The truth is that the network is wireless and those of us who are late to the game need to catch up to the innovators in Europe. This panel of leaders can guide us through with their experiences.

Alan Duric is co-founder and CTO at Telio ASA, the fastest growing Nordic Broadband Telephony/Multi-Modal service provider. Mr. Duric is an early pioneer of VoIP with over a decade of active contribution in VoIP, through his sw development and standardization work (as a co-author and/or contributor to number of IETF, ETSI and ITU standards).
As a developer and senior systems architect at Ericsson, Mr. Duric took part in the early deployment and development of the world's largest VoIP networks such as Deltathree.

At Global IP Sound (creators of Skype´s audio), Mr. Duric was Senior Systems Architect, where he steered standardization efforts and was responsible for iLBC (internet Low Bitrate Codec), an IETF and CableLabs standard codec for VoIP.
Mr.Duric is also Co-founder of Sonorit/Camino networks and was Director of its Board of Directors from its inception (June 2005) until it was acquired by eBay/Skype (April 2006). Also serves as Director of Sipfoundry.org BoD and is an Advisor at CounterPath´s, Xconnect's and Kayote´s Board.

Ivar Plahte was recently shortlisted for World Communcations Awards 'Most Influential Person in Telecoms' 2007 for pioneering Mobile PBXs.

Ivar has been the CEO of OnRelay Ltd since its inception in 2000. OnRelay is a leader in Fixed Mobile Integration, and holds a patent to its groundbreaking MBX architecture that fully resolves mobile-(IP)PBX integration for enterprises.

Previously, Ivar was Director of IP Telephony at Telenor, where his IP Telephony Service Provider business unit launced the first commercial network on the H.323 standard alongside a number of other global firsts.

Ivar started his career at Ericsson and became their first Global Product Manager for IP Services. Here he initiated the development of Ericsson's H.323 gatekeeper product line in 1996.

Ivar holds a MSc and a BSc in Computer Engineering from UC Santa Barbara.

Richard Shockey is Senior Manager, Strategic Technology Initiatives for NeuStar, Inc., based in Washington DC. Shockey is an active participant in the Internet Engineering Task Force and a founder and Co-Chair of its ENUM Work Group as well as actively participating in a variety of other IETF Working groups. He has been invited by the Dutch, Italian, British and Japanese governments to lecture on ENUM technology and its implications for consumers and carriers alike. Shockey is also the author of numerous articles on Internet Telephony Technologies related to ENUM, SIP, Voice over IP and Internet Fax.

Ken Workun oversees the business  development direction for Atreus' NextGen OSS Service Fulfillment Solution. Mr. Workun brings to Atreus Systems an extensive range of technology and business development experience. Prior to joining Atreus Systems, he was active in driving the success of the CrossKeys Systems Corporation flagship product. Throughout his career, he has committed himself to defining and delivering network and service management systems to a wide range of service providers. Mr. Workun holds several patents in network performance management.