Joy Eldred Regional Vice President of Engineering Frontier Communications
	Ken Johnson VP and GM of Operations SureWest Communications
	Fred Kemmerer Chief Technology Officer Genband
	MODERATOR: Rich Karpinski Editor-in-Chief Connected Planet

Keynote: The REAL Road to Broadband
The path to broadband is changing and evolving. Explore and understand the decision points facing service providers today. Connected Planet Editor-in-Chief Rich Karpinski heads a roundtable of industry leaders as they explain how they are building tomorrow’s networks, services and business models, including:

• exploring just how far copper can stretch
• GPON vs. active Ethernet as the access
  approach of choice
• the role of wireless broadband in the local loop
• the impact of stimulus spending and the
  National Broadband Plan on deployment

Infrastructure Track:
Session 1: Innovation in the Cloud
Cloud computing is driving a fundamental shift in how enterprise organizations consume IT applications and also transforming the business models of telecom service providers. This panel of carriers and cloud platform developers will explore several important factors service providers are considering—from infrastructure options to service level assurance to security—as they scale up their cloud strategies and explore new ways of delivering a broad array of services.

	Eric Shepcaro Chief Executive Officer TelX
	Brian Nugent Chief Operating Officer Red Condor
	Stephen Schilling President and CEO  Cypress Communications
	MODERATOR: Rich Karpinski Editor-in-Chief Connected Planet

Smart Pipes Track:
Session 1: From Mobile to Video and Beyond
What services and applications will drive usage on tomorrow’s networks, and what role must service providers play beyond network pipe provider? Learn about cutting edge service and application development and enablement strategies and best practices from leading service providers and content creators.

	Chris Ruff Chief Executive Officer UIEvolution
	Jonathan Hurd Analyst and Director Altman Vilandrie
	Moderator: Dan O'Shea Residential Services Editor Connected Planet

• The Business Questions
  How will mobile data be monetized as traffic skyrockets and applications become more sophisticated and bandwidth hungry. Will operators work with their Internet peers to
  create mutually beneficial business models,
  and if so how?
  
  
• The Technology Questions
  How far can technology can take us? What is
  the ultimate potential—and what are the limitations—of 4G?
  
  
• The Regulatory Questions
  What is the outlook for spectrum availability,
  and what are its most effective uses?

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Infrastructure Track:
Session 2: The New Telco Network
IP, optical networking and Ethernet promise ever-greater bandwidth and improved flexibility. This panel will explore where the core of tomorrow’s service provider networks is headed, and how to get there—addressing everything from the evolution of TDM networks to how the new, more intelligent, bandwidth-flexible network is coming together and what it means for your organization.

	Mark Kaish Senior VP of Technology Operations Cox Communications
	Natasha Tamaskar VP of Product Marketing Genband
	Travis Ewert VP - Network Technology TW Telecom
	Ken Johnson VP and GM of Operations SureWest Communications
	MODERATOR: Rich Karpinski Editor-in-Chief Connected Planet

Smart Pipes Track:
Session 2: Securing Tomorrow's IP and Mobile Networks
Emerging IP carrier networks will soon be just as big a target for malware and hacker attacks as the Internet—and with IP moving into the wireless realm, all the same IP security requirements hold there as well. This session explores the security challenges facing today’s IP-centric service providers: What are the largest threats, how can they protect themselves and how do they balance the openness and flexibility of IP with the five-nines network availability and secure service delivery customers are familiar with from traditional carrier networks?

Mel Beckman President Beckman Software Engineering

Kelly McNair
Information Management Manager Oncor Electric Delivery

Kelley Dunne
Chief Strategy Officer DigitalBridge Communications

Dean Siegrist
Director, Utility Telecom
Black & Veatch

John McDonald
Director Technical Strategy + Policy Development
GE Digital Energy

MODERATOR: Paul Mauldin
Editor, Penton Media’s Intelligent Energy Portal

Rhonda Goddard
Chief Operating Officer
Rural Telephone Co. (Kansas)