Cologne/Germany, 18 March 2025 | ANGA COM (3 to 5 June 2025 in Cologne) today published a preview of its conference programme with a particularly high participation of CEOs. The exhibition is also on course to break records with already 480 exhibitor registrations from 40 countries and bookings for more stand space than last year. In 2024, Europe’s leading Exhibition and Conference for Broadband, Television & Online recorded 23,000 participants.
The conference programme will kick off with a keynote speech by Hendrik Wüst, Premier of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia. It will be followed by the Gigabit Summit on the most important question of the coming months: What needs to change in Germany after the election? This will be discussed with:
Internationally, the high CEO participation in the programme will be rounded off by a cooperation panel with Egon Zehnder in English language. We are looking forward to the permiere of three international first-class speakers:
The first highlight of the media programme is an exclusive interview with Dr. Katrin Vernau, Director General of WDR since 1 January 2025. She will answer the question “Quo Vadis WDR?” posed by Thomas Lückerath (Editor-in-Chief, DWDL.de). This will be immediately followed by the top-level Media Summit on the topics content, streaming and transformation. Here are expected:
The second day will begin with the Fiber Summit entitled “How far will we get with FTTH in 2025?”, which will address the key question of how the speed of roll-out and connection will develop not only in public areas, but also over the last few meters in apartment buildings. This key topic will be discussed by:
The complete conference programme with all strategy and technology panels will be published by the beginning of April. This year's official cooperation partners for the strategy programme are Accenture, Egon Zehnder, EY, Federal Gigabit Bureau, German TV Platform, Ocilion, Syndeo Institute at The Cable Center (USA), VATM and VAUNET.
Dr. Peter Charissé, CEO ANGA COM: “The exhibition and conference programme are right on track for success. I am particularly pleased about the high participation of fiber CEOs, the keynote of Hendrik Wüst, Premier of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, and the first-class presence of the media industry once again. Over the next few weeks, we will be publishing many up-to-date strategy and technology panels. The programme will become even more international. Cologne is and will remain the ideal meeting point and marketplace for the telecommunications and media industry.”
All companies already registered for ANGA COM 2025 can be found in the exhibitor list and the floor plan.
Registration for conference and exhibition visitors is possible online (there will be no ticket sales on-site). Tickets for the exhibition are available for 25.- Euros, participation in the regular conference programme is possible from 140.- Euros. Due to the great success of the conference ticket for young professionals (persons under 30 years), this ticket category can again be booked for ANGA COM 2025 for only 40.- Euros. On the third day, Thursday, 5 June 2025, participation in the exhibition and conference programme is completely free of charge.
Further information on ANGA COM as well as numerous statements of leading representatives from the fiber optics, broadband and media industry can be found in the fact sheet. For a comprehensive review, videos and photos are available on the website. It is also possible to book available stand space, advertising and sponsoring online.
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ANGA COM is Europe's leading Exhibition and Conference for Broadband, Television & Online. It brings together network operators, vendors and content providers on all issues of the broadband and media distribution. The last ANGA COM counted 480 exhibitors from 35 countries and 23,000 participants from over 90 countries. Amongst the participants were 600 network and platform operators serving more than 200 million households all over Europe, as well as 250 media companies. 41 percent of the participants belonged to the senior management. The next show date is 3 to 5 June 2025 in Cologne / Germany.