Last Updated: March 9, 2005  


Monday, March 7, 2005
9:00am
4:15pm
Business Strategies for the Independent Operating Companies


Tuesday, March 8, 2005
9:00am
10:15am
The Fast Net
 • Dave Burstein, Editor, DSL Prime
 • Hank Kafka, Chief Architect, BellSouth
 • Nikos Theodosopoluos, Wireline Equipment and Data Networking Analyst, UBS
10:15am
10:30am
Morning Break
10:30am
12:30
Speed Thrills
 • Peter Chow, DSL CTO, DSP Systems, Texas Instruments
 • Ron Cates, VP, North American Sales & Marketing, Metalink
 • Kris Shankar, VP, Product Line Management, Centillium Communications
 • Rajesh Vashist, President and Chief Executive Officer, Ikanos
12:30
2:00pm
Lunch
2:00pm
3:30pm
Looking into the Future of the Net
 • Steve Cherry, Senior Associate Editor, IEEE Spectrum
 • Hemang Mehta, Microsoft
 • Andrew Odlyzko, Director, Digital Technology Center, University of Minnesota
 • Vince Vittore, Executive Editor, Telephony
 • Phil Winterbottom, CTO, Entrisphere
3:30pm
3:45pm
Afternoon Break
3:45pm
5:00pm
Crucial Players
 • John Chapman, Distinguished Engineer, Cisco Systems
 • James Southworth, CEO & CTO, Secure Pathways, Inc.
5:00pm
5:45pm
Keynote
 • John Cioffi, Professor of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University
5:45pm
6:30pm
Keynote
 • Richard Henry Karpinski, Documentation Generalist, Raskin Center


Wednesday, March 9, 2005
9:00am
10:00am
Lessons from Fiber Builders
 • Bill Huang, Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President of Engineering, UTStarcom,Inc.
 • Paul Morris, Executive Director, UTOPIA
 • Vladimir Prodanovic, Managing Director, FiberToTheHome.INFO
 • Jim Sackman, Vice President and CTO, Tellabs
10:00am
10:15am
Morning Break
10:15am
11:15am
Hot Technology for Broadband Video
 • Jay Fausch, Sr. Director, Strategic Marketing, Alcatel
 • Lee Goldberg, Sr. Technical Editor, analogZONE
 • David Price, Vice President, Business Development, Harmonic
 • Chuck Van Dusen, VP & CTO, Tut Systems
 • Tim Waters, Vice President, Marketing and Business Development, Skystream Networks
11:15am
11:30am
Morning Break
11:30am
1:00pm
My Tech Home, Everybody's Future
 • Brian Hinman, President & CEO, 2Wire
 • Gary Hoffman, Business Development, Coaxsys
 • Anton Wahlman, Vice President, Needham & Company
1:00pm
2:00pm
Lunch
2:00pm
4:00pm
Future of Television: Surprises
 • Jennie Bourne, Producer, Bourne Digital
 • Tom Hammer, CTO & Vice President of Engineering, Akimbo
 • Brad Kayton, VP, Marketing & Business Development, PRISMIQ
4:00pm
4:15pm
Afternoon Break
4:15pm
6:00pm
Changing the World Through the Fast Net
 • Pip Coburn, Global Tech Strategist, UBS
 • Dewayne Hendricks, CEO, Dandin Group
 • Balan Nair, CTO, Qwest
 • John Pickens, VP Technology, Arroyo