Keynote, BAS and Panel Session Notes:
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Keynotes

Date of Session: Session Title: Presentation Title: Speaker / Author of Presentation:
Monday 29 April Keynote: Opening Plenary Communication Evolution Dr. Ravi Sethi, President, Avaya Labs
Tuesday 30 April

Keynote



Panel

Unlocking the Power of New Communications Technology


COMSOC at 50: A Retrospective

Mark Wegleitner, Senior Vice-President – Technology, Chief Technology Officer, Verizon Communications

Panel Discussion Chair: Dr. Robert Lucky, Corporate Vice President, Applied Research, Telcordia Technologies
Panel Members: Fred Andrews, Paul Green, Robert E. Hahn, Jack McDonald, Mischa Schwartz

Wednesday 1 May Keynote Network Convergence Dr. Michael Hluchyj, Founder & CTO, Sonus Networks

 

Panel & Business Application Sessions
Monday, 29 April
Session Title: Presentation Title: Speaker / Author of Presentation:
How to Prepare Engineers for Tomorrow's Networks
Security and Information Assurance Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities and Solutions Timothy Tsai, Avaya Labs, USA
Network Reliability - Perspectives from Industry Leadership
September 11 NYC WTC Wireless Emergency Response Search and Rescue Effort
Tuesday, 30 April
Session Title: Presentation Title: Speaker / Author of Presentation:
Internet QoS: Technology, Status, and Deployment Customer-Controlled Intelligent Networks Rick Wilder, Masergy, USA
Business Applications For Internet QoS Andrew Malis, Vivace Networks, Inc.
Business Issues for QoS Deployments Sean S. B. Moore, Cetacean Networks, Inc.
QoS: Show Me The Money Peter Sevcik, NetForecast, Inc.
Innovative Telecommunications Developments in Emerging and Transition Economies Innovative Telecommunications Market Developments
in Russia

Zubarev Comments
Yuri Zubarev, Institute, Russian Federation, IEEE Region 8
A Modern Public Telecom Platform
Bordeaux Comments
Antonio Carlos Bordeaux Rego, Telecommunications R&D Center, Brazil, IEEE Region 9
Innovative Telecommunications Developments in Emerging and Transition Economies Ferdo Ivanek, Communications Research, Panel Organizer Chair
Home Networking - The Technology
Wednesday, 1 May
Session Title: Presentation Title: Speaker / Author of Presentation:
Metropolitan Networks: Trends, Technologies, and Evolutions RPR and Ethernet : Strategic Options in Metro Networks Charles Barry, Luminous Networks
Metropolitan Networks: Trends, Technologies, and Evolutions Nasir Ghani, Sorrento Networks Inc.
SONET & Ethernet: Fork in the Road.....Or A Merger? Andrew Knotts, White Rock Networks
Up & Down the Food Chain Perspectives on the Communications Equipment Landscape Hasan Imam, Thomas Weisel Partners
Metro Optical Networking: Where's the Action? Ronald J. Kline, Metro & Long-Haul Transport, RHK
Optical Internetworking - Myth or Reality? Objective, Drivers and Requirements of Optical Standards Gerry Baranano, NortelNetworks
The Role of NMS in Intelligent Optical Networks Ann von Lehmen, Telcordia
Optical Internetworking - Myth or Reality A Carrier Perspective John Strand, AT&T
The Future of Third-Generation Networks

Emerging 3G Wireless and Beyond
Part 1
Part 2

Klaus-D. Kohrt, Siemens AG, Munich
UMTS: Status of Development, Opportunities & Threats Francesco Vatalaro, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
Wireless Local-Area Networks: Technologies and Business Opportunities Wireless Local-Area Networks: Technologies and Business Opportunities Kin K. Leung, AT&T Labs-Research
Wi-Hi: The Next Big Thing? Paul S. Henry, AT&T Labs-Research
Wireless Hotspots and WISP Roaming Joel Short, Nomadix, USA
IEEE 802.11 Standard Activities H.R. Worstell, Vice Chair-IEEE P802.11, AT&T Labs-Research
Convergence of 3G and WLANs Kumar Balachandran, Ericsson Research, USA