Day One - 22nd September 2010

09:00 Registration

09:30 Chairman’s Opening Remarks

09:40 An optical network equipment deployment update and an Ethernet services rollout market update

10:10 Telco CDN: The architecture for optimization and revenue opportunities

10:40 Determining the optimum network model for delivery of live and on demand video over IP networks

11:10 Morning Coffee

11:35 Optimising mobile networks for rapid growth in data and video traffic

12:00 Optimising content delivery networks to effectively meet the bandwidth limitations of unicast delivery

12:25 Panel Debate: Examining how a Carrier Ethernet infrastructure can support video traffic as compared with an IP/MPLS network

13:00 Networking lunch 

14:15 Deploying end-to-end application layer packet loss recovery mechanisms to transport MPEG video over IP networks with minimum degradation and maximum transport quality

14:45 Reality check: Preparing MPLS-based transport networks for IPTV services from a test lab perspective

15:15 Case study: Examining how HELLENIC TELECOM ORGANIZATION is upgrading the access network to meet the multicast IPTV traffic demands

15:45 Examining the different options for maximising DSL capacity to enable video transport on existing copper infrastructure

16:15 Afternoon tea

16:40 Joint roundtable discussions with the Transport Network Strategies conference delegates focussing on long term network evolution. Topics for discussion will include:

17:40 End of conference day one