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Held: 26-Feb-2008

Where: Six locations via TelePresence: Atlanda, Boxboro MA, New York, Washington DC, Amsterdam, London

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Boston participants paying close attention!


A full London studio enjoying another probing discussion


Cisco Telepresence made for a highly successful meeting
with all participants providing terrific feedback


39 participants in 8 Cisco Telepresence studios heard Peter Lockley's (WWF)
thought provoking keynote


Cisco's Green Czar, Paul Marcoux, shared his experiences and thoughts
with the Point Nine group

Agenda

US	London	Amster- dam	Title	Presenter/Facilitator
8:00	13:00	14:00	Welcome & Introduction	Richard Norris, Wainhouse Research (London)
8:10	13:10	14:10	Meeting in the Greenhouse: Teleconferencing as the 21st-century answer to business travel This Keynote presentation will provide an overview of the climatic challenges we face and aviation's current and future contribution. Peter will outline the role that Telepresence can have in the reduction of business travel and WWF's work in this field.	Peter Lockley, Head of Transport Policy, World Wildlife Fund (London)
9:10	14:10	15:10	Cisco and Green:  The IT Perspective Paul Marcoux will discuss the challenges, benefits and opportunities in Cisco's efforts to "greener" technologies and practices.  He'll touch on the opportunities for more efficient internal economics, as well as the role tech companies can play in promoting the sustainability efforts of their customers	Paul Marcoux, VP of Green Engineering, Cisco Systems (San Jose)
9:50	14:50	15:50	Break
10:05	15:05	16:05	Delivering the promise of TelePresence Now you have Telepresence, how do you make it work every time?? This presentation will look at some of the essential services such as scheduling, in-call service hotline and service/vendor management that high value-add service providers like BT can deliver to ensure success.	Scott Wilcoxen & Marc Hambley BT (Boxborough)
10:35	15:35	16:35	Demonstrating Social Responsibility Can Make You More Competitive In a world where the term “carbon footprint” is used to market everything from cars and homes to virtual servers, business leaders want to make sure that they are investing in green solutions that positively impact profitability – and not just the latest fad. With deep experience deploying TelePresence for some of the world’s largest multinationals, Dimension Data will demonstrate how this technology can be used to achieve both environmental goals and business objectives.	Martin Bowman, Managing Solutions Architect Dimension Data (Atlanta)
11:05	16:05	17:05	Point 9 Open Forum Telepresence is a 20 year old technology. Do multi-national corporations really believe that now is the time for it to make an impact, add competitive-edge and really reduce business travel? Or is this just a high-end, boardroom 'toy'? Our discussion will include current and prospective users of telepresence, discover the business drivers in their enterprises and learn of their success and challenges.	Round-Table Discussion Richard Norris Wainhouse Research (London)
11:50	16:50	17:50	Closing comments and wrap-up	Andrew Davis, Wainhouse Research (Boxborough)
12:10	17:10	18:10	Adjourn

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