The world's leading service providers are striving to supply more bandwidth to the home and look to transition their access networks to FTTH. While the largest service providers in the world have made their FTTH choices, the question remains in Europe: Which technology and architecture is best: GPON, EPON or FTTH-E?

For a complete representation of the issues in deploying FTTx and/or PON, the panel will consist of service providers and equipment vendors who can share their unique perspective on this significant market shift and discuss what the winning combination of FTTH technology and architecture is.

Andrew Vought Chief Executive Officer Broadlight

With more than 25 years of semiconductor and technology management experience, Mr. Vought previously served in the office of the president at GlobespanVirata (formerly known as Virata). At Virata, he helped lead the company from start-up mode through a successful IPO, which culminated in the company becoming the market share leader of CPE DSL semiconductors and software. Prior to Virata, Mr. Vought founded and served as a general partner of Cheyenne Capital Corporation, a private venture capital firm.

Didi Ivancovsky Founder and Vice President, Marketing BroadLight

Mr. Ivancovsky previously worked for 18 years at Telrad (a subsidiary of Nortel) as R&D manager. His varied communications background includes joint projects with Nortel as well as HW and SW telephony projects. In 1998, Mr. Ivancovsky joined the Access division of Telrad and served as head of the embedded software department focusing mainly on broadband access involving Sonet/SDH, ATM, DSL, and telephony.

Jean-Pierre Lartigue Vice President, Access Division Alcatel-Lucent

Mr. Lartigue has worked as a manager for the Paris and Dallas offices of the Boston Consulting Group. He has been an active member of the technology and communication practice and has been involved with worldwide telecom and chipset vendors and with both U.S. and European telecom operators. Mr. Lartigue has dealt with a variety of issues, including innovation and new product development, market entry strategies and planning, and mergers. He also served as deputy director general for Vision 1250, the European group responsible for developing high-definition and digital television.

Frank Ludwig Head of Business Line PON Nokia Siemens Networks

Mr. Ludwig has 15 years of experience in telecommunications in various positions. He joined Siemens AG in 1992, and in his career, he has focused primarily on telecommunications networks and equipment. Mr. Ludwig was in various positions leading key sales support organizations in the area of IP-based next-generation voice solutions. Before taking over his current responsibility, he was head of the HQ-based North American sales organization for fixed networks for three years.

Don McCullough Vice President, Marketing Ericsson

Mr. McCullough leads all product marketing and product management for the Ericsson GPON product line, the EDA 1500. He joined Ericsson along with the rest of the Entrisphere team in February 2007, when Ericsson acquired Entrisphere. Mr. McCullough joined Entrisphere in 2003, bringing 18 years of experience in developing and marketing high-bandwidth telecom access systems to deliver the triple play of services. He helped pioneer voice, video, and data services over fiber-to-the-premises systems while at BroadBand Technologies.

Erwan Nédellec Project Manager, R&D division France Telecom Group

Mr. Nédellec is coordinating different development projects on very high broadband topics: end-to-end architecture for services integration, optical infrastructure optimization, and home networking. He also works very closely with marketing and implementation divisions in all Orange group business units.