9:00 – 10:30 am
Opening Session

Chair:
Bijan Jabbari

• Introduction – Reflections on the Development of MPLS
  Bijan Jabbari, Isocore
• Opening Speech
  Kou Miyake , NTT
  Loa Andersson, Acreo
• Keynote Speech: TI’s MPLS Strategy
  Stefano Nocentini, Telecom Italia
• Invited Talk: MPLS – How Far Can it Go?
  Bruce Davie, Cisco

Break & Exhibits
10:30 am – 11:00 am

11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Trends in Service Providers Network Infrastructure

Chair:
Dave McDysan
Verizon

• Control Plane Segmentation Using Logical Routers: Concepts, Issues, and Applications
  Daniel Awduche, Verizon Business
• Linear Video Channels Distribution Over RSVP-Based P2MP in the Core and PIM-SSM at the Distribution Layer
  Mazen Khaddam, Cox Communications
• Next Generation Wide Area Networking
  Chris Nabinger, Masergy Communications
• Complexity and SP Core Networks: Can "Simple"
  Architecture Save Money?
  Luca Martini, Cisco

Lunch & Exhibits
12:30 – 2:00 pm

2:00 – 3:30 pm
MPLS Scalability for Growing Services

Chair:
Loa Andersson
Acreo and IETF
MPLS WG Chair

• Scaling MPLS
  George Swallow, IETF MPLS WG Co-Chair and Cisco
• Techniques for Scaling LDP
  Kireeti Kompella, Juniper Networks
• MPLS-TE Doesn't Scale!
  Adrian Farrel, IETF WGs and Old Dog Consulting
• Breaking Through the MPLS VPN Management Scalability Barrier
  Cengiz Alaettinoglu, Packet Design

Break & Exhibits
3:30 pm– 4:00 pm

4:00 – 5:00 pm
Deploying Resilient Business Services

Chair:
Tomohiro Otani
KDDI

• Restoration and Reliability for MPLS-Based Business Services
  Sunil Khandekar, Alcatel-Lucent
• High availability in VPLS services
  Marc Rapoport, Redback Networks
• Network Resilience - From Fast Failure Detection to
  Self Healing Networks
  Ina Minei, Juniper Networks

5:00 – 6:00 pm
Panel: Challenges and Opportunities for Service Interconnection – Ready for “Next Generation?”

Chair:
Monique Morrow
IPsphere Forum and Cisco

Panelists will be from SPs, Enterprise, MFA, IPSF and Vendor Community

• Nabil Bitar, Verizon
• Ron Bonica, IPSF and Juniper Networks
• Matthew Ford, BT
• Frederico Lima, Visa
• John Murphy, UTC
• Tatsuo Sato, KDDI

Reception & Exhibits
6:00 – 7:30 pm

Reception hosted by:

Chair:
Giles Heron
BT

• Invited Talk: Towards MPLS/Ethernet-Based Transport
  Yakov Rekhter, Juniper Networks
• Service Provider Choices for Ethernet Services
  Andy Malis, Verizon Business
• Unwanted Traffic
  Loa Andersson, Acreo

Break & Exhibits
10:30 am – 11:00 am

11:00 – 12:30 am
Carrier Ethernet Services

Chair:
Daniel Awduche
Verizon Business

• Evolution of Ethernet PBB and PBT
  Don Fedyk, Nortel
  
• Carrier/Metro Ethernet Solutions
  Luyuan Fang, Cisco
• Pseudowires and Carrier Transport - A Path to Lower
  Network Costs
  Tom Rarick, Tellabs
• Using CFM-802.1ag to Improve Fault Detection, Recovery and Management of IP/MPLS networks
  Rishi Mehta, Redback Networks

Lunch & Exhibits
12:30 – 2:00 pm

2:00 – 3:30 pm
MPLS Performance

Chair:
Howard Green
Ericsson

• Toward a Standard for Multicast in BGP/MPLS VPNs
  T. Morin, France Telecom Orange Group
• RSVP CAC for VoD over IP/MPLS Networks
  Javed Asghar, Francois Le Faucheur, Cisco
• Unveiling First Implementations of
  Application-Centric SLAs in MPLS VPN's
  Frank Lyonnet, Ipanema Technologies
• Measuring and Estimating Traffic Matrices in MPLS Networks
  Arman MagHbouleh, Cariden

Break & Exhibits
3:30 pm – 4:00 pm

4:00 – 5:00 pm
Service Provider Experience with IPTV/Triple Play Services

Chair:
Jean Louis Le Roux
FT Group

• Comparing MPLS and Ethernet Based Backbone Transport for Triple Play Services: A Service Provider’s Perspective
  Thomas Beckhaus, Nicolai Leymann, Deutsche Telekom
• Multicast L3VPN Service Experience of Using BGP P2MP
  Satoru Matsushima, Softbank Telecom
• KDDI's Vision on Future Media Transport Network
  Architecture Based on MPLS
  Kenichi Ogaki, Shuntaro Kashihara, Jun Miura,
  Tomohiro Otani, KDDI
  

5:00 – 6:00 pm
Vendor Panel Session: Carrier Ethernet Services

Chair:
Dave McDysan
Verizon

Panelists from selected vendors

• Azhar Sayeed, Cisco
• Hidet Sugiyama, Juniper Networks
• Mark Blumhardt, Alcatel-Lucent
• Peter Arberg, Redback Networks
• Pasula Reddy , Fujitsu
• Ahmed Abdelhalim, Foundry Networks
• Howard Green, Ericsson
• Giles Heron, Tellabs
• Dave Allen, Nortel

Exhibits
6:00 – 7:30 pm

9:00 - 10:30 am
Optical and Ethernet Networks

Chair:
Naoaki Yamanka
Keio

• MPLS Access Aggregation in ROADM-Based Optical Networks
  Don O’Connor, Fujitsu
• GMPLS OAM: Requirements, Challenges and Solutions
  Zafar Ali, Cisco
• Path Computation Element (PCE) Applicability
  to GMPLS-Based Network Operation
  Ichiro Inoue, Kaori Shimizu, Tomonori Takeda,
  Eiji Oki, Kohei Shiomoto, NTT
• L2SC Inter-Carrier Interface Interoperability Trial
  Hideki Otsuki, NiCT, Daisuke Ishii, Keio,
  Tomohiro Otani, KDDI
• IP Optical Networking
  Kohei Shiomoto, Ichiro Inoue, Eiji Oki, NTT

Break & Exhibits
10:30 am – 11:00 am

11:00 - 12:30 pm
MPLS Aggregation and Wireless Mobility

Chair:
DEBORAH BRUNGARD
AT&T

• Challenging the Equilibrium: The Introduction of New Packet-Based Networks and Micro Base Stations
  Karthik Muthukrishnan, Alcatel-Lucent
• Use Cases and Challenges for MS-PW in Mobile Backhauling
  Frederic Jounay, France Telecom Orange Group
• Deploying MPLS in WiMAX and Mobile LTE
  Esmael Dinan, Sprint
• Boosting Capacity Utilization in MPLS Networks Using
  Load-Sharing
  Sanjay Khanna, Foundry Networks

Lunch & Exhibits
12:30 – 2:00 pm

2:00 - 3:30 pm
Carrier Ethernet Operation and Management

Chair:
Mustapha Aissaoui

• VPLS OAM Options
  Marc Lasserre, Alcatel-Lucent
• Evaluating Carrier-Class Ethernet Services and Infrastructure
  Ted Duffy, Agilent Technologies
• Benchmarking Carrier Ethernet Services
  Ernie Brown , Ixia
• Ethernet and MPLS OAM - Comparison and Synergy
  Dinesh Mohan, Nortel
• VCAT/LCAS Control Architecture for Carrier Grade Ethernet Services – Service, Architecture, and Requirements
  W. Imajuku, Y. Tsukishima, Y. Sone, NTT