September 29, 2009, Washington, DC - The Alliance for Telecommunication Industry Solutions (ATIS) thanks the sponsors of its 2009 Technology Conference. The conference – in Exclusive Media Partnership with Connected Planet – will be co-located with SUPERCOMM 2009 at the McCormick Place in Chicago, October 21–22, 2009.

ATIS’ 2009 Technology Conference sponsors include: Alcatel-Lucent, Amdocs, Cisco, Ericsson, Genband, Motorola and Nokia Siemens Networks.

Now in its fourth year, ATIS’ Technology Conference features senior-level technology executives from leading communications companies. The 2009 Technology Conference’s theme is The New Networks. During the two-day conference, attendees will learn from industry visionaries how LTE, IPTV and Service Oriented Networks (SON) are enabling tomorrow’s fundamentally new ICT ecosystem. ATIS’ Technology Conference features three knowledge tracks (LTE, IPTV and SON) and includes a total of 32 sessions, each of which addresses a timely issue impacting each solution’s realization.

Sessions feature panel discussions, question and answer opportunities and demonstrations of interactive technologies. Some participating industry thought-leaders include:

Alcatel-Lucent: Paul Mankiewich, CTO Americas and Tom Anderson, Head of Mobility Architecture, CTO Office, Wireless Networks Product Division

Amdocs: Rami Gazit, Manager, Market Strategy & Insight

Cisco: Mike Capuano, Director of Marketing, and, Dr. Khalid Ahmad, Technical Leader, Industry and Technology Marketing Group, and, Simon Aspinall, Senior Director, Service Provider Marketing, and, Mike Geller, Architect, SP Strategy and Architecture

Ericsson: Stephen Hayes, Chairman 3GPP Service and Systems Aspects; Principal Engineer, and, Eugene Sarmiento, Vice President Sales Development IPTV, and, Geoff Hollingworth, Director of Innovation, and, Dr. Brenda Ann Connor, Business & Solutions Creation

Genband: Dr. Natasha Tamaskar, VP Product Marketing

Motorola: Bill Payne, VP of Wireless Broadband Systems and Technologies, Home & Networks Mobility, and, Paul Steinberg, Motorola Fellow & Chief Architect, Home Networks & Mobility, and, Rob Malnati, Director, Broadband Home Gateways and Software

Nokia Siemens Networks: Chris Ebert, Head of 4G Strategic Marketing, North America

"ATIS’ Technology Conference convenes some of the international communications industry’s most innovative minds. The CTOs, analysts, thought-leaders and executive participants attending the conference will share valuable insights into the communications ecosystem’s latest technology and capabilities,” said Susan Miller, President and CEO of ATIS. “We are pleased that many ATIS members are supporting the event as both sponsors and speakers. Their collective and individual contributions make possible this important event.”

For more information or to register for ATIS’ Technology Conference, please visit: http://www.atis.org/supercomm. Note that paid conference registration permits access to the Exhibit Hall, SUPERCOMM keynote sessions as well as SUPERCOMM complimentary programming.

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.