WSJ Technology Summit '98 (Tuesday Schedule)
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Continental Breakfast • 7:00 am
Welcome • 8:00 am
Richard A. Shaffer, Principal, Technologic Partners
Paul E. Steiger, Vice President & Managing Editor, The Wall
Street Journal
Creating Markets for the 21st Century • 8:15 am
New Rules for the Next Millennium
Christopher B. Galvin, Chief Executive Officer, Motorola
Wired Corporations • 8:45 am
The Competition in Wide Area Data Networking
• How can companies that must offer residential voice service
compete for business data traffic?
• What are the early demand drivers for business broadband
services?
• How many data-oriented local carriers will exist in five years?
• Will delayed standards stall the market?
• How can all the new entrants differentiate themselves?
Moderators
Stephanie N. Mehta, Staff Reporter, The Wall Street Journal
Richard A. Shaffer, Principal, Technologic Partners
Participants
Catherine M. Hapka, President & CEO, Rhythms
NetConnections
Royce J. Holland, Chairman & CEO, Allegiance Telecom
Robert E. Knowling Jr., President & CEO, Covad
Communications
David C. Ruberg, Chairman, President & CEO, Intermedia
Communications
Bandwidth • 9:30 am
Surplus or Shortage?
James Q. Crowe, President & CEO, Level 3 Communications
Telephone Switch • 10:00 am
Talking over the Internet
• Which network is cheaper to operate, IP or circuit-switched?
• How should government policy influence transmission technology
choice?
• Can packet networks be trusted with emergency voice calls?
• Will voice become a free service in a data-driven world?
• What new services will Internet telephony make practical?
Moderators
Bryan Gruley, News Editor, The Wall Street Journal
Richard A. Shaffer, Principal, Technologic Partners
Participants
J. Shelby Bryan, President & CEO, ICG Communications
Mory Ejabat, President & CEO, Ascend Communications
Tom Evslin, Chairman & CEO, ITXC
Lee McKnight, Associate professor and director, Edward R.
Murrow Center at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy,
Tufts University
Break • 10:45 am
Defining the Enterprise for the 21st Century • 11:00 am
Joseph P. Nacchio, President & CEO, Qwest Communications
Silicon and Glass • 11:30 am
Communicating at the Speed of Light
• At what pace will metropolitan networks adopt optical
multiplexing?
• When will optical cross-connects be practical?
• What advances lie ahead in optical devices and fibers?
• How should optical systems connect to the rest of the network?
• What are the practical limits for optical bandwidth increases?
Moderators
Chris Mark, Assistant News Editor, The Wall Street Journal
Richard A. Shaffer, Principal, Technologic Partners
Participants
Kevin Kalkhoven, Chairman & CEO, Uniphase
Scott Kriens, Chairman, President & CEO, Juniper Networks
Patrick H. Nettles, President & CEO, CIENA
John Ryan, Principal & Chief Analyst, ryan hankin kent
Lunch at Windows on the World • 12:15 pm
Response and Reinvention: Table Stakes for Tomorrow's
Marketplace
Richard C. Notebaert, Chairman & CEO, Ameritech
Liberating the Local Loop • 2:30 pm
\The Promise of Broadband Wireless
Alex J. Mandl, Chairman & CEO, Teligent
Sky High • 3:00 pm
The Satellite Communications Outlook
• Is there a consumer market for satellite communications?
• How soon will wireless high-bandwidth be mobile and global?
• How will soaring optical bandwidth affect satellite economics?
• What's the right relationship between GEOs, MEOs, and LEOs?
• Are we already too dependent on satellite communications?
Moderators
Quentin R. Hardy, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal
Richard A. Shaffer, Principal, Technologic Partners
Participants
Steven W. Hooper, Co-Chief Executive Officer, Teledesic
Olof Lundberg, Chief Executive Officer, ICO Global
Communications
Pascale Sourisse, President & CEO, SkyBridge
Edward F. Staiano, Vice Chairman & CEO, Iridium
Interview • 3:45 pm
Michael K. Powell, Commissioner, Federal Communications
Commission
by Bryan Gruley, News Editor, The Wall Street Journal
Highlights • 4:15 pm
Commentary on the 1998 Technology Summit
Moderator
Richard A. Shaffer, Principal, Technologic Partners
Participants
Neal Budde, Editor & VP, Dow Jones Interactive Publishing,
The Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition
G. Christian Hill, Senior Editor, Wall Street Journal
Dennis Kneale, Senior Editor, The Wall Street Journal
Bart Ziegler, Deputy News Editor, The Wall Street Journal
Conference Concludes • 5:00 pm
Agenda updated October 2, 1998
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