Monday, March 7, 2005 Business Strategies for the Independent Operating Companies 9:00am 10:30am The Best Strategies Compete as Things Change Fast “The times they are a-changing.”  • Dave Burstein, Editor, DSL Prime  • Michel Guite, President & CEO, Vermont Tel  • Marc Itzkowitz, Director, Product Marketing, SupportSoft  • William Lawver, Technology Development Manager, SureWest Communications  • Martin Taylor, VP of Technology Strategy, MetaSwitch 10:30am 10:45am Morning Break 10:45am 12:15 Telco TV: Assessing the Risk/Reward Ratio, and Making It Work for Your Company  • Phil Erli, EVP, Ringgold Telephone Co.  • Steve Mckay, CEO, Entone  • Ken Pyle, President/co-founder, Viodi  • Steve Scharf, Vice President, Financial & Information Tech, Ringgold Telephone Co. 12:15 1:30pm Lunch 1:30pm 2:45pm Innovations in Voice and Video  • Jennie Bourne, Producer, Bourne Digital  • Craig Bender, VP, Corporate Development & Marketing, Tut Systems  • David Markowitz, VP Marketing, Zhone Technologies  • Kevin Walsh, VP Marketing, Calix 2:45pm 3:00pm Afternoon Break 3:00pm 4:15pm Solutions Ready to Go to Work When You Return to Your Office  • David Howard, Product Line Manager, Wireline Products, UTStarcom  • Mark Nietubyc, Global Customer Marketing, Siemens  • Teresa Sperry, Sr. Product Manager, Paradyne  • Philip Thompson, Executive VP, Product Management, mPhase