Quality of Service over the Internet

[Richard Sullivan <rich at visibis1.demon.co.uk>]

Please find information on the following conference from Vision in
Business which I hope you will find both timely and relevant.  If you
want further information or you wish to book onto the event please email
us on booking at visibis1.demon.co.uk or ring us on +44 (0)171 839 8391
quoting reference 1168/FTEI.

Guaranteeing Quality of Service over the Internet
26th - 28th May 1998
The Regent's Park Hilton, London

Followed by Workshop on:        Designing Service Level Agreements for
IP -based Services and Developing Advanced Traffic Validation to gain
competitive advantage?

Led by Robin Duke-Wooley - Principal Consultant at Schema

CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

Conference Day One - Tuesday 26th May

Chairman 
Neil Mellor -   Head of Internet Marketing at BT

Designing scaleable service platforms and achieving optimum network
control to cope with Internet growth rates
Pekka Toytari - Business Development, Advanced Networking Services
TELECOM FINLAND

Planning and forecasting demand to ensure your  end of the bargain in
your Service Level Agreements (SLAs)
David Howard-Jones - Director of Marketing at UUNET

Ensuring a reliable and flexible SLA and interconnection with other ISPs
and telcos : Dealing with the commercial and technical problems
Nicholas Scallen - Advanced Services Manager at ENERGIS

Applying the benefits of RSVP to achieve enhanced QoS in the delivery of
multimedia applications
Menzo Wentink - Research Engineer, Network and Service Control at KPN
RESEARCH

Developing a differentiated services Internet
Juha Heinanen - Director of Technology at TELIA FINLAND 

Implementing multicasting as a  potential solution to the capacity
transmission problems
Andy Bray - ATM Product Marketing Manager
GENERAL DATACOM

Quantifying the benefits of IPv6 to provide enhanced QoS and balancing
this with previous investments on IPv4. What are the technical standards
necessary for its implementation?
Randy Catoe - Executive Director of Internet Engineering at MCI

ADSL: Pioneer experiences, Commercial ADSL connections since September
1997
Heikki Suonsivu
Chairman of the Board and Chief Technology Officer at the Finnish ISP
Clinet
CLINET


        
Directly comparing cable modems and ADSL for delivering broadband
services
Ian Keene - Principal Analyst at DATAQUEST 

Choosing the right backbone for IP: SDH/Sonet or ATM?

Nick Nechita - Manager, Technology Planning at 
NEW BRUNSWICK TELEPHONE COMPANY

Conference Day Two - Wednesday 27th May 1998


Chairman        Iain Stephenson - Business Group Manager at OVUM 

Refining performance parameters: Knowing what to measure and how to
measure it
+ Determining a new set of benchmarks applicable to the Internet:
Martin Jewell - Programme Mgr for Service & Network Mgmt Programme at
WORLDCOM

Optimising your network fault management to ensure problems are
determined and rectified quickly
Barry Castle - European Public Affairs Manager at 3COM

Evaluating the technical implementation of the international backbone
strategy for the Nordicom partners
Ola Korsmo - Product Manager, Internet Capacity, Consultant for Business
Development  Department at TELENOR GLOBAL SERVICES  

Upgrading to a flexible tariffing structure: Linking tariffs closely to
QoS and introducing tailored services and applications
Howard Susskind - Partner at INTERNATIONAL PROTOCOL LCC
Formally Director, Economics and Business Management, Cable and Wireless
Internet Exchange 

Reengineering customer management and billing to develop usage based
strategies
Geraldine Harmon - Marketing Manager, UK at NETCOM

Achieving the right level of security on the network to satisfy the
customer
Dr Javed Mirza - Consultant EMEA at CISCO

Impacting your QoS through effective use of IP switched routing
Jan Laarhuis - Research Scientist, Communication and Network
Architecture at KPN


-- 
Richard Sullivan
Senior Marketing Planner
Vision in Business