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THE
INCOMPAS SHOW
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APRIL 3 - 5, 2017
10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Buyer Open Meeting Time
The Hub - Great Hall
Visit participating buyer company tables on the show floor
for the opportunity to meet 1:1 with their buyers
11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Lunch
Great Hall
11:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.
Key Strategies and Emerging Trends for Buyers
The Hub - Great Hall
Moderator:
Nick Sgroi, Vice President, Carrier Strategy & Voice
Product Portfolios, Bandwidth
Panelists:
Jeanne Dale, Vice President, Voice Management, Windstream
Douglas Gardner, Global Head of Carrier Relations, Twilio, Inc.
Rebecca Sommi, Senior Vice President of Operations Support
and Engineering, Broadview Networks
Take a break from meetings to hear from top industry buyers
discussing the key factors impacting their buying decisions. Buyers
attending this session can hear from their peers in the industry
sharing best practices and the struggles they face, while vendors can
benefit from the buyer feedback and gain a better understanding of
how to effectively make business deals. Join us for this interactive
panel session where senior communications buyers will engage
in a discussion about industry trends and how they adjust their
buying decisions to anticipate and accommodate shifting customer
demands, particularly during a time of consolidation in our industry.
12:45 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.
Board Elections
(Voting Members Only)
Rivergate Room
12:50 p.m. – 1:05 p.m.
Making NVF Easy
The Hub - Great Hall
Sponsored by
Speaker:
Prayson Pate, Chief Technology Officer, Ensemble, ADVA
Optical Networking
2017 is shaping up to be the year of NFV deployments
– especially for operators that can solve the problems
encountered when taking NFV from the lab to large-scale
rollout. Service providers are collaborating with companies
that have proven that they see beyond NFV, understand the
unique challenges of the telco network, and that embrace
the full benefits of the cloud. This session will demonstrate
how ADVA Ensemble has helped leading service providers
gain the benefits of cloudifying their networks with NFV.
1:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Exhibit Hours
Great Hall
1:05 p.m. – 1:20 p.m.
Welcome to the Edge – Your Blueprint for Success
The Hub - Great Hall
Sponsored by
Speaker:
Mark Hurley, Data Center Solution Architect, Schneider Electric
Are you considering adding data center services to your
customer offering? Join Schneider Electric to gain an
understanding of the business case for deploying an edge
data center in your central office as a means to expand
and diversify your sources of revenue. Learn about the
options available for the deployment and management of
an edge data center.
1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
How to be a Part of Granite’s Success Through
its Partner Solutions Program
The Hub - Great Hall
Speaker:
Charlie Pagliazzo, Vice President, Channels
Granite leads the communications industry as a service
provider for more than 5,000 corporate clients. Partner
programs are key to the success of Granite’s clients as
they provide personalized and scalable solutions that
allow businesses to grow with imminent demand. Granite
strives to build strong relationships that promote value and
personalized customer support to provide cutting-edge
solutions to businesses of all sizes. We invite you and your
team to join us for a discussion of how you can be a part
of Granite’s success through its partner programs.
(Tuesday, April 4, continued)