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VON Europe 2004 Conference agenda at a glance

Pre-Conference Workshops
Monday, June 7, 2004
Conference Day One
Tuesday, June 8th 2004
Conference Day Two
Wednesday, June 9th 2004
Conference Day Three: Enterprise IP Communications Summit
Thursday, June 10th 2004

VoIP Wholesale services
Wednesday, June 9, 2004, 12:00 - 1:15pm
- How is the future market for wholesale bandwidth going to evolve?
- Which is more important, network ubiquity or specific route based pricing?
- How do wholesale offerings level pricing from major cities out to the regions?
- What architectures exist for wholesale services today?
- How can you use the Internet as a backbone to deliver wholesale services?

Richard Elliott, Chairman, Co-Founder, Band-X
Richard Elliott, Chairman, Co-founder Band-X Ltd Richard co-founded Band-X in 1997 and is now executive Chairman. Band-X, enables carriers and corporate customers to trade voice, data packets and long distance networks through a centralised exchange. To achieve this Band-X has pioneered mediation businesses that have altered traditional telecommunications industry business practices.Prior to Band-X Richard spent eleven years with Kleinwort Benson where, as a director of the equities division he was closely involved in the trading function of the investment bank and has had
wide experience of a number of markets.He graduated from the University of Edinburgh, spent six years in the British Army and is a member of the Institute of Cancer Research.

Chris Rhodes, Director of EU Voice Product Management, Level(3) Communications
Mr. Rhodes is Director of Voice Product Management, responsible for the management and roll out of Level 3's Voice services across Europe. He joined Level 3 as Director of European Transport and Infrastructure services in 2003.

Prior to joining Level 3, Mr. Rhodes was Head of Data Product Management for NTL Business in the UK. He previously held a number of product management and development positions within WorldCom, and Telewest UK.

Mr. Rhodes holds a joint MBA from Kellogg School of Management in Chicago and London Business School in the UK, and a Masters degree in Electrical & Electronic Engineering.

Ingrid Simunic, Marketing Director, VocalTec Communications
Ingrid Simunic is marketing director at VocalTec Communications. She has led marketing operations for telecom companies in both developed markets, such as the US, as well as emerging markets in Europe. Her international experience at equipment vendors and service providers includes work at startups and established companies. She writes for and has been quoted in many business and trade journals. Ingrid holds a doctorate in marketing science.

Jochen Strankmann, Vice-President – Voice over IP, T-Systems International GmbH
Jochen Strankmann joined the Deutsche Bundespost in 1981 in a network infrastructure management role. From 1983 to 1993 he helped developing mobile communications at the Centre of Communication (PDM).

From 1993 to 1995 he managed the international incoming traffic for TND (Telephone NetworkServices).

Mr Strankmann then became product manager for international PSTN/ISDN, followed by a period of research and analysis within the Carrier Services.

In 2000 he began developing innovative carrier services for the Telekom Global Net platform. Since February 2001 he has been in a challenging voice product.