Becoming a true converged communications and entertainment provider is demanded by today’s competitive landscape. Attend Telephony’s IPTV Workshop and get a clear picture of the content, infrastructure and marketing strategies necessary for a successful IPTV offering and high-quality customer experience.

You'll hear from top service providers that have deployed IPTV, network infrastructure vendors and other technology developers, and representatives from the video programming and content sectors.

Join telephony and learn how to leverage content on multiple platforms, how IPTV providers expect to differentiate their services, what are the best video delivery options and how it impacts your network, what are the emerging standards for quality-of-service and how will security threats factor into network strategy.

Monday, October 29, 2007

Telephony's IPTV Workshop: Redefining Video
8:00am
9:00am
Registration
Breakfast
9:00am
9:15am
Opening Address
 • Lyn Cantor, Vice President of Worldwide Sales & Marketing, Communications Business, Tektronix Inc.
9:15am
9:45am
Industry Q&A
with Carol Wilson, Editor-in-Chief, Telephony
 • Tara Maitra, Vice President, General Manager of Programming, TiVo Inc.
9:45am
10:45am
Redefining Video: The Service Provider Edge
 • Rory Altman, Director, Co-Founder, Altman Vilandrie & Company
 • Danny Briere, CEO, TeleChoice, Inc.
 • Manish Matta, Director of International Marketing, UTStarcom
 • (M) Carol Wilson, Editor-at-Large, Telephony magazine
10:45am
11:00am
Networking Break
11:00am
12:00
Quality Concerns: The IPTV Hit-or-Miss Issue
 • Deepesh Arora, Director of Applications & Service Testing, Ixia
 • Dr. Mike Hollier, CTO, Psytechnics
 • Mike Humes, Product Manager, IPTV Solutions, Tektronix, Inc.
 • (M) Rich Karpinski, Executive Features Editor, Telephony Magazine/TelephonyOnline
12:00
1:30pm
Lunch
1:30pm
2:00pm
The Analyst View
 • Steven Hawley, Principal and Consultant Analyst, Advanced Media Strategies
2:00pm
3:00pm
Security in an IPTV World
 • Steven Hawley, Principal and Consultant Analyst, Advanced Media Strategies
 • Meir Lehrer, Vice President of US Technical Sales and Partnership Program, NDS Ltd.
 • Manish Singh, Vice President of Field Engineering, Continuous Computing
 • (M) Carol Wilson, Editor-at-Large, Telephony magazine
3:00pm
3:15pm
Networking Break
3:15pm
3:45pm
Keynote Address
 • Alan Young, Senior Vice President & Chief Technology Officer, SES Americom
3:45pm
4:45pm
Architectural Evolution: Building IPTV Networks
 • David Foote, CTO, Hitachi Telecom USA
 • Sam Harlan, Director of Video Services, CHR Solutions
 • (M) Rich Karpinski, Executive Features Editor, Telephony Magazine/TelephonyOnline
 • Maribel Lopez, Vice President and Principal Analyst, Forrester Research
6:00pm
8:00pm
Welcome Reception