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Exhibit Hours:
10:00am - 5:00pm Tuesday, April 4, 2006
10:00am - 2:00pm Wednesday, April 5, 2006

Industry Perspective
Monday, April 3, 2006, 10:00am - 10:30am

As society completes the quantum leap from an analog world into a digital one, time and proximity no longer hold sway over our relationships. The ubiquity of the Internet has given us 24/7 access to information, and mobile technology has unchained us from the desktop. We’ve evolved to a point where seamless real-time communication and collaboration across distances is not only possible, but also a competitive advantage for Canadian organizations.

This presentation will discuss how some companies are already benefiting from a unified communications strategy, with a look at where the technology is headed in the future.



Alan Johnston, Chief Network Architect, FWD Networks

Alan is a co-author of the SIP specification and editor of a number of other IETF documents relating to SIP. He is the design team lead of the SIPPING conferencing design team. He has co-authored two books on SIP. Alan has a Bachelor of Engineering from the University of Melbourne, Australia and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA.