Telephony's IP Summit
June 5 | McCormick Place | Chicago, IL
Co-Located At GLOBALCOMM 2006
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8:30-8:45 Opening Address – Dan O’Shea, Editor-in-Chief, Telephony
Location: S-401, Rooms B and C
8:45-9:15 Keynote Speaker – Eric Shepcaro, Senior Vice President, Business Development, AT&T
The Challenge of the All-IP Network
AT&T has been in the forefront of converging networks onto an Internet Protocol backbone. Eric Shepcaro, Senior Vice President, Business Development for AT&T provides an insight on how his company is exploiting IP to create new revenue-generating services for its enterprise and consumer customers, and new network efficiencies that will appeal to the investment community. Shepcaro also will address the challenge of changing industry relationships and business models in the new all-IP world.Location: S-401, Rooms B and C
9:15 –10:15 Opening General Session Panel
All IP, All The Time
The transition to all IP enables many positives such as fixed-mobile convergence, more efficient use of networks, lower cost infrastructure, and greater service flexibility but it also means shifting business strategies and ROI models, not all of which are so rosy. This panel will explore what service providers can do, and what some are already doing, to make IP profitable.
Location: S-401, Rooms B and C Moderator: Carol Wilson, Editor-at-Large, Telephony
Panelists:
- Mark Kaish, Vice President, Voice Product Development & Support, Cox Communications
- Joseph Ziskin, Vice President, Solutions and Strategy, Global Telecommunications Industry, IBM Corp.
- Rich Grange, President & CEO, New Global Telecom
- Stéphane Téral, Directing Analyst, Service Provider Next Gen Voice and Mobile Core, Infonetics Research
Sponsored By: New Global Telecom
10:15-10:30 Break
10:30-11:15 Morning Breakout Sessions I
Track A: Wireless IP – The Future of Mobility
Many service providers are conducting parallel trials of next-generation wireless IP-based access architectures, even as applications developers explore how to combine services to achieve fixed-mobile convergence. This session will examine various wireless IP architectures and potentially radical change in pricing, usage and application models for wireless IP services.
Location: S-401, Room A Moderator: Dan O'Shea, Editor-in-Chief, TelephonyPanelists:
- Clint Wheelock, Vice President of Research, ABI Research
- Hilton Nicholson, President, Active Infrastructure Business Unit, ADC
- Benedict Tse, Vice President of Business Development, Teltel
- Bruce Trvalik, Sonus Networks
Track B: IP Applications – Beyond VoIP
While VoIP is often initially a price play, enterprises and small businesses are also being drawn to new features, enhanced productivity and mobility options. This panel will explore: Ways in which service providers will differentiate their products, pricing for advanced services and customer service and support issues.
Location: S-401, Room D Moderator: Carol Wilson, Editor-at-Large, Telephony
Panelists:
- Eric Hyman, Director of IP Services, XO Communications
- Brooks Robinson, Chief Marketing Officer, Cbeyond
- Patrick Reilly, Director of Voice Product Management, Global Crossing
- Peter Jarich, Senior Director Wireless Infrastructure, Current Analysis
11:15-11:30 Break
11:30-12:15 Morning Breakout Sessions II
Track A: IMS – The Core of Convergence
The ecosystem of IMS components is growing ever more crowded, with single-element specialists and bigger vendors attempting to put together comprehensive, end-to-end system approaches. At the same time, questions persist about what kind of applications those architectures will yield and how customers will access and be billed for them. This session will examine different models for how IMS-based infrastructures could evolve and delve into what is sure to be a complex applications evolution.
Location: S-401, Room A Moderator: Tim McElligott, Senior Editor, TelephonyPanelists:
- Dan Xiao, Senior Manager, System Architecture and Business Integration Group, Verizon Business
- PK Prasanna, Practice Director, Convergence/IMS Services, InCode Wireless
- Grant Henderson, Co-founder & Executive Vice President, Marketing & Strategy, Convedia
- Richard Gilbert, Vice President of Strategic Planning, Net2Phone Cable Telephony
- Michael Cooper, Director of Marketing and Strategy, Converged Core Solutions, Lucent Technologies, Bell Laboratories
Track B: IPTV – Insight into the Economic Picture
Carriers launching IPTV as a defensive strategy is well accepted. But can you actually make money at it? Come participate in this lively debate over whether the economics of IPTV make sense.Location: S-401, Room D Moderator: Vince Vittore, Senior Analyst, The Yankee Group
Panelists:
- Jamey Heinze, Senior Director of Data Product Management, Broadwing
- Reed Majors, Board of Directors, IPDR.org
- Ed Lewis, Principal, RelevantC
- Stephen Klein, Director of Marketing, Zhone Technologies
Sponsored By: Zhone Technologies
12:15-12:45 Lunch Break
12:45-1:15 Lunch Keynote – Christine Heckart, General Manager of Marketing, Microsoft TV
TV Gets Connected
As popular as TV is today, it remains an unconnected island of technology in the home. But that is about to change. Internet Protocol (IP), the same technology that changed the value and function of the PC, will spark more revolutionary change for television in the next five years than we've seen in the previous 50 combined. IP technology will make the television a first-class citizen in the digital age, capable of connecting to other devices in meaningful ways to provide exciting, connected TV services and new entertainment experiences to audiences worldwide -- and all of us have a front-row seat as it happens.Location: S-401, Rooms B and C
1:30-2:15 Afternoon Breakout Session
Track A: IP Applications – Managing Integration
In order to generate new revenues and increase ARPU, service providers will have to capture some of the money currently spent on standalone applications and on network integration and support from third-party players such as VARs. This panel explores how to manage that transition and identifies some of the options and potential partners in the market today.
Location: S-401, Room A Moderator: Carol Wilson, Editor-at-Large, TelephonyPanelists:
- Mark McIlvane, President & Chief Executive Officer, Personeta
- Andy Randall, Vice President of Marketing, MetaSwitch
- Chris MacFarland, Group Vice President, Chief Technology Officer, McLeodUSA
- Tom Brinkman, Senior Director of Strategic Planning & Regulatory, CoVista
Track B: IPTV – Redefining Content
Carriers getting into the video business must develop a product that does a lot more than just provide broadcast and cable fare. This panel discussion will delve into latest and greatest applications that are being developed to set IPTV apart from the competition.
Location: S-401, Room D Moderator: Vince Vittore, Senior Analyst, The Yankee GroupPanelists:
- Dan Simpkins, Founder, Chairman & CEO, Hillcrest Labs
- Philip Yim, Executive Vice President, Global Marketing & Product Development, Allied Telesyn
- Danny Briere, Chief Executive Officer, TeleChoice
- Rick DeGabrielle, President & CEO, Arroyo Video Solutions
Sponsored By: Allied Telesyn
2:15-2:30 Break
2:30-3:30 Afternoon General Session – Town Hall
Who will pay?
Picking up where the morning session left off, this discussion will focus on how the growth in IP services will affect networks and network capacity, and how that growth will be funded, to include discussion of advanced services, premium options and tiered services, as well as the general debate over network neutrality.
Location: S-401, Rooms B and C
Moderators:
- Jason Meyers, Director of Content Development, Telephony
- Vince Vittore, Senior Analyst, The Yankee Group
Panelists:
- Dan Moffat, Chief Executive Officer, NewEdge Networks
- Philip Schuman, Founder, HighView Media
- Dave Schaeffer, Cogent Communications
- Chris Ruff, President, UIEvolution
- Neale Martin, Founder & President, Ntelec, Inc.
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