September 24, 2009, Washington, DC – The Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions’ (ATIS) Technology Conference at SUPERCOMM, the premier conference program featuring senior-level technology executives from leading communications companies, announced its keynote panel which includes senior executives from AT&T, BT, Sprint, Qwest Communications, and Verizon Communications.

The panel’s diverse assembly of senior executives from major international service providers will offer a distinctive and broad-ranging dialogue on the communications industry’s future direction and capabilities. Additionally, the panel will also provide a unique opportunity to comprehensively address multiple areas shaping the global communications ecosystem.      

John Donovan, 2009 ATIS Chairman, and Chief Technology Officer of AT&T; George Nazi, President 21st Century Networks, Global Networks & Computing Infrastructure, BT Innovate & Design; Mathew Oommen, Vice President, Device and Technology Development, Sprint; Pieter Poll, Chief Technology Officer, Qwest Communications, and Mark Wegleitner, Senior Vice President of Technology, Verizon Communications will join Susan Miller, ATIS’ President and CEO in a keynote panel during The ATIS Technology Conference at SUPERCOMM 2009 on Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at McCormick Place, in Chicago, Illinois.

“The ATIS Technology Conference at SUPERCOMM continues to be an important venue for thought leaders to present the global community with upcoming industry trends and technology developments,” said Susan Miller, ATIS’ President and CEO. “We’ve assembled a dynamic panel of keynote speakers who will address issues important to all segments of the communications industry, including next-generation networks, IPTV, and tomorrow’s capabilities that blur the line between networks and applications.  This panel’s insights will provide a unique snapshot of the industry’s continued evolution.” 

To ensure we ask the questions the industry wants answered, ATIS will be accepting your questions for the keynote panel. Have a great question for our panelists? Submit a question to the Executive Keynote Panel at http://www.atis.org/supercomm/keynote_submit.shtml.
           
About ATIS
ATIS is the leading technical planning and standards development organization committed to the rapid development of global, market-driven standards for the information, entertainment and communications industry. More than 250 companies actively formulate standards in ATIS’ 20 Committees, covering issues including: IPTV, Service Oriented Networks, Home Networking, Energy Efficiency, IP-Based and Wireless Technologies, Quality of Service, Billing and Operational Support. In addition, numerous Incubators, Focus and Exploratory Groups address emerging industry priorities including “Green”, IP Downloadable Security, Next Generation Carrier Interconnect, IPv6 and Convergence.

ATIS is the North American Organizational Partner for the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), a member and major U.S. contributor to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Radio and Telecommunications’ Sectors, and a member of the Inter-American Telecommunication Commission (CITEL). For more information, please visit www.atis.org.