Changing the World Through the Fast Net
Wednesday, March 9, 2005, 4:15pm - 6:00pmPip Coburn, global tech strategist for UBS, has discovered change generally happens when the industry involved is feeling such pain they have no other choice. Telcos jumped into DSL to match cable's data; now they're going into television as cable takes on voice. After two days of hearing about incredible technologies, mostly developed by small companies, this session will look at where and when the innovation will reach millions of people. What inspires Korea, Japan, Paris, and Verizon to take the lead while others fall behind?
Pip Coburn, Global Tech Strategist, UBSMr. Coburn is a managing director and global technology strategist in the technology group of UBS Investment Research. Mr. Coburn is responsible for integrating the research efforts of 120 technology and telecom analysts world wide. In 2001, UBS's global tech team ranked number two in the technology category in the Institutional Investor European Survey. He has been featured in Fast Company and Barrons and was a regular contributor to The Red Herring for three years.
Prior to joining UBS, Mr. Coburn acted as a portfolio manager and technology analyst at Lynch & Mayer Inc., an institutional money manager located in New York.
Balan Nair, CTO, QwestHe is currently the Chief Technology Officer for Qwest. He has responsibility of all Technology Selection, Product Development and Introduction to Network, and Lab Testing for Qwest Long Distance Network, Data Networks, Wireless networks and Local Networks. His organization develops the network strategy and architecture to support all new services. He is also responsible for all engineering and planning in the local and long distance networks. In this capacity, Balan is responsible for the capital allocation and implementation for the Qwest network.
John Pickens, VP Technology, ArroyoJohn Pickens is an industry leader and innovator committed to the vision of delivering gigabit access and in-premise networking technology and solutions for residential and business users. At Arroyo he leads delivery of high performance streaming media technologies for DSL, Cable, and Fiber access networks. From the early years of Arpanet (300bps CPE; 56Kbps high speed host links) to the recent years of Cable networks (100Mbps CPE; 25-38Mbps high speed access network links), Dr. Pickens has led both development and standardization (IEEE, IETF, Cable) efforts for premise and access networking. As CTO of COM21 he drove the definition and implementation of DOCSIS and Packetcable standards for integrated data, voice, and video over Cable. He is technical advisor to several companies delivering technologies in the broadband space, as well as to various venture capital investment groups.
