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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

Crossing Network Borders
Tuesday, June 8, 2004, 3:00pm - 4:15pm
Session border controllers are one of the hottest topics to date, and are the key to connecting 3rd party applications to established networks.

- How can session border controllers help VoIP apps and services traverse firewalls, WANs and Intranets, whilst retaining existing security
- Should the intelligence be built in at the core of telecoms networks, or at the client edge?
- How can session border controllers be applied to inter-carrier issues and internetworking between H.323 and SIP networks

Dave Gladwin, Applications Engineering, Newport Networks
Dave is part of the team that formed Newport Networks when it was founded in 2000. Dave's 23 years of experience in the telecoms industry covers software design, application development, product management, pre-sales and post-sales support. He has been involved in VoIP systems since 1996 when, as Technical Services Director with Vienna Systems, he was responsible for technical support and training in Europe for the Voice over IP product line.

Before this, Dave spent seven years at Newbridge Networks working on Interactive Voice Response systems. Dave holds an honours degree in physics and physical electronics from the University of Bath and is an M.I.E.E.

Jim Hourihan, VP, Marketing & Product Mgmt., Acme Packet
With more than 20 years experience in executive management, marketing, business development, and product management, Jim was the VP of marketing for internetworking leader Wellfleet and, after its merger with Synoptics, at Bay Networks (now Nortel) for nearly seven years. During his tenure, revenue grew from $10m to $2b and Wellfleet was recognized as "America's Fastest Growing Company" by Inc. magazine. Jim also served as VP of marketing for Pingtel (the leader in SIP phones) as well as for Bright Tiger (now Macromedia). The co-author of several internetworking guidebooks, Jim has held management positions at Data General and MASSCOMP, holds an AB degree from Dartmouth College and an MBA from Babson College.

Michael Schroeder, Technical Director, Netrake
Michael Schroeder is responsible for Product Management/Marketing, Systems Engineering and Customer Support at Netrake. Michael has more than 15 years experience in telecommunications equipment sales and support. Most recently, he served as Vice President of Technical Services at VoIP manufacturer, General Bandwidth, where he managed the sales engineering team, played a key role in developing and executing the company’s sales strategy and product roadmap, and established OEM/partner relationships with strategic vendors.

Prior to General Bandwidth, Mike served in a variety of management and systems engineering roles at highly successful start-ups such as Prominet Corporation and Grand Junction Networks. He has also served in senior roles at Proteon, Compaq, Wang Laboratories and TCS Software.

Johan Terve, VP Marketing & Sales, Ingate Systems AB
As Vice President, Marketing and Sales for Ingate Systems, Johan Terve oversees all marketing and public relations activities for Ingate worldwide. An IT industry veteran, Terve served as Sales Director for Global Accounts and Partners for SmartTrust, a middleware company that provides solutions to mobile operators. As Marketing Director for Nordic Datadistribution, Terve was responsible for all product and corporate marketing. He was also CEO of InCom Sverige AB and Hacom Norway AS, a telecommunications company focusing on the SOHO market. In addition, Terve spent several years at Manora Datadistribution as Director of Business Development. Terve has a broad education in business administration, psychology and economics.