Thursday
June 19th 2008
Sponsors:
Keynotes: TelePresence Tech, Teliris
Platinum: Cisco, Tandberg
Gold: Glowpoint, Poylcom,
Silver: Brightcom, Compunetix, Masergy,
Digital Video Enterprises, Telanetix, SONY, BT
Program Schedule
7:45am – 8:15am –
Continental Breakfast, Registration
Early arrivals receive
their rewards in the form of coffee, breads, pastries and their choice of the
best seats. They also receive a ticket
for the morning prize drawing – a brand new Polycom HDX-4000 High Definition personal video conferencing system!
8:15am – 8:30am –
Welcome by IMCCA Chairperson, Drawing #1
As breakfast is finished
Anne Hardwick, the Chairperson and Treasurer of the IMCCA welcomes the
attendees, explains the day’s schedule and gives away the first prize of the day.
Morning Program – Telepresence Presentations
Note - Q&A will not be offered during the
morning sessions as the afternoon will be set aside specifically for attendee
input and consultation.
8:30am – 9:00am –
Welcoming Keynote – How telepresence changes the world of collaborative
communication
Duffie White, CEO of
TelePresenceTech, considered by many to be the “father of telepresence,” will
explain how despite a gloomy business economy, telepresence has emerged as the
killer application of advanced technology for saving travel costs and
increasing global competitiveness. This
presentation will highlight how corporate decision makers, AV dealers and
systems integrators can capitalize on this emerging billion dollar industry.
9:00am – 9:15am –
IMCCA Presentation - Telepresence Background and Analysis
Dr. S. Ann Earon,
Chairperson Emeritus IMCCA, and David Danto, Director Emerging Technologies
IMCCA, will present a brief history of the telepresence space with an analysis
of the benefits and challenges of the technology.
9:15am – 10:15am –
Manufacturers’ and Service Provider’s Forum - Moderated by Dr. S. Ann Earon,
President
Telemanagement Resources International Inc. (TRI)
Panelists:
·
Larry
Satterfield, VP Enterprise Sales East, Tandberg
·
Marcio Macedo, Director
of Product Management, Polycom
·
John Moellering,
Manager, Cisco Telepresence Product Marketing
·
Joseph Laezza,
COO, Glowpoint
·
Ken Scaturro, SVP
Sales & Marketing, York
·
Chris Carr,
Global Director Video Markets, Masergy
Key market leaders will make
brief presentations highlighting their views of the benefits and challenges,
and will answer moderator submitted questions about the value of telepresence
and its future direction. Discussion
will center around using telepresence for business continuity, executive work
life balance, carbon reduction, and collaborative research &
development.
10:15am – 10:30am –
Break
10:30am – 11:20am – End Users Forum - Moderated by Ira Weinstein,
Senior Analyst and Partner, Wainhouse Research
Panelists:
·
Russ Oliver, VP
Strategy, One Communications
·
Kevin Hyatt, VTC
Product Manager, The Walt Disney Company
·
Gary Hagen,
CTS-D, Collaboration Architect, Amgen
·
John H. Steitz,
CTS, Assistant Director - Classroom Educational Technology Services, Georgetown University
·
Andrew Adams,
Director - Video Application Services, AT&T
Current telepresence users
will present brief case studies on how and why they have adopted these systems
and the value the technology offers their organizations. Discussion will include their deployment
experience and specific applications, benefits and challenges of telepresence
technologies.
11:20am – 11:30am –
Break
11:30am – 12:30pm –
Special Keynote and Remote Presentation, “Using Telepresence to Enable Distance
Collaboration: The Power of Human Presence”
Marc Trachtenberg, Co-Founder and
CEO of Teliris, will provide a powerful and highly interactive demonstration of
how Telepresence enables companies to collaborate across distance and still
benefit from the Power of Human Presence™. With a real-time connection to
renowned
.
Afternoon Program – Telepresence Town Hall
12:30pm – 1:30pm –
Lunch and Networking
As lunch is served, the
various manufacturers and end users that have presented will be seated at very
identifiable locations throughout the room. Grab a bite, ask some questions and
schmooze. Tickets will also be distributed for the afternoon prize drawing –
this time a Tandberg 1700 MXP High
Definition personal video conferencing system!
1:30pm – 2:45pm –
Ask The Experts - Moderated by David Danto, IMCCA’s Director of Emerging
Technologies
Panelists:
·
Case Murphy,
Senior Unified Conferencing Engineer, AOL
·
Rich DeBrino,
CIO/Vice President, Advances in Technology
·
Rob Arnold, CTO,
Telanetix
·
Dr. S. Ann Earon,
President, Telemanagement Resources International Inc. (TRI)
·
Mark Roberts, VP
Ecosystem Marketing, Polycom
·
Steve McNelley,
Co-Founder, Digital Video Enterprises, inc.
·
Robert
McCandless, CEO, BrightCom, inc.
·
All the experts
in the audience
A panel of vendors,
consultants, service providers and end users will take questions from the
moderator and the audience. This is a
unique, open forum opportunity to ask specific, end user application questions
as well as challenge the vendors to meet specific user needs.
2:45pm – 3:00pm –
Session Wrap-up by IMCCA Executive Director, Drawing #2
Carol Zelkin, the Executive
Director of the IMCCA, will highlight the topics covered during the day and
point out where the various technologies and services can be viewed on the
InfoComm show floor. The drawing for the
afternoon video conference system will also take place.
3:00 pm – 4:00pm –
Refreshment Reception
As the event wraps-up you
can head on down to the IMCCA presented HD and Telepresence Showcase and look
at some of the systems that were discussed in action – right on the InfoComm
show floor. Please be sure to grab some
refreshments on your way out. Or, feel
free to stay and continue to network with your peers in the industry.
Come Join Us!
Come
join us for this one day intensive program of presentations, demonstrations,
Q&A, refreshments, valuable prize giveaways and networking. To attend the event, go to www.infocommshow.org and register for
InfoComm 08, then select the IMCCA educational event
“Telepresence@InfoComm.” For more
information about the event and sponsorship opportunities contact IMCCA
Executive Director Carol Zelkin at czelkin@imcca.org
.
IMCCA
The IMCCA is a non-profit industry
association resolved to strengthen and grow the overall conferencing and
collaboration market by providing impartial information and education about
people-to-people communication and collaboration technology and applications.
Founded in 1998, the IMCCA membership is open to end users, vendors and other
interested professionals who wish to share their disciplines and knowledge for
the benefit of members and the interested general public. The IMCCA offers an
open and interactive environment for these activities, including participation
in trade shows and industry events and the IMCCA website.