senior Programme Manager, Connecting Cambridgeshire, Cambridgeshire County Council
Lunch and networking
Stadiums and beyond: The shift to fully digital in-building wireless
Upendra Pingle
GM, Indoor Cellular Solutions, ANDREW®
Digital infrastructure for smart venues and extended indoor/outdoor coverage
Youssef El Ouariachi
Partner MEA, Detecon Consulting FZ-LLC
Ahmad Al-Deghaither
Senior Director - Infrastructure Design & Delivery, Qiddiya Investment Company
Samuel Buttarelli
VP Sales, Indoor Cellular Networks, ANDREW®
Moataz Alahmadi
Partnerships & Business Development Manager, TAWAL
Jan van Rees
Technical SME – Radio & Wireless, Salience
Connectivity challenges and solutions for Europe's largest urban regeneration project
Always on: Delivering reliable indoor connectivity for property owners
Simon Fletcher
Chief Strategy Officer, SCF
Abdulrahman Al Moaiqel
Chief Commercial Officer, TAWAL
Ahmad Al-Deghaither
Senior Director - Infrastructure Design & Delivery, Qiddiya Investment Company
The stadiums connectivity blueprint: lessons for large scale wireless deployments
Atef Aburas
Group COO and Co-founder, ACES
Steven Gallagher
Managing Director, SOLiD EMEA
Maria Lema
CEO, Weaver Labs
Matt Stagg
Strategy and Partnerships, Neutral Wireless
Matt Simms
Group Head Of Technology, StadiumMK
Afternoon coffee break and networking
Cloud-native, AI-driven, multi-tenant: The new blueprint for Open RAN neutral host at scale
Simon Fletcher
Chief Strategy Officer, SCF
Shadi Sayed
VP, Head of Sales MENA, Rakuten
Mohammed Mehdawi
Commercial Planning Expert, TAWAL
Eric van Vliet
VP Telecom Sales & Go-to-Market, EMEA, Dell Technologies
Mohamed Bakry
Director of Solutions Engineering, Cisco
Localized development of O-RAN compliant small cells: A neutral host perspective on multi-operator indoor networks
Ali Ahmed
R&D Manager, ACES
The Open RAN and open source eco-system discussion: With Open Air Interface and Small Cell Forum
Dr. Prabhakar Chitrapu
Chair, SCF
Paul Senior
CTO, Airspan
Chris Dick
R&D Engineering at the Intersection of 5G and AI, Nvidia
Irfan Ghauri
O-RAN OSFG Co-chair & Director of Operations, OpenAirInterface
Ben Ash
Senior Sales Director, Radisys
Day 1 closing remarks
Simon Fletcher
Chief Strategy Officer, SCF
Networking drinks reception
SCF Mobile Network Awards ceremony and reception
Independently judged by leading analysts and journalists and organized by global trade organization SCF, the SCF Awards are upheld as the Oscars of the wireless industry.
Learn moreRegistration and welcome coffee
Invitation only: Local authority breakfast briefing
Express your interest in attending when registering for SCWS
SCF 6G Task Force: Strategic Pathways to 6G
Simon Fletcher
Chief Strategy Officer, SCF
Non-terrestrial networks and small cells: Regenerative HAPS D2D constellations
Paul Senior
CTO, Airspan
Emerging technologies for future networks: AI RAN, NTN and 6G
Elly Whittaker
Reporter, Wireless Watch, Rethink Technology Research
Doug Pulley
Co-founder and CTO, RANsemi
Paul Senior
CTO, Airspan
Raghunandan Udupi Diggavi
Director, Business Development, Qualcomm Technologies International Ltd
Fabrizio De Paolis
Implementation Manager, European Space Agency
Morning break
Mission critical connectivity - Event and emergency services applications
Stephen Patrick
Director, CableFree
Creating and maturing an industry de facto standard: lessons from FAPI
Simon Fletcher
Chief Strategy Officer, SCF
Vicky Messer
VP Product Management, RANsemi
Andrei Radulescu
Principal Engineer, Qualcomm Technologies International Ltd
Nick Johnson
Independent Telecoms Consultant
Public vs. Private vs. Hybrid? Models for industry sector networks
Paul Rhodes
Wireless Network and EdgeDC Expert, Real Wireless
Emile Van Wyk
Head of Partner Management, Nokia
Mikael Glandberger
Pictor Consulting
Cristina Data
CEO, Joint Radio Company
Omar Alrasheed
VP Commercial Excellence, TAWAL
Hassan Alghamdi
Lunch and networking
Globalizing network sharing frameworks – in collaboration with the UK JOTS Forum
See workshops for more information
Quantifying the in-building connectivity gap with real-world data
Luke Kehoe
Lead Analyst, Ookla
Spectrum for indoor and outdoor small network deployments: Influencing the global standards and regulatory ecosystem
Dr. Abhaya Sumanasena
Chairman, UK Spectrum Policy Forum
Yusuke Miyazeki
Assistant Manager, SEI
Saul Friedner
Associate Director Spectrum Services, LS telcom
Closing remarks
Simon Fletcher
Chief Strategy Officer, SCF
Local authority connectivity: breakfast briefing
This is an invite-only briefing for local authorities, with speakers from SCF, the UK Government and industry experts, to shine a light on the latest developments around small cell deployments for public outdoor spaces in the UK.
How and why deploy small cells? An update on Open Access Agreement templates and the resources for local authorities. Data and analysis on hot spots and not spots. And hear case studies and best practice examples of local city and town deployments.
This session is invitation only. You can register your interest to attend this session via the SCWS registration form. Your participation will be confirmed approximately 2 weeks prior to the event.
Globalizing network sharing frameworks – in collaboration with the UK JOTS Forum
It is now becoming more widely recognized and accepted that sharing frameworks can be a powerful activator for innovation in cellular networks to enable use cases like indoor coverage and also outdoor coverage where macro is not enough. In this dedicated workshop for MNOs and neutral hosts we will discover and discuss more about emerging sharing specifications from around the world. The Mobile UK JOTS (Joint Operator Technical Specification) Forum will share latest thoughts on using shared spectrum for JOTS NHIB, and we will hear perspectives from European countries and beyond on different operator sharing models. Discussion and questions will be encouraged.
This session is invitation only. You can register your interest to attend this session via the SCWS registration form. Your participation will be confirmed approximately 2 weeks prior to the event.