COMVERSE USER FORUM 2004

*Subject to change

Comverse User Forum is one of the most exciting telecommunications events of the year. The program is packed with insightful presentations from industry experts, operators, service providers, partners and opinion leaders. In addition, customer panels are held, enabling attendees to meet colleagues and discuss important issues affecting the industry and their specific operations.

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Tuesday, June 8, 2004
9:00 - 11:30	Opening Plenary Session	Hall 1
	Host: Stacy Fassberg, Associate Vice President, Marketing
	Opening Remarks Zeev Bregman, Chief Executive Officer, Comverse
	Meeting the Needs of the Market Benny Einhorn, Chief Marketing Officer, Comverse
	Keynote Address Julien Billot, Chief Marketing Officer, Orange France
	Keynote Address Irwin Jacobs, Co-founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Qualcomm Inc.
11:30 - 12:30	Coffee Break / Business Meetings / Guided Tour of Solutions Showcase
12:30 - 14:00	Lunch	top
14:00 - 15:30	Building a Next Generation Services Environment	Hall 1
	Host: Rani Hagag, Vice President, Product Marketing and Management
14:00	Building a Next Generation Services Environment Benny Einhorn, Chief Marketing Officer, Comverse
14:30	Building on the Success of Today’s Mobile Messaging Services Declan Lonergan, Director Wireless Research & Consulting, EMEA, The Yankee Group
15:00	New Revenue Streams with Messaging: the i-mode Experience – Operator Case Study Eric Allombert, i-mode Marketing Manager, Bouygues Telecom
15:30 - 16:00	Coffee Break / Business Meetings / Guided Tour of Solutions Showcase	top
14:00 - 15:30	Success Strategies for Data & Content Services	Hall 2
	Host: Uri Arad, Senior Vice President and President, Multimedia Applications Group
14:00	Wireless Data Services: 2004 and Beyond Dario Betti, Senior Analyst, Ovum
14:30	Telefonica Moviles Peru: Enterprise Solutions & Multimedia Services - Operator Case Study Ivan Ciganer-Albeniz, Director of Enterprise Business and New Projects, Telefonia Moviles Peru
15:00	i-mode’s Global Expansion Strategy David J. MacDonald, i-mode Global Strategy, NTT DoCoMo Inc.
15:30 - 16:00	Coffee Break / Business Meetings / Guided Tour of Solutions Showcase	top
14:00 - 15:30	The Opportunities with Real-time Billing	Hall 3
	Host: Zohar Ronen, Associate Vice President, Product Marketing, Intelligent Networks Division
14:00	Real-time Billing - An Exciting Key Contributor to Operator Growth Howard Woolf, President, Intelligent Networks Division, Comverse
14:30	The Future of Billing Keith J. Willetts, Managing Partner, Mandarin Associates Ltd.
15:30 - 16:00	Coffee Break / Business Meetings / Guided Tour of Solutions Showcase	top
16:00 - 17:30	Generating Revenue from Call Completion Services	Hall 1
	Host: Dror Bin, Vice President, Marketing - Voicemail and Call Completion Services
16:00	The Numbing Sound of the Beep - Why So Many Calls Are Still Not Completed Ofer Zellermayer, Dr. of Marketing & Decision Sciences, Ono Academic College
16:30	The Role of the Mailbox within the “Call Completion Family” - Operator Case Study Michaela Stuhrmann, Head of Department, Product Marketing Voice & SMS, Vodafone D2
17:00	New Revenue from Call Completion Richard L. Schwartz, President and Chief Executive Officer, SoloMio Corporation
17:30 - 18:30	Business Meetings / Guided Tour of Solutions Showcase	top
16:00 - 17:30	Coming to a Phone Near You: Video Services	Hall 2
	Host: Rani Hagag, Vice President, Product Marketing and Management
16:00	Competitive Positioning for Mobile Video Service Providers Phil Taylor, Director, Global Wireless Practice, Strategy Analytics
16:30	Experiences from a Mobile Video Company – Operator Case Study Adriano Gaved, Consumer Products and Services, H3G Italy
17:00	MediaFLO: a Content Distribution System for Network-Scheduled Delivery of High Quality Wireless Content via 3G Networks Karim Choukri, Director, Business Development, Qualcomm Europe
17:30 - 18:30	Business Meetings / Guided Tour of Solutions Showcase	top
16:00 - 17:30	Billing: Challenges for Today and Tomorrow	Hall 3
	Host: Zohar Ronen, Associate Vice President, Product Marketing, Intelligent Networks Division
16:00	The Changing Dynamics of the Prepaid Market Michele Scanlon, Director, Research & Consultancy, Informa Telecoms
17:00	Pelephone’s Vision for Billing: Real-time Information – Operator Case Study Moti Ronen, Senior Director of Prepaid and Value Added Services, Pelephone
17:30 - 18:30	Business Meetings / Guided Tour of Solutions Showcase	top