VoiceCon is NEXT WEEK!!

VoiceCon 2005 takes place next week in Orlando, FL.  I will be participating in the following sessions on Tuesday, February 8th:

• VoiceCon Great Debate: "One Vendor or More" featuring Phil Edholm of Nortel and Rick Moran of Cisco debating the topic of single vs. multi-vendor strategies for voice/data convergence.  I will be participating as one of the panelists asking questions of the debaters.
• Update on on Presence: I will be moderating a panel discussion featuring Cullen Jennings of Cisco, Timothy Miller of Siemens, and Stephen Beamish of Mitel on the future of presence-based services
• SIP Status and Prospects: I will be presenting an overview of SIP issues and trends and participating in a panel discussion with Carl Baptiste of Avaya and Ed Simnett of Microsoft

In addition, my colleague Mark Cortner, who focuses on VoIP and real-time communications strategies as one of our Senior Consultants here at Burton Group, will be moderating a session on Wednesday, Februray 9th entitled "Is Your Data Network Ready for Voice? Part 1: Design and Assessment".  I hope to see many of you at the event.