UK SPF Future Spectrum Policy Summit 2026

Mr Chris Woolford

Director of International Spectrum Policy , Ofcom

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Dr Abhaya Sumanasena

Chair of the UK SPF Steering Board, UK SPF and Real Wireless

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Julia Criado

RSPG

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Theo Spathopoulos

Senior Specialist in Spectrum Standardisation and UK SPF Steering Board Vice Chair, Nokia

Theo is currently a Senior Specialist in the Spectrum Standardisation team at Nokia, leading Nokia’s involvement in various regional and global spectrum regulatory discussions.

Prior to that he was a Frequency Coordination Engineer at Inmarsat and he has also been a Spectrum Technology Analyst at Ofcom, the UK’s telecom regulator. Theo has also authored and co-authored various conference publications around 5G.

Theo holds an Electrical and Computer Engineering degree from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, an MSc in Mobile and Satellite Communications from the University of Surrey, UK and an MSc in Computer Science from the Georgia Institute of Technology, USA.

Mr Tony Lavender

Senior Advisor, Plum Consulting

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Mr Tony Lavender

Senior Advisor, Plum Consulting

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Kumar Singarajah

UK SPF Cluster 4: International Spectrum Issues and Euroma

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Professor Robert Stewart

Professor Dept of Electronic and Electrical Eng., University of Strathclyde

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Luigi Ardito

Senior Director of Government Affairs EMEA, Qualcomm

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Jussi Kahtava

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Professor Simon Saunders

DSIT

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Laura Mejuto Iglesias

Head of Spectrum Policy Innovation, Department of Science, Innovation and Technology

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Professor Simon Saunders

DSIT

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Janette Stewart

Analysis Mason

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Cristina Data

CEO, Joint Radio Company

Cristina is the CEO of the Joint Radio Company, an industry-owned spectrum management consultancy with primary responsibility for the radio spectrum used by the UK energy industry. Prior to this, she was the Director of Spectrum information and analysis, Spectrum Group at Ofcom and a NED of the Energy System Catapult. Cristina led the Spectrum Mobile Data Strategy programme with a particular focus on assessing the implications of growing demand. Before working on 5G, Cristina led the development of a new spectrum sharing framework, and launched Ofcom open data policy. In particular Cristina was responsible for the release of the UK Interactive spectrum map and the release of information on spectrum use in open format. Prior to joining Ofcom Cristina held various marketing and strategy roles at Telefonica O2, EE (then Orange), and Ericsson (then Red Bee Media). Cristina holds a Master Degree in Management Engineering from the Politecnico di Torino university in Italy.