Telepresence World 2007 to Showcase Technology That Will Dramatically Accelerate the Use of Virtual Face-to-Face Meetings
Summary
“Telepresence offers the most realistic meeting experience possible between people separated by distance,” says Mark Barounos, President of HESI, “This technology represents a new paradigm in the way humans relate to one another and their surroundings.Attendees of Telepresence World 2007 will have the unique opportunity to participate in live, real-time demonstrations of telepresence technology provided by industry leaders and event sponsors Polycom, Teliris, Cisco, DVE, the BT Group, Masergy, the CIOIndex, CXO America, and the International Multimedia and Collaborative Communications Alliance (IMCCA).Featured speakers include: * Bob Hagerty, CEO & Chairman of the Board of Directors, Polycom * Marc Trachtenberg, Chief Executive Office, Teliris, * Carol Zelkin, Executive Director, IMCCA * Kent Lowell, BT Group * Steve McNelley, Co-founder, DVE Telepresence * Barry D. Nalls, CEO, MASERGY * Howard S. Lichtman, President, Human Productivity Lab (HPL) * Lauren Cornell, Executive Director, Rhizome.org * David Danto, VP, Lehman Brothers * Parvati Dev, Director, Stanford University Medical Media & Information Technologies (SUMMIT) * Richard De Brino, VP of Programs, Seattle Society for Information Management * R. Shawn Edmondson, President, thereNow, Inc. * Marshall Eubanks, CTO, Informata Communications * Laurin Herr, President, Pacific Interface, Inc * Matthew Lombard, President, International Society for Presence Research (ISPR) * Larry Smarr, Founding Director, California Institute for Telecommunications and Technology Institute (CALIT2) * Yulan Wang, CEO, InTouch Health Speaker and exhibitor opportunities are still available.Attendees can select specific tracks to tailor their conference experience to their areas of professional interest.The meeting and adjacent Partner Pavilion exhibition will be covered by an invited corps of journalists.For a complete listing of conference speakers, sessions, and events see: http://www.telepresenceworld.com.Featured speakers include:* Bob Hagerty, CEO & Chairman of the Board of Directors, Polycom* Marc Trachtenberg, Chief Executive Office, Teliris,* Carol Zelkin, Executive Director, IMCCA* Kent Lowell, BT Group* Steve McNelley, Co-founder, DVE Telepresence* Barry D. Nalls, CEO, MASERGY* Howard S. Lichtman, President, Human Productivity Lab (HPL)* Lauren Cornell, Executive Director, Rhizome.org* David Danto, VP, Lehman Brothers* Parvati Dev, Director, Stanford University Medical Media & Information Technologies (SUMMIT)* Richard De Brino, VP of Programs, Seattle Society for Information Management* R. Shawn Edmondson, President, thereNow, Inc.* Marshall Eubanks, CTO, Informata Communications* Laurin Herr, President, Pacific Interface, Inc* Matthew Lombard, President, International Society for Presence Research (ISPR)* Larry Smarr, Founding Director, California Institute for Telecommunications and Technology Institute (CALIT2)* Yulan Wang, CEO, InTouch HealthSpeaker and exhibitor opportunities are still available.