Schedule Under Development and Subject to Change
Last Updated: April 5, 2006
 


Monday, April 3, 2006
8:15am
9:15am
Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:15am
9:30am
Opening Remarks
 • Carl Ford, Community Developer and VP Content, pulvermedia
9:30am
10:00am
Industry Perspective
 • Kelvin Shepherd, President, Consumer Markets, MTS Allstream Inc.
10:00am
10:30am
Industry Perspective
 • Alan Johnston, Chief Network Architect, FWD Networks
10:30am
10:45am
Morning Break
10:45am
11:15am
Industry Perspective
 • Alec Saunders, CEO, iotum
11:15am
11:45am
Industry Perspective
 • Ron Close, President, VoIP, Bell Canada
11:45am
1:00pm
Lunch
1:00pm
2:15pm
General Session: IMS Update: Ready for Prime Time?
 • Pierre Boucher, Director Research and Innovation, Ericsson
 • Camilla Dahlen, President, Highdeal
 • Ed Dylag, IMS Segment Manager, Intel
 • (M) Ronald Gruia, Program Leader, Sr. Strategic Analyst, Emerging Communications Solutions, Frost & Sullivan
 • Arun Sobti, Chairman and CEO, IP Unity
 • Todd Simpson, Vice President, General Manager, Ditech Communications
2:15pm
2:30pm
Break
Track 1: Service Providers Track 2: Doing Business Track 3: Disruptive Technologies
2:30pm
3:45pm
Breakout Sessions
Skype API Developers - Adding Value and Building the Brand
 • (M) Jon Arnold, Principal, J Arnold & Associates
 • Goren Gershon, Director, Engineering, WebDialogs
 • Andrew Hansen, Founder/Owner, Virtual Communications
 • Ben Lilienthal, CEO, VAPPS
Update on Call Center Use of VoIP
 • Franco Clauser, Call Centre Specialist, BCE Elix
 • George Despinic, Contact Center Product Marketing Manager, Nortel
 • (M) Stefan Dubowski, Editor, Decima's Telemanagement
 • Todd Simons, VP, Business Development, Mitel
 • Robert Winder, VP of Business Development, Genesys
3:45pm
4:15pm
Afternoon Break
4:15pm
5:45pm
General Session: The Bloggers Syndicate speaks
 • (M) Jon Arnold, Principal, J Arnold & Associates
 • Mark Evans, Senior Technology Reporter, National Post
 • Rob Hyndman, Founder, Hyndman | Law
 • Mathew Ingram, Business and Technology Writer, globeandmail.com, Globe and Mail
 • Jeff Pulver, Founder and Chairman, pulvermedia
 • Alec Saunders, CEO, iotum


Tuesday, April 4, 2006
8:00am
9:00am
Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00am
10:15am
Breakout Sessions
The VoIP Last (Mile) Battle
 • (M) Mark Evans, Senior Technology Reporter, National Post
 • Kan Inaba, Director - Broadband, Mobile & Communications Services, Bell Canada
 • Pat Kiely, Director, Business Operations and Development, Mountain Cablevision
 • Matt Stein, Vice President, New Technology and Services, Primus Telecommunications
Analyst Roundtable
 • Jon Arnold, Principal, J Arnold & Associates
 • (M) Chris Celiberti, Director, Advanced Services, NeuStar
 • Jeff Fan, Director, Equity Research Analyst, Telecom, UBS
 • Ronald Gruia, Program Leader, Sr. Strategic Analyst, Emerging Communications Solutions, Frost & Sullivan
 • Angelo Liberatore, Analyst, Credit Suisse
WiFi, WiMax, Why Not?
 • Dror Bukai, President and CEO, ActVoIP Networking
 • (M) Anne Coulombe, Director, Product Marketing Applications & Games, SeaChange
 • Tom Flak, VP, Product Strategy, SOMA Networks
 • Matt Holdrege, Director of Business Development, Strix Systems
 • Eric Ritter, Director, WLAN Solutions, Research In Motion
10:15am
10:45am
Morning Break
10:45am
12:00
Breakout Sessions
Show Me the Minutes: Voice Over Broadband
 • Yuval Barzakay, President and CEO, Comwave Telecom
 • (M) Matt Holdrege, Director of Business Development, Strix Systems
 • Trent Johnsen, President and CEO, Shift Networks
 • Matt Stein, Vice President, New Technology and Services, Primus Telecommunications
Hosted Voice Solutions
 • Robert Brown, CTO, TalkSwitch
 • (M) Hugh Black, Vice President, TRILLIUM Corp. Communications
 • David Cuddy, CTO, Natural Convergence
 • Bernard Gutnick, VP, Product Marketing, Sylantro Systems
 • Ali Rohani, Technical Lead, Unified Communications Group, Microsoft
Mobility Disruption: 3G and WiFi
 • (M) Ronald Gruia, Program Leader, Sr. Strategic Analyst, Emerging Communications Solutions, Frost & Sullivan
 • Stephan Ouaknine, President & CEO, Blueslice Networks
 • Philip Richards, Director, Product Line Management, NewStep Networks
 • Ray Vilis, VP, Product Management, Versatel Networks
12:00
1:00pm
Lunch
1:00pm
1:30pm
Industry Perspective
 • Stefan Oberg, VP, Product Development, Skype
1:30pm
2:00pm
Industry Perspective: Staying Competitive with Collaborative Technologies
 • Aisha Umar, Sr. Director, Unified Communications Group, Microsoft
2:00pm
2:15pm
Break
2:15pm
3:30pm
Breakout Sessions
How to Succeed in IP - Canadian Style
 • Jon Arnold, Principal, J Arnold & Associates
 • Peter Brockmann, Sr. Vice President Marketing, Business Development, SIPquest
 • Richard Birckbichler, Vice President, Sales, Versatel Networks
 • Howard Thaw, COO, iotum
 • Patrick Tan, AVP, Applications, Ubiquity Software
IP PBX vs. Centrex
 • Dustin Goodwin, Voice Architect, Cisco Systems
 • (M) Francois Menard, Project Manager, Xit telecom
 • Don Price, CTO, Technical Director, Avaya
 • Tony Rybczynski, Director, Strategic Technologies, Nortel
 • Don Smith, Chief Executive Officer, Mitel
TV Over IP: Part of the Triple Play
 • (M) Dave Burstein, Editor, DSL Prime
 • Glen Campbell, First VP Telecommunications & Media, Merrill Lynch
 • James Chow, FAE Manager, N.A., Espial
 • Jean Huppe, Director, Access Network Technology Development, Bell Canada
3:30pm
3:45pm
Afternoon Break
3:45pm
4:15pm
Industry Perspective
 • Gary Lund, CTO, Aliant
4:15pm
4:45pm
Industry Perspective
 • John Lazar, CEO, MetaSwitch
4:45pm
5:00pm
Break
5:00pm
5:30pm
Industry Perspective
 • Don Smith, Chief Executive Officer, Mitel
5:30pm
6:00pm
Industry Perspective
 • Matt Stein, Vice President, New Technology and Services, Primus Telecommunications
7:30pm
10:30pm
All Conference Party @ the Crocodile Rock
(by invitation only)


Wednesday, April 5, 2006
8:00am
9:00am
Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00am
10:30am
General Session: Deep Impact: Portals meet Voice
 • Bernard Gutnick, VP, Product Marketing, Sylantro Systems
 • Alec Saunders, CEO, iotum
 • Jeff Smith, Sr. Product Manager, Consumer VoIP and Video Services, Microsoft
 • Bill Tam, CEO, EQO Communications
10:30am
11:00am
Morning Break
11:00am
12:15
Breakout Sessions
SMB - The IP Market Opportunity
 • (M) Jon Arnold, Principal, J Arnold & Associates
 • Paul Howarth, Advanced Technology Strategist, Cisco Systems
 • Mahshad Koohgoli, VP, Peer-to-Peer Business, Avaya
 • Erik Lagerway, CTO, Shift Networks
 • David Mandelstam, CEO and President, Sangoma Technologies
Show Me The Money:The VCs Explain it All
 • Les Lyall, Senior Vice President, Growth Works Capital
 • David Mc Carthy, Managing Director, BCE Capital
 • John Ruffolo, Partner, Deloitte & Touche LLP
 • Rick Segal, Partner, JLA Ventures
 • (M) Howard Thaw, COO, iotum
Security for VoIP
 • Andrew Graydon, CTO, BorderWare
 • Steven Johnson, President, Ingate Systems
 • Bogdan Materna, CTO and VP of Engineering, VoIPshield Systems
 • (M) Jeff Paine, President, Area 51 Networks
 • Jeffrey Stern, Vice President, Business Development, KoolSpan
12:15
2:00pm
Lunch
2:00pm
3:15pm
Breakout Sessions
Money-Making Apps
 • (M) Helene Joncas, Principal , Inside Edge
 • David Mandelstam, CEO and President, Sangoma Technologies
 • Alec Saunders, CEO, iotum
 • Patrick Tan, AVP, Applications, Ubiquity Software
FMC- Bringing it all Together
 • (M) Jon Arnold, Principal, J Arnold & Associates
 • Brian Cappellani, CTO, Sigma Systems
 • Paul Drew, Director, Product Management, MetaSwitch
 • Andrew Hurrell, Director, Atreus Systems
 • Warren Montgomery, Office of the CTO, Personeta
Dual Mode Phone Services
 • Dror Bukai, President and CEO, ActVoIP Networking
 • Peter Brockmann, Sr. Vice President Marketing, Business Development, SIPquest
 • Ray Vilis, VP, Product Management, Versatel Networks
 • (M) Douglas Wadkins, CTO, Edgewater Networks