PTC Beyond

PTC Beyond seeks to gather some of the most promising minds of the industry to encourage more young professionals to join PTC and empower the future. Isabelle Paradis, founder and president of HOT TELECOM and a member of the PTC Advisory Council, leads the PTC Beyond committee.

PTC Beyond Committee

Naaz Bax, Founder & CEO, Team Bax, USANaaz Bax
Founder & CEO, Team Bax
USA

Nico Grove, Managing Director & Co-Founder, Kawikani, Kawikani GmbH & Co KG, GermanyNico Grove
Managing Director & Co-Founder, Kawikani, Kawikani GmbH & Co KG
Germany

Stacie Loidholt, Director of Product Management, Zayo, USAStacie Loidolt
Vice President of Product Management, Aqua Comms
USA

Shannon McMann, Marketing Coordinator, ZenFi NetworksShannon McMann
Marketing Specialist, Netrality Data Centers
USA

Isabelle ParadisIsabelle Paradis
Founder & President, HOT TELECOM
Canada

Jim Poole, Vice President, Global Business Development, Equinix, USAJim Poole
Vice President, Global Business Development, Equinix
USA

Maxie Reynolds, CEO, Subsea Cloud, USAMaxie Reynolds
CEO, Subsea Cloud
USA

Felix Seda, General Manager, NJFX, USAFelix Seda
General Manager, NJFX
USA

PTC’23 Young Professional BOGO Registration

Bring your young professionals to PTC’23 for FREE!

PTC is providing a special Young Professionals BOGO offer for individuals interested in attending the Annual Conference in January 2023. Registered and paid attendees for PTC’23 will be able to bring one young professional for free. The individual must be between the ages of 21-35 and only one (1) complimentary young professional registration is allowed.

There are only 50 young professional complimentary registrations available, so snag yours soon!

Let’s build a future together and encourage more young professionals to attend PTC’23.

PTC Beyond Program at PTC’23

Young Leaders Panel. Here Come the New Faces of the Digital World.
Sunday, 15 January 2023
14:00-15:15
MPCC, South Pacific 2

Moderator
Isabelle Paradis, President & Founder, HOT TELECOM, Canada

Panelists
Nico Grove, Managing Director & Co-Founder, Kawikani, Kawikani GmbH & Co KG, Germany
Stacie Loidolt, Vice President of Product Management, Aqua Comms, USA
Shannon McMann, Marketing Specialist, Netrality Data Centers, USA
Maxie Reynolds, CEO, Subsea Cloud, USA
Felix Seda, General Manager, NJFX, USA

PTC Beyond Zellennials Welcome Cocktail
Sunday, 15 January 2023
16:00-17:00
Rainbow Tower, Niumalu Suite, Room 3013
Hosted by: NJFX

PTC Beyond Roundtable – 360° View of the Future Digital Ecosystem
Topics: Subsea, Data Centers, Cloud and Edge, Sustainability, People
Monday, 16 January 2023
15:00-16:00
Rainbow Tower, Rainbow Suite, Ground Floor
Hosted by: AquaComms

C-suite Participants
Andy Bax, Chief Operating Officer, Edge Uno
Nigel Bayliff, Chief Executive Officer, Aqua Comms
Melissa Bruhl, Chief Commercial Officer, RTI
Nicholas Collins, Chief Commercial Officer, EXA Infrastructure
Noah Drake, President, Americas, Telstra
Stephanie Lynch-Habib, President, EuNetworks
Nabeel Mahmood, Founder & CEO, Nomad Futurist, Mahmood
Peder Nærbø, Founder and Chairman, Bulk Infrastructure Group
Gabriel Navarro Assad, Chief Executive Officer, EVEN GROUP
Gil Santaliz, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, NJFX

Junior Top Dog Cruise
Monday, 16 January 2023
16:00-17:00
Hilton Pier
Hosted by: iBasis

DRFortress Data Center Visit
Tuesday, 17 January 2023
12:00-14:00
Transportation pick-up location: TBD
Hosted by:
DRFortressRTI

PTC young professionals attending PTC’23, will have the opportunity to take a private tour of the DRFortress Data Center located in Honolulu. Transportation will be provided.

PTC Beyond Buzz Session
Tuesday, 17 January 2023
16:00-17:00
Bali Oceanfront

Hosted by: KawikaniTeam Bax

PTC young professionals will be grouped into cohorts and tasked with finding inventive answers to the industry’s most challenging questions during a fast-paced brainstorming challenge.

Emerging Scholars

Congratulations to the six recipients of the 2023 Emerging Scholar Program, which recognizes and supports promising scholars in the field of ICT. Click their names to learn more about each scholar and which session they’ll be presenting their research in at PTC’23.

Anna Oriishi

Anna Oriishi, Doctoral Candidate, Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University, Japan

Emerging Scholar
Tuesday, 17 January 2023, 15:30-16:45

Prasanth Prahladan

Prasanth Prahladan, Ph.D. Graduate Student, University of Colorado Boulder, USA

Emerging Scholar
Tuesday, 17 January 2023, 15:30-16:45

George Ramirez

George N. Ramirez, Research Assistant, Sustainable Subsea Networks, USA

Emerging Scholar
Tuesday, 17 January 2023, 15:30-16:45

Monica Nila Sari

Monica Nila Sari, Ph.D. Candidate, Keio University, Japan

Security
Tuesday, 17 January 2023, 08:30-09:45

Carl Vander Maelen, Doctoral Researcher, Ghent University (Belgium) – Faculty of Law, Belgium

Emerging Scholar
Tuesday, 17 January 2023, 15:30-16:45

Ryan Wang

Ryan Wang, Ph.D. Candidate, Penn State University, USA

Societal Value, Trends in Social Media, and Online Streaming
Sunday, 15 January 2023, 10:45-12:00

Let’s Hear From Our Young Professionals!

Stacie Loidolt, Zayo
Maxie Reynolds, Subsea Cloud

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