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NTGTS/CTC July 17 Panel Program and Discussion on IPTV Services and Applications
Please join the North Texas Global Telecommunications Society (NTGTS) for its Monthly Program on Thursday, July 17, 2008 at The University of Dallas, Frisco Campus, 7460 Warren Parkway, Frisco, TX. The program will run from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. CST. NTGTS is pleased to host a panel program and discussion on IPTV services and applications. First, we will hear from Mr. Phillip Matteis, President, Intellect Group, who will discuss how remote medical diagnostics and treatment is driving the demand for two-way interactive IPTV to the home. Second, Mr. Howard Gunn, President, Digital Market Inc. and NTGTS Programs Task Force Member, will discuss whether enterprise broadband will obsolete today’s channalized IPTV consumer services before they even get started. Finally, we will round things out with a presentation by Ather Chaudhry, Director of Architecture, IPTV & Network Architecture, Alcatel-Lucent, on practical design, implementation and operations of end-to-end IPTV networks and services. Mr. Phil Matteis is a senior technology innovator with over 25 years of hands-on experience developing and implementing medical device products and secured corporate information systems, governmental information systems, on-line financial banking systems and most recently leading edge HIPPA compliant medical imaging, closed circuit TV medical training and remote operating room assistance applications. Phillip is currently President Of the Intellect Group whose holdings include Allarae Health Care Incorporated (ALHI www.allarea.com ) a public biotech supplier of home health care products and Intellecare (www.intellecare.com) a private eight year old development company involved with diagnostic testing and on-line remote medical monitoring. The unique Intellecare national repository and monitoring service includes the testing and verification of on-demand, secured, two-way interactive TV connectivity with hospitals, remote diagnosticians, local care givers and the home consumer, using modern IPTV technologies modified for HIPPA compliance. Phil’s background as a CTO, programmer, bio-chemist and security expert will surely provide attendees with unique insights into the use of IPTV for medical services and consumer education. In fact, if Phil’s analysis is correct, two-way interactive IPTV for home medical monitoring, diagnostics, medical service analytics and remote treatment may well be the killer application and major differentiation for WiMax service providers, given that most of today’s national fiber implementations and wireless 3G plans cannot support two-way interactive IPTV. Mr. Howard Gunn author and digital infrastructure innovator has brought many of today’s mainstream digital infrastructure product lines to market. His background includes the delivery of the first digital toll tandem, the first blade server, the first softswitch for broadband voice services, the first multi protocol ATM switching service, the first 4 fiber bi-directional SONET Rings, the first ATM video switching service and the first closed circuit HDTV broadband broadcasting service in the U.S. In his current role at Digital Mart his development team is bringing one of the first PCI compliant secured IP switch router services to market, for use in the financial services industry. Howard’s most recent book, “The Basics of IPTV” was published by the International Engineering Consortium. The book currently serves as a primer and technology overview for cable, fiber, terrestrial wireless and satellite engineers.
Howard’s discussion tonight will focus on describing the financial and technical risks of not delivering enterprise broadband to the home consumer.
Mr. Chaudhry has15 years of progressive experience in the telecommunications industry at Alcatel-Lucent, Caspian, Verizon Business and NASA. He has designed and implemented IPTV, IP/MPLS/VPN and FR/ATM Core & Access networks and/or products and played an instrumental role in Alcatel-Lucent's IPTV wins and subsequent implementations at AT&T, Telmex and other customers. Mr. Chaudhry is a technical member and active participant at the DSL Forum, NANOG, IETF and ITU-T standards bodies. He has published several technical papers on various telecom topics and is a frequent speaker at conferences and symposiums. Mr. Chaudhry is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Texas Graduate School. He earned a M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the Johns Hopkins University and B.S. in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Connecticut. Program Agenda: 6:00 p.m. Registration and Networking 6:45 p.m. Speaker Presentation 7:30 p.m. Q&A 7:45 p.m. Networking Continues 8:00 p.m. Adjourn COST Members are $5. Non-members are $10.00. Light food and refreshments will be provided. RSVP Members and non-members must register via the registration page at http://www.ntgts.org/zenCart/index.php. When on the shopping cart page, please select the Monthly Networking Event, Member or Non-Member option. On-site registration will also be available, however, we highly encourage you to register in advance to confirm your space. There will be a special discounted membership rate available at the event, which applies only to the individual basic membership tier. For more information on membership, see http://www.ntgts.org/index.php?option=com_facileforms&Itemid=75 or contact membership@ntgts.org DIRECTIONS Note: The University of Dallas, Frisco Campus, recently moved from its former Plano location. See directional notes below. We suggest you allow several additional minutes of travel time to the new venue. NTGTS will be meeting at the University of Dallas Frisco Campus, located at 7460 Warren Parkway, 1st Floor, Frisco, TX. The new campus is located just north of the Legacy corporate park, at the intersection of Warren Parkway and the Dallas Parkway. Volunteers will be on hand to direct you to the meeting room. For more information on the Frisco Campus, see: http://www.udallas.edu/gsm/maps.cfm We look forward to seeing you on July 17. Regards, Programs Task Force programs@ntgts.org |
