Day 1 - Wednesday afternoon, July 19, 2006
Desktop Collaboration Showcase

Start

A series of short presentations and demonstrations centering around desktop collaboration and personal videoconferencing solutions

Speaker

12:00 PM

Registration and refreshments

1:00 PM

Part 1:  A look at multiple  paradigms for desktop collaboration products and services, including integrated functionality and stand-alone solutions for conferencing, collaboration, and streaming

2:30 PM

Refreshment break and demonstrations

3:00 PM

Part 2:  A look at multiple  paradigms for desktop collaboration products and services, including integrated functionality and stand-alone solutions for conferencing, collaboration, and streaming

4:30 PM

Demo and wine reception

Sponsored by POLYCOM

5:30 PM

Adjourn

Day 2 - Thursday, July 20, 2006

Start

Theme:  A fresh look at the videoconferencing paradigm

Speaker

8:00 AM

Registration and continental breakfast

Sponsored by Microsoft

9:00 AM

Market review:  From videoconferencing to IP communications (details)

Andrew Davis / WR

9:15 AM

KEYNOTE: Reflections on collaboration: After 25 years and $1bn what have we learned? (details)

John Parkinson /
Parkwood Advisors

10:00 AM

The Conferencing Curmudgeon: Will the Internet be permitted to grow up? (details)

Scott O. Bradner

10:30 AM

Coffee Break

Sponsored by AREL

11:00 AM

The Benefits of Unified Communications in the Restaurant Industry (details)

Ken Chaisson, VP Information Technology, Legal Seafoods

11:30 AM

A different perspective:  An SMB IT director's view of IP collaboration (details) 

Mark Weinstein/Charles River Ventures

12:00 PM

LUNCH

Sponsored by TANDBERG

1:30 PM

MPLS for videoconferencing and web casting: design, implementation, and lessons learned (details)

Steve Bleiberg / Pfizer

2:10 PM

Delivering Medical Services via IP Video (details)

Ron Riesenbach /
North Network

2:50 PM

Justifying rich media collaboration at a global organization (details)

Ron Cuevas/AIG

3:15 PM

Coffee Break

Sponsored by AREL

3:45 PM

Rebuilding a collaborative communications infrastructure for videoconferencing and webcasting (details)

David Danto /
Lehman Brothers

4:15 PM

END USER Panel Discussion:  Networks and services for voice and video:  are we really moving in the right direction

John Parkinson /
Parkwood Advisors
Steve Bleiberg / Pfizer
Isaac Falvey/Reed Smith LLP

5:00 PM

Networking cocktail reception - food

Sponsored by LIFESIZE

Networking cocktail reception - entertainment

Sponsored by RADVISION

Day 3 - Friday, July 21 2006

Start

Theme:  Integrating collaboration technologies into common workflow tools and business processes

Speaker

8:00 AM

Registration and continental breakfast

Sponsored by MASERGY

8:45 AM

Welcome

Andrew Davis / WR

9:00 AM

KEYNOTE: Pushing the Envelope without Pulling the Rug (details)

Lev Gonick / Case Western Reserve University

9:45 AM

Unified Communications: Our Cheese is Moving, but Where? (details)

Brent Kelly / WR

10:15 AM

What is the U in UC Anyway? (details)

Ed Wadbrook / Microsoft

10:45 AM

Coffee Break

Sponsored by
Verizon Business

11:15 AM

Streamline Business Processes with Unified Communications (details)

Vickie McGovern / Cisco

11:45 AM

From Meetings in America to Meetings Around the World (details)

Bill Versen /
Verizon Business

12:15 PM

Lunch

Sponsored by AGT

1:15 PM

From Network Analysis to Service Delivery:  deploying IP video in the real world (details)

Joe O'Donnell / VCT

1:45 PM

Selecting a vendor:  Why RFPs Fail

Ira Weinstein/WR

2:05 PM

Panel Discussion: Unified Collaborative Communications - value vs. complexity; does UCC really make sense; are customers buying the story; and what developments should we be on the watch for?

Mike Valetutti / AGT
Ed Wadbrook / Microsoft
Mark Roberts / Polycom
Bob Romano / Radvision
Rick Snyder / Tandberg

3:00 PM

Wrap Up and Adjourn

Wainhouse Research