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Schedule Under Development and Subject to Change
Last Updated: April 1, 2004


Sunday, March 28, 2004
4:00pm
8:00pm
Pre-registration for VON Pkg. & Workshop Attendees
5:00pm
6:00pm
VON Orientation
 • Carl Ford, Community Developer, pulver.com
 • Jeff Pulver, CEO, pulver.com
6:00pm
7:30pm
Town Hall Meeting
 • Robert Pepper, Chief of Policy Development, FCC
7:30pm
8:30pm
VON Reception


Monday, March 29, 2004
8:00am
8:55am
Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:55am
5:15pm
PSTN/IP Gateways and Softswitches
8:55am
4:45pm
SIP Tutorial
9:00am
5:15pm
Enterprise VoIP Solutions
9:00am
4:45pm
Telecom Policy Summit
3:00pm
4:00pm
General Session: Border Transversal
 • Dan Freedman, CEO, Jasomi Networks
 • David Fraley, Analyst, Gartner Dataquest
 • Bruce Hill, CEO, Netrake
 • Opher Kahane, President / CEO, Kagoor Networks
 • Khaw Kheng Joo, CEO, MediaRing
 • Andy Ory, President & CEO, Acme Packet
 • Karl Erik Stahl, President, Intertex Data
 • Raj Sharma, Co-founder & President, NexTone Communications
 • Olle Westerberg, CEO, Ingate Systems AB
4:05pm
5:05pm
General Session: IP Communications Roundtable
 • Anthony Christie, CMO, Global Crossing
 • John Curran, CTO, XO Communications
 • Frank Governali, Managing Director, Goldman, Sachs & Co.
 • Jason Oxman, Assistant General Counsel, Covad Communications
 • Girish Pathak, Chief Customer Strategist, TELUS Communications
 • Jack Waters, Group VP & President, Softswitch Services, Level(3) Communications
 • Eric Weiss, Co-founder, ITXC Corporation
5:00pm
7:00pm
SIMPLE Tutorial
 • Rick Ringel, Dir. of Engineering, Media Applications Grp., Inter-Tel
5:15pm
5:45pm
Keynote
 • Bernd Kuhlin, President, Enterprise Networks, Siemens
5:45pm
6:15pm
Keynote
 • Hossein Eslambolchi, President, Global Networking Tech. Svc. / AT&T CTO & CIO, AT&T
6:30pm
8:30pm
Exhibit Floor Opens with Welcome Reception


Tuesday, March 30, 2004
7:15am
8:15am
Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:15am
8:45am
Industry Perspective
 • Jeff Pulver, CEO, pulver.com
8:45am
9:15am
Industry Perspective
 • Eugene Roman, Group President, Bell Systems & Technology, Bell Canada
9:15am
9:45am
Industry Perspective
 • Cathy Martine, Senior Vice President, Internet Telephony, AT&T
9:45am
10:15am
Industry Perspective
 • Robert Pepper, Chief of Policy Development, FCC
10:15am
10:30am
Morning Break - Exhibit Floor Opens
10:30am
11:00am
Industry Perspective
 • Joe Glynn, VP IP Product Innovations, Qwest
11:00am
11:30am
Industry Perspective
 • David Gurle, Executive Vice President, Reuters
11:30am
12:00
Industry Perspective
 • Christopher Fine, Vice President, Goldman Sachs
12:00
2:00pm
Lunch
1:00pm
1:30pm
Keynote
 • Michael Tribolet, Vice President of Operations, Vonage
1:30pm
2:00pm
Keynote
 • Monty Johnson, President/GM of NSD, Tekelec
Business Issues & Updates Disruption & Technology Enterprise Technologies IP Communication Providers Voice & the Application Layer
2:00pm
3:15pm
Breakout Sessions
Updates from IP Communications Broadband Operators
 • Counse Broders, Principal Analyst, Current Analysis
 • Rick Cimerman, Senior Director, Natl Cable & Telecomm Assoc.
 • Jason Oxman, Assistant General Counsel, Covad Communications
 • Tom White, VP, Telphony Marketing, Comcast
Regulatory Update
 • Brooke Schulz, VP Corp Comm, Vonage
 • David Svanda, Michigan PSC Commissioner
 • David Young, Sr. Director, Technology Policy, Verizon
Enterprise Communication Solutions
 • Val Babajov, President & CEO, Webmessenger
 • Jeanne Leckie, VP Marketing, Inter-Tel
 • Ed Simnett, Lead Product Manager, Microsoft
 • Tal Shalom, Manager, SE & PM Team - Americas, VocalTec Communications
"Voice Inside"
 • Mike Borsetti, President & CEO, Borsetti & Co.
 • Brad Templeton, Chairman, Electronic Frontier Foundation
 • Anand Venugopal, Director, Product Management, Ind-Telesoft Pvt.
 • Keith Weiner, CEO, DiamondWare
WiFi Voice over IP
 • Israel Drori, EVP and Founder, Legra Systems
 • Bob Jordan, Co-Founder and VP Marketing, Strix Systems
 • Ujjal Kohli, CEO, Founder & Chairman, Meru Networks
 • Alain Mouttham, CEO, SIPquest
 • Kevin Mitchell, Directing Analyst, Service Provider Networks & Next Gen Voice, Infonetics Research
3:15pm
3:30pm
Afternoon Break
3:30pm
4:45pm
Breakout Sessions
Updates from IP Communications ILEC Operators
 • Counse Broders, Principal Analyst, Current Analysis
 • Joe Glynn, VP IP Product Innovations, Qwest
 • Nancy Lambros, Principal MTS, SBC Technology Resources
 • Michelle Swittenberg, VoIP Team, Retail Markets, Verizon
 • Tony Thakur, VP Engineering & Technologies, Time Warner Telecom
Securing VoIP Networks
 • Steve Bakke, CTO, VocalData
 • Eric Nielsen, Director, Security Solutions, Sylantro Systems
 • Peter Thermos, Principal Information Security Consultant, Telcordia Technologies
 • Ari Takanen, CEO, Codenomicon Ltd.
Developing Applications in the Enterprise
 • John Drolet, VP Worldwide Sales, Citel Technologies
 • Kevin Farrell, VP Product Mgmt. & Mktg., TeleGea, Inc.
 • Jack Jachner, Senior Director, Alcatel
 • Iain Milnes, President, Zultys Technologies
 • Vince Vittore, Executive Editor, Telephony
Disaggregating of the PBX
 • Paul Mockapetris, Chief Scientist & Chairman of the Board at Nominum, Nominum
 • Henry Sinnreich, Distiguished Member of Engineering, MCI
 • Richard Shockey, Sr, Manager, Strategic Technologies, NeuStar
 • John Weald, Vice President of Product Development, Sylantro Systems
Linux for IP Communications
 • Chris Celiberti, VP, Business Development & Carrier Relations, LibreTel
 • Jason Fischl, CTO, Purple Comm, Inc.
 • Arthur Gould, Community Manager, linux.java.net, Sun Microsystems
 • Jiri Kuthan, Director of Engineering, Iptel.org
 • Dan Petrie, Chief Architect, Pingtel
 • Mark Spencer, President, Digium
4:45pm
5:00pm
Break
5:00pm
5:30pm
Keynote
 • Vickie Yohe, Sr. V.P., Fixed Solutions Div. & Voice Networks Div., Alcatel
5:30pm
6:00pm
Keynote
 • Brian Forbes, VP of Business Development, Netrake
8:00pm
0:00am
Jeff's "All Conference" Party
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Wednesday, March 31, 2004
7:30am
8:30am
Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:15am
9:00am
Keynote
 • Tom Adams, General Manager, Embedded Devices Group, Microsoft
 • Scott Horn, Director, Embedded Devices Group, Microsoft
 • Akira Uchino, Account Executive/Device Solution Sales, Microsoft
9:00am
9:30am
Keynote
 • Al Safarikas, VP, Service Provider Mktg., Wireline Networks, Nortel Networks
9:30am
10:00am
Keynote
 • Tom Evslin, Chairman & CEO, ITXC Corp.
9:30am
10:00am
Morning Break
10:00am
11:15am
Breakout Sessions
IP Communications in Europe
 • Zoltan Herzegh, TeliaSonera
 • Alan Law, General Manager, pulver.com
 • Alan Nunn, Chief Voice Architect, BT
 • Richard Stastny, Project Manager, Telekom Austria
 • Thomas Vasen, Manager Real-Time Service Platforms, B2 Bredband AB
WiFi and 3G working together
 • Amir Atai, Lead Scientist, Telica
 • Bob Dye, Vice President, Strategic Marketing, Sonus Networks, Inc.
 • Hisham Khartabil, Senior Speicialist, Nokia
 • Martine Lapierre, Chief Technology Officer/Vice President Mobile Communications Group, Alcatel CIT
 • James Rafferty, Sr. Product Manager, Brooktrout Technology
Rich Presence & Location with Instant Messenger
 • Steve Bakke, CTO, VocalData
 • Richard Brennan, Founder, Telxxis
 • Francis Desouza, President and CEO, IMlogic, Inc.
 • Junien Labrousse, Sr. VP & General Manager, Logitech
 • Henning Schulzrinne, Professor, Columbia University
SIP & the Media Server
 • Rj Auburn, CTO, Voxeo
 • Eric Burger, CTO, SnowShore Networks
 • Mike Keefe, VP Engineering, Cognitronics
 • Jeff Liebl, Vice President, Product Management, Ubiquity Software
 • Jonathan Rosenberg, CTO, dynamicsoft
 • Garland Sharratt, VP, Business Development, Convedia
Advanced Consumer Devices for IP Communication
 • Jan Fandrianto, CEO, Sipura Technology
 • Roar Hagen, CTO, Global IP Sound
 • David Li, Chairman, CEO, Grandstream Networks
 • Kelli Lowery, VP Business Development, CommuniTech
 • Stu Millberg, pulver Innovations
11:15am
11:30am
Break
11:30am
12:45
Breakout Sessions
Updates form IP Communication IXC / LD Operators
 • Joe Aibinder, Director, VoIP Bus. Services, AT&T
 • Alan Bugos, Vice President, Engineer, iBasis
 • Jeff Bak, Director of Product Management, ITXC Corp.
 • Teresa Hastings, Director, Product Engineering, MCI
 • Marcelo Rodriguez, Editor & Publisher, Voxilla.com
 • Dorene Weiland, Director, Voice & Contact Center Solutions, Sprint
VoIP Service Creation
 • David Cork, COO, Natural Convergence
 • Edward Keegan, Director, Lukas Technologies
 • Ranjith Mukundan, Lead Architect - Voice/NGN Solutions, Wipro Technologies
 • Ken Osowski, VP, Mkt. & Product Mgmt., Pactolus Communication Software
 • Atul Varshneya, Principal Architect, BayPackets
AD HOC conferencing
 • Al Balasco, Global Dir. of Bus. Dev., Spectel
 • Grant Henderson, EVP Marekting and Strategy, Convedia
 • Frank Ohrtman, Director, Softswitch Consulting
 • Ronald Thomson, VP, Engineering, Centra Software
 • Ed Yackey, CTO, Voyant Technologies
SIP & the Enterprise
 • Jon Arnold, VoIP Equipment Program Leader, Frost & Sullivan
 • David Fuller, Product marketing Director, Interactive Intelligence
 • Mahshad Koohgoli, CEO, Nimcat Networks Inc
 • Erik Papir, Manager, Solutions Architect, 3Com
 • Olle Westerberg, CEO, Ingate Systems AB
Silicon Voice over IP
 • Bob Emmerson, VON Magazine
 • Irvind Ghai, Director, VOP Asia-Pacific, Broadband Communications, Texas Instruments
 • Shoaib Mohammad, Director Business Development, Legerity
 • John Murray, Technical Consultant, AT&T
12:45
2:30pm
Lunch
1:30pm
2:00pm
Keynote
 • Hassan Ahmed, President & CEO, Sonus Networks
2:00pm
2:30pm
Keynote
 • Robert Hagerty, Chairman & CEO, Polycom
2:30pm
2:45pm
Afternoon Break
2:45pm
3:15pm
Industry Perspective
 • Alistair Woodman, Senior Director, Marketing, Cisco Systems
3:15pm
3:45pm
Industry Perspective
 • Mike Mccue, President & CEO, Tellme Networks
3:45pm
4:15pm
Industry Perspective
 • John Yoakum, Emerging Opportunities, Nortel Networks
4:15pm
4:30pm
Break
4:30pm
5:00pm
Industry Perspective
 • Walter Sousa, Chairman, MediaRing
5:00pm
5:30pm
Industry Perspective
 • Rick Jones, Operations Issues Director, NENA
5:30pm
6:00pm
Industry Perspective
 • Joe Rinde, President, Rinde Associates
6:00pm
8:00pm
Breakout Sessions
BoF: Internet2 & the Enterprise
 • Daniel Hague, Technologist, University of Michigan
 • Christine Moe, Engineering Systems Manager, Stanford University
 • Brad Noblet, Dartmouth
 • Pradip Patel, Manager, Transmission Systems, University of Michigan
 • Henning Schulzrinne, Professor, Columbia University
 • Ben Teitelbaum, Program Mgr, Voice & Integrated Communications, Internet2
BoF: Emergency Services
 • Richard Dickinson, Manager, Public Safety, Telecommunication Systems
 • Jim Keenan, V.P. of Wireline Sales, Intrado
 • Mark Lewis, Senior Consulting Engineer, Nortel Networks
 • Brian Rosen, VP, Technology Introduction, Marconi Communications, Inc.
 • Nate Wilcox, Systems Administrator, Vermont Enhanced 9-1-1
Free World Dialup User Group Meeting


Thursday, April 1, 2004
8:00am
9:00am
Registration & Continental Breakfast
9:00am
10:00am
General Session: The Road Ahead 2004
 • Jonathan Rosenberg, CTO, dynamicsoft
 • Brian Rosen, VP, Technology Introduction, Marconi Communications, Inc.
10:00am
10:30am
Industry Perspective
 • Henry Sinnreich, Distiguished Member of Engineering, MCI
10:30am
11:00am
Industry Perspective
 • David Beckemeyer, Distinguished Research Engineer, EarthLink, Inc.
11:00am
11:30am
Morning Break
11:30am
12:45
Breakout Sessions
Consumer Voice over Broadband Services
 • Alan Duric, CTO, Telio
 • Lee Goldberg, Sr. Editor, analogZONE
 • Bryan Martin, President & CEO, 8x8, Inc.
 • Ravi Sakaria, President/Co-Founder, VoicePulse
 • Ray Solnik, Strategic Markets Vice President, AT&T
 • Bryan Wiener, President, Global Services, Net2Phone
VoIP Technologies in Rural Areas
 • Joseph Bennett, VP of Marketing, Taqua
 • Dan Dearing, VP Marketing, NexTone Communications
 • Bob Harvey, Regional Manager, MetaSwitch
 • Paul Miller, Vice President, Tekelec
 • Jeff Paine, Area 51 Networks
Collaborative Software and conferencing
 • Michelle Blank, Chief Marketing Officer, Arel Comunications & Software
 • Alexander Kurganov, CTO, Webley Systems
 • Steve Parsons, Director of Product Management, NMS Communications
 • Staci Ples, Volvo Communications
 • Thomas Valovic, Program Director, IP Telephony, IDC
SIP Peering Strategies
 • Richard Grigonis, Editor in Chief, VON Magazine
 • Kaushik Patel, Director of Marketing, Technology Div., MediaRing
 • Itzik Parnafes, VP Business Development, Kagoor Networks
 • Sridhar Ramachandran, CTO, NexTone Communications
VOIP NOCs! Whats required inside to manage whats outside!
 • Paul Capozolli, Business Development Manager, Agilent Technologies
 • Janardhanan Pathangi, Group Project Manager, HCL Technologies
 • Frank Salm, Director, Product Management, Sylantro Systems
 • Jim Wilburn, Industry Consultant
What is VoIP's Lifecycle? How do Telco's adjust to Moore's Law
 • David Cork, COO, Natural Convergence
 • Majid Foodeei, System Architect, Centillium Communications
 • Joe Glynn, VP IP Product Innovations, Qwest
 • Ken Kalb, CEO, Continuous Computing
12:45
2:00pm
Lunch
2:00pm
3:15pm
Breakout Sessions
SIP Forum
 • Eric Burger, CTO, SnowShore Networks
 • Trefor Davies, ETphones.com
 • Andy Huckridge, Product Marketing, Spirent Communications
 • Edward Keegan, Director, Lukas Technologies
 • Robert Sparks, Software Engineer, dynamicsoft
 • Amir Zmora, Director, Product Marketing, RADVISION
Dolby VoIP? How close are we to better than PSTN sound?
 • Jack Douglass, Technical Marketing Manager, Spirent
 • Brian Glinsman, Executive Director, Product Management, Texas Instruments
 • Michael Keyhl, CEO, Opticom GmbH
 • Brough Turner, SVP & CTO, NMS Communications
Protecting your VoIP investment
 • Olivier Hersent, CEO, NetCentrex SA
 • Nancy Lambros, Principal MTS, SBC Technology Resources
 • Michel Moubarak, Director, System Architecture & Engineering, Natural Convergence
 • Pat Rudolph, Strategic Technologies, 3Com Corporation
 • Ari Rabban, VP , Corporate Development & Marketing, VocalTec Communications
Beyond Session Border Control
 • Micaela Giuhat, AVP Product Management, Netrake
 • Jim Hourihan, VP, Marketing & Product Mgmt., Acme Packet
 • Hank Hudson, Distinguished Member Technical Staff, Verizon
 • Kaushik Patel, Director of Marketing, Technology Div., MediaRing
 • Guy Redmill, Senior Market Development Manager, Brooktrout
Multimodal Messaging: Blending the voice with the rest of IP Communications
 • Sean Kent, Director of Architecture Tech., SS8 Networks
 • Alan Law, General Manager, pulver.com
 • Graeme Macarthur, VP Internet Applications Group, Data Connection
 • Scott Petrack, Senior Vice President, eDial
 • Arun Sobti, CEO and Chairman, IP Unity
Managing Voice Traffic on a Packet Network
 • Jerry Cady, President, PingTone Communications
 • Sam Galler, Vice President, Sales & Marketing, Tekno Telecom, LLC
 • Ed Guy, Free World Dialup
 • Stefan Pracht, Product Manager, Agilent
 • Peter Thompson, Director, Commercial Technology, U4EA Technologies Ltd.

Exhibit Hours:
  • Monday, March 29, 2004, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
  • Tuesday, March 30, 2004, 10:00am - 6:00pm
  • Wednesday, March 31, 2004, 10:00am - 4:00pm



 
 
 

 

 

 



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