Track 4: Presence and Positioning

The impact of GPS and presence indicators has yet to be fully integrated into any carrier strategy. Solutions that are linked to portals or available via mobile phones are becoming part of the general method of communication for most users’ day to day activity.


Tuesday, October 30, 2007

1:30pm
2:45pm
Driving Revenue and Margin Through Service Creation
 • Dr. Eric Burger, Deputy Chief Technology Officer, BEA Systems
 • Larry Hargrove, Worldwide Sales Leader, Telecom Industry Software, IBM
 • David Jodoin, CEO, Iperia
 • Andres Jordan, Vice President, Innovation, Deutsche Telekom
 • Bruce Mcleod, Executive Director, Voice Technology & Engineering, Cox Communications
 • (M) Jim Warner, Vice-Chairman and Chief Strategist, TM Forum


Wednesday, October 31, 2007

11:15am
12:30
Positioning for Public New Enhancements for 911 and Other Government Services
 • (M) Stefan Bewley, Principal, Altman Vilandrie & Company
 • Assaf Biderman, Assistant Director of SENSEable City Laboratory, MIT
 • Jeff Smith, Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer, Edgewater Development Group
 • Joe Walsh, Chief Operating Officer, SquareLoop, Inc.
 • Bob White, E9-1-1 Spatial Data Manager | GIS Instructor, State of Maine, Office of Information Technology | NENA


Thursday, November 1, 2007

9:00am
10:15am
The Growing Importance of Voice in the New World
 • (M) Danny Klein, Associate, Vesbridge Partners
 • Dan Miller, Senior Analyst and Founder, Opus Research
 • Mike Phillips, Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer, vlingo
 • James Siminoff, Founder & CEO, SimulScribe
 • Michael Thompson, Vice President and General Manager, Mobile Search & Communications Business, Nuance
10:30am
11:45am
Identity Management Role in Communication Services
 • (M) Ari Banerjee, Program Manager - Enabling Technologies , Yankee Group
 • Jorg Heuer, Senior Project Field Manager Technology Exploration and AAA, Deutsche Telekom Laboratories
 • Sean Kent, Senior Product Manager, VeriSign
 • Jon Peterson, Sr. Technical Industry Liaison, NeuStar
 • Georges Smine, Sr. Director, Product Marketing, Nominum