Light Reading's first 2020 Vision Executive Summit promises to be the 'Davos for telecom' -- but first, some pictures of the event's beautiful backdrop of Iceland.

Sarah Thomas, Director, Women in Comms

December 8, 2014

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REYKJAVIK, Iceland -- 2020 Vision -- Light Reading has touched down in Iceland: land of puffins, sunshine (for several hours a day!), plenty of natural beauty and home to our first 2020 Vision Executive Summit, where leaders from across the industry will gather to discuss business transformation strategies and envision new communications networks and services.

It's going to be an excellent day of discussions Tuesday, made even more exciting by the incredible backdrop that is Iceland. Here are a few snaps from our first day in Iceland, including some views of the capital, Reykjavik, a tour of the South Coast and the awe-inspiring Northern Lights.

Figure 1: View from the Hilton Reykjavik Not a bad view from the Hilton Reykjavik, the meeting point for 2020 Vision, but this isn't one of those conferences where you're stuck inside looking out all week. Not a bad view from the Hilton Reykjavik, the meeting point for 2020 Vision, but this isn't one of those conferences where you're stuck inside looking out all week.

For more coverage of the strategic pressures and opportunities facing operators and vendors in the communications market, see our Business Transformation content channel here on Light Reading.

— Sarah Reedy, Senior Editor, Light Reading

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About the Author(s)

Sarah Thomas

Director, Women in Comms

Sarah Thomas's love affair with communications began in 2003 when she bought her first cellphone, a pink RAZR, which she duly "bedazzled" with the help of superglue and her dad.

She joined the editorial staff at Light Reading in 2010 and has been covering mobile technologies ever since. Sarah got her start covering telecom in 2007 at Telephony, later Connected Planet, may it rest in peace. Her non-telecom work experience includes a brief foray into public relations at Fleishman-Hillard (her cussin' upset the clients) and a hodge-podge of internships, including spells at Ingram's (Kansas City's business magazine), American Spa magazine (where she was Chief Hot-Tub Correspondent), and the tweens' quiz bible, QuizFest, in NYC.

As Editorial Operations Director, a role she took on in January 2015, Sarah is responsible for the day-to-day management of the non-news content elements on Light Reading.

Sarah received her Bachelor's in Journalism from the University of Missouri-Columbia. She lives in Chicago with her 3DTV, her iPad and a drawer full of smartphone cords.

Away from the world of telecom journalism, Sarah likes to dabble in monster truck racing, becoming part of Team Bigfoot in 2009.

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