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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

Industry Perspective
Tuesday, June 8, 2004, 11:10am - 11:35am
Session Controllers address the unique challenges that arise when carriers and service providers use Internet Protocol (IP) to deliver real-time services to their carrier partners and their residential and enterprise customers. The debate is hot - will session controllers survive or will their functionality be gobbled up by softswitch vendors, router companies and/or media gateway behemoths. This session will educate the audience on why or why not - the case for the stand-alone session controller in a carrier's VoIP/multimedia network.

Brian Forbes, VP of Business Development, Netrake
As vice president of business development, Brian Forbes brings over 18 years experience in data networking and telecommunications to Netrake where he is responsible for directing and overseeing all product strategy and business development initiatives for the company.

Before joining Netrake, Forbes was vice president of business development at telecom technologies inc. (now Sonus Networks) where he was responsible for corporate development, specifically providing vision and direction for positioning the company's softswitch product. Prior to this, Forbes was vice president of technical services within Allied Riser Communications (ARC), where he was responsible for the design, implementation, and operations of the ARC LightSpeed™ network. Additionally, Forbes has held senior positions with Inacom and MCI Systemhouse.