Hambrecht & Quist Communications Symposium (NOT finalized)
Connected '99: October 28-29, 1999
The Ritz-Carlton Laguna Niguel
Preliminary Agenda - subject to change
Wednesday, October 27
3:00-5:30 pm Registration
6:00 pm Welcome Reception
Thursday, October 28
7:00 am Continental Breakfast and Conference Registration
7:30 am Welcome Remarks and Keynote Address
Joe Nacchio - Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Qwest Communications
8:15-9:15 am Next Generation Optics - Lighting the Way
Moderator: Jeff Lipton, Research Analyst, Hambrecht & Quist
Carl Russo - President & Chief Executive Officer, Cerent
Steve Chaddick - Senior Vice President, Strategy & Corporate Development, Ciena Corporation
Hugh Martin - President & Chief Executive Officer, Optical Networks
Fahri Diner - Chief Executive Officer, Founder & Director, Qtera
Brian McFadden - Vice President & General Manager OpTera Networks, Nortel Networks
9:30- 10:30 am Value-Added Networks - What Comes after Bandwidth?
Moderator; Kevin Maroni, Spectrum Equity Investors
Ellen Hancock - President & Chief Executive Officer, Exodus Communications, Inc.
Anthony C. Naughtin - President & Chief Executive Officer, InterNAP Network Services
Dean Hamilton - President & Chief Executive Officer , CoSine Communications
John Little - Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Portal Software, Inc.
10:45-11:45 am Broadband Technology - The Need for Speed
Moderator: Michael Neiberg, Managing Director, Hambrecht & Quist
Zaki Rakib - Chief Executive Officer, Terayon Communication Systems
Roger Koenig - Chief Executive Officer, Carrier Access Corporation
Scott Chandler - Chief Financial Officer, Rhythms NetConnections, Inc.
Cynthia Ringo - President & Chief Executive Officer, Coppercom
11:45-1:00 pm Luncheon Address
Mike Volpi, Senior Vice President, Business Development & Global Alliances, Cisco Systems
1:00-2:00 pm Communications Components: The Evolving Value Chain
Moderator: Lip-Bu Tan, Walden Capital
Bob Bailey - President & Chief Executive Officer, PMC-Sierra, Inc.
Dwight Decker - Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Conexant Systems, Inc.
Larry Walker - Founder & Chief Executive Officer, C-Port Corporation
Len Rand - General Manager, Intel Corporation
Ford Tamer - President & Chief Executive Officer, Agere
Thursday, October 28th, cont'd
2:15-3:15 pm Network Computing - Moving Up the Stack
Moderator: Roger McNamee, Integral Capital Partners
Piyush Patel - Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Cabletron Systems
Jeff Hussey - Chairman, President & Chief Operating Officer, F5 Networks, Inc.
Gordon Stitt - Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer, Extreme Networks
Jayshree Ullal - Vice President,Marketing, Enterprise Line of Business, Cisco Systems, Inc.
3:30- 6:00 pm Private Company Presentations
6:30 pm Cocktails & Dinner Reception for all attendees
8:00 pm Special Engagement!
The Flying Other Brothers
Starring Giles & Roger McNamee
Friday, October 29
7:30 am Continental Breakfast
8:00-8:30 am Breakfast Address
Kari-Pekka Wilska, President, Nokia Inc. & Senior Vice President & General Manager, Nokia Mobile Phones
8:45-9:45 am Network Convergence - When Worlds Collide
Moderator: Eric Zimits, Managing Director, Hambrecht & Quist
Elie Akilain - President & Chief Executive Officer, Inet Technologies, Inc.
Hassan Ahmed - President & Chief Executive Officer, Sonus Networks
Vivek Ragavan - President & Chief Executive Officer, SIARA Systems
10:00-11:00 am Wireless Communications - 3G or Not 3G?
Moderator: Ed Snyder, Research Analyst, Hambrecht & Quist
David King, Chief Executive Officer, Proxim Inc.
Maureen Grzelakowski - Corporate Vice President & Director, Marketing & Strategy,
Network Solutions Sector, Motorola
Alain Rossman - Chief Executive Officer & Chairman, Phone.com, Inc.
Gary Pinkham - Vice President Business Development, Ericsson, Inc
11:15-12:15 pm Next Generation Services: Driving the Bus
Moderator: Gene Eidenberg, Hambrecht & Quist
Richard Nespola - President & Chief Executive Officer, TMNG, Inc.
Howard Balter - Chief Executive Officer, Net 2Phone
12:15 pm Closing Comments (Box lunch available beginning at 11:45 a.m.)
1:00 pm Golf at Monarch Beach Golf Links |
