Tuesday, November 5, 2002
Plenary Session
10:00 - 12:00	Telecom, IT & Media at the Crossroad: Challenges and Opportunities After the Hype - Sober View of the IT, Telecoms and Media Industries
	Chairperson: Daniel Rosenne, Israel
	On the agenda: What are the drivers for future growth? What changes will drive the industry? When will it happen?
	The Israeli Telecom Market: Realistic Vision Reuven (Ruby) Rivlin Minister of Communications, Israel	download |209Kb MS PowerPoint®
	Telecommunications in Italy – Challenges and Opportunities Maurizio Gasparri Minister of Communications, Italy	download |28Kb MS PowerPoint®
	Next Generation Communication Networks Jeffrey M. Jaffe President, Bell Laboratories Research and Advanced Technologies, USA	download |1,746Kb MS PowerPoint®
	From Personal to Personalized Communication: Delivering Value in the New Telecoms World Pascal Debon President, Wireless Networks, Nortel Networks, France	download | 4,971 Kb
	Israel Broadband Deployment: The Future is Here Ilan Biran CEO, Bezeq, Israel
	The Battle Over the Living Room Yossi Vardi Chairman, International Technologies, Israel

 

13:30 - 15:30	Network Infrastructure in a Competitive World - All Optical Core
	Chairperson: Orna Berry, Israel
	On the agenda: Optics has found increasing applications in communications due to the volume of communications' traffic it can deliver Inventions of the laser, fabrication of low-loss optical fiber, the introduction of semiconductor optical devices, the development of lightwave technologies have all increased the importance of optical communications' technologies The fall in the value of communications' corporates in stock reduced the level of activity in the optical market What technologies are key for the coming decade and what makes optical communications so competitive?
	Current Trends and Drivers for the Evolution of the Multi Service Metro Network Architecture Andreas Hegers Director, Market Development Optical Networks, Nortel Networks, Germany	download |2,968 Kb MS PowerPoint®
	Packaging Components for High Speed Systems Ömür Sezerman CEO, OZ Optics Ltd., Canada	download | 730 Kb MS PowerPoint®
	Fiber to the Home - Is it Really Happening Alon Sella Manager, Optical Communications, Intel, Israel	download | 2914 Kb MS PowerPoint®
	The Role of Tunability in Flexible Optical Networks Moti Margalit Lambda Crossing Ltd., Israel	download | 727 Kb MS PowerPoint®
	Title to be announced Eric Yeatman Imperial College, UK	download | 1,320 Kb MS PowerPoint®
	To MEMS or not to MEMS in the Optical Network? Yael Nemirovsky Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Israel Lih Lin, Consultant, USA

 

13:30 - 15:30	Broadband Fixed & Mobile Access Networks - Will the Bottleneck Open?
	Chairperson: Ron Barly, Israel
	On the agenda: In what way is the Access Layer being a bottleneck? Do the operators and the end-users share the same reality? What will be the trend for the next couple of years? Do the vendors have a “silver Bullet”?
	Is the Access Network a Real Bottleneck? Paul Weissbach Deputy CEO & Vice President, Engineering & Planning Division, Bezeq, Israel	download | 1,229 Kb MS PowerPoint®
	Last Mile Access: End-User Demand and Expectations Nick Maynard Senior Analyst, Telecommunications Strategies, The Yankee Group, USA	download | 324 Kb MS PowerPoint®
	VDSL & Triple Play - The Road to Multimedia Revenues for Fixed Network Operators Hermann Rodler Vice-President, Broadband Access Division, Siemens Information and Communication Networks, Germany	download | 3,757 Kb MS PowerPoint®
	Ethernet to the - X - Delivering Ethernet All the Way Eilon Ashkenazi Director, System Engineering, Cisco, Israel	download | 4,032 Kb MS PowerPoint®
	Access Solutions in IP and Mixed Networks Ofer Harpak CTO, BATM, Israel
	Fixed & Mobile Broadband - Covering Network Worlds Roger Jones Director of Convergence Systems, Avaya, UK	download | 6,660 Kb MS PowerPoint®

 

13:30 - 15:30	Interactive Entertainment - Is There More Than Sex, Shopping and Games?
	Chairperson: Dorit Inbar, Israel
	On the agenda: Interactive Entertainment - Is it business and what will be the business model for it? What will be the money making application? What challenges do service providers face? What challenges do platforms providers face?
	Lessons from ITV: the winning formulas Chem Assayag Vice President Business Development	download |1,966 Kb MS PowerPoint®
	Sex, Gambling and Mobile Internet Hertzel Ozer CEO, GoNext, Israel
	The Business of Creating the iTV World Danny Peled Chief Executive Officer, GooMe Interactive, Israel
	Making Money from New PVR Applications Elad Manishviz Director of Product Marketing, NDS, Israel	download 309 Kb
	Defiantly it will Cost him More Yosi Glick Vice President Business Development, Orca Interactive, Israel

 

16:00 - 18:00	Network Infrastructure in a Competitive World - Next Generation Network: All IP Switching and Service Delivery
	Chairperson: Elon Ganor, Israel
	Powering the NGN Jacob Tirosh Vice President Sales & Marketing - COMGATES, Ltd , Israel	download | 1,380 Kb MS PowerPoint®
	Delivering Value through Network Services Avraham (Bibi) Rosenbach CEO, Personeta Inc., Israel
	Next Generation Networks from Hardware to Software Michelle Specktor Co-Founder and Vice President Business Development, Gallery IP Telephony, Israel
	Benefiting from All IP Switching and Service Delivery While Integrating with the Circuit Switched World Itzik Winshtein Vice President Research & Development, VocalTec Communications, Ltd., Israel
	Connecting the Dots Brian Day Director, Carrier Voice Over IP EMEA, Nortel Networks, UK	download | 1,021 Kb
	A Quality & Standard-Based Solution for Cable Jeff Goldberg Chief Scientist Net2phone, Inc., USA

 

16:00 - 18:00	New Horizons for Internet Technology - What is the Next Big Thing?
	Chairperson: Amir Etziony, Israel
	On the agenda: What will be the next killer applications? Is Internet predictable? How will Internet technology shape our future lives? Emerging technologies. The future of Web Services technologies.
	Is IP the Network of the Future? Did the Internet Deliver on its Promises? Zohar Zisapel Chairman, Rad Group, Israel
	Composite Applications: the New IT Model Jimmy Schwarzkopf Meta Group Research Fellow, Research Director, Meta Group, Israel	download | 1,567 Kb MS PowerPoint®
	Internet Mobility: Access When You Need It, Where You Need It Moshe Elias Business Development Manager, Cisco Systems, Israel	download | 5,512 Kb MS PowerPoint®
	One Network: A New Vision for Large and Small Enterprises Peter Finter Enterprise Strategy, Nortel Networks, UK	download | 5,135 Kb MS PowerPoint®
	The future of the global infrastructure, the vision and reality. Mark Gazit CEO of SkyVision Network, the world leading provider of IP connectivity services to the emerging markets.

 

16:00 - 18:00	Fighting For Growth: Are Mobile & Fixed Operators on a Collision Course?
	Chairperson: Eliav Alaluf, Israel
	On the agenda: Does mobile replace fixed? Does fixed replace mobile? New Domains for growth? How financial & technological pressures may force operators to dis-integrate and what will be the implication for market participants?
	Fixed & Mobile Operators in Europe - Opportunities for Innovation Mike Bradbury Co-Director, RAN and Founder of Telecom Resources International, UK	download | 135 Kb MS PowerPoint®
	Telecom Operators are Not Dinosaurs Yet Pnina Shenhav Vice President Marketing & Sales, Bezeq, Israel	download | 512Kb MS PowerPoint®
	New Lines of Business for Mobile Operators Lipa Ogman CTO, Cellcom, Israel	download | 3,990 Kb MS PowerPoint®
	Hidden Customers - Hidden Revenues Ariel Yarnitsky Co-General Manager of ICQ
	The Search for the Next Killer Application Shai Schiller General Partner, Concord Ventures, Israel	download | 143Kb MS PowerPoint®