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T10B	Tuesday, January 22 · 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm

Future of Optical Technologies Panel Future decisions for deploying an all-optical network reside in the implications of exploding network growth. New technology choices are vital to the efficiencies of that network. Service providers face knife-edge decisions over deploying new technology for new services in a market environment where marginal revenues are potentially decreasing. This session will address these topics with brief updates, an open panel environment and audience participation. What is driving vendor-technology innovation? Why are new technologies important to a service provider or enterprise user?

CHAIRPERSON: Robert M. Lane, Vice President Business Development, Marconi Optical Networks, is responsible for product support, product strategy, market segmentation and marketing communications. Prior to joining Marconi, Mr. Lane held a number of senior sales positions at Fujitsu Telecommunications. SPEAKERS: Glenn Wellbrock, Vice President, North America Product Engineering, Marconi, is responsible for product architecture and feature/function definition. Before joining ONDATA/Marconi, Mr. Wellbrock was the vice president of product planning at Qplus Networks. Prior to Qplus, he was with MCI WorldCom for 17 years, where he held a number of technical and management positions. Luc Ceuppens, Vice President, Corporate Business Development, Calient Networks, has 16 years of experience in global telecommunications technology and services. Katherine Hall, Chief Technology Officer, PhotonEx, is a world-renowned scientist in fiber-optic technology and elected member of the IEEE LEOS Board of Governors. Philippe Delansay, Director, Optical Engineering, CIENA, has served in this role for CIENA's Core Switching Division since December 1999. Previous to CIENA, Mr. Delansay worked at Alcatel's R&D Center in Richardson, Texas and Central Research Laboratory in Paris, France. Billy Wu, Director, Optical Internet Business, Nortel Networks, is responsible for strategic marketing and product direction related to building an all-optical network.