Tuesday 11th May 2010
08.30 Registration and Coffee
09.00 Chair’s Introduction
09.10 Speed Networking
09.30 MEF Keynote – Global Carrier Ethernet (CE) Review
Nan Chen, President, MEF & Co-Founder & President, CENX
10.10 Understanding the evolution of CE services – the challenges of building a scalable, cost-effective network infrastructure
Andrés Mauriello, Chief Deployment Officer, Antel Uruguay
10.40 Building an Ethernet business services portfolio with MEF specifications
MEF Member Company Representative
11.10 Morning Refreshments
11.40 Leveraging MPLS-TP and ensuring a smooth migration from SDH to packet transport
Rafael Francis, Associate VP Technologies & Marketing – Americas, ECI Telecom
CE Infrastructure & Management
12.10 Service Provider Panel
Optimising fibre access services for commercial and consumer markets
Panellists include:
Emerson Hioki, Director of Operations, AES Eletropaulo Telecom & AES Com Rio
Eric Doricko, Co-Chair, MEF & Solutions Marketing Director, Metro Ethernet & CALA, Calix Networks
12.40 Understanding how TIM Brasil has developed a scalable and flexible CE network
Janilson Junior, Technical Manager – Innovation Technology, TIM Brasil
Claudio Felice Merulla, Executive Manager – Transport Networks, TIM Brasil
13.10 Lunch
14.10 Two Key Industry Perspectives
This session will include a 30 minute Service Provider case study, followed by a 15 minute technology partner insight on the transition from SDH to packet transport
Managing the evolution from SDH to packet transport
Jose Alves dos Santos Junior, Transport & Architecture Director, Oi Brasil (Subject to final confirmation)
14.40 Managing the evolution from SDH to packet transport
Eylon Sorek, Director of Marketing, Orckit
14.55 Examining MPLS-TP and understanding when and where Service Providers should consider deploying it
Asif Hazarika, Senior Director, Project Management, IP Infusion
15.25 Afternoon Refreshments
15.55 Examining the different deployment options for CE
Tony Coombs, Technical Director EMEA – SAM, Extreme Networks
16.25 Challenges in the integration of an international telecom operator: Millicom Central America case
Servio Fernando Lima, Regional CTO NAVEGA, Millicom Central America
16.55 Evaluating the development of NTT's Ethernet services
Fang Wu, Vice President Product & Solutions, NTT America
17.25 Understanding how Internexa has developed its MPLS network for the Andean region
Genaro Garcia Dominguez, CEO, Internexa
Ramon Villa Ochoa, CMO & CTO, Internexa 17.55 Understanding the growth in CE connections in Latin America
Silvio Luis Veira da Silva, Senior Telecom Engineer, Algar Telecom
18.25 Chair’s wrap-up of the Day
18.30 Drinks Reception
