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TUESDAY, MAY 24, 2005
Day/Time		Wireless	Advanced Wireless and Hosting	Security and Email	VoIP	Networks, Policy and Customers	Executive Strategy Business and Finance
9:00-10:00am		#W1 Before You Start: Downsides, Considerations and Pain Points of Wireless	#A1 New Developments and Opportunities for WISPs
9:00-10:00am			#B3 Top 10 Managed/Value-Added Services of Today and Tomorrow (and 5 to Avoid)	#E1 Network Security, Intrusion Detection and Monitoring	#V1 Ten Critical Questions to Ask Before Leaping Into VoIP	#N1 How Recent Transport Pricing Trends Enable Smaller ISPs to Cost Effectively Develop a Backbone	#B1 Forecasting and Meeting Local Business Demand for Your Services
10:15-11:15am		#W2 First Four Years as a WISP	#A2 WiMAX-class and NLOS: Why We Justified the Investment	#E2 Email Security, Zombies, Ports and Malware	#V2 Hosted VoIP and IP Centrex Services	#N2 NAFTA Networking: Peering and Interconnection in Canada, Mexico and the United States	#B2 The Business Case and Practice of Advocacy
11:30am-12:30pm		#W3 Ready for Prime Time? Strategies and Lessons Learned in Wireless	#A3 The "Good Enough Network" for WISPs	#E3 Email Security Services That Sell	#V3 Realities of VoIP Deployments	#N3 Mitigating Network Security Risks of VoIP	#B3 Top 10 Managed/Value-Added Services of Today and Tomorrow (and 5 to Avoid)
12:45-1:45pm		CONFERENCE LUNCHEON: Topic Tables
2:00-3:00pm		KEYNOTE PANEL The Community Conundrum: Making Muni-Broadband a Win-Win
WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 2005
Day/Time		Wireless	Advanced Wireless and Hosting	Security and Email	VoIP	Networks, Policy and Customers	Executive Strategy Business and Finance
8:45-9:45am		#W4 Voice and Video over Wireless: Strategies, Realities, Markets and Margins	#H4 Hosting 2005: How to Win Against the Large Providers	#E4 The GMail Revolution: What it Means to You	#V4 The Role of CLECs in Your VoIP Strategy	#P4 The 10 Biggest Policy Issues Facing Your Business and What to Do About Them	#B4 Financing Wireless Networks
10:00-11:00am		Cyber Security at the Extreme Edge: Where Business and Consumer Converge Howard A. Schmidt CISSP, CISM, Chairman, Electronic Lifestyle Integration, Inc.
12:30-1:30pm		CONFERENCE LUNCHEON: Topic Tables
3:00-4:00pm		#W5 WiMAX: Becoming a Broadband Reality	#H5 Pathways to Profitable Hosting	#E5 Beating Back Blended Threats	#V5 QoS Tips and Tricks for VoIP Services	#P5 Wireline Policy Reality Show	#B5 Funding Forum: Valuations, M&A and Growth Strategies
4:15-5:15pm		#W6 Breaking Out of the Backhaul Box	#H6 Putting Your Service at the Center of the Community	#E6 Address Authentication: The Future of Email	#V6 EndPoint Realities: Deciphering Barbie Phones from Business Phones	#P6 Friend or Foe: Making Allies from Enemies in Today's Converging Services Landscape	#B6 Exits, Mergers and Roll-Up Strategies
5:15-7:00pm		#EXCH 1 ISP-Wireless Exchange: Backhaul Bash		#EXCH 2 Open Source Communications BoF		#EXCH 3 ISP-CEO Exchange
5:15 - 7:00pm		EXCHANGES: Networking Sessions
THURSDAY, MAY 26, 2005
Day/Time		Wireless	Advanced Wireless and Hosting	Security and Email	VoIP	Networks, Policy and Customers	Executive Strategy Business and Finance
9:00-10:00am		#W7 Leveraging Open Source Tools for Wireless Networks and Hotspots	#H7 High-availability Clusters and Routing with HA Linux	#E7 Outsourcing Email Services	#V7 Intro to Asterisk Open Source PBX	#C7 Securing Customers, Securing Their Data	#B7 Value-Based Pricing Strategies for Profitable Growth
10:15-11:15am		#W8 Securing Wireless Networks with Open Source Tools	#H8 Outsourcing Essentials	#E8 Hosting Exchange Services (No, Seriously)	#V8 Advanced Asterisk Management and Programming	#C8 The Big Opportunity in Small Businesses	#B8 Creating Powerful Advertisements
10:00am-2:00pm		EXHIBITOR SHOW SPECIALS AND GIVEAWAYS
11:30am-12:30pm		#W9 Getting Your Share: The E-Rate WISP	#H9 Pioneering Hosting with Utility Pricing	#E9 Reclaiming the Inbox with Open Source Tools for Email Systems	#V9 Packaging and Delivering Business-class Voice Services to SOHO and SME Customers	#C9 High-quality Customer Service for Hosting	#B9 Consumer Marketing Case Studies: What Works & What Doesn't
12:30-1:30pm		CONFERENCE LUNCHEON BRIEFING The Brand X Case and What it Means for TA96 Earl W. Comstock, Partner, Sher & Blackwell's Telecommunications Practice Group