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Conference Program

 

Shown below is the free educational seminar programme held at the Convergence Summit North 2008. Copies of the presentations will be available shortly

     
Who Should Attend?
Voice Resellers/Dealers  

Data VARs

 

Distributors

 
Network Providers  
Consultants  
Systems Integrators  
 
 
 

Day 1 - Tuesday 29 April

Educational Seminars sponsored by
 
Time Speaker Synopsis

10.30

Stephanie Watson
General Manager, MZA Consultants

Market Trends
The highly regarded and respected analyst MZA talk on the trends in the UK PBX and applications market

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11.30 Tim Stone
Head of Unified Communications EMEA, Cisco

Small Business, Big Opportunity
A glance at the spec for today’s Unified Communications tools could leave you thinking it is for big business only. Nothing could be further from the truth, argues Tim Stone of Cisco.

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12.30

Geoff Wilson
Business Development Director, Opal Telecom

SIP – A carrier’s perspective on what’s in it for the Channel


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13.30

Panel Debate
Dave Dadds, VanillaIP
Rob Murdoch, Titan Technology
Gary Pryor, Voicenet Solutions
Mark Swendsen, ShoreTel

Hosted IP Telephony
Is the Hosted VoIP market really taking off? Who are the winners and losers and where are the opportunities to make margin. Is it still a CPE world for the foreseeable future?

14.30 Mark Deakin
Microsoft Unified Communications Group

OCS 2007
Six months after its launch, Mark Deakin provides an insight into how OCS 2007 is being deployed in real live applications

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Day 2 - Wednesday 30 April

 
Time Speaker Synopsis
10.30

Kelly MacMillan
Mitel

2008: The Year ICT Goes Green
Mitel is leading the way for the channel in adopting the green agenda. How can resellers play the green card to their advantage?

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11.30

Martin Northend
Director - SME Portfolio Marketing, Siemens

Simplifying Unified Communications for the SME – Siemens explain how to uncomplicate the UC message for the smaller company.

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13.00

Panel Debate
- Griffin Internet
- Tiscali
- Gamma Telecom
- Entanet International
- VoiceFlex

VoIP Components: Voice Ready Broadband & SIP Trunks
Two elements of the VoIP mix are examined for viability and channel readiness.

14.30 Roger Jones
Business Development Director, Avaya EMEA
Managing customer interactions efficiently in the SMB environment via technology
In today’s business world, the customer is king, and demands immediate support and response to their issues. This puts a particular strain on SMB businesses, which often rely on a workforce at multiple locations. Roger Jones will explore the different technologies and business concepts that allow businesses of every size to maintain and gain competitive advantage without losing focus on the core business.

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