TV today is much like the personal computer of the early 1980s — a useful but unconnected island of technology in the home with a limited ability to connect with other devices, users, and services. Today, with widespread global deployments of IPTV under way, the television is poised to finally join the IP networking revolution. Television in the future will be personal and connected. In this presentation, we will discuss how the transformation to IP-based television will occur in three distinct phases, each of which will take us one step closer to unlocking the potential of TV and creating new connected and personalized experiences. Each of these three phases will drive gradual changes in telecommunications, entertainment, and advertising.

In addition to outlining these three phases in developing the future of TV, we will address connected entertainment and exciting new product developments, including a product demo of new IPTV features.

Andrew Scott Director of Solutions Architecture, Microsoft TV, EMEA Microsoft

Mr. Scott has more than nine years of experience in the digital TV industry. Prior to joining Microsoft in 2005, he was employed by ICL (now Fujitsu), where he was responsible for DVB-T and DVB-C systems in the United Kingdom. Prior to that, Mr. Scott was responsible for managing the technical team at Liberate EMEA in DVB-C projects across Europe.

Stephen Farmer EMEA Market Manager, Video Solutions, Home and Networks Mobility Motorola

Mr. Farmer leads Motorola's video business in the home and networks mobility division in EMEA. Tasked with driving the IPTV set-top box business and ensuring success for Motorola's catalog of video products, he is responsible for the development of key strategies and customer initiatives in the region. Mr. Farmer joined Motorola in January 2007, bringing a wealth of video and technology experience. He previously held a role managing the IPTV business at Scientific-Atlanta, part of Cisco, where he was heavily involved with wins for both Microsoft and non-Microsoft products with customers such as T-Online, Swisscom, and T-Com Croatia.

Tiaan Schutte Vice President, Multimedia Business Unit, Convergence Business Group Alcatel-Lucent

Mr. Schutte is responsible for Alcatel-Lucent's global multimedia mobile and IPTV activities. Prior to his current role, he was vice president of Alcatel's Information, Communication, and Entertainment (ICE) business unit. Mr. Schutte also held both product line management and R&D positions within Alcatel's ICE group. Before joining Alcatel in 2003, he held key management positions at Thirdspace Living (acquired by Alcatel in April 2003), nCUBE Corporation, Broadcast Projects International, and Mindport MCT. He further contributed at Canal+Technologies and Irdeto Consultants in R&D and portfolio management.

Marc Schwarze Senior Manager, IPTV Deutsche Telekom

From 1995 to 1999 Mr. Schwarze was a management consultant at Accenture (formerly Andersen Consulting) in Frankfurt. His next position was founder and managing director of marketing for an Internet marketplace from 1999 to 2001 before he joined T-Online International AG in 2001. First Mr. Schwarze was in charge for product marketing for B2B services. From 2005 to 2007 Mr. Schwarze was senior manager of T-Home and in charge of triple-play products before he took over the lead of the entire IPTV project of Deutsche Telekom AG. He holds a Diplom-Kaufmann degree and an M.B.A.