:: MEF WORLD TOUR – ETHERNET BUSINESS SERVICES ::

Agenda


4:30 - 5:30pm	Event Registration
5:30 – 5:45pm	Opening Address by the MEF Kevin Vachon, Chief Operating Officer, MEF

5:45 – 6:10pm	Ethernet Business Services – Market Overview and Outlook - Global market perspective for 2009 - Indian market overview - IT application areas for Carrier Ethernet Deepak Kumar, General Manager, Communication Research, IDC (India) Limited
6:10 – 6:45pm	Ethernet Services Fundamentals for Enterprises - Carrier Ethernet attributes - E-Line, E-LAN and E-Tree Services - Bandwidth profiles and quality of service - The benefits of standardization, scalability and certification Moderator: Prasad Dasika, Director APAC Marketing, Ciena Panel Jalaj Choudhri, Vice President, Reliance GlobalCom Vagish Dwivedi, Consulting Systems Engineer, Cisco Systems Mr. Mehul Mehta, Product Manager, Juniper Networks
6:45 – 7:20pm	How to Save Money Using Ethernet Services - Ethernet in India & Abroad: Service Provider View #1 - The Ethernet Financial Value Proposition John Hoffman, Head, Ethernet Product Management, Tata Communications


7:20 – 7:55pm	Ethernet Services Availability and Access Options - Ethernet Access for a multi-site Enterprise - Carrier Ethernet over fibre, GPON, bonded copper, SDH/SONET, WDM,TDM, Coax - Service Availability: MEF Global Services Directory Moderator: Dr. Viswanath Ramamurti, General Manager, Wipro Panel Prasenjit Dey, Ethernet Product Manager, Tata Communications Sajan Paul, Director Sales Engineering, Nortel Ashwani Kumar, Director Sales Engineering, UTStarcom

7:55 – 8:25pm	Ethernet Deployment Options in Vertical Markets - Ethernet in India & Abroad: Service Provider View #2 - Topology options & migration strategies - Network configuration examples for major Indian business applications & vertical markets Deepak Verma, Zonal Head - South India, Reliance Communications Karmavir Mankad, CTO - Enterprise Business, Reliance Communications
8:25 – 8:30pm	Closing Remarks
8:30 – 9:30pm	Cocktails and Dinner