TeleSpan’s Sixth Annual Future of Conferencing Workshop
March 17 and 18, Las Vegas
“How to Profit From Conferencing & Collaboration”
TeleSpan’s In-depth Analysis of Trends & Future of the Industry. For the sixth year in a row, Elliot Gold’s opening presentation will provide in-depth data never shared before in an open forum — once again showing why TeleSpan is so widely respected as having the highest accuracy rate in the entire teleconferencing industry
Conferencing and the Communications Williwaw. Richard Dalton will give a thought-provoking report on the changes in the digital environment, outside of conferencing, that could have an effect on our field.
Skype: Video Anywhere. Jonathan Christensen, Skype’s General Manager, Audio Video/Sr Director, Skype for Business, will discuss new paradigms for the conference room, as well as the promise and reality of mobile video. He will also give a demonstration of several very innovative Skype partner implementations for the Enterprise.
Logitech: Videoconferencing for the Consumer Market. As cell phones with forward-facing cameras and TV cams in the living room become the norm, has the time finally come for consumer video calling and conferencing to go mainstream? With one in five adults already having placed a video call as of 2010, video communication is poised to become a major contender in replacing the traditional voice call. Eric Kintz, Logitech’s Vice President and General Manager, Video Business Unit, will take a look at the video communication industry’s trajectory over the last few years, the current state of the video calling space, and where he expects it to go in the coming years in light of broadband penetration, increased prevalence of HD video, the realization of Unified Communications and disruptive pricing on the product and service level.
The Users’ World. Judy Sterling and Regina Menza of Keypoint Marketing will provide an overview report from the users’ perspective: what they are facing, what they need, what’s changing in their worlds.
Panel: Consumer Crossover Videoconferencing. Jonathan Christensen and Eric Kintz will moderate a panel on a growing trend: the use of consumer videoconferencing products in business.
Social Networking: This year we will offer workshop attendees a more in-depth look at social media benefits, applications and possible partnership opportunities. Last year’s presentation focused on the basics, answering such questions as “What is social media?” and “What are the key applications and platforms?” This year, we will offer a “next step,” answering such questions as “How will social media change in the next several years and how can I prepare?” and “Who are the key players and how can I forge future relationships?”
Update on “free” conferencing: One of the most highly rated sessions last year—this year’s panel of free conference call providers will present an expanded look at how this market has grown to represent 10% of the entire North American market for conference calls. Moderated by Martin Elton and Steve Augustino.
China and India Markets: There is good reason why the international conferencing and collaboration market is growing faster than the domestic North American market: meetings have become global, just like business. TeleSpan will present two experts, Harry Walls on the Chinese conference call market and Harshad Contractor on the India videoconferencing market, who will show, in detail, how these markets are growing.
Full Industry Panels: The most popular panel at TeleSpan’s Fifth Annual Workshop was the industry panel that told it “like it is” in the industry, talking about successes as well as roadblocks. At the Sixth Annual Workshop a panel of top CSP managers moderated by Bob Wise, InterCall, will not only present on the first day, but will also wrap up the Workshop with an open discussion of what CSPs have to do to maintain their leadership position in the industry.
Technology Sandbox: Play with new products and services just emerging from industry players and startups, in a casual, no-sales environment.
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