Monday 23 May 2011

• 07.00 - 18.00
  BADGE PICK-UP AND ONSITE REGISTRATION
  Location: Hotel Lobby – Marriott Wardman Park Hotel
• 08.00 - 17.00
  EXHIBITION AND BILATERAL TABLES
  Location: Halls A, B & C, Exhibit Level
• All Day
  MEETINGS IN MEETING ROOMS
• 07.10 - 08.20
  ITW 2011 WELCOME BREAKFAST AND COFFEE

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  Location: Marriott Ballroom Salon 1, Lobby Level
  All ITW delegates are invited
• 08.20 - 09.50
  OFFICIAL ITW 2011 OPENING PLENARY SESSION
  Location: Marriott Ballroom Salons 2 & 3, Lobby Level
  All ITW delegates are invited
• 08.20
  Opening Welcome from ITW
  
• 08:30
  Opening Welcome on behalf of the Founders
  Michel Guyot , President, Global Voice Solutions, TATA COMMUNICATIONS
• 08:40
  Roundtable Discussion: Transforming the Carrier Business Model in 2020
  • Tech watch: innovation that will change the shape of the market
  • Generation Z – mobility and content demand- impact on bandwidth and services
  • Role of Carriers in nurturing innovation and leading the market
  • Shape of carrier business of the future
  The format of this roundtable will be a number of the world’s leading carriers sharing the platform with other innovative players that represent services and applications that will drive demand and impact carrier business
  
  Moderator: Derek Kerton , Principal Analyst, THE KERTON GROUP;
  Chairman of the TELECOM COUNCIL OF SILICON VALLEY
  
  Confirmed panelists:
  Daniel Kurgan , Chief Executive Officer, BICS
  Diarmid Massey , VP, Carrier Services, Global Markets, CABLE&WIRELESS WORLDWIDE
  Heribert Krautkremer , EVP International Carrier Sales, International Carrier Sales & Solutions (ICSS), DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG
  Alexandre Pebereau , Executive Vice President, International Carriers, ORANGE
  Marc Halbfinger , Chief Executive Officer, PCCW GLOBAL
  Matthew Carter , Jr. President, Sprint Wholesale Solutions, SPRINT NEXTEL CORPORATION
  
  Lior Netzer , VP, Mobile Network Strategy, AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES, INC
  Brian Curtis , Senior Director, Product Management, COMCAST
  Vincent Paquet , Senior Product Manager, GOOGLE VOICE
  Michael Gordon , Co-founder, LIMELIGHT NETWORKS, INC.
  
• 09:50
  Close of Roundtable Discussion
• 09:55
  Transitioning the Industry to IP: CEOs and senior executives from more than 20 leading carriers working together in the i3forum, gather to unveil their strategies and call for immediate action.
  
  Hear from:
  D. Kurgan, CEO, BICS
  N. Yuen, CEO, CITIC
  H. Krautkremer, VP International Carrier Sales, International Carrier Sales & Solutions (ICSS), DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG
  W. Offerhaus, CEO, IBASIS
  Y. Koide, COO, Carrier Relations, KDDI
  S. Saboo, President & COO, Neutral Tandem
  D. Andreou, CEO, OTEGLOBE
  M. Halbfinger, CEO, PCCW GLOBAL
  J. Melick, President, PRIMUS PTGI
  N. Barret, VP Roaming and Carrier Services, SFR
  M. Guyot, President Voice Solutions, TATA COMMUNICATIONS
  B. Iversen, CEO, Head of International Wholesale, TELENOR
  P. Ferrari, CEO, TELECOM ITALIA SPARKLE
  I. Tarazi, VP Network Engineering, VERIZON
  R. Ullens, CEO, VOXBONE
  
• 11:00
  Close of Plenary Session
• 09.30 - 11.00

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  MORNING COFFEE BREAK
  Location: Atrium, Exhibit Level
  All ITW delegates are invited
• 11.15 - 12.45
  FOCUS ON ASIA-PACIFIC: TAKING ADVANTAGE OF NEW OPPORTUNITIES TO INCREASE MARKET SHARE
  Location: Delaware A, Lobby Level
• 11.15 – 11.30
  Coffee and networking
• 11.30 – 11.45
  ANALYST PRESENTATION ON MARKET SHARES, CAPACITY REQUIREMENTS AND GROWTH STATISTICS OF THE ASIA-PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL CAPACITY MARKETS
  
  PRESENTER: Michael Ruddy , Director International Research, TERABIT CONSULTING
• 11.45 – 12.30
  EXECUTIVE ROUNDTABLE
  Measuring connectivity within the region; new cable development, route diversity and optimising existing connections
  • Is there enough capacity in place to support increasing demand for connectivity?
  • Which new wholesale services are driving growth across the region? Measuring development of cloud services, enterprise offerings and content delivery
  • Which markets in Asia-Pacific will see the strongest growth over the next 1-2 years?
  • Measuring development in Indochina, Southeast Asia and the Indian Subcontinent
  • Meeting capacity demands of international enterprises in major metropolitan hubs across China, Japan, Singapore and Australia
  
  MODERATOR: Mark Winther , Group VP & Consulting Partner, Worldwide Telecommunications, IDC
  
  PANELLISTS:
  Andrew Kwok , Senior Vice President - International Business, HUTCHISON GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS
  Frederick Chui , Senior Vice President Global Marketing & Sales, PCCW GLOBAL
  Pavel Zaytsev , Vice President, Commercial Director, ROSTELECOM
  Rozaimy Rahman , Executive Vice President Wholesale, TM Global, TELEKOM MALAYSIA BERHAD
  Will Hughs , President & CEO, TELSTRA INCORPORATED
  
• 12.30 – 12.45
  Coffee and networking
• 13.30 – 15.30

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  POPCORN BREAK
  Location: Atrium, Exhibit Level
  All ITW delegates are invited
• 14.00 – 16.00

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  SPONSORED ROUNDTABLE
  Location: Virginia A, Lobby Level
  All ITW delegates are invited
  
  OPENED BY MEF PRESIDENT, NAN CHEN, THE "ENABLING YOUR WHOLESALE ACCESS BUSINESS" ROUNDTABLE WILL EXAMINE:
  • Global trends for Carrier Ethernet: Why businesses are buying Layer 2 Ethernet Business Services;
  • How Ethernet will enable new applications such as cloud computing;
  • How the standardisation and certification of a new breed of access services will facilitate partnerships, shorten provisioning; times and encourage more stringent SLAs;
  • How Carrier Ethernet Exchanges are changing the landscape and enabling the globalization of Ethernet Services;
  • What Service Providers need to do to win in this high growth market segment.
  
  
• 14.00
  Global Carrier Ethernet Report Card
  • Carrier Ethernet major global trends & milestones
  • Standardisation of Ethernet access services & the new opportunity for the wholesale community
  • Market impact of interconnect advancements
  • MEF Certification Programs - Dynamic Ethernet and the Cloud Computing
  Nan Chen , President, MEF
  
  
• 14.20
  Global Interconnect: Enabling Your Wholesale Business
  • MEF Ethernet Access Services - definition of new service types
  • Interconnect Options: Carrier Ethernet exchanges and direct connects
  • Carrier Ethernet Exchange Definitions and deployment considerations
  MEF Global Interconnect Working Group Representatives:
  Eric Gillenwater , Senior Vice President, Worldwide Development, CENX
  Craig Waldrop ,MEF Co-Chair, Senior Product Manager, EQUINIX
  
  
  
• 15.00
  Wholesale Services & Inteconnect Roundtable
  • Ethernet Access Services: Are they ready for prime time?
  • Reviewing the state of Ethernet existing interconnects
  • Impact of exchanges on regional, national and global Ethernet services coverage
  • Global SLAs - Are they meeting customer needs?
  MODERATOR: Kevin Vachon , COO, MEF
  
  Panellists:
  Eric Gillenwater , Senior Vice President, Worldwide Development, CENX
  George Szlosarek , COO, EPSILON TELECOMMUNICATIONS
  Davis Amland , Carrier Services Director, ROMTELECOM
  Les Williams , Director of Ethernet Exchange Services, TELX
• 16.00
  Close of Roundtable
• 14.00 – 15.30
  SPOTLIGHT ON INDIA: IDENTIFYING KEY MARKET DEVELOPMENTS AND FUTURE GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES
  Location: Delaware A, Lobby Level
• 14.00 – 14.15
  Coffee and networking
• 14.15 – 14.30
  ANALYST PRESENTATION ON MARKET SHARES, CAPACITY REQUIREMENTS AND GROWTH STATISTICS IN THE INDIAN CARRIER MARKET
  
  PRESENTER: Cody Williams , Analyst, TELEGEOGRAPHY,
• 14.30 – 15.15
  EXECUTIVE ROUNDTABLE
  Examining the leading opportunities for growth in the Indian carrier market
  • current penetration rates for voice and data services
  • projected growth over the next 1-2 years
  • Anticipating the impact of the spread of access across the region; 2.5G, 3G, LTE
  • predicting the increase in demand for capacity from newly connected markets
  • measuring the shift from basic voice services to data services and the impact of social media
  • Evaluating current and future need for new advanced international connections
  • new strategic connections and the impact they will have on traffic flow
  • understanding the role of India as a transit route between Asia and Europe
  • Measuring the impact of proposed regulatory changes across the region
  • changing spectrum and VoIP regulations and their impact on carrier networks>
  
  MODERATOR: Cody Williams , Analyst, TELEGEOGRAPHY
  
  PANELLISTS:
  Damian McCabe , General Manager US, BHARTI AIRTEL 
  Abhijit Barua  , SVP Business Development, SIFY
  Christopher Almeida , Senior Vice President, TATA COMMUNICATIONS
  Deepinder Singh Bedi , Executive Director, TULIP TELECOM  
  
• 15.15 - 15.30
  Coffee and networking
  
• 15.00 – 17.00

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  SPONSORED ROUNDTABLE
  Location: Maryland B, Lobby Level
  All ITW delegates are invited
  
  CARRIER ETHERNET EXCHANGE – TODAY, TOMORROW AND BEYOND
  • Industry drivers and marketplace forecast for Ethernet services growth and development
  • Key Exchange-related developments over the past year: technology, MEF standards, vendor landscape, etc.
  • Benefits of joining an Exchange – Addressing network reach, wireless backhaul solutions, access to advanced IP services and Content
  • Advantages to Living in a Hybrid Environment - Ethernet Exchange Alternatives
  • Use Cases - Leveraging Ethernet Exchange to Achieve Goals, Support New Business Opportunities. How to capitalize on this innovative networking technology, where should you deploy and why.
  • The future of Ethernet Exchange: Beyond Carriers. The case for Ethernet Exchange in the cloud: the value proposition of its one-to-many architecture for cloud vendors and end-users
  
  PRESENTATIONS FROM:
  Glenn Calafati , VP & GM Interconnection Services, TELX
  Rosemary Cochran , Principal, VERTICAL SYSTEMS GROUP
  
  Q&A PANEL DISCUSSION
  Moderator: Rosemary Cochran , Principal, VERTICAL SYSTEMS GROUP
  
  PANELLISTS:
  Rajiv Datta , Chief Operating Officer, ABOVENET 
  Jeff Beer  , Regional Vice President, NEUTRAL TANDEM
  Gina Nomellini , Chief Marketing Officer, ONE SOURCE NETWORKS
  Sean Baillie , Vice President and General Manager, Intellifiber, a PAETEC fiber services company
  Glenn Calafati , VP & GM Interconnection Services, TELX
  
  
• 15.15 – 16.30

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  AFTERNOON COFFEE BREAK
  Location: Atrium, Exhibit Level
  All ITW delegates are invited