DAY 1 - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14
Welcome [ PDF - 989KB]
Speaker: Charlie Cerino - President, MoCA
Keynote: Comcast - The future of ‘The Network’ is in The Home [ PDF - 768KB ]
Speaker: Tony Werner - EVP & CTO, Comcast
A review of the social and economic drivers that are conspiring with technology and standards to drive the future of home networking.
Service Provider to End Consumer: Getting From Here to There [ PDF - 67KB ]
Valuable insight on home entertainment networking environment, now and in the near future, including subscriber/customer profiles
Moderator: Charlie Cerino - President, MoCA
Panel Moderator: Kurt Scherf
Panelists: Brian Whitton - Verizon, Will Beals - Echostar, Vince Groff - COX and Jim Strothmann - Scientific Atlanta/Cisco
Keynote: Scientific Atlanta, A Cisco Company - The Connected Home Evolution [ PDF - 10446KB ]
Speaker: Jim Strothmann - Director, Product Strategy & Management, Home Entertainment Initiatives, Scientific Atlanta, A Cisco Company
Keynote: Intel - Emergence of the Connected Digital Home [ PDF - 1693KB ]
Speaker: Dr. Brendan Traw - CTO Digital Home Group, Intel
Powerful forces are remaking the devices which comprise the digital home. What were once isolate products around the TV, the PC, or in ones pocket are becoming increasing connected, inter-dependent, and service driven -- offering consumers enriched ways to interact, communicate, and be entertained by their digital world. This talk explores these forces and the impact they are having on digital home platforms as well as some of the challenges faced in this transformation.
DAY 2 - NOVEMBER 15
Keynote: Verizon - Verizon's Access and Home Strategy [ PDF - 1582KB ]
Speaker: Mark Wegleitner - CTO, Verizon Communications
Mr. Wegleitner will discuss Verizon's current FiOS architecture, service offerings and future FTTP deployment plans. He will highlight the in-home strategy and architecture that Verizon has pursued, and the important role that MoCA plays in the FiOS home. Mr. Wegleitner will discuss Verizon's experience with home network installation, performance and reliability, as well as the network and home technology evolution required for Verizon to continue to meet customers' demand for broadband services.
MoCA Protocols. What exactly is this MoCA thing? [ PDF - 2097KB ]
Moderator: Anton Monk - SWG Chair, Parks Associates
Panelists: Stephen Palm - Broadcom, Al Garrett - Conexant, Ron Lee - Entropic.
Certification Program: Tom Leacock - Chair Certification WG
From the Press Box [ PDF - 222KB ]
Moderator: Kurt Scherf - VP, Principal Analyst, Parks Associates
Panelists: Rick Merritt - EE Times, Jeff Baumgartner - Cable Digital News, Dave Waks of Broadband Home Central.com
Prominent industry analysts and journalists provide commentary on hone networking & entertainment delivery services. Q&A to follow.
How Will This Play in Peoria?
Retail and consumer panel
Moderator: Pete Griffin - Radio Shack
Panelists: Daniel Wong - D-Link and Mike Ehlenberger - Actiontec
Keynote: Motorola - Moca....It's Place In The Home And The Larger Network [ PDF - 3320KB ]
Speaker: Jed Johnson - Senior Director, Systems Engineer, Motorola
In Pursuit of Convergence - The Home Media Gateway [PDF - 6845KB ]
Moderator: Anton Monk - CTO, MoCA
Panelists: Jim Strothmann - Scientific Atlanta, Peter Percosan - Texas Instruments, Tushar Saxena - Verizon, Gordon Beacham - Motorola Broadband Solutions Group, Tyler Lindsey - Westell
The ongoing and unrelenting demand for the seamless integration of services and new applications is being enabled through the emergence of Home Media Gateways. These next generation devices not only incorporate high speed wired and wireless routing and bridging capabilities but also allow local content storage, and media streaming to devices throughout the house. This panel will discuss the requirements of next generation Home Media Gateways, future applications that will be enabled, and the convergence of service provider and personal services and content.
