pulvermedia's Peripheral Visionaries' IP-Based Communications Summit Adds New Speakers, Award and Concert to Lineup

19 October 2005

pulvermedia today announced that
it has added new speakers to its lineup at the upcoming "Peripheral
Visionaries' IP-Based Communications Summit" http://www.pulver.com/peripheral
in Washington D.C. on November 10. Taking place at the Washington Plaza
Hotel, Peripheral Visionaries will run from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm, followed by a
reception and after-party/dance featuring the Herding Cats.

In addition to the already stellar line-up, new speakers added for the
Summit include:
* Bob Atkinson, Director of Policy Research, Columbia Institute for
Tele-Information
* Christopher Libertelli, Director, Government and Regulatory Affairs -
N.A., Skype
* Jonathan Seelig, Managing Director, Globespan Capital Partners
* Ross Buntrock, Partner, Womble Carlyle
* Randolph May, Senior Fellow, Director of Communications Policy
Studies, Progress and Freedom Foundation

The entire line-up and Agenda is available at
http://www.pulver.com/peripheral/schedule.html
The Summit includes a surprise Lunch speaker and the presentation of the
Peripheral Visionary Award. The Peripheral Visionary Award is intended to go
to a visionary whom history has proven to be ahead of his or her time, someone
whose vision has been realized over time. Given what is now, at last, being
realized with regard to broadband and IP-based communications, there is much
that the industry could learn from the surprise recipient, an Internet,
broadband and communications pioneer.
Peripheral Visionaries will bring the leading academics, analysts,
innovators, entrepreneurs, and visionaries experimenting with the limits of IP
technology to DC to mix with the leading advocates and decision-makers
building the policies that will shape the IP-enabled future.
The theme for this Peripheral Visionaries' Summit is "What's in the
Cards?" Each panel will represent a unique segment of the IP-based
communications industry, from academics to bloggers to financial analysts to
lawyers to technologists to those who have left government to seek fame and
fortune outside the Beltway. With the collective wisdom of these leading
industry players, we hope to get a clearer picture of how technology and
policy are evolving to allow us to realize the best possible communications
future.
After a full day of debating IP-based communications technology and policy
issues, the Summit will conclude with an after-party and performance from
Herding Cats -- http://www.herdingcatsband.com .

The full speaker roster includes:

Andy Abramson (Andy Abramson's VoIPWatch)
Bob Atkinson (Director of Policy Research, Columbia Institute for
Tele-Information)
David Beckmeyer (CEO, TelEvolution)
Dan Berninger (Tier1 Research)
Karen Brinkman (Partner, Latham & Watkins)
Matt Brill (Partner, Latham & Watkins)
Ross Buntrock (Partner, Womble Carlyle)
Dave Burstein (Editor, dslprime)
Jeff Carlisle (Lenovo)
Scott Cleland (Founder and CEO, The Precursor Group)
Susan Crawford (Professor, Cardozo Law School)
Mark Ein (Founder and CEO, Venturehouse Group)
Dave Farber (Professor, Carnegie Mellon)
Dale Hatfield (Professor, University of Colorado)
David Isenberg (isen.com)
David Irwin (Professor, Catholic University, Washington School of Law)
Cherie Kiser (Partner, Mintz, Levin)
Anna-Maria Kovacs (Regulatory Source Associates)
Blair Levin (Managing Director, LeggMason)
Christopher Libertelli (Director, Government and Regulatory Affairs -
N.A., Skype)
Om Malik (Editor, gigaom)
Randolph May, Senior Fellow, Director of Communications Policy Studies,
Progress and Freedom Foundation
Stagg Newman (McKinsey)
Eli Noam (Professor, Columbia University, School of Business; Columbia
Institute for Tele-Information)
Bob Pepper (Cisco)
Niel Ransom (past CTO, Alcatel)
Mark Schneider (Partner, Jenner, Block)
Jonathan Seelig (Managing Director, Globespan Capital Partners)
Doug Sicker (Professor, University of Colorado)
Steve Smith (Chief Scientist, Lavalife)
Mark Spencer (President, Digium/Asterisk)
James Speta (Professor, Northwestern Law School)
Jonathan Taplin (Professor, USC Annenberg School of Communications;
Founder, Intertainer)
Phil Weiser, (Professor, University of Colorado)
Kevin Werbach (Professor, University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of
Business)

... plus the surprise lunch speaker and recipient of the Peripheral
Visionary Award.

For more information, or to register for the event, please visit
http://www.pulver.com/policy or call 631-961-8950.

About pulvermedia
Founded by Jeff Pulver, pulvermedia produces the highly successful VON
conferences, and is engaged in many activities that promote the growth of
communication technology. For more information, please visit
http://www.pulvermedia.com .

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