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PTC’24 Rewind → Relive the excitement of PTC’24, our 46th conference where digital infrastructure and telecom professionals met for strategic business opportunities, networking, and insightful discussions on the latest trends and challenges.

Five CEOs addressed key issues of the 2020s and offered guidance for navigating the future.

PTC’24 Center Stage: The CEO of Tomorrow: Navigating Uncertainties in a Post-Covid World

Center Stage at PTC’24 came alive with C-suite leaders discussing the challenges and opportunities ahead. Despite current hurdles like inflation and supply chain issues, the conversations were optimistic around video demand and AI.

CEOs shared insights on managing uncertainties of a post-COVID world, emphasizing the need for innovative leadership. New potentials in the Asian market were also highlighted as companies look to connect the next billion Internet users. As digital infrastructure evolves, our speakers also shared insights on emerging markets and geopolitical obstacles to overcome.

Attended by industry-leaders

The PTC’24 Awards once again honored outstanding achievements in digital innovation, infrastructure development, and telecom.

Our winners are at the forefront of progress, driving advancements across the digital ecosystem. These awards celebrate the transformative spirit that is driving our industry into the future.

Congrats to the PTC’24 Awards winners

Outstanding Submarine Network Company
Telstra International
Outstanding Satellite Company
Kacific
Outstanding Data Center Company
Scala Data Centers
Outstanding Enterprise Solutions Provider
Zenlayer
Outstanding Carrier Solutions Provider
Spark New Zealand
Outstanding Digital Infrastructure Investor
Yotta Data Services
Outstanding Innovation
Kacific
Outstanding Support for PTC’s Vision and Mission
Digicel Pacific
Outstanding CEO
Bankim Brahmbhatt, President & CEO
Outstanding Young Leader
Noah Drake, President & MD, Americas, Telstra Int.
(Judges Choice) Outstanding Industry Champion
Marc Halbfinger, CEO, Console Connect

At PTC’24, industry leaders shared game-changing insights during the DITF sessions hosted by Bill Barney. Check out some of the key sessions.

At PTC’24, other special programs were filled with energy and excitement! PTC Beyond connected bright young minds with industry leaders, starting with the Master Class, a BOGO deal, followed by the Zellennials Welcome Cocktail. Our Power Women Breakfasts showcased inspiring women’s journeys, building connections and empowering future leaders.

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Author(s)
Category
A Capabilities Framework for Developing Digital Platform Policy
Amit Schejter
Academic
A.I. Regulation is Here
Barlow Keener
General
AI in the South Pacific? Why Content Delivery May Have to Change
Kevin Imboden
General
AI Rules of the Road Are Coming
Patricia Paoletta
General
AI: Facilitator of Change or Threat to Human Rights?
Ali Nikkhah
Academic
Attracting Infrastructure Investors to Submarine Cable Assets
Mike Conradi
General
Australia’s Perception of Chinese Technology as a Threat: Securing Pacific Island Countries Subsea Cables?  → Paper   → Slides
Sophie Hamel
Academic
Automating IT and Connectivity
Tony Rossabi
General
Balancing the Scales: Evaluating Cost-Based and Profit-Maximizing Peering Prices
Ali Nikkhah
Academic
Best Practices in Promoting Widespread and Affordable Broadband Service After the Covid-19 Pandemic
Rob Frieden
Academic
Beyond Globalization
Yuta Arai
General
Challenge for Rural Communications Development in the Past and Way Forward  → Paper  → Slides
Yasuhiko Kawasumi
Academic
Connecting Tomorrow, Transforming and Adapting Telecom Into the Digital Age
Shalini Lagrutta
General
Data Center Service Level Agreements
Jeffrey Moerdler
General
Differentiating Digital Equity in Hawaii
Wayne Buente
Academic
Digital Equity and Closing the Digital Divide
Burt Lum
Academic
Digital Realty Pervasive Data Center Architecture and the Future of Partner Enabled Composable Interconnection
Travis Ewert
General
Distributed Antenna and In-building Wireless Solutions
Jeffrey Moerdler
General
Distributed Fiber Sensing
Simon Webster
General
Electromagnetic Shielding Technology for the System Resilience
Yuya Ishikawa
General
Financing Digital Infrastructure
Nico Grove
General
How a Small Domestic Japanese PR Agency Transitioned to an International Powerhouse
Yusuke Kamimura
General
Kenya’s “Silicon Savannah” Well Positioned to be a Key Player in the Global Data Centre Growth
Guy Willner
General
Multi-Domain Edge Connectivity Services for Equinix Metal, Network Edge, Fabric, Multi-Cloud and More …
Subramanian Sankaranarayanan
General
Outcome of the ITU’s WRC-23
Patricia Paoletta
General
Privacy & Cybersecurity Issues Facing Metaverse: Analysis of Technological & Institutional Factors
Nir Kshetri
Academic
Private Infrastructure in Weaponized Interdependence
Lars Gjesvik
Academic
Progress and Challenges for Remote and Indigenous Broadband → Paper  → Slides
Heather Hudson
Academic
ProxyTwin: Another You
Mark Dando
General
Rural Broadband Challenges in Iraq: An Examination of the Intersection Between Rural Broadband Policy Issues and Rural Iraqi Communities’ Experience Waiting for Fixed Broadband Connections
Ahmed Alrawi
Academic
Saving Global Human Rights: A “Global South+AI” Strategy
Richard Taylor
Academic
Submerged Equipment – There for the Long Run?
Andrew Robinson
General
Subterranean Fault Lines in Cyberspace
Meicen Sun
Academic
Sustainable Subsea Networks
Nicole Starosielski
General
TeleGeography Workshop
Brianna Boudreau, Jon Hjembo, Tim Stronge
General
The Canadian Edge in Data Center Colocation
Angela Adam
General
The Growing Need for Vertically Integrated Digital Infrastructure
Jeff Uphues
General
The Missing Middle Layer Between Data Centers and Customers
Robert Davidson
General
The Perils of Local Right-of-Way Regulation for Fiber Networks
Alan Galloway
General
The Potential of Satellite Communication in Great Disasters
Kozo Ibata
General
The Spread of Chinese Surveillance Tools in Africa
Bulelani Jili
Academic
Thriving in the Age of Disruption
David McCall
General
Ultra-wideband Modelling of Optical Fibre Nonlinearity in Hybrid-amplified Links
Henrique Buglia
Academic

Thank you to everyone who made PTC’24 a success! We hope to see those who couldn't make it at our next event.