The emergence of the 21st-century network is enabling service providers to bridge legacy and next-generation rich-media communications using a converged service delivery network. This infrastructure can also be leveraged to rapidly deliver a set of bundled offerings for the consumer and enterprise customer.

Advanced interactive services positively affect subscriber acquisition, retention, and average spending. Visual contact centers, video telephony, rich-media conferencing, and data sharing are just some examples that represent today's trends in the voice, video, data, and mobile convergence.

The session will cover multiple perspectives for 21st-century rich-media communications, discussing the latest trends, technologies, and business considerations.

Eli Doron Co-Founder, President, and Chief Strategy Officer RADVISION

Mr. Doron is the visionary behind RADVISION's innovative leadership in the unified visual communications arena. Mr. Doron has been defining and designing video and communications systems for over 30 years, and most of his professional career, and pioneered the original standards for video communication and integration between legacy and next-generation networks.

Paolo Campoli Director, Solutions and Business Development, Europe and Emerging Markets Cisco Systems

Mr. Campoli leads solutions development, packaging, and go-to-market strategies for the wireline service provider sales organization in Europe and emerging markets. From 2001 to 2003, as senior manager of the central solutions marketing organization of Cisco Systems, Mr. Campoli led development and packaging of triple-play solutions for broadband providers and vertical industry solutions for the enterprise market. Prior to this, he was involved in design of architectures and integration of broadband access and mobility solutions with major European carriers and cable and mobile networks. He also contributed to the definition of new Cisco access products.

Igor Douplitzky Project Manager, Consumer Services Strategic Marketing France Telecom Group

Mr. Douplitzky is participating in open ecosystem projects in the newly formed transverse strategic marketing unit. He started his career at France Telecom in sales to corporate accounts. From 1989 to 1999, he held positions in bus-dev and technology partnerships in the United States, both at France Telecom North America in New York and France Telecom R&D in the Silicon Valley. From 1999 to 2003, he worked on strategic marketing and investment opportunities in several business services divisions. In 2004, he joined the France Telecom mass-market division, where he contributed to voice services strategic planning and the development of a GSM-Wi-Fi hybrid mobile phone offer. He is a graduate of Ecole Polytechnique and Sup Télécom Paris.

Meron Golan Vice President and Head of Global Business Development RADVISION

Mr. Golan is a seasoned telecom executive with more than 20 years of experience. He joined RADVISION in 2001 to build and lead the operators business unit. Prior to RADVISION, he was with Lucent Technologies' softswitch division after the Excel Switching acquisition by Lucent in 2000. At Excel, he founded Excel Europe and was its general manager and MD. Earlier, Mr. Golan held various general management, product management, sales, and BD leadership positions with leading international telecom players.

Fabrice de Seze Vice-President Mobile Solutions Division Head of User Centric Applications Business Unit Alcatel

The business unit Mr. de Seze heads is in charge of the wide user-centric mobile applications, with video, music, messaging, and enterprise mobility management communication services as main product lines. Mr. de Seze has 16 years of experience in the telecom business. Previous to Alcatel, he had several executive roles at the French operator SFR and was regional director and director of UMTS from 1998 to 2004.