[SIPForum-discussion] Notice of Upcoming SIP Forum SIPconnect Compliance Workshop
Dan York
dyork at voxeo.com
Fri Jan 18 16:29:09 UTC 2008
Marc,
I'll see you down there! Hope to see other SIP Forum members as well.
Regards,
Dan
On Jan 9, 2008, at 5:35 PM, Marc Robins wrote:
> Dear SIP Forum Members:
>
> The SIP Forum is proud to announce that it will be running a FREE
> half-day workshop on SIPconnect Compliance on January 25th, 2008,
> in conjunction with the Internet Telephony Conference and EXPO EAST
> 2008 and the Ingate SIP Trunking Seminar series.
>
> Please note that although the workshop is free, you must be
> registered as an attendee of the show in order to attend the
> workshop. Here's the link to the conference website -- if you click
> "Register Now", you'll be presented with a number of options,
> including a free VIP pass:
>
> http://www.tmcnet.com/voip/conference/
>
> We hope to see you there!
>
> *************************
> Marc Robins
> Managing Director, SIP Forum
> www.sipforum.org
> marc.robins at sipforum.org
>
> Chief Evangelism Officer, RCG
> Tel: 718-548-7245
> Fax: 484-952-2470
> Mobile: 203-829-6307
> SkypeMe! marcrobins
> www.robinsconsult.com
>
> *************************
>
>
> Full Workshop Agenda follows:
>
> **********************************************************************
> **********************************************
>
> SIP Forum SIPconnect Compliance Workshop
>
> Schedule, Speakers and Topics
>
> Date: Friday, January 25, 2008 -- 10:00am-1:00pm
>
>
> Co-located with TMC’s Internet Telephony Conference & EXPO EAST 2008
> The Miami Beach Convention Center, Room B114/115
> Miami, FL
>
> The SIP Forum is an IP communications industry association that
> engages in numerous activities that advance and promote SIP
> technology, such as the development of industry recommendations,
> the SIPit interoperability and testing events, special
> interoperability workshops, and general promotion of SIP in the
> industry.
>
> One of the Forum's most important technical activities is the
> development of the SIPconnect Technical Recommendation -- a
> standards-based recommendation that provides detailed guidelines
> for direct IP peering and interoperability (SIP Trunking) between
> IP PBXs and VoIP service provider networks, and the SIPconnect
> Compliant Certification Program through which eligible companies
> can license the use of the SIP Forum's 'SIPconnect Compliant'
> certification mark -- the official brand of the leading standard
> for SIP Trunking products and services.
>
> This special educational workshop will provide a full review of the
> SIPconnect Technical Recommendation, real-world insights into
> current SIP Trunking deployments, and a full understanding of the
> process and requirements of SIPconnect Compliant Certification.
>
> Detailed Schedule:
>
> 10:00am-10:20am – Opening Remarks and Introduction: The Why and
> What of SIPconnect – Presenter: Marc Robins, Managing Director, SIP
> Forum
>
> 10:20am-10:40am -- The SIPconnect Value Proposition – Presenter:
> Marc Robins
>
> 10:45am-11:15am -- SIPconnect Compliance Process Overview –
> Presenter: Chris Gatch, CTO, Cbeyond
> Topics include:
>
> A Discussion of the Application Process
> The Compliance Survey
> License Agreement Overview
> Discussion of the Certification Committee
>
> 11:15am-11:45am -- Lessons Learned – Presenter: Mark Enstrom,
> Broadsoft.
> Get real-world feedback from actual SIP Trunking/SIPconnect
> deployments. Topics include:
>
> How to use SIPconnect in your existing interoperability program to
> significantly reduce resource requirements
> How real-world service providers improved the economics of SIP
> Trunking services
> NAT/Firewall Issues
> The additional requirements needed to provide a successful
> SIPconnect Trunking service.
>
> 11:45am-12:00pm – Break
>
> 12:00pm-12:45pm -- SIPconnect Recommendation Deep Dive – Presenter:
> Chris Gatch, CTO, Cbeyond.
> This session will provide a section-by-section review of the
> SIPconnect Technical Recommendation, with identification of key
> areas of interoperability and review of the latest SIPconnect
> Compliance survey results.
>
> 12:45pm-1:00pm—Closing Remarks and Q&A
>
>
> PRESENTER BIOS
>
>
> Mark Enstrom
> Mark Enstrom is a telecommunications professional with almost 14
> years of experience in the industry, including roles in Systems
> Engineering, Product Line Management and Product/Field Marketing.
> In these roles, Mark has been instrumental in many product
> introductions. As a member of the Field Marketing team at
> BroadSoft, he works with service providers on their go-to-market
> efforts for Hosted PBX, Business Trunking and SIP trunking solutions.
>
>
> Before joining the Marketing team, he led the effort to define and
> document the SIP trunking solution, which is now BroadSoft’s
> fastest growing application. As BroadSoft’s representative to the
> SIP Forum, Mark was active with the SIPconnect Certification
> Committee and helped launch the SIPconnect Compliance Trademark.
> Prior to BroadSoft, Mark was with TTC/Acterna (now JDSU) and
> sentitO Networks (now Verso). Mark holds a bachelor’s degree in
> Electrical Engineering from MIT and an MBA from the R. H. Smith
> School of Business at the University of Maryland.
>
> Chris Gatch
> Chris Gatch is the CTO and a founder of Cbeyond (NASDAQ: CBEY), a
> successful managed services provider started in 1999 and now
> publicly traded on the NASDAQ. Chris is responsible for Cbeyond's
> Engineering department as well as on-going network technology
> research and development. Chris has a bachelor's degree in computer
> engineering from Clemson University and a master's degree in the
> management of technology from the Georgia Institute of Technology.
> He has served on the board of the Cisco BTS 10200 Users Group and
> the Service Provider Board of the International Packet
> Communications Consortium (IPCC). Chris has been professionally
> committed to VoIP technology since 1998.
>
> Chris helped lead the formation of the SIP Forum’s Service Provider
> to IP PBX Interoperability Task Group for which he submitted the
> proposal to create. This task group produced the SIPconnect SIP
> Forum recommendation of which Chris was an editor along with Chris
> Sibley.
>
> Marc Robins
> Marc Robins currently serves as president of SIP Forum LLC (the
> operating U.S. subsidiary of the SIP Forum) and as the consulting
> managing director of the SIP Forum. Marc is also the founder and
> Chief Technology Evangelism Officer of Robins Consulting Group
> (RCG), an IP Communications industry consultancy founded in 2003
> that offers advisory, market intelligence and strategy development;
> and comprehensive marketing and communications and services for
> companies in the IP communications industry. RCG has also served as
> a producer of a number of special workshops and industry conferences.
>
> Prior to RCG, Marc served five years as Vice President of
> Publications and Trade Shows, Associate Group Publisher and Group
> Editorial Director at TMC (Technology Marketing Corporation). He
> was the co-founder, conference architect and co-chairman of TMC
> conferences, such as the Internet Telephony Conference & EXPO, and
> Communications Solutions EXPO, and also managed the operations of a
> number of leading industry publications -- including Internet
> Telephony® magazine, Customer Inter at ction Solutions®,
> Communications Solutions®, and Communications ASP®.
>
> Over the course of his 25-year career, Marc has authored hundreds
> of articles, columns and special reports for leading
> telecommunications industry magazines. He continues to evangelize
> new IP communications technologies as a regular contributor to
> mainstream and business publications, and as the author of columns
> in various industry publications. Marc is also a frequent moderator
> and speaker at industry events and is a commentator for a variety
> of radio shows on the subject of VoIP and IP communications.
>
>
>
> Best,
>
> Marc
>
>
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