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Ballroom G

7:00-9:00: Registration

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Ballroom C and D

8:00-9:00: Networking and Product Showcase

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Ballroom C

9:00-9:30: Keynote: TelcoTV: Our Next Generation Video for Rural America and More

• Mark Ellison, National Rural Telecommunication Cooperative, Senior Vice President, Legal and Business Affairs

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Ballroom C

9:30-10:10: So This Time Do the Telcos Have It Right?

From Pacific Bell's trials in Silicon Valley to Bell South's Hollywood partnerships, telcos have invested billions over the last decade trying to get video services to their customers. What's different this time? Can IP-enabled video services succeed where other technologies failed? Does anyone have a good business model? And why build the whole infrastructure when you can just buy small cable operators?

• Matthew Marnik, Nortel, Director, Marketing and Business Development, Broadband Networks Group

• Peter Percosan, Texas Instruments, Director, Broadband Strategy

• Matthew Goldman, Tandberg Television, Vice President Technology, Compression Systems

• Larry Vanston, Technology Futures Inc., President
• Moderator: Michael Stroud, iHollywood Forum, Founder

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Ballroom C

10:15-11:00: Wanted: A Few Good Boxes

Set-top box manufacturers, software companies and the telcos are racing to create boxes that serve as true gateways to the home for TV, data and voice services -- seamlessly serving rich content throughout the home. How close is that vision to reality? Who's got the best box? Should cable companies be worried?

• David Alsobrook, Scientific-Atlanta, Director, IPTV Products
• Gordon Lewandowski, i3 micro technology, Vice President, Americas
• Paul McCormick, Linksys/Cisco, Director Set Top Boxes
• Tom Walsh, Navic Networks, Senior Vice President
• Dale Smith, UK Trade & Investment, Vice Consul, Advisor on Information and Communication Technology
• Moderator: Bruce McGregor, Current Analysis, Analyst, Digital Home Services

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Ballroom D

11:00-11:20: Networking Break and Product Showcase

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Ballroom C

11:20-11:50: Keynote: SBC Project Lightspeed: Bringing IP-based Solutions to Customers

• Dan York, AT&T Operations Inc., Senior Vice President, Programming

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Ballroom C

11:50-12:05: Feature Presentation

Convergent BSS/OSS for TriplePlay Service Content
TriplePlay services increase billing processes and management of distributed multi vendor network architectures. How to bill multiple services? How to manage multi vendor network elements? How to avoid multiple invoices? How to provide single customer service point? This presentation will focus on convergent real time Billing and Network Management solutions which improve Service Provider’s internal Business (BSS) and Operations (OSS) processes, and further eliminate end-user’s discouragement of multiple bills or multiple customer services.

• Artur Skrygulec, ComArch, Business Development Director, Broadband Solutions

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Ballroom D

12:05-12:45: Lunch

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Ballroom C

12:45-1:15: Keynote: IPTV - Ready to Roll

• Phil Corman, Microsoft TV, Director, Worldwide Partner Development

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Ballroom C

1:15-2:00: Video: Is Content the Kingmaker?

The cable industry has been investing heavily in content to avoid becoming a pipeline with no ability to charge for programming. Does the telco industry have an advantage because they already operate without content revenue? How do programmers view IPTV? Is IPTV a threat because it seems like a wild frontier without content controls? Will IPTV be a cable “also ran” because content owners will demand protection of network operators? This panel will address perspectives from programmers, regulators, network operators, and security vendors.

• Tim Hanlon, Starcom MediaVest Group, Senior Vice President and Director, Emerging Contacts

• Erik Davis, ExtendMedia, Inc., Senior Vice President, Marketing

• Eran Wagner, Amdocs Products Group, Vice President, IPTV Solutions

• Kim Bangash, HorrorNet, Chief Executive Officer

• Stuart Lipson, SeaChange International, Vice President, Content Solutions
• Gary Hatch, ATCi, Chief Executive Officer
• Moderator: Howard Buskirk, Communications Business Daily, Associate Managing Editor and Communications Daily, Senior Editor

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Ballroom C

2:05-2:50: Enabling the Home Network

As cable companies know well, distributing content to multiple devices creates an opportunity for incremental revenue from customers and helps create loyalty. How does the equation change in an IP network? Should telcos push directly to wireless distribution or leverage wiring that already exists in the home? What security technologies are emerging to protect content? And how can customers be insulated from the network's complexity?

• Bill Correll, Sun Microsystems, Inc., Director, Broadband and Digital Media Technologies, Corporate Development
• Ian Jefferson, Entone Technologies, Vice President, Business Development

• Todd Law, Agilent Technologies, Business Development Manager, Data Networks

• Adam Powers, Coaxsys, Chief Technology Officer

• Whit Jackson, SecureMedia, Vice President, Business Development
• Ladd Wardani, MoCA, President
• Moderator: Chad Hart, Venture Development Corporation, Senior Analyst and Director, Datacom and Telecom Practice

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Ballroom C

2:55-3:40: Advanced Services: Beyond the Hype

The last five years have been filled with never-ending hype about video-on-demand, advanced pay-per-view services, interactive television, games and other advanced services. It's one thing to demonstrate them in the lab. How are they faring in the marketplace?

• Larry Vanston, Technology Futures Inc., President

• John Reed, Bluestreak, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

• Keith Wehmeyer, Thomson, General Manager, IP Video North America

• Ian Locke, Envivio, Vice President, Strategic Alliances

• Jay Fausch, Alcatel, Senior Director, Strategic Marketing, Fixed Communications Group

• Mark Gray, Kasenna Inc., Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer

• Moderator: Deepa Iyer, Parks Associates, Research Analyst

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Ballroom C

3:45-4:30: The PC as Entertainment Hub

PC makers are bidding to become part of the living room landscape, sporting remote controls and, soon, instant on-off capabilities. How will PCs be integrated into consumers' experience of television, music, video and gaming? How can cable operators and telcos exploit this new platform? How can existing TV video and music content be repurposed?

• Robert Hammond, Maven Networks, Vice President, Engineering
• Perry Solomon, FAST Search and Transfer Inc., Senior Director, Media Business Development
• Jeff Miller, ICTV, Inc., President and Chief Executive Officer
• Robin Wilson, Nagravision, Vice President, Business Development
• Yoav Tzruya, Exent, Vice President, Products and Market Strategy
• Moderator: Derek Kuhn, Broadband Services Forum, Chairman

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Ballroom D

4:30-5:00: Networking Reception in the Product Showcase

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5:00-7:00: Exhibit Hall Reception

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