{"id":4269,"date":"2006-03-02T18:18:43","date_gmt":"2006-03-02T18:18:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/e-commerce\/voip-peering-keynote-in-miami.html"},"modified":"2006-03-02T18:18:43","modified_gmt":"2006-03-02T18:18:43","slug":"voip-peering-keynote-in-miami","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/voip\/voip-peering-keynote-in-miami.html","title":{"rendered":"VoIP Peering Keynote in Miami"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/city \/>Join me in Miami<\/place \/><\/city \/> for my keynote at the Voice Peering Forum. I declared 2006 as the year of VoIP peering and I think I was spot on. Come to this forum and find out where the world of VoIP peering is today and where we are going in the future.<\/p>\n

Here are the details:
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Voice Peering ForumTM<\/sup><\/span>
<\/span>Spring 2006<\/span>
<\/span>March 30 & 31 (Thursday & Friday), Miami, FL, USA
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Register Now via vProfile<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0(see Attendee Qualifications<\/font><\/a>)<\/p>\n

<\/span>The Forum<\/p>\n

<\/span>Stealth Communications<\/a> is pleased to announce the <\/span>Voice Peering Forum Spring 2006<\/span>, with our local host Progress Telecom<\/a>. The forum will be held on Thursday and Friday, March 30-31, 2006 at Wyndham Miami Beach Resort, in Miami<\/city \/>, Florida<\/state \/><\/place \/>.<\/p>\n

With the success of the Voice Peering Forum Fall 2005<\/a>, VPF continues to bring together industry experts who are c-level executives and business directors to share their insights on the latest business and technology implementations while keeping you up-to-date on current issues and treads.<\/p>\n

Come and learn how VPF Members and Partners reduce their operating costs, simplify their network and increase revenues through:<\/p>\n

Voice Peering Implementations
Bi-Lateral Peering (Least-Cost-Routing) and Multi-Lateral Peering (ENUM)
Transitioning to IP based trunking for voice origination, voice termination and SS7
Voice Peering Technologies and Techniques
Strategy, Design and Best Practices for VoIP Security & QoS<\/p>\n

The Voice Peering Forum Spring 2006 will also feature:
One-on-One Meetings and General Networking with 350+ attendees
Tutorials and crash courses on VoIP gateways, session controllers and testing equipment
Guide to key Carrier Hotels and Ethernet Providers of North America<\/p>\n

Join us at the Voice Peering Forum Spring 2006!<\/p>\n

<\/span>Preliminary Agenda

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Thursday, March 30, 2006<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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08:00 am – 09:00 am<\/span><\/p>\n

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Registration, Networking & Continental Breakfast<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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09:00 am – 09:30 am<\/span><\/p>\n

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Keynote Address
<\/span><\/b>Keynote Speaker<\/span><\/u><\/b>:
<\/span><\/b>Gary Kim, Editor-in-Chief, VoIP Business News<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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09:30 am – 10:15 am<\/span><\/p>\n

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Welcome and Introduction
<\/span><\/b>Presentation by<\/span><\/u><\/b>:
<\/span><\/b>Shrihari Pandit, President & CEO, Stealth Communications<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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10:15 am – 10:30 am<\/span><\/p>\n

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Coffee Break<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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10:30 am – 11:30 am<\/span><\/p>\n

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Voice Peering implementations by VPF Members
<\/span><\/b>Moderator<\/span><\/u><\/b>:<\/span><\/b>
<\/span><\/b>Gary Kim, Editor-in-Chief, VoIP Business News<\/span><\/i><\/b>
<\/span><\/b>Panelists<\/span><\/u><\/b>:<\/span><\/b>
<\/span><\/b>Dave Ioime, Senior Product Manager, AT&T Wholesale<\/span><\/i><\/b>
<\/span><\/b>Alan R. Bugos, VP of Engineering, iBasis<\/span><\/i><\/b>
<\/span><\/b>Jeff Bak, Manager Product Marketing, Teleglobe<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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11:30 pm – 12:30 pm<\/span><\/p>\n

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Strategic Discussion: Maximizing Margins via Bi-Lateral Peering
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<\/span><\/b>Speaker TBA<\/span><\/i><\/b>
<\/span><\/b>Panelists<\/span><\/u><\/b>:<\/span><\/b>
<\/span><\/b>Jean Gottschalk, President & CEO, 3U Telecom<\/span><\/i><\/b>
<\/span><\/b>Don MacNeil, Vice President, Carrier Services, XO Communications<\/span><\/i><\/b>
<\/span><\/b>Speaker TBA, Telecom New Zealand<\/place \/><\/span><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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12:30 pm – 01:45 pm<\/span><\/p>\n

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Luncheon and Sponsor Table-Tops<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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01:45 am – 02:15 am<\/span><\/p>\n

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Keynote Address
<\/span><\/b>Keynote Speaker<\/span><\/u><\/b>:
<\/span><\/b>Stephan Beckert, Director of Research, TeleGeography<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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02:15 pm – 03:15 pm<\/span><\/p>\n

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Strategic Discussion: Reducing OPEX via Multi-Lateral Peering
<\/span><\/b>Moderator<\/span><\/u><\/b>:<\/span><\/b>
<\/span><\/b>Hunter Newby, Chief Strategy Officer, The telx<\/sup> Group<\/span><\/i><\/b>
<\/span><\/b>Panelists<\/span><\/u><\/b>:<\/span><\/b>
<\/span><\/b>Steve Liese, Director of Product Marketing, Carrius Technologies<\/span><\/i><\/b>
<\/span><\/b>Kevin Han, SVP of Strategic Relations, VoEx<\/span><\/i><\/b>
<\/span><\/b>Additional Speakers TBA<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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03:15 pm – 04:15 pm<\/span><\/p>\n

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Transitioning SS7 and TCAP services into an IP world
<\/span><\/b>Moderator<\/span><\/u><\/b>:<\/span><\/b>
<\/span><\/b>Speaker TBA<\/span><\/i><\/b>
<\/span><\/b>Panelists<\/span><\/u><\/b>:<\/span><\/b>
<\/span><\/b>Speaker TBA, AT&T Wholesale<\/span><\/i><\/b>
<\/span><\/b>Dan Lyman, Vice President of Product Man
\nagement, TNS<\/span><\/i><\/b>
<\/span><\/b>Terri Dory, Product Marketing, VeriSign<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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04:15 pm – 06:15 pm<\/span><\/p>\n

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Networking, Sponsor Table-Tops and Cocktail Reception<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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Friday, March 31, 2006<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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07:00 am – 08:15 am<\/span><\/p>\n

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Registration, Networking & Continental Breakfast<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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08:15 am – 08:30 am<\/span><\/p>\n

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Welcome, Recap of Day 1 and Intro to Day 2 Agenda<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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08:30 am – 08:45 am<\/span><\/p>\n

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Keynote Address
<\/span><\/b>Keynote Speaker<\/span><\/u><\/b>:
<\/span><\/b>Rich Tehrani, President, Technology Marketing Corp (TMC)<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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08:45 am – 09:30 am<\/span><\/p>\n

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Strategic Discussion: Inside the Carrier Hotels
<\/span><\/b>Moderator<\/span><\/u><\/b>:<\/span><\/b>
<\/span><\/b>Speaker TBA<\/span><\/i><\/b>
<\/span><\/b>Panelists<\/span><\/u><\/b>:<\/span><\/b>
<\/span><\/b>John Savageau, SVP Operations, CRG-West\/One Wilshire<\/span><\/i><\/b>
<\/span><\/b>Hunter Newby, Chief Strategy Officer, The telx<\/sup> Group<\/span><\/i><\/b>
<\/span><\/b>Chris Crosby, Senior VP, Digital Realty Trust<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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09:30 am – 10:45 am<\/span><\/p>\n

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Voice Peering Technologies & Techniques
<\/span><\/b>Topics: SIP & H323 Trunking, ENUM and Least-Cost-Routing
<\/span><\/b>Moderator<\/span><\/u><\/b>:<\/span><\/b>
Greg Hadlock, Director of Network Operations, Progress Telecom<\/i>
<\/span><\/b>Panelists<\/span><\/u><\/b>:<\/span><\/b>
Victor Bozzo, VP of Sales, NexTone<\/i>
Dr. Christian Stredicke, Founder & CEO, SNOM Technology<\/i>
Additional Speakers TBA<\/i><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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10:45 am – 11:00 am<\/span><\/p>\n

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Coffee Break<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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11:00 am – 12:15 am<\/span><\/p>\n

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Strategy, Design and Best Practices for VoIP Security & QoS
<\/span><\/b>Moderator<\/span><\/u><\/b>:<\/span><\/b>
<\/span><\/b>Speaker TBA<\/span><\/i><\/b>
<\/span><\/b>Panelists<\/span><\/u><\/b>:<\/span><\/b>
<\/span><\/b>Jeff Fried, CTO, Empirix<\/span><\/i><\/b>
<\/span><\/b>Bob Bradley, Product Line Manager, Sonus Networks<\/span><\/i><\/b>
<\/span><\/b>Shrihari Pandit, CEO, Stealth Communications<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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12:15 pm – 01:30 pm<\/span><\/p>\n

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Luncheon and Sponsor Table-Tops<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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01:30 pm – 04:00 pm<\/span><\/p>\n

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Breakout Sessions: Business Cases, Tutorials and Crash Courses<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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01:30 pm – 02:00 pm<\/span><\/p>\n

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Track 1: Excel Switching<\/b>
Track 2: Broadsoft<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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02:00 pm – 02:30 pm<\/span><\/p>\n

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Track 1: VegaStream<\/b>
Track 2: Sonus Networks<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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02:30 pm – 03:00 pm<\/span><\/p>\n

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Track 1: Guide to Key U.S.<\/place \/><\/country-region \/> Carrier Hotels<\/b>
Track 2: NexTone<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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03:00 pm – 03:30 pm<\/span><\/p>\n

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Track 1: Carrius Technologies<\/b>
Track 2: Open Source (OpenSER & Asterisk)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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03:30 pm – 04:00 pm<\/span><\/p>\n

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Track 1: Guide to Key U.S.<\/place \/><\/country-region \/> Ethernet Carriers<\/b>
Track 2: Empirix<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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04:00 pm – 04:30 pm<\/span><\/p>\n

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Track 1: Business Case & Tutorial for SS7 over IP<\/b>
Track 2: [TBA]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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04:30 pm – 05:30 pm<\/span><\/p>\n

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Networking<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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The Voice Peering Forum is being held at the Wyndham Miami Beach Resort<\/a>. Please note that we have arranged special room rates for VPF event attendees. We are pleased to have secured the following group rate of $229 per night. To reserve your room, please contact Wyndham Miami Beach Resort at: 305-532-3600 or 800-996-3426. Please indicate that you are attending the Voice Peering Forum to receive the special group rate.

Map this location using: Google<\/a> – Yahoo!<\/a> – MapQuest<\/a><\/p>\n

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Airport Accessibility

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Miami<\/span><\/placename \/> International<\/placename \/> Airport<\/placetype \/><\/span><\/place \/> (MIA)<\/span><\/p>\n

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12 miles<\/span><\/p>\n

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Approximate taxi fare: $35.00<\/span><\/p>\n

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Ft.<\/span><\/placetype \/> Lauderdale<\/placename \/> Hollywood<\/placename \/> International<\/pl\nacename \/> Airport<\/placetype \/><\/span><\/place \/> (FLL)<\/span><\/p>\n

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27 miles<\/span><\/p>\n

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Approximate taxi fare: $45.00<\/span><\/p>\n

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Palm Beach<\/span><\/placename \/> International<\/placename \/> Airport<\/placetype \/><\/span><\/place \/> (PBI)<\/span><\/p>\n

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72 miles<\/span><\/p>\n

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Approximate taxi fare: $125.00<\/span><\/p>\n

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Attendee Qualifications<\/b><\/a>
<\/b>
The forum is a private invitation only event for Service Providers (in Corporate\/Mid Management) and Enterprise CTO\/CIOs\/Head of Network Design, Architect or Engineering. Due to limited seating capacity, up to three representatives will be accepted per organization (for additional representatives please contact info@thevpf.com). Registration does not guarantee your admittance until you receive a confirmation letter via e-mail.<\/p>\n

Registration Fees and Deadlines
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Registration is complimentary if you register on or before March 17, 2006<\/u><\/b>. After March 17, 2006, please contact us at info@thevpf.com or by telephone at 1-212-232-2020 regarding registration availability and costs. To register: Please log in or create a vProfile account<\/a>.<\/p>\nSouth Florida<\/b><\/place \/> Weather Forecast
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March 30 & 31 2006:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0High: 76F\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Low: 68F<\/p>\n

For further information on VPF event sponsorship opportunities, please contact:<\/p>\n

Jinci Liu
Stealth Communications, Inc.
Managing Director
jinci@stealth.net
212-232-2020 (office)
646-996-5682 (mobile)<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>Meeting Information<\/p>\n

<\/span>Event Location<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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