Program

Sessions indicated as "OPEN" are open to everyone with an Exhibits pass.

Tuesday, October 16th
	Tutorial Track A	Tutorial Track B	Tutorial Track C
8:00-8:30am	Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:30-10:00am	Tutorial T1A: Introduction to AdvancedTCA	Tutorial T1B: AdvancedTCA/MicroTCA in Next-Generation Converged Networks	Seminar T1C: AdvancedTCA/MicroTCA Software Development
10:00-10:20am	Break
10:30am-Noon	Tutorial T1A (cont.): Introduction to AdvancedTCA	Tutorial T1B (cont.): AdvancedTCA/MicroTCA in Next-Generation Converged Networks	Tutorial T1C (cont.): AdvancedTCA/MicroTCA Software Development
Noon-1:00pm	Lunch Break (no luncheon provided)
1:00-2:50pm	Tutorial T2A: Introduction to MicroTCA	Seminar T2B (cont.): Best Practices for AdvancedTCA/MicroTCA System Development	Tutorial T2C: Software for High-Availability Systems (sponsored by the Service Availability Forum)
2:50-3:10pm	Break
3:10-5:00pm	Seminar T2A (cont.): Introduction to MicroTCA	Seminar T2B: Best Practices for AdvancedTCA/MicroTCA System Development	Tutorial T2C (cont.): Software for High-Availability Systems (sponsored by the Service Availability Forum)
5:00-7:00pm	OPEN - Issues Roundtable on What Is Needed to Create a Real AdvancedTCA or MicroTCA Application?

Wednesday, October 17th
	Session Track A	Session Track B	Workshops	Exhibits
8:00-8:30am	Registration & Continental Breakfast			Open 10:00am-2:00pm
8:30-10:00am	Session 101: Hardware	Session 102: Converged Networks
8:30-10:20am	OPEN - Special Session on Venture Capital in the Telecom Equipment Industry
10:00-10:30am	Break
10:30-11:15am	OPEN - Keynote 1: How Modularity delivers Break through Services Tony Neal-Graves, General Manager, Modular Communications Platform Division, Intel
11:15am-Noon	OPEN - Keynote 2 Communication Servers Come of Age Brian Carr , Strategic Marketing Manager Motorola Embedded Communications Computing
Noon-1:00pm	Lunch			Exhibits Open Noon-6:30pm
1:30-3:00pm	Session 103: MicroTCA	Session 104: Networking Issues
2:00-2:50pm			OPEN - Workshop A1: Serial (KR) 10 GbE for AdvancedTCA Platforms - One Lane is Better than Four
2:00-2:50pm			OPEN - Workshop C1: Executive Level View of AdvancedTCA/MicroTCA Technologies
3:00-3:45pm	Break
3:00-3:50pm			OPEN - Workshop A2: COTS Ecosystem
3:45-5:15pm	Session 105: Software	Session 106: Infrastructure
4:00-5:00pm			OPEN - Workshop A3: AdvancedTCA and Multi-Core Processing
4:00-5:00pm			OPEN - Workshop C3: Markets and Economics
5:00-6:30	OPEN - All-Industry Reception Sponsored by ENEA and Kontron Best of Show Awards Ceremony (5:30pm)
6:30-8:00	OPEN - Beer, Pizza Shootout: Can AdvancedTCA Handle Triple-Play Networks? and Chat with the Experts (sponsored by White Electronic Designs Corp.)

Thursday, October 18th
	Session Track A	Session Track B	Workshops	Exhibits
8:00-8:30am	Registration & Continental Breakfast			Open 10:00am-2:00pm
8:30-10:00am	Session 201: Applications		OPEN - Workshop D1: O Pioneers! What Did They Learn That Can Make AdvancedTCA Work for You?
9:00-9:50am			OPEN - Workshop B1: High Availability WiMAX - Taking it to the Edge
10:00-10:50am	OPEN - Special Market Research Session: State of the AdvancedTCA and MicroTCA Markets
10:30-11:00am	Break
11:00-11:30am	OPEN - Keynote 3 You're in the Navy Now! Can AdvancedTCA Break the Ice in Military Applications? John Walrod, Assistant VP SAIC
11:30-Noon	OPEN - Keynote 4 NEPs and the COTS Ecosystem Magnus Karlson, Expert on Open Systems Software Architecture Ericsson
Noon-1:00pm	Lunch (in Exhibit Area)
2:00-3:00pm	OPEN - Session 202: Future of AdvancedTCA			Exhibits Noon-2:00pm
2:00-5:00pm	OPEN - Special Tutorial on Developing Next-Generation AdvancedTCA-Based COTS Solutions
3:00-3:20pm	Break