Interop Las Vegas 2007

Tuesday May 22^nd, 2007, 2pm, Room: Mandalay Bay J

The MEF will host a 2-hour conference followed by informal networking with the presenters. Hear the latest status reports on increasing availability of regional, national and international Carrier Ethernet Services, plus actual case study implementations supporting mission critical business applications.

2:00

Introduction:
Carrier Ethernet: Why is there such a huge global migration by businesses towards Carrier Ethernet, Now?

Nan Chen
President, MEF
VP Marketing, Strix Systems

The global picture, market growth and rise of Carrier Ethernet

2:10

Keynote 1:
Rolling out Carrier Ethernet

Lindsay Newell
VP Marketing,
IP Division
Alcatel-Lucent

A leading systems manufacturer presen ts  the real story, with recent examples of CE deployments within the enterprise - what they set out to achieve, what rollout really entailed, how the systems work in practice and their potential for future growth.

2:40

Keynote 2:
Carrier Ethernet Business Services

Ahmed Abdelhalim
Director, High-End
& Service Provider Systems
Foundry Networks

Service providers worldwide are migrating their existing networks to deliver CE services to Enterprises, businesses & residential end-users.  What exactly are these services, and how do they benefit business customers?  Services discussed include Ethernet Virtual Connections, Circuit Emulation Services and Switched Digital Video

3:00

Panel Discussion  
The Real
Business Benefits of Carrier Ethernet

Justin Robinson, Director, Pre-Sales, Technology Services in the Americas, InfoVista

Bob Mandeville, President, Iometrix

Arie Goldberg, CTO and CEO, Omnitron

John Landau, VP Enterprise Services,
VSNL International

With Ethernet supporting mission critical applications delivery in all vertical markets, Mike Tighe, Director of Strategy at Verizon Business and Chairman of the Board MEF, outlines the true value to the enterprise of adopting CE services and the potential return on investment before moderating a panel comprised of CE industry stakeholders

3:55

Round-up

Nan Chen
President, MEF.
VP Marketing, Strix Systems

Mike Tighe

Chairman, MEF.

Executive Director Business Product Strategy, Verizon Corp

4.00

Cocktail Reception

All attending are warmly invited to remain with us for a cocktail reception kindly hosted by EMBARQ. It provides the opportunity to mix informally with the event’s organizers, panelists and keynote speakers, to network, raise further questions or to follow up on points of interest.