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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

Satellite IP
Tuesday, June 8, 2004, 1:30pm - 2:45pm
Satellites have been part of the communication infrastructure for decades, but the Internet Protocol has come at a time where the technology makes satellites a strong choice for communications. This panel tells us of the benefits of satellites for IP Communications in general and VoIP specifically. In particular, satellite has tremendous reach, and VoIP brings the Triple Play opportunity to the satellite TV giants and their marketing machines.

Normand Glaude, Managing Director, Signaling Systems, Performance Technologies
Normand Glaude joined Bell Canada as a software engineer in 1991. After four years he moved on to MicroLegend Telecom Systems, then a startup in its early stages, serving in the SS7 field. He became the chief engineer of the organization and served as a strong contributor to international standard bodies such as the IETF and PacketCable in defining SS7 over IP protocols. MicroLegend was since acquired by Performance Technologies, where Normand remains as the Managing Director for the Signaling Systems Group in Ottawa.

John Lazar, CEO, MetaSwitch
John Lazar joined MetaSwitch’s parent company Data Connection in 1987 as an engineer, and has worked in various different divisions within the company, covering both communication/networking and Internet applications.

More recently John was centrally involved in establishing Data Connection's focus on the converged voice/data network space. This resulted in substantial investment in technologies such as MGCP/H.248, SIP, H.323 and SCTP, and culminated in the creation of MetaSwitch. His wide network/telecom experience has been key to the growth of MetaSwitch’s business and organization.

John earned masters and doctorate degrees as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University.

Jeff Paine, Vice President, Strategic Marketing, UTStarcom
Jeff Paine is vice president of strategic marketing for UTStarcom, based in Alameda, Calif. UTStarcom a leading suppliers of IP-based access solutions for both broadband mobile/cellular 2.5G and 3G multimedia networks. They are also the #1 softswitch vendor according to many analyst firms.

Prior to joining UTStarcom, Jeff spent six years as a senior executive in the VoIP/softswitching market, where he served as VP of marketing and BD at Syndeo, a leading provider of CLASS 5/local exchange softswitches, and VP of marketing for LongBoard.

He was also one of the first 100 employees at Cisco where he created many of the company's best-known marketing programs between 1989 and 1995.