Keynotes

Control and Management Architecture for Converged Networks and Services

Yoon-Hak Bang (KT, Korea)

Yoon-Hak Bang is Head of Network Technology Lab. in KT. He received M.S from Yonsei University. Mr. Bang has been working for KT since 1984 and led projects on Development of Electronic switching systems, Planning of KT Next Generation Network Architecture and many network operation issues. During 2003 to 2004, he led the KT’s ambitious project for the realization of Next Generation Operations Support System (NeOSS) Architecture to elevate customer satisfaction getting improvement of telecommunications operation process for business agility toward u-Society as a Vice President. Network Technology Lab. has important mission to build network and service management system in KT, development of long-term planning of KT OSS architecture for emerging all-IP network and services.

Are You Delivering Quality Service?

Ed Pinnes (Telcordia Technologies, USA)

Ed is currently Executive Director of Service Assurance Architecture at Telcordia Technologies in New Jersey, USA. His current responsibilities encompass fault management, capacity management, and Service Quality Management, emphasizing industrial-strength Operations Support Systems (OSS) used by leading telecom Service Providers. His experience spans architecture, strategy, systems engineering, usability design, and product management. Ed is a recognized industry expert in OSS, and has been designated a Telcordia Fellow. He served on the Board of Directors of the TeleManagement Forum (TMF) from 2002-2003, and is now an Advisor to the Board. He formerly served as a member of the SAIC Executive Science and Technology Committee. He is a past editor of both the IEEE Transactions on Communications and the Journal of Network and Systems Management. He is a member of the ECE Industrial Advisory Board of the University of Virginia. Ed has a BS and MS from New York University, and a Ph.D in Engineering from the Polytechnic Institute of New York.

Standardization Trends for the Next-Generation Network (NGN) and its Transport Networks

Yoichi Maeda (NTT Advanced Technology, Japan)

Yoichi Maeda received B.E. and M.E. degrees in electronic engineering from Shizuoka University, Japan, in 1976 and 1978, respectively. Since joining NTT in 1980, he has been engaged in research and development on access network transport systems for broadband communications including SDH, ATM, and IP for 26 years. From 1988 to 1989 he worked for British Telecom Research Laboratories, United Kingdom, as an exchange research engineer. He currently leads the international standards and business promotion in NTT Advanced Technology Corporation and is NTT’s Senior Adviser on Standardization. Since 1989 he has been an active participant in ITU-T SGs 13 and 15. He has been serving as vice-chair of ITU-T SG13, chair of WP3 of ITU-T SG13, and chair of OAN (Optical Access Network)-WG of FSAN (Full Service Access Network) from 2001 to 2004. He has had an appointment of chair of ITU-T SG15 for the 2005-2008 study period in October 2004 at WTSA-04. He is a member of the IEICE of Japan. He has several publications on B-ISDN standards including Introduction to ATM Networks and B-ISDN (1997, John Wiley &Sons).

OSS: Evolution or Revolution

Dave Milham (BT, UK)

Dave Milham is a graduate of Electrical Engineering from Imperial College of Science and Technology and in telecommunications from Essex University. He is a Chartered member of the UK Institution of Engineering and Technology (formerly IEE). He holds a TeleManagement Forum Fellowships in recognition of his contribution to the TMF over the last decade. He works within BT's 21C Converged Services Programme on OSS Architecture and Innovation in the BT Group CTO Office. He is responsible for the development BT's internal OSS architecture and strategy together with the co-ordination of BT's contributions to the OSS activities of the TeleManagement Forum, ITU-T, ETSI, EURESCOM, and the IETF. He also represents BT on a number of UK industry regulatory committees concerned with OSS and B2B interconnect. He provides consultancy to BT Telconsult and BT Global Services customers on OSS architecture, design, standards and strategy. He is an active contributor to the TMF programmes being a member of the TMF Service Provider Leadership Council, the TMF Next Generation Network management programme and is a Member of the TMF Technical Programme Committee.