Video changes everything and is driving the next generation of broadband network upgrades worldwide. To battle the decline in traditional wireline voice services, many operators are driving toward offering IPTV service. While many large-scale deployments of IPTV by operators have been held up due to regulatory and technical issues, there have been huge innovations in Internet video services such as YouTube.

This panel of experts will examine key questions such as the following:

• Will IPTV and Internet video compete with or complement each other?
• How can operators monetize the growing trend of providing video services over the Internet?
• What are the network requirements to design and deploy networks that integrate these services from an end user's experience point of view?
• Is IPTV compelling enough compete against the television service offered by cable companies?
• What are the emerging business models and keys to success to providing profitable IPTV or Internet video services?

Young-Sae Song Director, Corporate Marketing Redback Networks

Mr. Song is responsible for marketing and branding for Redback and the SmartEdge product line, focusing on next-generation networks for delivering triple-play services. In addition, he is responsible for analyzing customer and market needs for IPTV and triple-play services. Mr. Song joined Redback in 2005 from Microsoft, where he led a sales team in the Real Time Collaboration group. Prior to Microsoft, he was the director of product marketing at Genesys Telecommunications and focused on computer telephony integration for IP and time division multiplexing-based voice systems.

Sachin Agarwal Senior Research Scientist, Laboratories Deutsche Telekom

Mr. Agarwal has interned at Microsoft research in Redmond, USA (MSR), in the communications and collaboration systems group (MSR-CCS) and worked for a technology start-up in Boston, USA, in the past. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. from Boston University's networking and information systems laboratory (Nislab) in the department of electrical and computer engineering (BU-ECE) in 2002 and 2005 respectively.

Ryan Hardy Senior Product Manager, Wholesale IPTV and CDD Services BT

In addition to his current position, Mr. Hardy is also the BT Group capability manager for CDD. He has been involved in U.K. broadband from its infancy; he has seven years of retail and wholesale broadband experience and has worked in and around triple play for the past six years. Mr. Hardy has a background as an architect, consultant, and technology champion. As triple-/quad-play technology approaches maturity, he is creating commercially viable media distribution products for a U.K. market that is projected to be worth Ł1 billion by 2010.

Aditya Kishore Senior Analyst, Research Heavy Reading

Mr. Kishore has 12 years of experience in consumer media. His coverage areas at Heavy Reading include digital media applications and services and their distribution over broadband networks. Prior to Heavy Reading, Mr. Kishore was the director of global media and entertainment at the Yankee Group. He was responsible for managing and coordinating media research across Yankee Group analyst teams in North America, Europe, and Asia. Mr. Kishore began his career in television news, then spent three years in advertising, working with a range of leading consumer brands, including Nestlé, Samsung, and McDonald's.

Ulrich Stöttelder Project Manager and Network Designer IPTV, Platform Development Telefónica Deutschland

Mr. Stöttelder is responsible for managing, planning, and integrating IPTV services at Telefónica Deutschland. He has more than 15 years of experience in various scientific and technical roles. Prior to his current position, he was the head of technical realization at BetaResearch GmbH. Mr. Stöttelder studied electrical engineering at the University of Dortmund.