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Tuesday, November 5, 2002 Wednesday, November 6, 2002 Thursday, November 7, 2002
Wednesday, November 6, 2002
  ISRAEL MOBILE INTERNET FORUM - IMIF
MAKING MONEY FROM MESSAGING DAY
Plenary Session
10:00 - 12:00 Information is Power
Civilian & Military Information Security at the Turn of the Century
  Chairperson: Shraga Shahak, Israel
  On the agenda:
  • Information as a strategic asset
  • Information and Power - hazards and opportunities
  • Information Protection - is it achievable?
  • Future role of information at the battlefield
 

Information Force
Avi Berger
Colonel, Signal Corps, Israel Defense Forces, Israel

 

Network Identity and Trust Management
Hellmuth Broda
Chief Technology Officer, Europe, Middle East and Africa
Sun Microsystems Inc., Switzerland

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Network Security Today
Gil Shwed
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Check Point Software Technologies Ltd., Israel

protection of information in the modern world-balancing between freedom
and security
Jacob Perry
President and CEO, Cellcom, Israel

  Web Application Security - The Weekest Link
Tomer Afek
Director of Channels Marketing, Sanctum Inc.
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13:30 - 15:30

The New Mobile World - Will Mobile Operators Make the Change from Voice to Multimedia?
  Chairperson: Shalom (Shally) Tshuva, Israel
 

On the agenda:

  • What will be the business model for 2.5 and 3G services?
  • What will be the killer app?
  • What challenges does the service providers face?
  • The difference between marketing and positioning of voice services vs. data services.
 

Strategies for Success in Mobile Data: Marketing is the Key
Declan Lonergan
Director WME - Yankee Group

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The New Mobile World - Facilitating the Shift From Voice to Multimedia
Scott Wickware
UMTS Product Marketing Director , Nortel Networks

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The Worldwide Courier Experience in the New Mobile World
Elisha Yanay
Chairman of the Board & General Manager, Motorola Israel

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The Drivers Behind Mobile Messaging Evolution
Menashe Rothschild
CTO, Comverse, Israel

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Next Generation Multimedia Services - The MMS and Video-on Demand Challenge
Joseph Gorelick
Strategic Product Manager, Ericsson MMS Product Unit, USA

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  The truth about next-generation services
Eli Reifman

CEO - Emblaze
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13:30 - 15:30

Delivering Business Services - The New Generation Application Service Provider
  Chairperson: Ruth Alon, Israel
 

On the agenda:

  • What are the trends in outsourcing in general and regarding these services in specific?
    Is the ASP model "working"?
  • What is available now and what will be the compelling applications?
  • Who is most suitable to provide such services - including examples; what is the business model for the SP?
  • What are the target markets and what is the ROI for the user?
 

A Vision of Software as a Service
Brian Boruff
Vice President Network Service Providers, Microsoft EMEA Corporation, USA

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From Plain Infrastructure To Data Centers
Amos Lasker
CEO, MedNautilus, Israel

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The Scenario from ASP to BSP to VSP and Strategic Sourcing
Avi Shalom
Director Consulting Gartner Mediterranean

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Should the ASP move towards becoming a CSP (Communications Service Provider)?
Kobi Hayon
CEO, Bezeq International, Israel

ASP - From Buz to Biz
Yuval Tzeiri
VP Technology, NetVision, Israel

  Driving Business Value through Managed Services
David Eshed
Director, Mercury Interactive, Israel
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13:30 - 15:30 Intelligent Buildings and Home Networking - Towards Networked Home?
  Chairperson: Anya Eldan, Israel
  On the Agenda: 
  • Overview of Home networking technologies 
  • Delivering the trinity: Voice/Video/Data to the home
  • Entertainment industry link to home networking
 

Introduction - Intelligent home - how intelligent and how soon?
Anya Eldan
Managing Partner, Platinum Venture Capital, Israel 

  Residential Gateways - The Hub of the Home Network
Ofer Vilensky
Founder and CEO, Jungo, Israel
  Entertainment and Home networking, from the European perspective
Ronen Gadot
Director, Business Development & Venturing, Philips Corporate Strategy, Israel
 

Powerlines as a media for networking and automation in residential environment.
Avner Matmor
CEO, Itran, Israel

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Overview of home networking technologies
Yehuda Binder
Founder and President, Serconet, Israel

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  STB as the Entertainment Hub for the Future House
Yossi Tsuria
Executive VP for Strategy and Technology, NDS, Israel
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13:30 - 15:30 Intelligent Buildings and Home Networking - Towards Networked Home?
  Chairperson: Anya Eldan, Israel
  On the Agenda: 
  • Overview of Home networking technologies 
  • Delivering the trinity: Voice/Video/Data to the home
  • Entertainment industry link to home networking
 

Introduction - Intelligent home - how intelligent and how soon?
Anya Eldan
Managing Partner, Platinum Venture Capital, Israel 

  Residential Gateways - The Hub of the Home Network
Ofer Vilensky
Founder and CEO, Jungo, Israel
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  Entertainment and Home networking, from the European perspective
Ronen Gadot
Director, Business Development & Venturing, Philips Corporate Strategy, Israel
download | 367 Kb
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Powerlines as a media for networking and automation in residential environment.
Avner Matmor
CEO, Itran, Israel

 

Overview of home networking technologies
Yehuda Binder
Founder and President, Serconet, Israel

  STB as the Entertainment Hub for the Future House
Yossi Tsuria
Executive VP for Strategy and Technology, NDS, Israel

 

IBM COMMERCIAL SESSION

 

"This changes everything..." Gartner on IBM acquisition of PwC
Guy Hadari
IBM Business Consulting Services

 

New Speech Technology for advanced voice activated services.
Zohar Sivan
Manager, Telecom and Media Systems
IBM Research Laboratory in Haifa

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IBM Service Provider Delivery Environment (SPDE)
Dov Linze
Telecom IT Architect IBM Global Service

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16:00 - 18:00 Service and Network Security in an Open Broadband World
Chairperson: Nissim Bar-El, Israel
 
  • Broadband networks need highly reliable security solutions that protect subscribers and service providers from common network attacks.
  • We are going to see new technologies and ideas for service and network security issues in a broadband environment:
    • new approaches to intrusion detection
    • LAN and WAN protection
    • the importance of security information management
  From Intrusion Detection to Intrusion Prevention - Staying a Step Ahead of the Hacker
Avi Elbaum
CTO, Vsecure Technologies (US) Inc., Israel
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  Diversion and Sieving Technics to Defeat DDOF Attacks.
Rafi Tzadikario
Vice President, Research & Devlopment, Riverhead Networks, Israel
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  To Integrate or not to Integrate? It is not a Question
Fredric Horbeek Hendrik

Assistant General Manager, Head Security Coordination Rabobank Group, The Netherlands
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Protecting Critical National Infrastructure - Telecommunication
Amnon Bar-Lev
President & CEO, Xpert Integrated Systems Ltd., Israel

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  An Innovative Approach to Active Network Defense
Doron Shikmoni
President and Co-Founder, ForeScout Technologies Inc., Israel
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  Boundless Connectivity - LAN Experience Over the Web
Nir Gertner
CTO, Cyber-Ark Software, Israel

 

16:00 - 18:00 Consumer and Business Applications - The Future of B2C Retailing and B2B Trading
  Chairperson: Hertzel Ozer, Israel
 

On the agenda:

  • The future of B2B retailing
  • E.payment suppor
  • E.commerce - does It Make Money?
  • Is it too soon for M.commerce

B2B - Reality Behind the Vision
Ofir Bar-Uryan
CEO, Bezeq Zahav, Israel

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  Another Side of Retail
Yoav Pridor
VicePresident Marketing, Netvision, Israel
  The Challenges Facing e-Payment
Edo Ganot
Executive Vice President Strategic Alliance & Marketing, Trivnet, Israel
download | 400 Kb
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  M.commerce Today
Yoav Roth
Director, Advance Services, Cellcom, Israel
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  The New Generation of Voice Mail
Ohad Arazi
Product Manager, Varicom Communications Ltd., Israel
download | 898Kb
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  Title to be announced
Gadi Shvadron
Vice President Marketing, GoNext, Israel

 

16:00 - 18:00 Managing Customer Relationship - Adding Value Through Customer Management
  Chairperson: Guy Hadari, Israel
  vCRM - Value-Based Customer Relationship Management
Alex Kramer
Americas CRM Lead Partner, Marketing & Customers Analytics,
IBM Business Consulting Services, USA
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Bringing Value to Customers - Bezeq's CRM Strategy, Technology and Implementation
Raz Heiperman
Vice President Information Technology Division, Bezeq, Israel

 

From High Tech to High Touch: The Human aspects of CRM
Gil Peretz
President, The Israeli Center for Business Training

 

Branding the Customers
Jimmy Swartzcop
CEO, Metta Group, Israel

Adding Value through Customer Management
Guy Emodi
Customer Service Manager, Partner Communications Co., Israel

  CRM Billing Integration
Seth Nesbitt
Product Marketing Manager, AMDOCS, UK
 
Final Program | Welcome | Press Conference
Program Committee | Key Global Players | Exhibition
Topics | Call For Papers | General Information
Timetable | IMIF Program
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