A quick glance around the office or living room reveals that the daily handling of sophisticated networking equipment is no longer the in the hands of service providers and IT professionals alone. As broadband communications becomes main-stream, business and residential consumers alike use more and more devices to take advantage of the new wave of high-speed network connectivity. With the advent of wireless LANs and VoIP, the Internet is now being accessed anywhere, by any one at any time and not just for surfing web pages. Main points:

• Overview of Home Networking Evolution: from Entertainment networks, through Information networks to Control Networks
• The Architecture of Next Generation CPE & Home Gateway: Value Chain Analysis for New Service Deployment
• The Characteristics of Information Economy: Evaluating a New Service Package
• Cost Structure of Deploying Broadband Services: Combining Video, Data and VoIP services

Erwin Ysewijn
Vice President Marketing, CPE Business Unit
Infineon Technologies

Mr. Erwin Ysewijn has over 20 years of professional experience in Research and Development and global marketing for advanced semiconductor and system products. Mr. Ysewijn first joined Infineon Technologies in 2001 as the Marketing Director of Wireline Communications in Japan. Since June 2003, Mr. Ysewijn has been appointed Vice President of Marketing, Infineon Technologies CPE Business Unit. Prior to joining Infineon, Mr Ysewijn began his career as the Research and Development group of Prodata N.V. (Belgium) in 1985 as hardware and firmware development engineer. In 1989, Mr. Ysewijn joined HITACHI where he held a number of managerial positions.

Pankaj Gupta, Senior Manager, Broadband Marketing, Cisco Systems

Junya Inoue, Senior Manager, Broadband Service Department, NTT East

Tomota Terada, Deputy Chief Consultant, Nomura Research Institute