Jeff Pulver blogged up the latest agenda for HD Comm ’09 on September 15, 2009 last night; we reproduce it here for your convenience.
As a reminder/FYI , you can save 20% from registration for the HD Comm ‘09 event in New York City on September 15 by using the code “HDConnectNow.”
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HD Communications Summit Agenda
(as of August 18, 2009)
- Welcome – Daniel Berninger, Executive Director, HDConnect
- Jeff Pulver – CEO, pulver.com – “Accelerating the Conversion to HD”
Step 1 – The HD Technology Roadmap
- Nimrod Borovsky, VP Marketing, Enterprise Business Group, AudioCodes
- Martyn Humphries, VP/GM, VoIP Line of Business, Broadcom
- Jan Linden, VP Engineering, Global IP Solutions
Case Study: Lessons Learned from SD to HDTV
Robert Graves, Chairman, ATSC Forum
HD Innovations Panel: Moderator – Slava Borlin, VP Products, SpiritDSP
- Mike Eastman, VP Sales, WYDEVoice
- Alan Percy, Director Business Development, AudioCodes
- A. Ryan Heidari, Director Technical and Product Marketing, Qualcomm
Step 2 – Triggering End User Demand
Jeff Rodman, co-founder, CTO Voice Division, Polycom
Rick Krupka, VP Business Communication Services, Uniden
HD in Action Panel: Moderator – Daniel Petrie, CEO, SIPEz
- Joyce Kim, VP Marketing, Global IP Solutions
- Chalan Aras, VP of Product Marketing, Polycom
- Dave Frankel, CEO, ZipDX
Step 3 – Toward a Fully Functioning HD Ecosystem
- Josh Bottum, Director Business Development, Cisco
- Mike Rude, VP Business Development, DSPGroup
The HD Value Chain Panel Moderator – Michael Stanford, WireEvolution
- Michael Jablon, VP Digital Phone Strategy, Time Warner
- Tony Stankus, Product Manager Emerging Technologies,Gigaset Communications USA
- Mike Storella, Director Business Development, snom
HD Carrier Interconnection Panel:
Moderator – Daniel Berninger, Executive Director, HDConnect
- Eli Katz, founder and CEO, XConnect
- John Butz, Director New Product Development, Neutral Tandem
- Alan Bugos, VP Advanced Technology and Engineering, iBasis (invited)
Step 4 – The Path to HD Mass Market Adoption
- Rod Keller, CEO, Gigaset Communications USA
- Alla Reznick, Dir Product Management, Global Advanced Services, Verizon
Mobile VoIP Panel:
Moderator – Brough Turner, Chief Strategy Officer, Dialogic
- Tobias Kemper, VP Social Media and Communication, Nimbuzz
- Diego Besprosvan, CTO, MailVision
- Mahesh Makhijani, Director Technical Marketing, Qualcomm
Perspectives on HD Tipping Points Panel
Moderator – Doug Mohney, Editor in Chief, HDConnectNow
- Anatoli Levine, Director Product Management, RADVISION and President, IMTC
- Richard Buchanan, Chief Marketing Officer, Ooma
- Jake MacLeod, VP and CTO, Bechtel Communications(invited)
Networking Reception
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