ATIS Announces Corporate Sponsors of TechThink Technology Conference

Leaders from communications companies provide insight during conference programming sessions

June 12 , 2008, Washington, DC - The Alliance for Telecommunication Industry Solutions (ATIS) thanks the sponsors of the 2008 ATIS TechThink Technology Conference, co-located with NXTcomm08 at the Las Vegas Convention Center from June 16-19, 2008. Sponsors of TechThink include: Cisco, Ericsson, GENBAND, Huawei, Nokia Siemens Networks and Redback Networks.

“We are pleased that so many of the ATIS member companies are supporting the ATIS TechThink conference through sponsorship and speaker participation,” stated Susan Miller, President and CEO of ATIS. “The commitment of our member companies is instrumental in helping to make TechThink a successful conference program.”

Now in its third year, TechThink brings communications industry leaders together to discuss and debate cutting-edge topics and key trends. TechThink will offer 18 sessions divided into three knowledge tracks on IPTV, convergence and home networking.

Sessions will feature panel discussions, question and answer opportunities and demonstrations of interactive technologies. There are more than 80 speakers in the TechThink line-up including the following industry thought-leaders:

Cisco:Paul Connolly,VP Business Development, Service Provider Video Technology Group; Jonathan Hindle, Director of Mobile Service Provider Marketing; Martin Manniche , Chief Technology Officer – Connected Home Linksys - A Division of Cisco ; Bob McIntyre , CTO, Service Provider Group; Dr. Ken Morse, VP Client Architecture, Service Provider Video Technology Group; and Jim Strothmann, Director, Product Strategy and Management, Service Provider Video Technology Group.

Ericsson:Donna Campbell, Executive Director, Ericsson Mobility World; Dr. Brenda Connor, Portfolio Manager, Service Creation, Delivery, and Management; and Peter Linder, Director End-to-End Network Solutions, Business Unit Networks.

GENBAND: Fred Kemmerer , CTO.

Huawei: Paul Coverdale , Senior Consultant; Ron Raffensperger, Director, Core Network Marketing; and Sarvesh Sharma, Director, Network Solutions, CTO Office.

Nokia Siemens Networks:Christoph Inauen, Head of Network Solutions, North America; and Susan Schramm, Head of North America Marketing.

Redback Networks:James Glover, Senior Product Manager; and Dr. Alan Lippman, Chief Video Architect and Director of Technology Planning.

About ATIS TechThink
ATIS TechThink brings you the future of telecommunications technology – straight from the minds that shape it.  Register today for the ATIS TechThink Technology Conference at www.techthink.org. Enjoy thought-provoking discussion and debate from the industry’s most senior technology executives and visionaries – the thought leaders who will reveal their perspective on the direction of communications technology. 

About ATIS
ATIS is a technical planning and standards development organization that is committed to rapidly developing and promoting technical and operations standards for the communications and related information technologies industry worldwide using a pragmatic, flexible and open approach. Participants from more than 300 communications companies are active in ATIS’ 22 industry committees and Incubator Solutions Programs. For more information, please visit: www.atis.org.