DSM executive roundtable events
In 2009, DSM hosted its first "Designed for the Future" Executive Roundtable event, inviting a diverse group of leading industry professionals to gather and discuss trends most critical to the future of optical fiber network deployment. Outcomes of these discussions are published in Executive Summaries, which can be accessed below.
DSM Executive Roundtables continue to be held around the world. See below for an overview of past events.
Executive roundtable summaries
‘Designed for the Future’ Executive Roundtable event held on September 28th in Orlando
5 October 2011
Elgin, IL U.S.A. -- This year’s US Fiber-to-the-Home Conference and Expo, “Lighting the Economy,” held in Orlando, Florida on September 26-30th 2011, drew a critical mass of leading fiber optics industry experts from the United States and beyond.
‘Designed for the Future’ Executive Roundtable event held on February 9th in Milan
22 February 2011
Elgin, IL U.S.A. -- DSM hosted its latest ‘Designed for the Future’ Executive Roundtable, themed ‘Fiber-All-The-Way: Towards a Fiber Future in Europe,’ on February 9th in conjunction with the 2011 FTTH council Europe conference in Milan, Italy.
‘Designed for the Future’ Executive Roundtable event held on October 26th in Paris
1 October 2010
Elgin, IL U.S.A. -- DSM hosted the next ‘Designed for the Future’ Executive Roundtable on Tuesday, October 26 2010, in conjunction with the 2010 Broadband World Forum Conference in Paris, France.
‘Designed for the Future’ Roundtable focused on Fiber-All-The-Way
28 September 2010
Elgin, IL U.S.A. -- On Monday, September 13, DSM hosted its latest ‘Designed for the Future’ Executive Roundtable, themed ‘Fiber-All-The-Way: What Will it Take?’, in conjunction with the 2010 FTTH Conference & Expo in Las Vegas, Nevada.
‘Designed for the Future’ Roundtable to focus on fiber deployment in MDUs
27 April 2010
Elgin, IL U.S.A. -- DSM hosted its ‘Designed for the Future’ Executive Roundtable on Tuesday, April 27 2010, in conjunction with the 2010 Broadband Properties Summit in Dallas. In the spirit of this year’s Summit, the Roundtable theme was ‘Fiber All The Way: The Next Frontier.’
Is Europe Seeing the Light? - FTTH Europe 2010 ‘Networked for the Future’ Roundtable Summary
26 February 2010
Elgin, IL U.S.A. -- With business, regulatory and technological developments beginning to align, the prospects for large scale deployments of Fiber-to-the-Home in Europe are encouraging, say delegates at DSM Desotech’s ‘Networked for the Future’ Roundtable discussion at FTTH Europe conference in Lisbon.
FTTH 2009 ‘Designed for the Future’ Executive Roundtable
5 October 2009
Elgin, IL U.S.A. -- On Tuesday, September 29, 2009 approximately 30 industry executives gathered to discuss the current state of fiber-optic broadband networks and the challenges and opportunities for the industry as it strives to meet the impending surge of bandwidth demand.
