Track 1: Business and Buyers Guides    Track 2: Technical Issues

This session will help buyers navigate the key differences between public and enterprise IM, and what businesses need to consider when standardizing on an IM solution across their enterprise.

We'll also cover the role of managed solutions, gateways, and business-class deployments.
Moderator:
Shel Israel, Founder, It Seems to Me... Services
Speakers:
Francis Costello, Chief Marketing Officer, Akonix Systems, Inc.
Brian Curry, Sr. Director of Strategic Development and Product Management, Enterprise AIM Products, America Online
Ken Hickman, Director of Product Strategy, Yahoo!
Peter Ollodart, Director for MSN Messenger Connect for Enterprises, Microsoft Corp.
Jon Sakoda, Vice President of Products, IMlogic, Inc.

This session is specifically designed for corporate executives, compliance officers and IT managers. Panelists will discuss how to make IM secure from the start, update attendees on recent regulatory activity, and provide tips on avoiding compliance headaches.
Moderator:
Todd Tweedy, President, TTG
Panelists:
Ross Bagully, former CEO of TribalVoice
Henry Wolfgang Carter, Consultant and member, Bipartisan California Commission on Internet Political Practices, former Vice-President and Chief Compliance Officer for E*TRADE Securities, Inc., and Assistant General Counsel and Vice-President for E*TRADE Group, Inc.
Marguerite G. Gear, Esq., Vice President and Sourcing Manager, Bank of America
Peter Shaw, Chief Executive Officer, Akonix
Brad Templeton, Chairman, Electronic Frontier Foundation

This session will examine the current state of the industry's drive toward compatibility, while also exploring real-world deployment strategies that are successfully enabling communication across broad audiences today -- despite a lack of interoperability standards.

We'll also explore the implications for consumers, enterprises, marketers and application developers when, and if, enterprise and public-network interoperability is achieved.
Moderator:
Todd Tweedy, President, TTG
Panelists:
Ross Bagully, former CEO of TribalVoice
Stowe Boyd, President, A Working Model
Jonathan Christensen, Vice President of Products & CTO, FaceTime Communications
Don Dodge, Vice President, Product Management, Groove Networks
Ken Hickman, Director of Product Strategy, Yahoo!
Ed Simnett, Lead Product Manager, Real-Time Messaging and Platform Group, Real-Time Collaboration Business Unit, Microsoft Corp.

This session will explore the evaluation criteria, deployment strategies, and methods of analyzing TCO and ROI used by leading names in financial services.
Moderator:
Bambi Francisco, Internet Editor/Columnist, CBS MarketWatch
Speakers:
Rahul Abhyankar, Senior Product Manager, FaceTime Communications
Lee Blackmore, Director of Information Technology, Stifel, Nicolaus & Company
Andy Higgins, Vice President, Messaging and Collaboration Services, Bank of America
Navin Rajapakse, Co-Chair, Technology Group, Financial Services Instant Messaging Association
Jon Sakoda, Vice President of Products, IMlogic, Inc.
Bob Serr, CTO, Parlano, Inc.

This session will offer a close examination of the pros and cons of the three primary types of enterprise instant messaging deployments, and help decision-makers better understand the relative strengths of each.
Moderator:
Michael Gartenberg, VP & Research Director, Jupiter Research
Speakers:
Ryan Alexander, President and COO, Omnipod, Inc.
Dr. Sanjiv Gossain, Chief Technology Officer, IMlogic, Inc.
Jim Hursh, Network Solution Architect, Hewlett-Packard
Terry M. Olkin, Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Sigaba
Jeff Pedigo, Director of Technical Sales, Yahoo!
Gur Kimchi, Lead Program Manager, Live Communications Team, Microsoft Corp.

We'll examine the major powers working to link enterprise software with wireless messaging technology, and discuss how new applications can turn a remote worker into an important asset.
Moderator:
Stowe Boyd, President, A Working Model
Panelists:
Val Babajov, President, CEO & Founder, Webmessenger, Inc.
Don Dodge, Vice President, Product Management, Groove Networks
Santhana Krishnasamy, Staff Engineer, France Telecom R&D Silicon Valley
Kevin McLellan, Offerings Manager, Workplace Collaboration Products, Lotus Software, IBM Software Group
Chase McMichael, Chairman of UnBound Technologies, Inc. and Sr. Director of Enterprise Business Development, Visto Corporation