Kick off 2024 with PTC’s Annual Conference, 21 to 24 January in Honolulu, Hawaii, and help advance regional and global digital infrastructure through technology and transformation. The Annual Conference brings together industry leaders and decision-makers to meet, develop, and expand business opportunities. We encourage you to share your expertise and vision for the future across key areas including: enterprise, data center, subsea, satellite, wireless, voice, finance, and developing technologies.

To help inform and ignite discussions, PTC welcomes submissions in a variety of formats:

Center Stage Presentation or Panel – Significant topics of general interest
Topical Session – Single topic in-depth panel of focused interest
Workshop/Roundtable – Training workshop or moderated open dialogue
Digital Infrastructure Partners Program – A chance for providers and operators of fiber, data center, edge computing, or cell tower assets to meet the rest of the ecosystem
PTC HUB Lightning Talk – 10-minute informal talk in the PTC HUB, open to the public

Submitted topics can cover a range of areas including:

Applications and Their Implications: Autonomous Transport, Smart Cities, Smart Homes, e-commerce, e-governance, e-health, Humanitarian Relief, Online Education, Entertainment, Media, and Streaming

Developing Regions and Emerging Markets: Asia-Pacific, Digital Divide, Funding Broadband, Pacific Islands, Rural and Remote Regions

Emerging Technologies: AI, Big Data, Blockchain, IoT, Metaverse, Quantum Computing, Web3

Networking Technologies: Data Centers, Mobile and Other Wireless Networks, Satellite Systems, Subsea Networks

Policies and Regulations: Antitrust, Competition, Digital Infrastructure Policies, ITU Conferences and Outcomes, Privacy and Cybersecurity, Spectrum and Standards

Additionally, PTC would like to highlight that PTC Beyond is back!

Building on last year’s inaugural success, PTC Beyond seeks to empower the next generation of industry leaders through social, educational, and networking opportunities, along with a promotional registration offer as well.

PTC Research Award and PTC Emerging Scholar Program
Researchers, academics, and students are also invited to submit abstracts and papers for the Meheroo Jussawalla Research Award and the Emerging Scholar Program which aims to recognize, encourage, and support up-and-coming scholars in the field of information and communications technologies.

Come join the distinguished list of speakers, including CEOs and CXOs of blue-chip firms and disruptive startups, leading industry luminaries and thought leaders, top global regulators, prominent academics, elite industry and financial investors and analysts.

The deadline to submit a proposal, including research paper abstracts, is 30 June 2023. Proposals will be evaluated by the program committee and proposers will be notified in September.

We look forward to seeing you in Honolulu at PTC’24.