Keynotes

Keynote 1: ATCA for Next Generation Voice/Packet Networks in a Hyperconnected Environment
Tuesday, November 1st, 11:20am - Noon

Staffan Skogby
Senior Product Manager
Core Network R&D Unit
Huawei

Staffan Skogby is a senior product manager for core network platforms. He is currently working in the Huawei core network R&D unit in Stockholm, where he is responsible for collecting platform market requirements from major European operators. Before joining Huawei in 2008 he worked at Ericsson in various positions, including strategic product management for telecom platforms. Previously, he was responsible for telecoms platform strategy and product management at Ericsson’s Multimedia Business Unit.

He is on the board of directors for the SCOPE Alliance – currently holding the position of marketing co-chair officer. He is also on OpenSAF Foundation board of directors - currently holding the position of secretary. Staffan has 30 years of experience in the telecom and embedded systems industry, including numerous positions within product management and R&D. He is inventor of 3 patents for software platform systems. Staffan holds a Master of Science from Royal Institute of Technology and an MBA from School of Business in Stockholm.

Abstract: ATCA for Next Generation Voice/Packet Networks in a Hyperconnected Environment
This presentation focuses on telecom segment and hardware platform requirements. It also deals with the reasons and rationale for applications to migrate to a single core concept. The issues covered include the following questions. What are the challenges for and drivers for the telecom network? How can such challenges be addressed via platform evolution? What characterizes the current situation and what are the next steps to be undertaken? What are the current challenges in the control and media planes? What are the needs of ATCA over the next five years to support the evolution of telecom networks?

About Huawei:
Huawei is a leading telecom solutions provider. Through continuous customer-centric innovation, we have established end-to-end advantages in telecom networks, global services, and devices. With comprehensive strengths in wireline, wireless and IP technologies, Huawei has gained a leading position in the All-IP convergence age. Our products and solutions have been deployed in over 140 countries and have served 45 of the world's top 50 telecom operators, as well as one third of the world's population.

Huawei's vision is to enrich life through communication. By leveraging our experience and expertise in the telecom sector, we help bridge the digital divide and provide people the opportunity to join the information age, regardless of their geographic origin. In order to address the increasingly prominent climate challenges, Huawei has deployed a wide range of green solutions that enable customers to reduce power consumption and carbon emissions, contributing to the sustainable development of the society, economy, and the environment.

Keynote 2: Future Navy Systems Technology
Tuesday, November 1st, 2:00 - 2:30pm

Dr. Roger D. Boss
Deputy Chief Technology Office
SPAWAR

Dr. Roger Boss is currently the Deputy SPAWAR Chief Technology Officer, Pacific, the Head of the S&T Forecasting, Assessment, and Technology Division, and the Discovery and Invention Business Portfolio Manager. His previous duties have included evaluation, selection, and oversight for SSC Pacific in-house research and development projects, serving as the Deputy of Operations for the Research and Applied Sciences Department, serving as the Chair of the SSC Pacific Science and Technology Advisory Board, serving on Center panels including the Business Development Board, Steering Committee, Corporate Operation Group, and Center Initiatives Group, as well as serving as the Liaison to Industry for SSC Pacific. He has been with SPAWAR and its predecessor organizations for over 25 years.

He has published 25 peer reviewed papers and holds 5 patents. His awards include the Waldo Semon Scholarship, the L.L. Quill Fellowship, a National Science Foundation Fellowship, and the Department of the Navy Meritorious Civilian Service Award. He has a BS in Chemistry from Kent State University and a PhD in Chemistry from Michigan State University. Dr. Boss, a native Ohioan, received his Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from Kent State University in 1980 and his Doctorate in Analytical Chemistry from Michigan State University in 1985.

Abstract: Future Navy Systems Technology
SPAWAR’s goal is to further the US Navy’s vision for information dominance in which information becomes a strong warfighting capability and warfighting wholeness replaces sub-optimal stovepipes. Current challenges includes shrinking budgets, speed of technical advances, interoperability, technology maturity and usability, and maintaining alignment with coalition partners. The evolution is clearly toward non-proprietary and virtualized hardware and cloud services. Our emphasis must be on services-based systems, open architectures, and Web interfaces and mobile applications. Widget enabled C4ISR is the future. Bandwidth is a huge challenge, as demands for it are increasing daily. Areas of current interest include persistent ISR, cyber, and C4ISR in degraded or compromised environments.

About SPAWAR:
The U.S. Navy Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) is one of three major Department of the Navy acquisition commands. SPAWAR delivers higher-end Navy information technology products and services to the fleet and other US Department of Defense stakeholders. As the Navy’s Information Dominance systems command, SPAWAR designs, develops and deploys advanced communications and information capabilities. With more than 8,900 active duty military and civil service professionals located around the world and close to the fleet, Team SPAWAR is at the forefront of research, engineering, acquisition and support services that provide vital decision superiority to our forces at the right time and for the right cost. Under the command of Rear Admiral Pat Brady, SPAWAR is working to fully realize its efforts to provide increased value to the Navy in the coming years. For more information, see www.spawar.navy.mil.

Keynote 3: Assessing AdvancedTCA Product Compliance at AT&T
Wednesday, November 2nd, 11:10 - 11:40am

Bon Pipkin
Area Manager
Common equipment Standards Group
AT&T

Bon Pipkin has over thirty years in the communications industry. He is an Area Manager with AT&T Global Engineering Support and manages a team of subject matter experts in the area of network infrastructure standards.

The SMEs in Mr. Pipkin’s team participate in and lead telecommunications industry standards bodies that develop environmental, electrical and physical requirements for the design and installation of communications network equipment and infrastructure. The team also establishes the specific infrastructure and equipment requirements adopted by AT&T in support of domestic and international wireline and wireless networks.

Mr. Pipkin has experience as a subject matter expert in communications equipment airborne contaminants as well as ambient temperature, humidity and altitude standards.

Abstract: Assessing AdvancedTCA Product Compliance at AT&T
AT&T is receiving more network products from telecommunications manufacturers that are AdvancedTCA-based solutions. This presentation will give a brief overview of AT&T equipment design standards, describe how they apply to AdvancedTCA-based products, and discuss challenges for obtaining compliance for AdvancedTCA-based platforms. Recent changes to industry and AT&T standards and other issues relevant to the manufacturing of telecom products to meet compliance standards will be discussed. The emphasis will be on service provider and equipment manufacturer’s thermal management of high heat products.

About AT&T:
AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) is a premier communications holding company. Its subsidiaries and affiliates – AT&T operating companies – are the providers of AT&T services in the United States and around the world. With a powerful array of network resources that includes the nation's fastest mobile broadband network, AT&T is a leading provider of wireless, Wi-Fi, high speed Internet, and voice services. A leader in mobile broadband, AT&T also offers the best wireless coverage worldwide, offering the most wireless phones that work in the most countries. It also offers advanced TV services under the AT&T U-verse® and AT&T | DIRECTV brands. The company's suite of IP-based business communications services is one of the most advanced in the world. In domestic markets, AT&T Advertising Solutions and AT&T Interactive are known for their leadership in local search and advertising.

Additional information about AT&T Inc. and the products and services provided by AT&T subsidiaries and affiliates is available at www.att.com.

Keynote 4: How Modular Platforms Help Support the Growth of Video in Networks
Wednesday, November 2nd, 11:40am - 12:10pm

Satish Gannu
Director of Engineering
Media Experience and Analytics Business Unit
Cisco Systems

Satish Gannu is Senior Director of Engineering in Cisco’s Media Experience and Analytics Business Unit. He leads the engineering team responsible for Cisco’s Media Processing family of products that provide any-to-any Media Transformation, advanced real-time Media Processing, and a telepresence recording platform. He is heavily involved in the impact of video proliferation in the enterprise, the challenges of finding and displaying videos, and speech and video analytics. With Cisco for 18 years, he was previously Director of Engineering in the Security Technology Group. He holds 5 patents. He received an MS in Computer Science from The University of Memphis (TN).

Abstract: How Modular Platforms Help Support the Growth of Video in Networks
The keynote will begin with an overview of how video has become the dominant traffic type on the Internet. This includes YouTube-like services, Over The Top entertainment video, and increasingly, business applications such as telepresence meetings, training, security, and interactive customer care. We will discuss how rich media services will transform business by showing several use cases, with an emphasis on ones that use live real-time video and advanced analytics. The challenges of deploying media networks at scale will be considered next, along with how modular platforms such as AdvancedTCA and AdvancedMC can greatly improve their performance, efficiency, and cost of ownership. Finally, we will look briefly at the implementation tradeoffs for the Cisco Media Experience 5600 platform, which leverages the AdvancedTCA and AdvancedMC standards to provide world-class media processing and analytics capabilities.

About Cisco Systems:
Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO) is the worldwide leader in networking that transforms how people connect, communicate, and collaborate. Information about the company can be found at www.cisco.com.