At The HD Communications Summit
we will be exploring the issues associated with the widespread
deployment of HD VoIP,
I believe HD voice holds the same promise for the telecom industry as
format changes in the entertainment industry. With enough interest,
together we can trigger a worldwide replacement cycle like the one
observed currently with HDTV. This is an opportunity that can not be
ignored and one that will get the attention of the entire telecom ecosystem.
The road ahead isn’t going to be easy. There is a lot of work
ahead for all of us. From helping to educate the worldwide consumers
about the promise of HD VoIP to the issues surrounding widespread
adoption and implementation issues. But the underlying technology we
need already exists and from my perspective it is just a matter of
time. Eventually the telecom industry will adopt and support the
widespread use of HD Voice. With the right support and attention we
can be a catalyst for change and make a difference and make something
inevitable, happen NOW. In the process we will have a chance to reboot Telecom.
And this reboot process will start on May 21st at
the HD Communications Summit.
Below is the working (draft) agenda for the event:
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HD Communications Summit
New World Stages
340 West 50th Street, New York, New York
(Special thanks to our sponsors: AudioCodes, Global IP Solutions, Polycom, Gigaset Communications USA and Snom.)
8:30 - 9:30 - Registration / Networking
9:30 - 9:40 -
Welcome
9:40 -10:00 - Jeff
Pulver - "HD Telecom Reboot"
State of the Art:
10:00 - 10:20 - Nimrod Borovsky, VP Marketing, Enterprise
Business Group, AudioCodes
10:20 - 10:40 - Jeff Rodman, co-founder, CTO Voice Division, Polycom
10:40 - 11:00 - Martyn Humphries, VP/GM, VoIP Line of Business, Broadcom
11:00 - 11:20 - Jan Linden, VP Engineering, Global IP Solutions
11:20 - 11:40 - Rod Keller, President and CEO, Gigaset
Communications USA
11:40 - 12:10 - HD Codec Panel: Moderator - Jason
Johnson, VP Licensing, Dolby Labs
- A. Ryan Heidari, Director Technical and Product Marketing, Qualcomm
- Jan Linden, VP Engineering, Global IP Solutions
- Jeff Rodman, co-founder, CTO Voice Division, Polycom
12:10 - 12:30 - Dr. Donald Bowen, Technical
Staff, AT&T Labs
12:30 - 1:00 - HD Audio Quality Panel: Moderator
- Daniel Petrie, CEO, SIPez
- Alon Cohen, CTO, Phone.com
- Heinz Teutsch, MTS, Avaya Labs
- Chalan Aras, VP of Product Marketing, Polycom
1:00 - 2:00 - Lunch - Sponsored by DECT Forum, Rick
Krupka, Vice Chairman US Working Group
Deployment:
2:00 - 2:20 - Christian Stredicke, founder and CEO, Snom
2:20 - 2:50 - HD Broadband Telco Panel: Moderator -
Brough Turner, Chief Strategy Officer, Dialogic
- Rich Buchanan, CMO, Ooma
- William Bumbernick, CEO, Alteva
- John Hendry, CTO, M5 Networks
2:50 - 3:20 - HD Digital Phone Cable Panel:
Moderator - Dave Burstein, Editor, DOCSYS Report
- Michael Rude, VP Business Development, DSP Group
- Mike Jablon, VP Digital Phone Product Strategy, Time Warner
- Eric Rosenfeld, VP, Network Architecture, Cablelabs
3:20 - 3:40 - Benoit de Boursetty, Director FTNA, FT-Orange
3:40 - 4:10 - HD Cellular Panel:
- Jean Pierre Casara, Head of HD voice products, FT-Orange
- James Tagg, Chief Architect, Truphone
- Mahesh Makhijani, Director Technical Marketing, Qualcomm
4:10 - 4:30 - Jason Fischl, Director Developer Relations, Skype
4:30 - 4:50 - Terry Robinson, UCS Solutions Management, Avaya
4:50 - 5:20 - HD Enterprise Panel: Moderator - Slava
Borilin, VP Products, Spirit DSP
- Jai Sudharsan, VP Global Strategy and Offers, Avaya
- Mike Storella, Director Business Development, Snom
- Alan Percy, Director Business Development, AudioCodes
5:20 - 5:50 - HD Interconnection Panel: Moderator - Mike Stanford,
former Director, VoIP Strategy, Intel
- Dave Frankel, CEO, ZipDX
- Anatoli Levine, Director Product Management,
RADVISION and President, IMTC
- Daniel Berninger, CEO, FWD
5:50 - 6:00 - Wrap up - Joseph Rinde, President, Rinde Associates
6:00 - 7:30 - Cocktail Reception / Networking / Demos
(Schedule Subject to Change
without Notice)
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Registration for the HD Communications Summit is now
open. Seating is limited. Register today and join us as we
explore HD Communications and together set the agenda on how we can
reboot Telecom.
Sponsored by: AudioCodes, Global IP Solutions | Polycom | Gigaset Communications USA | Snom.
Note: At the HD Communications Summit there will be vendors
demonstrating their products and their platforms and we will take a
look at the issues and challenges for the transformation of the
existing communications infrastructure into one which supports HD. If
you are interested in exhibiting and/or sponsoring this event, please
send email to: jeff@pulver.com.