International Engineering Consortium:
-- The IEC's Broadband World Forum Americas will present leaders from Motorola, Texas Instruments, The Walt Disney Company, and Cisco Systems to discuss the latest in broadband network platforms for broadband content delivery
The IEC presents ICT leaders to discuss a wide range of broadband topics in plenary panels, keynote addresses, workshops, and hot-seat sessions as it premieres its first-ever Broadband World Forum Americas this September 11-15 at the Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Centre with TELUS as the official host sponsor.
IEC President John Janowiak stated, "The quality of programming at the show is excellent. The Monday plenary panel exemplifies the IEC's commitment to securing the best speakers from all aspects of the industry, which will ensure that our educational programming is of the highest quality for both professionals and academia."
On opening day of the show, a plenary panel for all attendees will feature Douglas Means, GM, Connected Home Solutions and Corporate VP, Motorola, Inc. who will serve as chair. Panelists include Tom Flanagan, Director, Technical Strategy, Digital Signal Processing Systems, Texas Instruments; Peter Lee, VP, Business Development New Technology, The Walt Disney Company; and Al Safarikas, Senior Director, Wireline Segment, Cisco Systems.
From content developers, service providers, and equipment vendors, the panelists will discuss developing and deploying network platforms for delivering a wide variety of content and applications. Attendees will learn how to obtain an adequate return on their broadband infrastructure investments.
Flanagan commented, "The panel I am on is focusing on content delivery platforms. My particular bias is toward the role of the residential gateway in content delivery. I am a believer in the RG as a key enabler of WEB 2.0 style personalization of content delivery. This view always generates debate about the 'walled garden' approach favored by many operators versus the melding of commercial content and user produced content. If the audience is active they can take the discussion in the direction they desire. That is the beauty of this forum."
Visit: http://www.iec.org/events/2006/bbwf-americas/ or contact Lisa Reyes at lreyes@iec.org.
For further information: International Engineering Consortium Lisa Reyes, 312-559-3325 lreyes@iec.org