Fall VON 2007 in Boston
I'll be VON from late Monday afternoon until Thursday afternoon next week. I'm speaking on the panel,
Trend Spotting on Thursday, November 1, 2007, 9:00am - 10:15am with:
• Ofer Gneezy, President & CEO, iBasis
• Timothy Jasionowski, Chief Technologist, Mobile Solutions Unit, Nokia
• (M) Todd Keefe, President, For Immediate Release, Inc.
• Don Price, Director Product Management Converged Communication Division, Avaya
• Brough Turner, SVP and CTO, NMS Communications
I haven't figured out my conference schedule in detail yet. I know I already have a few specific commitments and there are several sessions in the Innovator's track that I want to attend. Otherwise I expect to be at the unconference as much as time will allow.
Connect 2007 in Madrid
The following week I'll be in Madrid for the European Connect 2007 conference. Day One is mobile industry discussions between operators and major players in mobile applications and the mobile business ecosystem. Day Two is an NMS Developers conference.
Day One follows the panel discussion format, i.e. no (or very few) slides, but rather, articulate speakers with diverse points of view generating actual controversy on stage and via questions from the audience. This brings out a much better sense of the real issues than attending the usual trade show panel with talking heads promoting their companies' products and services.
I'm moderating the final panel of the first day using the same subject as in Boston on October 3rd, i.e.
Increasing Service Velocity
After much hype about IMS, the industry is increasingly focused on one of the many promises of this network evolution, "increased service velocity" for the operator. As part of the IMS architecture, the service delivery platform provides the means to create and deliver rich media applications quickly and easily in the operator's network. Unlike the silos that exist within operator networks today, the service delivery platform provides a horizontal layer that enables use of network resources for multiple applications. Is it all that simple? Hear from a panel of experts who are well-experienced in the realities of IMS and understand what's involved in improving service delivery and service velocity.
Panelists:
- Christoph Aktas, Strategy and Portfolio Development, Nokia Siemens Networks
- Douglas Tucker, CTO NA, Ubiquity Software Corporation
- Avraham (Bibi) Rosenbach, Co-founder, CEO, and President, Personeta
- Dean Bubley, Founder, Disruptive Analysis
Unlike the Boston conference, I've got more diversity on this panel, so the discussion should be even more exciting. :-)
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