VON Theater Schedule

Industry leading companies share their vision of IP communications, today and tomorrow. The topics presented are sometimes controversial, sometimes surprising, but always interesting!


Tuesday, October 30, 2007

11:00am
12:15
Enabling and Addressing the Expanding Networking Needs
 • Chris Celiberti, Director, Advanced Services, NeuStar
 • (M) Micaela Giuhat, Consultant
 • Tom Kershaw, Vice President, Next Generation Services, VeriSign, Inc.
 • Richard Koch, CEO, RNK Communications
 • Tom Moresco, Senior Director Interconnection Solutions, Telcordia Technologies, Inc.
12:15
1:30pm
The Difficult Road from QoS to QoE:  What About Quality of Application?
 • Einar Aaland, CTO, Owera
 • Dennis Drogseth, Vice President, EMA
 • (M) Bob Emmerson, European Editor, VON Magazine
 • Loki Jorgenson, Chief Scientist, Apparent Networks
 • Peter Thompson, Chief Scientist, U4EA Technologies
 • Ben Teitelbaum, Product Marketing Manager, Content Delivery Services, BitTorrent, Inc.
1:30pm
2:00pm
Expo Keynote: Panasonic
 • Bill Taylor, Vice President, Communications Solutions Group, Panasonic Consumer Electronics Company
2:00pm
2:30pm
Expo Keynote: Neustar
ROLE of SECURITY, IDENTITY & PRESENCE
 • Eugene Lew, Vice President, Advanced Services, NeuStar
2:30pm
3:00pm
Expo Keynote: Brix Networks
Converged Service Assurance: Test, Measure, Guarantee
 • Charlie Baker, Director, Product Management, Brix Networks
3:00pm
4:15pm
Delivering Next Generation Services to Fixed and Mobile Users: A Case Study
 • (M) Bob Emmerson, European Editor, VON Magazine
 • Rod Hodgman, Vice President, Market Strategy, Covergence, Inc.
 • Rob Ibbitson, Chief Voice Architect, Interoute
4:15pm
5:30pm
Converged Application Platforms Improve TTM and Profitability
 • Nagesh Puppala, Segment Marketing Manager, Intel Corporation/Embedded 8 Comms Group
 • Bill Tiso, Market Development Director, Intel Corporation/Embedded 8 Comms Group


Wednesday, October 31, 2007

11:00am
12:15
IPv6: It's Time to Make the Move
 • John Curran, Chairman, American Registery of Internet Numbers (ARIN)
12:15
1:30pm
Market Drivers and PSTN Realities
 • Vince Connors, Gateway Product Line Manager, Dialogic Corporation
 • Frank Green, Product Manager, ADTRAN
 • Ali Kafel, Vice President, Telecommunications, Stratus Technologies
 • Chuck Rutledge, VP Marketing, Quintum Technologies
 • (M) James Rafferty, Director, Gateway Product Management, Dialogic
1:30pm
2:00pm
Expo Keynote - Hewlett-Packard
Melding Essential IT and Telecom Principles on the Road to IMS
 • Gary Iosbaker, HP OpenCall Chief Technologist – Americas, Hewlett-Packard
2:00pm
2:30pm
Expo Keynote - Polycom
Driving Rich Media Applications Over IMS
 • Joan Vandermate, Vice President of Product Marketing, Network Systems Division, Polycom
2:30pm
3:00pm
Expo Keynote: Level 3 Communications
Protect Your VoIP Investment: Considerations for a Sound Foundation
 • Andrew Marcovsky, Senior Director, Product Delivery of Enterprise Voice for Level 3 Communications, Level 3 Communications
3:00pm
4:00pm
Patrolling the network Border
 • Seamus Hourihan, Vice President of Marketing and Product Management, Acme Packet
 • John Longo, VP Marketing, NexTone Communications
 • Alan Percy, Director, Business Development, AudioCodes
 • (M) Stéphane Téral, Analyst, Infonetics
4:30pm
5:30pm
DECT Phones Update
 • Herman Hugo, Senior Marketing Manager, Infineon Technologies
 • (M) Rick Krupka, Director of Sales & Business Development, VTech Communications, Inc.
 • Erica Martinez, Product Manager for Consumer Telephones, Communications Solutions Group, Panasonic Consumer Electronics Company
 • Mike Rude, VP of Business Development, DSP Group

VON Solutions Theater Schedule

Hear exciting new approaches and answers to real world issues. These thirty minute presentations will demonstrate how you can deliver great, timely service to your customers using the latest technologies.


Tuesday, October 30, 2007

11:15am
11:45am
Solutions Presentation: Dialogic
How Video Can Make a Difference for your Company
 • Chris Fullam, Director of Product Management, Media Service Provider Products, Dialogic
11:45am
12:15
Solutions Presentation: Tekelec
NGN 2.0: The IMS Upgrade
 • Vince Lesch, Vice President, Product Marketing, Network Signaling Group, Tekelec
12:15
1:15pm
Regulatory Update: Where is it all headed?
 • Ron Del Sesto, Partner, Bingham McCutchen LLP
 • (M) Jim Kohlenberger, Executive Director, The Voice on the Net (VON) Coalition
 • Kevin Minsky, Policy Counsel, U.S. Legal/Corporate Affairs, Microsoft
 • Glenn Richards, Partner, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
1:15pm
2:15pm
Out in the Open Service Creation
 • (M) Bob Logan, Vice President of Business Development, OpenMediaLabs
 • Ken Osowski, VP, Marketing and Product Development, Pactolus Communications Software
 • Sanjeev Sawai, Vice President of Research and Development, Envox Worldwide
2:15pm
2:45pm
Solutions Presentation: IntelePeer
 • Charles Studt, Vice President of Product Management, IntelePeer
2:45pm
3:15pm
Solutions Presentation: Global Crossing
"Case Study: The Pitfalls around LNP – Don’t Take the Fall"
 • Al Digabriele, Vice President, Global Crossing
 • Mehdi Salour, Vice President, Packet8
3:15pm
4:15pm
The IMS Forum® Presentation of Results from its third IMS Plugfest™
 • Michael Khalilian, Chairman & President, IMS Forum
 • Scott Poretsky, Director, Carrier Network Engineering, Reef Point Systems
 • Ray Pasquale, Director Technical Marketing Operations, Sonus
 • Manuel Vexler, Chair, Technical Working Group, IMS Forum
4:15pm
5:30pm
Advanced Video Compression for IP Delivery to 3 Screens
 • Yuval Fisher, Chief Scientist and Founder, Envivio
6:00pm
8:00pm
Mobile Monday Meeting - Room: 205A
 • Matt Collins, Head of eContent, Nokia
 • Boaz Zilberman, Founder and Chief Architect, fring


Wednesday, October 31, 2007

10:45am
11:15am
Solutions Presentation: Switch and Data
VoIP Network Redundancy – Building fault tolerance into your plan
 • Drew Leonard, Director of Product Marketing, Switch & Data
11:15am
11:45am
Solutions Presentation: Neustar
A Practical Guide to IP Services Peering
 • Tim Cody, Director, Product Management, NeuStar
11:45am
12:15
Solutions Presentation: Alcatel-Lucent
Case Study: SIP Trunk Implementation at City College of San Francisco
 • Timothy Ryan, Director, Communication Services, City College of San Francisco
12:15
12:45
Solutions Presentation: AT&T Wholesale
AT&T's VoIP Service Architecture
 • Sekar Ganesan, Director, New Technology/Product and Development Planning, AT&T Wholesale
 • Magda Nassar, Director of VOIP Service Planning Division, AT&T Wholesale
12:45
1:15pm
Solutions Presentation: F5 Networks
Application Delivery for IP Communications
 • Chad Herren, Field Systems Engineer, Service Provider, F5 Networks
1:15pm
1:45pm
Solutions Presentation: Acme Packet
VoIP peering: Avoiding the Pain, Capturing the Profit
 • Seamus Hourihan, Vice President of Marketing and Product Management, Acme Packet
1:45pm
2:15pm
Solutions Presentation: Hewlett-Packard
Monetizing 3G Video: Accelerate Time-to-Success
 • Joe Crispo, OpenCall Solution Sales Specialist, Hewlett-Packard
2:15pm
3:15pm
The IMS Forum® Presentation of Results from its third IMS Plugfest™
 • Gordon Beith, Senior Product Manager, Empirix
 • Michael Khalilian, Chairman & President, IMS Forum
 • Thomas Maufer, Director Technical Marketing, Mu Security
 • Scott Poretsky, Director, Carrier Network Engineering, Reef Point Systems
 • Manuel Vexler, Chair, Technical Working Group, IMS Forum
3:15pm
3:45pm
Fax Lives On in an IP World
 • Yaakov Elkon, President & CEO, Graphnet
 • Jerry Metcalf, Senior Director, Business and Corporate Development, Captaris, Inc.
 • James Rafferty, Director, Gateway Product Management, Dialogic
3:45pm
4:45pm
Savatar: Selling VoIP to SMBs: The Latest Market Research Results Show the Path to Success
 • John Macario, President and Founder, Savatar
4:00pm
4:30pm
Meet the Content Team!