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Verizon Executives Tom Tauke and Mark Wegleitner to Engage Tech Community at Supercomm 2009 on Oct. 21
 

CHICAGO, Oct. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon Executive Vice President of Public Affairs, Policy and Communications Tom Tauke and Senior Vice President of Technology Mark A. Wegleitner will join other industry leaders discussing key issues on Wednesday (Oct. 21) as part of the Supercomm 2009 Conference). Tauke will be a panelist at the National Broadband Strategy Conference, and Wegleitner will serve on a keynote panel for the ATIS Technology Conference, which will focus on the transformational technologies shaping the future of communications. The ATIS panel will be webcast live by NextGenWeb at www.nextgenweb.org and also archived at the site.

Tauke's panel will address "Private Investment: The Backbone of Broadband Deployment."

    WHEN:   Wednesday (Oct. 21), 2:15 p.m. Central, 3:15 p.m. Eastern

    WHERE:  McCormick Place, West Hall, Room 185 B/C
            2301 South Lake Shore Drive, Chicago

    WHO:    The panel discussion -- moderated by Frank Gallaher, managing
            director and group head of the communications and media group,
            Stifel Nicolaus -- will feature:
                 Tom Tauke, EVP public affairs, policy and communications,
                   Verizon
                 Steve Davis, senior vice president, public policy and
                   government relations, Qwest Communications
                 Steve Oldham, president and CEO, SureWest
                 Sandy Wilson, vice president of public policy and regulatory
                   affairs, Cox Enterprises
                 Marshal Pagon, chairman and CEO, Xanadoo
                 Paul Kenefick, vice president of public affairs, Alcatel-
                   Lucent
                 Matt Niehaus, partner, Battery Ventures.

Wegleitner's Executive Keynote Panel spearheads the ATIS Technology Conference, co-located with SUPERCOMM 2009. During the two-day session, senior-level industry executives will examine how IPTV, LTE and service oriented networks (SON) will impact the communications ecosystem's status-quo, and enable tomorrow's fundamentally new networks.

The ATIS Technology Conference will explore IPTV's potentially disruptive and complementary components, feature an in-depth examination of LTE's business case and technical considerations, and explore how service oriented networks will reshape today's communications systems.

    WHEN:   Wednesday (Oct. 21), 8:50 a.m. Central, 9:50 a.m. Eastern

    WHERE:  McCormick Place, Skyline Ballroom, Rooms W375E &C
            2301 South Lake Shore Drive, Chicago

    WHO:    The panel discussion, led by telecom journalist Carol Wilson,
            will feature:
                 John Donovan, chief technology officer -- AT&T
                 Pieter Poll, CTO -- Qwest Communications
                 Mark A. Wegleitner - senior vice president-technology --
                   Verizon
                 George Nazi, president 21CN - global networks &
                   computing infrastructure -- BT Innovate & Design
                 Mathew Oommen, VP, device and Tech. Devel. -- Sprint


SOURCE Verizon