ims world forum 2011 brochure
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100+ OPERATORS AT THE 2010 EVENT
12th – 14th April 2011 Hotel Pullman Barcelona Skipper, Barcelona, Spain
OFFICIAL HOST OPERATOR:
IMS Status Report – What the future holds for IMS and where are the opportunities for operators?Led By: Alan Quayle, Owner, Alan Quayle Business and Service Development
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Chris Neisinger, Executive Director, Technology, Strategy and Analysis Verizon Wireless, USA
Roland Schott, Project Manager, Technology, Deutsche Telekom, Germany
Katarina Sekaljic, Director of Department for Planning & Development, Services & Technologies, Telekom Serbia, Serbia
Jari Ala Ruona, Co-Founder and CEO, Movial, Finland
Cristina Alvarez, Service Development Division Director, Telefonica, Spain
Aude Pichelin, Director, Multimedia Services Standardisation, Orange France Telecom, France
Walter Maurer, Group Regulatory & European Affairs, Telekom Austria Group, Austria
David Viamont, Head of Sales & Marketing, Genaker, Spain
Yachen Wang, Project Manager, China Mobile, China
Ozge Albaz, Project Manager, Core & VAS rollout, Vodafone Turkey, Turkey
Ashwin Jaiswal, Head – IT Business Consulting & Telecom, Media & Entertainment Practice, Reliance Communication, India
Fabrizio Capobianco, President and Chairman of the Board, Funambol
J. Sebastian Lee, VP, Group Media & Communications Office, Korea Telecom, South Korea
Pieter Veenstra, Architect, Consultant, KPN; Guest Lecturer, Delft Technical University, Netherlands
Wooyong Choi, IMS Project Senior Manager, SK Telecom, South Korea
Dan Warren, Senior Director of Technology, GSMA, United Kingdom
Pawel Paplinski, Director, Fixed Telephony Marketing, Polish Telekom, Poland
Eugen Mikoczy, Senior Innovation Specialist, Design & Architecture of Applications, Slovak Telekom, Slovakia
Lefteris Christou, Head, New Services Development, Cyta, Cyprus
Anthony Wiles, Director, ETSI CTI (Centre for Testing and Interoperability)
PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP: 11th April 2011, 09:30 – 16:30
EVENING WORKSHOP – 13th April 2011IMS Interoperability: Overcoming challenges of multi-vendor platforms and ensuring smooth interoperability between operators Led By:Anthony Wiles, Director ETSI CTI (Centre for Testing and Interoperability)
Manuel Vexler, Chair Technical Working group IMS and NGN Forum
WHY YOU SHOULD ATTEND THE 8TH ANNUAL IMS WORLD FORUM:• Refreshed agenda with new ideas,
streams and speakers• Live interactive industry-wide survey
– take part and find out what the industry really thinks about the future of IMS
• Network with the entire industry under one roof in just 3 days!
• Discover the impact VoLTE will have on IMS
• Hear from the leading operators who have deployed IMS and learn from their successes and mistakes
• Learn about the role IMS will play for fixed operators
• Conference workshops provide additional educational opportunities in a more intimate environment
• Analyst breakfast briefing providing you the chance to discuss key issues with leading industry experts
• 46% operator attendance in 2010• All new emerging market stream
featuring operators from around the globe
• Evening applications showcase – see what applications will be pushing the boundaries of IMS
50%
Operator Discount!
DIAMOND SPONSOR:
PLATINUM SPONSOR:
GOLD SPONSORS:
BRONZE SPONSOR:
TO RESERVE YOUR PLACE, CALL +44 (0)207 017 5506
“Overall I was very pleased and we had many quality conversations throughout the 3 days. I had more quality conversations here than most major industry tradeshows that cost many times”
KM, Director Solutions Marketing Wireless, Acme Packet, IMS World Forum 2010
AN INTERNATIONAL AUDIENCE
SENIOR LEVEL DELEGATES
FULL VALUE CHAIN REPRESENTATION
WHO WILL YOU MEET?
n Western Europe 50%n Middle East & Africa 15%n Asia Pacific 14%n The Americas 12%n Eastern Europe 9%
n Director / Head 26%n Project Manager / Research 18%n CxO / VP / Board Level 17%n Business Developemt / Innovation n / Sales & Marketing 19%n Architect / Engineering 12%n Other 8%
n Operator 46%n Vendor 38%n Analyst / Consultant / n Association / Research 9%n Application Developer 5%n Device Manufacturer 2%
2011 SPONSORS INCLUDE:DIAMOND SPONSOR:
Ericsson’s long history and position in IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) is mirrored through the market’s most commercially deployed IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) with
80 commercial contracts of which close to 50 are in live commercial service worldwide. Over 1,000 networks in more than 175 countries utilize Ericsson’s network equipment and 40 percent of all mobile calls are made through our systems. Ericsson is advancing its vision of being the “prime driver in an all-communicating world” through innovation, technology and sustainable business solutions. www.ericsson.com
PLATINUM SPONSOR:
Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) is
the trusted transformation partner of service providers, enterprises, strategic industries such as defense, energy, healthcare, transportation, and governments worldwide, providing solutions to deliver voice, data and video communication services to end-users. A leader in fixed, mobile and converged broadband networking, IP technologies, applications and services, Alcatel-Lucent leverages the unrivalled technical and scientific expertise of Bell Labs, one of the largest innovation powerhouses in the communications industry. With operations in more than 130 countries and the most experienced global services organization in the industry, Alcatel-Lucent is a
local partner with a global reach. Alcatel-Lucent achieved revenues of Euro 15.2 billion in 2009 and is incorporated in France, with executive offices located in Paris. For more information, visit Alcatel-Lucent on the Internet: www.alcatel-lucent.com
GOLD SPONSORS:
Huawei is a leading telecom solutions provider. Through continuous customer-centric innovation, we have established end-to-end advantages in
Telecom Network Infrastructure, Application & Software, Professional Services and Devices. With comprehensive strengths in wireline, wireless and IP technologies, Huawei has gained a leading position in the All-IP convergence age. Our products and solutions have been deployed in over 100 countries and have served 45 of the world’s top 50 telecom operators, as well as one third of the world’s population.Huawei’s vision is to enrich life through communication. By leveraging our experience and expertise in the telecom sector, we help bridge the digital divide and give people the opportunity to join the information age, regardless of their geographic origin. In order to tackle increasing climate challenges, Huawei has deployed a wide range of green solutions that enable customers to reduce power consumption and carbon emissions, contributing to the sustainable development of the social economy and the environment.Please visit us at http://www.huawei.com
ZTE is a leading global provider of telecommunications
equipment and network solutions with the
most comprehensive product range covering virtually every sector of the wireline, wireless, service and terminals markets. The company delivers innovative, custom-made products and services to over 500 operators in more than 140 countries, helping them to meet the changing needs of their customers while achieving continued revenue growth. ZTE’s 2009 revenue led the industry with a 36% increase to USD 8,820.7 million. ZTE commits 10 percent of its revenue to research and development and takes a leading role in a wide range of international bodies developing emerging telecoms standards. A company with sound corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives, ZTE is a member of the UN Global Compact. ZTE is China’s only listed telecom manufacturer, publicly traded on both the Hong Kong and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges (H share stock code: 0763.HK / A share stock code: 000063.SZ). For more information, please visit www.zte.com.cn
BRONZE SPONSOR:
GENBAND is a global leader of IP
infrastructure and application solutions, enabling fixed, mobile and cable service providers around the world to evolve communications networks through IP innovation. The Company offers market-leading Switching, Applications, Networking and Service solutions, with products deployed in over 600 customer networks spanning more than 80 countries. GENBAND is headquartered in Frisco, Texas, and has operations in 50 countries. To learn more, visit us on the web at www.genband.com
PARTICIPANTS FROM THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES ATTENDED IN 2010:
Albania, Argentina, Austria, Canada, Chile, China, Cyprus,
Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Greece,
Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Kuwait,
Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Poland,
Portugal, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia,
Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, UK, UAE,
USA, Venezuela, Vietnam
ENDORSING ASSOCIATIONS INCLUDE: MEDIA PARTNERS INCLUDE: Official Online Partner:
3G Wireless Broadband
Get withIMS World Forum 2011Join the IMS World Forum group by visiting:www.ims-conference.com/linkedin tobroaden your network and discuss commonchallenges strategies and solutions.
Sponsorship opportunitiesBecome a headline sponsor, alongside the leading IMS Vendors, contact+44 (0)20 7017 5613 or [email protected]
To exhibit please contact Roland Behrendton +44 (0)20 7017 5613 [email protected]
Online Networking Tool SystemIdentify prospects, renew acquaintances, explore partnerships and close business deals bybooking and confirming appointments at IMS World Forum before leaving the office forthe event.The Delegate Networking System is an integral part of IMS World Forum whichallows you to maximize your time at the show by enabling you to pre-arrange meetings and fill yourdiary with one on ones.This system is aimed at increasing the interactivity between ALL attendees tothe show – exhibitors, delegates, speakers and visitors - before, during and after the event. Pleasecontact Sarah Northwood, on +44 (0)20 7017 4615 or [email protected]
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Networking AreaLocated at the heart of the EXPO floor is a networking area whereparticipants will be able to meet informally. Comfortable seating and tablesare provided for any impromptu business meetings that may take place.
If you are interested in sponsoring the NETWORKING AREA, please contactRoland Behrendt on +44 (0)20 7017 5613 or [email protected]
Press ZoneA fully equipped press room and meeting facility will enable you to maximise the PRopportunity afforded by your participation at this event. You will be able to issuepress releases, organise meetings with key journalists and spread your messagebeyond the event using this facility. For Press and PR enquiries, please contact SarahNorthwood, on +44 (0)20 7017 4615 or [email protected]
Private Meeting RoomsIn order to drive the best business benefits from this event, private meetingrooms are available to purchase. The private meeting rooms are the idealplace to host senior delegates in a room on the exhibition floor. Having aprivate meeting room is a great compliment to a booth, but can also bepurchased separately. Please contact Roland Behrendt on +44 (0)20 7017 5613 or [email protected]
IMS World Forum TVWatch interviews with key visionary speakers,sponsors and exhibitors explaining their viewson the future of IMS. If you would like tosponsor or have your representatives featuredon IMS World Forum TV please contactRoland Behrendt on +44 (0)20 7017 5613or [email protected]
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“Excellent contributions from all top players” PG, Head of Product Line Management IMS, Nokia Siemens Networks, IMS World Forum 2010
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IMS MARKET STATUS AND CASE STUDIES WORKSHOP: 11th April 2011, 09:30 – 16:30
UNRIVALLED NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES:Aside from the unrivalled educational experience you will receive from attending the 8th Annual IMS World Forum, you will also benefit from an array of key networking opportunities including:
Online networking tool. Providing you the opportunity to network pre, during and post conference.
Conference workshops. Network and hear from key individuals on a more personal level.
Speed networking. A chance to meet your peers in a fun, informal atmosphere, taking the concept of ‘speed dating’ into the business arena.
Analyst breakfast briefings. Ask the experts in-depth questions at the interactive roundtable breakfast briefings.
Networking refreshment breaks. Meet your industry colleagues and discuss their views on the market over a tea or coffee.
Networking luncheon. Take the opportunity to relax and meet new faces over lunch at our networking luncheon.
Evening reception. At the end of the day, unwind at our cocktail reception and mingle with prospective new partners.
Exhibition. Live demos & product showcases
LinkedIn. keep up to date with the latest news on our linkedin group – www.ims-conference.com/linkedin
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
•Provide a deep-dive quantified analysis of the IMS market status, enabling attendees to understand what operators and suppliers are thinking and planning.
•Learn from real-world operator deployments understanding their challenges and opportunities.
•An aim is not to provide yet another IMS technology training session; the vendors provide enough of them, rather a focused workshop of the practical realities of deploying IMS. However, a brief IMS review is provided so all attendees no matter their background (especially non-technical) can understand the survey results and case studies.
•The case studies will review the environment in which IMS is deployed, including IMS and SDP (Service Delivery Platform), Next generation IN (Intelligent Network), legacy IN, and JAIN SLEE (Java IN Service Logic Execution Environment).
PRE-REQUISITES:
•Basic IP-knowledge•Basic telecom knowledge WHO SHOULD ATTEND THIS WORKSHOP?
•Non-technical or technical managers responsible for, or whose platform will need to interoperate with, IMS.
09:15 Registration
09:30 Part 1: Brief Independent Introduction to IMS• What is IMS?• IMS drivers• IMS and NGN
10:00 Part 2: Global IMS Market Survey• Interviewee analysis• IMS activities and plans• IMS barriers• Vendor ranking• IMS pricing• Rich Communications Suite• Conclusions
11:00 Morning Break
11:15 Part 3: Case Studies I• Verizon
- Background and principles - Breaking down the silos - Service delivery ecosystem - Integration experience - Conclusions and recommendations
• China Mobile - Full service operation overview - Challenges and requirements - Solution and deployment - Service roadmap
12:30 Lunch
13:45 Part 4: Case Studies II• Telecom Malaysia
- Background and challenges - Network and service transformation project - Project results and recommendations given their
experience• Vodafone Spain service broker
- Homezone service description - Problem and solution description
• FarEasTone• BT
15:00 Afternoon refreshments
15:30 Part 5: IMS Prognosis, Conclusions and Recommendations• IMS Prognosis: where is the marketing going?• Conclusions and Recommendations
- Operator recommendations - Network equipment vendor recommendations - Service layer supplier recommendations - Handset and CPE vendor recommendations - Application developer recommendations - Investor recommendations
16:30 End
Led By: Alan Quayle, Owner, Alan Quayle Business and Service Development
PROGRAMME AT A GLANCEPRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP: 11th April 2011 (09.30 – 16.30) - IMS Market Status and Case Studies Workshop
DAY ONE: 12th April 2011KEYNOTE SESSION:
VoLTE & IMS – Investigating IMS opportunities to enhance voice services and increase ARPU through new user experience
Live Industry Survey – What does the future hold for IMS?
NETWORKING EXHIBITION VISIT
IMS DEPLOYMENT STRATEGIES TECHNOLOGY KNOW HOW STREAM
Session 1: Where is the business case for IMS? Justifying the investment in IMS
Session 2: Addressing how IMS can add value to the top of the network and provide additional service
Session 1: How can operators take full benefit of the IMS architecture while providing key end-user services?
Session 2: Migration Strategies & Challenges from PSTN and 2G networks to IMS
Drinks Reception
DAY TWO: 13th April 2011Analyst Breakfast Briefing
KEYNOTE SESSION: IMS opportunities for fixed-line operators: Developing IMS-based enriched IPTV services – blending of TV services with other telecommunication services (e.g. voice, presence and data services)
NETWORKING EXHIBITION VISIT
IMS DEPLOYMENT STRATEGIES TECHNOLOGY KNOW HOW STREAM / EMERGING MARKET STREAM
Session 3: Developing Innovative IMS services – creating a new experience for the consumer and how to monetise this increased traffic
Session 4: Handsets Discussion Forum – industry cooperation analysis
Session 3: Emerging Market Stream – case studies from leading emerging market operators
Session 4: RCS and Beyond
Evening Workshop
DAY THREE: 14th April 2011KEYNOTE SESSION: Addressing threat from OTT players – balancing competition, collaboration & partnerships, playing to an operators strengths
Live Industry Survey – What does the future hold for IMS?
NETWORKING EXHIBITION VISIT
IMS DEPLOYMENT STRATEGIES TECHNOLOGY KNOW HOW STREAM
Session 5: Creating IMS usability and partnering/working with application developers Session 5: Investigating IMS & The Cloud
CLOSING PLENARY: How to enhance IMS technology and marketing communications (or positioning)
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08.15 Registration & Coffee
08.40 Conference Welcome and Speed Networking
08.50 Chair’s Welcome & IntroductionDiane Myers, Directing Analyst, Service Provider VoIP & IMS, Infonetics, USA
LTE & VOLTE – BACK TO BASICS - INVESTIGATING IMS OPPORTUNITIES TO ENHANCE VOICE AND INCREASE USER REVENUE THROUGH NEW USER EXPERIENCE
09.00 GLOBAL KEYNOTE OPERATOR PANEL DISCUSSION: The future of Mobile Networks and the Role of IMS
• LTE on the horizon – what impact will this have on operators’ networks and how to manage increased data flows?
• Where is the business case for IMS implementation?• How can wireless boost IMS adoption?
Chris Neisinger, Executive Director, Technology, Strategy and Analysis, Verizon Wireless, USAJ. Sebastian Lee, VP, Group Media & Communications Office, Korea Telecom, South KoreaAude Pichelin, Director, Multimedia Services Standardisation, Orange France Telecom, France
09.40 Realising VoLTE for modern communication services• The business values of deploying voice over LTE • How to make a smooth network evolution towards IMS supporting voice over LTE • VoLTE Market Momentum • Extended business opportunities with IMS in the broadband era
Pieter Van Der Westhuizen, Head of Product Line, IMS, Ericsson, Sweden
10.10 Interactive Industry Study – What does the future hold for IMS?Get your fingers at the ready – during this interactive session, the whole audience will participate in a cross-industry study, providing us with instant responses that will be analysed and fed back to the audience during the conference.Dimitris Mavrakis, Senior Analyst Informa Telecom & Media Survey Sponsor:
10.30 Networking Break & Exhibition Visit
11.30 Why IMS is essential to LTE• Redefining the wireless communications experience• Identifying successful service launch strategies• Learning from current IMS/LTE deployments• Creating and deploying many applications, quickly
Patrick Plas, IMS Solution Vice President, Innovation and Competence Center, Alcatel-Lucent, France
12.00 Results from VoLTE Trials • Planning for the future and beginning the migration to voice over LTE• Following on from the recent VoLTE trials, Verizon provides their feedback from the tests• What hurdles still have to be overcome and what is a likely timeframe for commercial
deployments?Chris Neisinger, Executive Director, Technology, Strategy and Analysis, Verizon Wireless
12.30 Case Study: China Mobile – IMS within the world’s largest mobile operator’s network• Sharing China mobile’s IMS experience• Providing rich voice services and multimedia applications to the Chinese market• Launching IMS-based fixed/mobile convergence services
Yachen Wang, Project Manager, China Mobile, China (Subject to final confirmation)
13.00 Networking Lunch
STREAM A – IMS DEPLOYMENT STRATEGIESLearn from operators who have already launched their IMS services as well as those who have plans to launch – their reasons, concerns, implementations considerations, and how
these have been solved
STREAM B – TECHNOLOGY KNOW HOW STREAMConcise and simple technical information you need to develop winning services with IMS
SESSION 1: Where is the business case for IMS? Justifying the investment in IMS Session Chair: Diane Myers, Directing Analyst, Service Provider VoIP & IMS, Infonetics, USA
14.20 Case Study: Korea – Korea Telecom’s innovative media services enabled by IMS• Korean operator presentation – updates on IMS deployments in the Korean market• Future services to be deployed over KT’s IMS network• Service deployment challenges and successes from a mature IMS deployment
J. Sebastian Lee, VP, Group Media & Communications Office, Korea Telecom, South Korea
14.50 The case for VoLTE + RCS: the natural evolution of communications• VoLTE + RCS to shorten the vulnerability window • The game-changing RCS vs. OTT differentiators • From RCS to CaaS (Communications as a Service), cooperating in an open
environment • Pitfalls when deploying and promoting VoLTE+RCS
Christophe Coutelle, Core Network Marketing, Huawei, China
15.20 PANEL DISCUSSION – Pinpointing the business case for IMS• How has the business case changed over the years? • IMS is the platform for voice but should not be the only / main driver• Taking your market into consideration – is there a need to deliver new services at this time?• Why the business case is driven by services, not the IMS itself – the role of the SDP
Mila Milenkovic, Head of B2B Partnerships & Business Models Development, Telekom Serbia, SerbiaLuis Angel Galindo Sanchez, General Manager, Strategy & Innovation, Telefonica, SpainJoseph McGarvey, Principal Analyst, IP Services Infrastructure, Current Analysis, USA
16.00 Networking Break & Exhibition Visit
SESSION 2: Addressing how IMS can add value to the network and provide additional services Session Chair: Karim Taga, Managing Director, Arthur D. Little
16.30 Delivering IMS platform monetization through IPTV services• Bringing an IPTV service to market through an IMS deployment• Drivers for interconnecting CDNs to IMS-based IPTV systems and to other CDNs• How to swiftly and smoothly bring future revenue-generating services to the end-user
Erik Peeters, Innovation Director, TNO, Netherlands
17.00 Quality of Experience vs. Quality of Service• Following the delivery of the iPhone, customers have new expectations and
demands on QoE• Is it now arguably more important to improve QoE than to save costs?• Where do you draw the line on investing in QoE & QoS?
Mohamed Salheen, Head of Business Solutions & Propositions, Mobily, Saudi Arabia (Subject to final confirmation)
17.30 Building on IMS capabilities in the cable market• Multi-play offerings enabled by an IMS platform• What does the future hold for the cable market and what will be the role of IMS?
Speaker TBC – visit www.ims-conference.com for updates
SESSION 1: How can operators take full benefit of the IMS architecture while providing key end-user services? Session Chair: Alan Quayle, Owner, Alan Quayle Business and Service Development, USA
14.20 Maximising the use of IMS in the network• Smooth network transition to IMS to deliver voice, video and multimedia services• Opportunities for carriers to reduce network elements and provide revenue
generating services• IMS solution evolution, what the future holds for IMS
Micaela Giuhat, VP Product Marketing, Genband, USA
14.50 Operator analysis – Resolving issues of service• Overcoming challenges and ensuring IMS performs efficiently• Considerations simplified IMS architecture and SIP transparancy• IMS peering solutions Business Trunking and IP Interconnection
Pieter Veenstra, Architect / Consultant, KPN; Guest Lecturer, Delft Technical University, Netherlands
15.25 Regulatory considerations – legal issues & policies in the network• EU digital agenda 2020 – evolving the European telecom businesses• Challenges in the European Telecom market• Activities towards the European digital Single Market• Subscriber priority management strategies
Walter Maurer, Group Regulatory & European Affairs, Senior Analyst, Telekom Austria Group, Austria
16.00 Networking Break & Exhibition Visit
SESSION 2: Migration strategies & challenges from PSTN & 2G Networks to IMS Session Chair: Alan Quayle, Owner, Alan Quayle Business and Service Development, USA
16.30 PSTN transformation: Enabling operators to build an advanced full-service network
• What can operators expect once they change to an IMS network?• How do you deal with all non-IMS architectures & business models?• Moving existing VoIP and broadband customers onto IMS
Dr. Dan Chen, IMS Chief Engineer, ZTE Corporation, China
17.00 Case Study All IP: The role of IMS in a converged environment• All IP based NGN voice approach • IMS based service creation • Convergence benefits & requirements on IMS • Outlook LTE & IMS
Roland Schott, Project Manager, Technology, Deutsche Telekom, Germany
17.30 IMS Services Implementation in Telekom Srbija• IMS development ideas – how to provide VAS through Telekom Serbia’s IMS• Updates on RCS and LTE trials• Challenges faced by operators working with multiple vendors
Katarina Sekaljic, Director of Department for Planning & Development, Service & Technologies, Serbia Telekom, Serbia
“A very good opportunity to exchange experience with other IMS players” GCM, Chairman TC INT, IMS Networking Test, Telecom Italia, IMS World Forum 2010
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18.00 END OF DAY ONE - Drinks Reception & Applications Showcase
AGENDA DAY ONE: TUESDAY 12TH APRIL 2011
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07.45 Analysts Breakfast Briefing & RegistrationAll new addition to the 8th Annual IMS World Forum – Ask the analyst experts the important questions at our interactive breakfast briefing. Each analyst will host an informal roundtable discussion over breakfast on a pre-defined topic with delegates. Key IMS issues will be addressed by all the leading IMS industry analysts.
Alan Quayle, Owner, Alan Quayle Business and Service Development (USA) Karim Taga, Managing Director, Arthur D. Little (Austria) Joe McGarvey, Principal Analyst, Current Analysis (USA) Diane Myers, Directing Analyst, Service Provider VoIP and IMS, Infonetics (USA) Dimitris Mavrakis, Senior Analyst, Informa Telecoms & Media (UK) Guy Redmill, Managing Director, Redmill Communications (UK) Brian Partridge, Vice President, Enabling Technologies, Yankee Group (USA)
08.45 Chairperson’s RecapKarim Taga, Managing Director, Arthur D. Little
IMS OPPORTUNITIES FOR FIXED-LINE OPERATORS: DEVELOPING IMS-BASED ENRICHED IPTV SERVICES – BLENDING OF TV SERVICES WITH OTHER TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES (E.G. VOICE, PRESENCE AND DATA SERVICES)
08.50 KEYNOTE OPERATOR PERSPECTIVE – Telefonica’s IMS story• Global company, global IMS?• RCS – what does the future hold and what does Telefonica
have planned?• Investing in social networking – Tuenti’s example
Cristina Alvarez, Service Development Division Director, Telefonica, Spain
09.20 Analysing the many faces of IMS to provide enhanced service offerings and seamless network evolution
• IMS roles in Voice over broadband including LTE (handover and ICS, Transit, QoS)• PSTN replacement is happening now• Overlay applications that compete with Internet VoIP• IMS functions for non-Voice applications
Rebecca Copeland, Senior IMS Consultant, Huawei
09.50 IPTV/IMS Blended Services and platforms convergence• NGN based IPTV standardization - role of IMS• TISPAN R2/R3 IMS based IPTV architecture and services• Convergence of IPTV and hybrid broadcast solution• Apps development and blended IMS services in Slovak Telekom
Eugen Mikoczy, Senior Innovation Specialist, Design & Architecture of Applications, Slovak Telekom, Slovakia
10.20 Networking Break & Exhibition Visit
11.20 Deploy Multimedia/Streaming Media Services with IMS• Opportunities in the home for fixed line operators to deploy multimedia services • Analysing multimedia/streaming media services which could drive operator revenues• Facilitating the move to the digital home with IMS at the core
Tu Jiashun, Chief Architect of Core Network, ZTE Corporation, China
11.50 PANEL DISCUSSION - Fixed, mobile convergence and the role of IMS• When and how to integrate mobile into fixed network?• Why now and why IMS?• What will be the impact on the network?
Marton Laszlo, Head, Packet Core and Next Generation Network, Magyar Telekom, HungaryRoland Schott, Project Manager, Technology, Deutsche Telekom, GermanyOzge Albaz, Project Manager, Core & VAS rollout, Vodafone Turkey, TurkeyAshwin Jaiswal, Head – IT Business Consulting & Telecom, Media & Entertainment Practice, Reliance Communication, India
12.30 Operator case study: Moving from theory to IMS implementation• Roadmap of steps taken to provide services on the IMS• Obstacles and challenges faced when providing voice/video communication services
over IMS• Slowing down PSTN churn by providing VoIP and HD voice• What services can we expect to see rolled out over the next 12 months?
Pawel Paplinski, Fixed Telephony Marketing Director, Telekomunikacja Polska, Poland
13.00 Networking Lunch
STREAM A – IMS DEPLOYMENT STRATEGIESLearn from operators who have already launched their IMS services as well as those who have plans to launch – their reasons, concerns, implementations considerations, and how
these have been solved
STREAM B – EMERGING MARKET STREAM / TECHNOLOGY KNOW HOW STREAM
SESSION 3: Developing innovative IMS services – creating a new experience for the consumer and how to monetise this increased traffic Session Chair: Guy Redmill, Managing Director, Redmill Communications, UK
14:00 International deployment of hosted communications – Vodafone Global Enterprise
• Meeting the customer challenges• Deployment of a hosted enterprise solution • Implementation challenges
Martin Aberg, Solutions Specialist – Applications, Vodafone Group Enterprise, UK
14:30 Building on IMS capabilities - Video call offerings between PC and mobile phone
• The role of IMS in the provision of video calling between different clients• Furthering the use of IMS in Cyta’s network• Value added services users can expect following IMS deployments
Lefteris Christou, Head, New Services Development, Cyta, Cyprus
15:00 Video Communication with IMS• Why 2011 could be the key year for video telephony• Providing unified communication over fixed line and 3G networks• Combining the power of video, voice and data over an IMS
Jari Ala Ruona, Co-Founder and CEO, Movial, Finland
15.30 Networking Break & Exhibition Visit
SESSION 4: Handset Discussion Forum – industry cooperation analysis Session Chair: Moe Tanabian, Partner, Intuigence Group, USA
16:00 How does IMS Fit in to Your Business?• Why from the device manufacturer’s perspective, this is still a future opportunity • Native terminals verses download clients• How could IMS be relevant in the iOS and Android on smart phones? Is the current
IMS architecture appropriate?• What is needed to boost IMS adoption?• How to open up IMS APIs to clients on the handset
Hosted by: Miraj Mostafa, Technology Manager, Marketing, Nokia, Finland
17:15 Evening Workshop – IMS Interoperability
SESSION 3: Operator case studies and examples of IMS deployments, strategies, trials and plans Session Chair: Manuel Vexler, Chair, Technical Working Group, IMS and NGN Forum
14.00 Regulatory challenges to encourage the IMS and NGN adoption in Brazil and in Latin America
• Hurdles to overcome when encouraging IMS adoption, from a regulator perspective• Creating a positive, unified future for the regulatory community in Latin America• International and regional roaming update - utilizing IMS to reduce fraud, costs and
introduce new servicesNelson Mitsuo Takayanagi, General Manager, Head of Technical Affairs, Anatel, BrazilDavison Gonzaga da Silva, Regulatory Specialist, Coordinator of NGN/IMS, Americas Region, Anatel, Brazil
14.30 Case study: Grameenphone – International Roaming and IMS• Updates & unique challenges from Grameenphone• International carrier and how IMS has helped handle customer roaming
Kazi Hamidur Rahman, Head of International Roaming, Grameenphone, Bangladesh
15.00 Case Study: Superonline – bringing new services to the Turkish market through IMS
• Building on IMS capabilities and delivering new revenue-generating services• IMS in the enterprise market• What the future holds for IMS in Superonline’s network – IMS and the connected home• Learn the experiences - challenges and issues to avoid when deploying IMS
Erol Turac, NGN and Services Engineer, Superonline, Turkey
15.30 Networking Break & Exhibition Visit
SESSION 4: RCS and Beyond Session Chair: Thibaut Brière, Marketing Manager, Communication and Media Services, Alcatel-Lucent, France
16.00 What does the future hold for RCS?• Updates on the latest operator trials, deployments • RCS release 4 updates• What the industry needs to be doing to expedite deployments
Aude Pichelin, Director, Multimedia Services Standardisation, Orange France Telecom, France
16.25 Considering the end-user’s behavior and lessons for IMS• Introducing SK Telecom’s IMS/RCS services• Enriching voice and messaging services with multimedia content and SNS • Issues and considerations when interworking with other operators• Learning the lessons from SK Telecom’s experiences
Wooyong Choi, IMS Project Senior Manager, SK Telekom, South Korea
16.50 Integration between IMS & EPC• Interoperability challenges and opportunities• Ensuring infrastructures are future-proof, what will be the role of IMS?• Which control capabilities are on which layer of the network and what is the
relationship between IMS & EPC?Thomas Magedenz, University Professor / Director of Competence Center, TU Berlin / Fraunhofer Fokus, Germany
17:15 Evening Workshop – IMS Interoperability
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All IP
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OTTNext
Generation Network
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“A very good chance for everybody involved in IMS to exchange best practices and future ideas.” LC, CYTA, IMS World Forum 2010
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08.30 Registration & Coffee
08:45 Speed networking
08.50 Chairperson’s RecapBrian Partridge, Vice President, Enabling Technologies, Yankee Group, USA
ADDRESSING THE THREAT FROM OTT PLAYERS - BALANCING COMPETITION, COLLABORATION & PARTNERSHIPS, PLAYING TO AN OPERATORS’ STRENGTHS
08.55 KEYNOTE PANEL DISCUSSION - How can operators differentiate themselves from the OTT players?
• Is QoS/QoE a real differentiator?• Are end-users willing to pay for guaranteed quality?• Focusing and building on the operator strengths• Collaboration opportunities with OTT players – how to work together to provide VAS• Innovative communication services on the horizon
Moderated by: Joseph McGarvey, Principal Analyst, IP Services Infrastructure Current Analysis, USARoberto Minerva, Manager, Strategy & Innovation, Telecom Italia, ItalyJuan Mateu Mullor, CEO, Solaiemes, SpainBrian Partridge, Vice President, Enabling Technologies, Yankee Group, USA
09.45 Interactive Industry Study – What does the future hold for IMS?• Discover the findings from the interactive industry study and hear what your fellow
conference attendees really think the future holds for IMSDimitris Mavrakis, Senior Analyst, Informa Telecom & Media Survey Sponsor:
10.10 Effectively balancing competition, collaboration and partnership• How the GSMA has effectively encouraged industry cooperation• IMS interconnect between operators• VoLTE – updates from the GSMA – current status and what the future holds• Examples and updates of RCS, One API & WAC initiatives
Dan Warren, Senior Director of Technology, GSMA, United Kingdom
10.40 Networking Break & Exhibition Visit
11.40 Case study: Telecom Operator’s – Step-by-step IMS migration strategy• Analysis of Telco’s progressive IMS deployment and reasons behind this strategy• Governmental restrictions and other unique challenges posed by the Indian market• Business case behind moving toward IMS in Indian Telco and new services on the
horizonAshwin Jaiswal, Head – IT Business Consulting & Telecom, Media & Entertainment Practice, Reliance Communication, India
12.10 Common IMS standards – interoperability across the industry• Updates on the latest standards, changes and modifications to the industry• 3GPP release 8 IMS implementation• TISPAN – their role and efforts so far to standardize the industry
Anthony Wiles, Director, ETSI CTI (Centre for Testing and Interoperability)
13.00 Networking Lunch
15.45 Evolving IMS: IMS Adoption – a case of ‘when’ and ‘how’, rather than ‘if’• Which services will drive the IMS evolution and what can be expected over the coming year?• Non-voice related reasons for IMS adoption, Near term vs long term drivers• Benefits of IMS adoption for converged carriers• Developing trends in the way equipment suppliers are approaching the market
Joseph McGarvey, Principal Analyst, IP Services Infrastructure, Current Analysis, USA
16.15 PANEL DISCUSSION - Is IMS too complex - Do we need to simplify the architecture or the market positioning?• What is the role and future for IMS?• What needs to be done over the next 12 months to increase the uptake and roll-outs of IMS?• Standardisation without complication – how to simplify the architecture and encourage new services on top of the IMS?• Updates from Middle Eastern based operator
Aitor Rubio, Innovations Engineer, R&D, Orange SpainToon Norp, Business Consultant, TNO, NetherlandsDan Warren, Senior Director of Technology, GSMA, United KingdomAnne Sode Jensen, IMS Product Manager, Tele Greenland, Greenland
17.00 End of 8th Annual IMS World Forum
STREAM A – IMS DEPLOYMENT STRATEGIESLearn from operators who have already launched their IMS services as well as those who have plans to launch – their reasons, concerns, implementations considerations, and how
these have been solved
CLOSING PLENARY – HOW TO ENHANCE IMS TECHNOLOGY AND MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS (OR POSITIONING)? Session chair: Brian Partridge, Vice President, Enabling Technologies, Yankee Group, USA
STREAM B – TECHNOLOGY KNOW HOW STREAMConcise and simple technical information you need to develop winning services with IMS
SESSION 5: Creating IMS usability and partnering / working with application developers Session chair: Brian Partridge, Vice President, Enabling Technologies, Yankee Group, USA
14.00 Partnerships and agreements with application developers to integrate apps into existing architectures
• What is the need / role of IMS?• What do operators need to be doing differently / how should their mindsets be
altered?• Touching on examples of partnerships currently in existence
Susan White, Senior Director, IMS Solution Marketing, Alcatel Lucent, France
14.30 PANEL DISCUSSION – App developer perspective: What are the requirements of application developers for IMS?
• What is the opportunity / possibility of competing with the app stores?• IMS as the enabling platform• What can be achieved and what needs to be done?• Business models and revenue splitting options
Fabrizio Capobianco, President and Chairman of the Board, FunambolMoe Tanabian, Partner, Intuigence Group, USA
15.15 Networking Break & Exhibition Visit
SESSION 5: Investigating IMS & The Cloud
14:00 PANEL DISCUSSION – What are the opportunities for IMS & cloud computing?• Taking the opportunity to create and maintain software and hardware for users with
infrastructure needs• What is an IMS capable of and what role will it play?• What can be learned from existing cloud offerings?• How cloud computing is going to alter the way telecom infrastructures are designed
David Viamont, Senior Technology Manager, Genaker, SpainGuy Redmill, Managing Director, Redmill Communications, UK
14.45 Converging services with IMS & the Cloud • Moving cloud services beyond the back-office and into the network itself• Providing new revenue streams for operators • How cloud services can ensure a greater customer experience
Speaker TBC – visit www.ims-conference.com for updates
15.15 Networking Break & Exhibition Visit
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AGENDA DAY THREE: THURSDAY 14TH APRIL 2011
Welcome to share the experience from 47 live commercial IMS networks.
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EVENING WORKSHOPWEDNESDAY, APRIL 13THIMS INTEROPERABILITY: OVERCOMING CHALLENGES OF MULTI-VENDOR PLATFORMS AND ENSURING SMOOTH INTEROPERABILITY BETWEEN OPERATORS
• Opening Discussion Forum - What are the priorities in IMS deployment and interoperability?
• The importance of industry cooperation and the necessity of industry interoperability events
• RCS and LTE interoperability focus• IMS testing with different app servers –
challenges, requirements and results from previous interoperability events
• Interoperability plans for the coming 12 months
Hosted By:
Anthony Wiles Director, ETSI CTI (Centre for Testing and Interoperability)
Manuel Vexler Chair Technical Working group IMS and NGN Forum
The 8th Annual IMS World Forum Agenda has been put together with the assistance of our highly respected industry thought leaders:
Marc Jadoul, Communications Director – Network Systems Integration Division, Alcatel LucentLefteris Christou, Head of Convergent Services & Hosted Applications, CytaMonica Zethzon, Head of IMS Sales, EricssonPhilip Redman, VP, Network Services and Infrastructure, Mobile & Wireless, Gartner
Rebecca Copeland, Senior IMS Consultant, HuaweiDiane Myers, Director, Analyst, Service Provider VoIP & IMS, InfoneticsKlaus Pfeifer, Head of Solution Sales Network Service Transformation, Nokia Siemens NetworksAlido Di Giovanni, President, Summit-Tech Communications
Luis Angel Galindo, Senior Manager, Strategic & Innovation Mobile Services, TelefonicaMila Milenkovic, Head of B2B Partnerships and Business Models Development, Telekom SerbiaBrian Partridge, VP, Enabling Technologies, Yankee GroupTu Jiashun, Chief Architect of Core Network, ZTE
Aero2•AlgerieTelecom•BanglalinkOrascom•Beeline•Belgacom•BHTelecom BrasilTelecom•BT•CANTVMovilnet•ChinaMobile•CoxCommunication•CYTA
DeutscheTelekom•Dialog•DNAFinland•EagleMobile•EraPoland•Eircom•EtisalatFastweb•FranceTelecom•Grameenphone•Invitel•KabelBW•KoreaTelecom•KPN
MagyarTelekom•MobilkomAustria•Mobilink•Mobiltel•Mobily•MTN•NTTDocomo•O2Ono•Orange•OTE•Polkomtel•PortugalTelecom•PTC•QTel•RelianceCommunication
SKTelecom•SlovakTelekom•Softbank•Sprint•STC•Sunrise•SuperOnline Swisscom•T-Mobile•TDC•TelecomArgentina•TelecomEgypt•TelecomItalia
TelecomNewZealand•TelecomPoland•TeleGreenland•Telefonica•TelekomMalaysiaTelekomSlovenije•TelekomSrbjia•Telenor•TeleSUR•TeliaSonera•Telio•TelkomSA
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ttac
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