IMS enables service providers to offer services usually kept for enterprise communication companies. Will these new services diminish the power and economic importance of enterprise communication companies?

Stefan Karapetkov is Senior Technology Advisor at Polycom, Inc. where he focuses on video conferencing. Karapetkov has been in the communications industry since 1995, and has worked in Development, Product Management, and Product Marketing. He has been involved in VOIP since 1997.

Karapetkov has MBA from Santa Clara University and an MS degree in Engineering from the University of Chemnitz (Germany).

After completing engineering studies, Edmond joined Alcatel in 1983 and held a range of positions in training, marketing and strategy, covering the complete Alcatel offering. Over the past 7 years, he was involved in worldwide solution and strategy roles focused on NGN/IMS. During this time, Edmond has built up a unique view of IMS drivers and actions taken around the world. With the creation of Alcatel-Lucent end 2006, he moved to business development in IMS applications. Edmond has been travelling the globe for numerous customer projects giving him unique insights in customer dynamics; helping turn their IMS dreams into reality.

Jeff Pulver is the Chairman and Founder of pulver.com, and one of the true pioneers of the Internet telephony/VoIP industry. Leveraging well over a decade of hands-on experience in Internet/IP communications and innovation, Mr. Pulver is a globally renowned thought leader, author and entrepreneur. He is the publisher of The Pulver Report and VON magazine, and creator of the industry standard Voice on the Net (VON) conferences, where all sectors of IP communications come together to discuss, debate, and advance the industry. Additionally, Mr. Pulver is the founder of Free World Dialup (FWD), the VON Coalition, Global IP Alliance, Vivox, pulverinnovations, and is the co-founder of VoIP provider, Vonage.

Kfir Pravda is an independent consultant, facilitating cooperation between media and technology companies. He is also the Vice President of Marketing and Business Development of the International Multimedia Telecommunication Consortium (IMTC), where he is responsible on the organization’s message, strategic processes and overall marketing activities. Kfir was involved in the formation and strategy of several joint ventures, such as the Star Map Alliance, headed sales efforts to European mobile operators, chiefly T-Mobile International, and formed several media ventures.

Adi Paz, Senior Director of Product Management and Marketing, is responsible for RADVISION’s developer solutions products. Over the past 12 years, Adi has held a variety of positions in the telecom industry including management, business development, marketing, and product management. In his current position Adi, manages the team that brings to market RADVISION’s award-winning, widely-adopted multimedia protocol toolkits, frameworks, and testing tools for IP and 3G domains. Prior to joining RADVISION, Adi led strategic partnerships, business initiatives, and product management at Starhome, a Comverse company. In addition to his business and technology background, Adi served as a major in the Israeli army air force where he managed the initiation and implementation of large-scale technology projects.