As global connectivity demands surge, network infrastructure hardware is under unprecedented pressure to deliver higher performance, lower latency, and greater energy efficiency, while remaining cost-effective and reliable. 

The explosive growth of AI applications, emerging 5G and 6G architectures with billions of connected devices, coupled with virtualization and open interfaces, add further strain on legacy systems and supply chains that were never built for this pace of evolution.

Join our panel of industry experts as they explore the  the technical and operational challenges of designing, deploying, and maintaining next‑generation telecom infrastructure.

 Key Topics Covered:

  • Power efficiency and thermal optimization across silicon, networks, and data centers
  • Proactive monitoring and predictive analytics
  • Requirements for HW and SW co‑design in next‑generation architectures
  • Balancing sustainability goals with total cost of ownership

Tuesday, March 3, 2026 | 10 AM PT / 1 PM EST / 7 PM ET

All registrants will receive the recording after the live event.

Speaker Bios

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Derek Urbaniak
Head of SoC, Nokia Mobile Networks

Derek is a seasoned silicon engineering leader with experience leading large-scale worldwide development teams responsible for delivery of complex 5G radio and baseband custom silicon SoCs and FPGAs for RAN products. Derek leads silicon engineering development for Nokia Mobile Network’s SoC team with a strong background in Radio Access Networks chip and product development from his years in telecommunications. Derek has extensive experience and management roles at Ericcson, Oracle, Sun Microsystems and AMD.

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Peter Groth
VP, CTO & GM, HPE

Peter has over 20 years of domestic and international executive management experience in marketing and product development. His robust experience includes all phases of portfolio and business management, internal and external marketing, strategic asset planning and execution, quality management and metrics. Peter has significant experience in managing cross organizational/geographical teams, managing and leading solution-, deployment- and development teams.

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Evelyn Landman
CTO, proteanTecs

Evelyn Landman is an industry veteran and entrepreneur with over 30 years of semiconductor experience, owning a deep expertise in chip design and product engineering. Prior to founding proteanTecs, Evelyn co-founded Mellanox (NASDAQ: MLNX), a global leader of end-to-end InfiniBand and Ethernet interconnect solutions for servers and storage, where she served as VP of Backend and Product Engineering.

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Eddie Ramirez
Vice President Marketing, ARM

Eddie Ramirez leads a Go-to-Market team at Arm responsible for helping partners innovate and grow through the adoption of Arm-based solutions into data center, networking, HPC and edge markets. He also manages the ecosystem development activities for hardware and software partners. Eddie has over 20 years of experience in storage and networking at AMD, Marvell, Sandforce/LSI, Seagate and Western Digital.

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Veijo Kontas
Moderator

Kontas spent over 15 years leading Nokia Mobile Phones' SoC development, driving innovation in mobile technology. As VP of SoC Development at Nokia Mobile Networks, he played a key role in advancing ReefShark SoC chipsets, which became a critical enabler of Nokia’s 5G success. In his last role with the company, he served as SoC CTO, overseeing next-generation technology strategies.

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