Network architectures are contemplating a major change of intelligence distribution between IMS, SDP, and the newly establishing session control gateway. This session control gateway, which supports fixed and mobile access, is an extension of the A-GW of the NGMN and is under development at the key vendors in the industry right now. The session will describe the enhancements being made in combining these areas, establishing the NG BRAS, including the NG DPI, and creating a new comprehensive edge gateway for supporting storage connection for video, advertisement insertion, and a number of important elements in security as well as Web 2.0 support.

Andrew Harries President and Chief Executive Officer Zeugma Systems

Mr. Harries founded Zeugma Systems in 2004. Previously, he co-founded Sierra Wireless, where he was the founding vice president responsible for marketing, sales, strategic alliances, and customer support. Prior to that, Mr. Harries held management positions with Motorola and was a management consultant in Europe. He received his early education and started his career in the United Kingdom and Ireland; he holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Simon Fraser University as well as two U.S. patents.

Murray Cooke Chief Business Services Strategist BT Group

Mr. Cooke is responsible for the evolution of BT's services for corporate and enterprise customers, including their migration to BT's 21st Century Network NGN platform. He leads BT's technology strategy for the introduction of processing chassis technologies into the 21C platform to handle a portfolio of internal and customer-facing applications. Previously, Mr. Cooke was the head of operational engineering in BT's Global Solutions division, running U.K. banking, retail, and governmental networks. He is a fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology.

Siegfried Luft CTO Zeugma Systems

Prior to Zeugma Systems Mr. Luft was a co-founder of Siara Systems. He was founding president and general manager of Siara Research Canada, the Canadian subsidiary. Previously, Mr. Luft held a senior architect role and was part of the founding team at Fiberlane Communications. He began his career at MPR Teltech, where he held various engineering and leadership positions. Mr. Luft has a number of pending patents related to optical protection mechanisms, highly scalable distributed systems, and tiered service routing.

Roberto Saracco Head, Future Center & Technical Communications Telecom Italia

Dr. Saracco is leading the area responsible for future trends and scientific communications at Telecom Italia. He is a senior member of the IEEE and vice president of the Sister Societies Relation. Dr. Saracco has been involved in many standardization efforts and is leading a group of foresight centers in the European community project FISTERA to identify technology trajectories in the next 15 years. Dr. Saracco graduated in computer science and has a degree in mathematics and a doctorate in elementary particle physics.

Andrew Wishart Director, E2E Architecture, IP core and Backhaul Motorola Home & Networks

Mr. Wishart leads a team, based in the EMEA, responsible for the solution design, cost dimensioning, and customer engagement of Motorola's WiMAX Solution portfolio. In his role, he is leading Motorola's market development efforts in fixed mobile convergence for NGN cores covering 3GPP/TiSPAN and ITHO between WiMAX and GSM. Previously, he has held roles as business development director for IMS and service delivery platforms for Motorola Networks in the EMEA.