This panel discusses what technological innovations result from the conversion of voice and data transmission and the opportunities and risks for service providers and customers.

Discussion topics include the following:

• What are the technological risks?
• What opportunities does new technology reveal?
• What efficiencies does it yield?
• How will the customer benefit from new technology?
• Will the customer have to prepare (with extensive hardware/software) for new technology?
• Will the customer have to expect sacrifices for using the new voice and data transmission?

Wolfgang Schmitz Senior Executive Vice President, Technology Engineering Center Deutsche Telekom - T-Com Duration: 13 minutes

Mr. Schmitz is head of the division technology engineering of T-Com. He is responsible for technical development of all wire-bound transport platforms. He leads also the development and the advancement of all the service platforms such as IP, traffic selector platform for DSL, PSTN/ISDN, and intelligent network of T-Com. His responsibility for the transport and service platforms contained from the technique selection, support for field implementation up to technical support for implemented systems.

Basil Alwan President, IP Division Alcatel-Lucent Duration: 10 minutes

Mr. Alwan has overall responsibility for the company's portfolio of IP and multiservice switches and routers. He came to Alcatel-Lucent through the 2003 acquisition of TiMetra Networks, a start-up focused on service routers for IP/MPLS networks, where he was founder, president, and chief executive officer. Mr. Alwan is a frequent speaker at industry events and was recently named one of the industry's "Top 10 Movers and Shakers" by Light Reading for his role in building the highly successful IP business at Alcatel.

Tony Bates Senior Vice President and General Manager, Service Provider Technology Group Cisco Duration: 11 minutes

Mr. Bates is a member of chairman and chief executive officer John Chambers' senior staff, and he contributes to Cisco's overall strategy and direction. He is responsible for the overall strategy, engineering direction and execution, and marketing for SPTG. Mr. Bates leads a team of approximately 8500+ employees employees and a technology group that generates more than $8 billion in annual revenues.

Scott Kriens Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Juniper Networks Duration: 12 minutes

Mr. Kriens built the team from its early days of product development to the current broad commercial success of the expanding customer and product portfolio. Prior to joining Juniper Networks, he was a co-founder and officer of StrataCom in both operations and sales capacities from 1986 to 1996. Mr. Kriens also serves as a director of VeriSign and Equinix. He holds a B.A. degree in economics from California State University in Hayward.

Stefano Pileri Managing Director, Technology Telecom Italia Duration: 12 minutes

Mr. Pileri was appointed to his current role in February 2007. Prior to this, he had been the chief technology officer of Telecom Italia Group, directly reporting the president, with the responsibility to drive and coordinate the fixed-mobile integration and the overall technological network development. Previously, since March 1998, Mr. Pileri was responsible for the Telecom Italia wireline network. He has been in SIP (Italian Telecom Operator) since 1982, where he assumed growing responsibilities over the years in the network management systems department.

Vicente San Miguel Chief Technology Officer Telefónica Duration: 11 minutes

Mr. San Miguel has been in his current role since January 2006. Previously, he worked at Telef—nica de Espa–a, where his responsibilities included network deployment, budget allocation, and engineering activities with a team of more than 1,300 people. Mr. San Miguel had been responsible for technology and network planning, where he actively participated in the model change to develop broadband networks and services, including Imagenio (IPTV). He has a degree in telecommunications engineering from the UP of Madrid.

• Question & Answer Discussion MP3 Segment (Duration 23 Minutes)
• Complete iForum MP3 (Duration 1 Hour 32 Minutes)