DISTINGUISHED INVITED SPEAKERS

DRCN 2003 organizers were pleased to welcome our distinguished invited speakers:

Dr. Girish Pathak
CTO and VP Engineering, TELUS
Title: "IP-based Next Generation Network"

Craig Dobson
Consultant
Title: "Future Networks and the Convergence Paradox"

Dr. Naoaki Yamanaka
Research Group Leader
Photonic Transport Network Laboratory
NTT Network Innovation Laboratories
Title: "Adaptive transparent optical path techniques based on HIKARI router network"

Dr. Steve Foster
Leader, Network Planning
Nortel Networks
Title: "Network Transformation: the Drivers and Consequences"

Dr. Raghu Ranganathan
Technology Director, Office of the CTO
CIENA
Title: "Design of Reliable Mesh-Based Optical Transport Networks"

Dr. Sid Chaudhuri
Director, Network Architecture
Tellium
Title: "Intelligent Mesh Networking: An Implementer's Perspective"

Dr. Bill St. Arnaud
Senior Director, Advanced Networks
CANARIE
Title: "Are reliable networks needed for future telecommunication needs?"