CONFERENCE AGENDA
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 2008
10:00 am - 1:30 pm • Registration Open
1:30 pm - 5:30 pm • Golf Tournament
1:30 pm - 5:30 pm • Spa Event
7:30 pm - 10:30 pm • Dinner; Golf and Spa Awards; Sigma's very own Texas Hold 'Em Poker Tournament
THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 2008
8:00 am - 9:00 am • Registration/Partner Pavilion Open
8:00 am - 9:00 am • Breakfast • Hill Country Dining Room
9:00 am - 9:45 am • Opening Remarks: Welcome and Sigma Vision Discussion
9:45 am - 10:30 am • Keynote
10:30 am - 10:45 am • Break/Partner Pavilion Open
10:45 am - 11:30 am • The Evolution of OSS to the Edge
In this session we will discuss the movement of OSS to the •delivery path of services• where incorporation of SDPs, charging, mediation and intelligent policy decisions support new revenue models for service providers.
11:30 am - 12:00 pm • Platinum sponsor speaking opportunity
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm • Lunch/Partner Pavilion Open
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm • Next Generation Video Outlook
This session provides an industry update on the enabling technologies and standards that support converged applications delivery, content delivery and targeted advertising.
2:00 pm • 2:15 pm • Break
2:15 pm - 3:15 pm • Commercial SMB Services Outlook
A panel of experts will provide their perspective of operators adopting and deploying commercial Small Medium Business (SMB) services such as: Hosted VoIP, Business Trunking, Metro-Ethernet, and SIP-enabled applications for Collaboration, Mobility, Telepresence, and Unified Communications.
3:15 pm • 3:30 pm • Break
3:30 pm • 5:00 pm • OSS Business Transformation and Best Practices for Successful Deployment
This session includes real-world deployment perspectives on how the Sigma Service Management Platform and its related solutions have been deployed as an integral part of back-office transformation; eliminating service delivery silos while providing a common architecture for delivering bundled and converged services. Perspectives on best practices and deployment tools used to deploy, configure, tune and manage a live deployment will be discussed.
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm • Partner Cocktail Reception/Partner Pavilion Open
7:00 pm - 11:00 pm - An Evening in Austin - Offsite Event
FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 2008
8:00 am - 8:45 am • Breakfast
8:45 am - 9:45 am • Where's the Mobile Industry Going?
Understand how mobile is going broadband from those working on the ‘bleeding edge’ of mobile networks. A comprehensive global overview of the mobile operator's evolution to broadband; including network evolution, new services and applications, emerging business models (MNO vs. MVNO), and review of important lessons learned.
9:45 am - 10:00 am • Break
10:00 am - 11:30 am • Sigma Customer User Forum – SMP
In this SMP customer-only forum, participants will discuss Sigma SMP and Solutions product developments and roadmaps, operations updates, and go-to-market tools.
10:00 am - 11:30 am • Sigma Customer User Forum – SAM
In this SAM customer-only forum, participants will discuss Sigma SAM product developments and roadmaps, operations updates, and go-to-market tools.
11:30 am - 12:00 pm • Closing Remarks
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm • Lunch/Departures
