The evolution of IMS enables operators and service providers to bridge legacy and next-generation rich-media communications, with a converged service delivery network. IMS networks can also be leveraged to rapidly deliver a set of bundled offerings for the consumer and enterprise customer.

Advanced personalized and interactive services such as EPG for mobile TV and personal content delivery services positively impact subscriber acquisition, retention, and ARPU. Visual contact centers and video communities and chats are just some examples that represent today's trends in the voice, video, data, and mobile convergence.

The session will cover multiple perspectives of 3G mobile and NGN video communications, discussing the latest trends, technologies, and business considerations. The session will address issues of service delivery now versus waiting for IMS. Personalization of services and user-generated content and their importance will also be stressed.

Stéphane Téral Principal Analyst Infonetics Research

Mr. Téral joined Infonetics Research in January 2006 after eight years with analyst firm RHK. Prior to RHK, he was an engineer and project manager with Alcatel, where he deployed the CATV optical networks that allowed the 1992 Olympics and the grand opening of Euro Disney to be televised using fiber optics for the first time. Mr. Téral now specializes in voice over IP and circuit-to-packet migration products, services, and adoption trends of service providers, as well as tracking and forecasting service provider CAPEX, OPEX, and revenue.

Dagoberto Freitas Business Development CALA Radvision, Inc.

Mr. Freitas brings with him more than 10 years of experience in the area of business development. Prior to joining Radvision, he served as the director of business development and channel sales in Brazil working with Witness Systems. Mr. Freitas has previously held customer relationship-focused positions with a Citicorp credit card company, where he served as a credit and collection consultant.

Pedro Menéndez-Valdés IPTV Business Development Director of the Europe and South Region Alcatel-Lucent, Professional Services Division

Dr. Menéndez-Valdés is responsible for CALA, South Europe, Africa, Middle East, and South Asia markets. In 1991 he joined Alcatel in Madrid, where he first developed R&D activities. During the last 10 years he was the R&D lead of several product families, product management lead for multiservice access nodes, product strategy deputy director for the wireline access business unit, and product marketing deputy director in the access networks division. Dr. Menéndez-Valdés is a member of the Alcatel-Lucent Technical Academy.

Anindya Sanyal Americas Sales Leader IBM, Real Time Collaboration

After joining Lotus/IBM in 1995, Mr. Sanyal focused on sales of Lotus collaboration solutions in India, Sri Lanka, Singapore, South Africa, France, the United Kingdom, and now the Americas. Mr. Sanyal has a B.S. from St. Xavier's College in Calcutta, and an M.B.A. from IIM Lucknow.

Hatim Zougari Regional Director Thomson, NIS

Mr. Zougari is regional director, LATAM for Thomson NIS, the Thomson business unit developing VoIP softswitches, IPTV middleware, and IMS core-network platforms. He brings more than 13 years of international experience in the business in the telecom market. Before joining the Thomson group, Mr. Zougari was managing director of KEYMILE France, a subsidiary of KEYMILE AG, Switzerland. Previously, he was sales director of LATAM region for Alcatel KE, Hanover, Germany. Mr. Hatim holds a master degree in international business administration from Hamburg, Germany.