Subject: [mpls] MPLS2004 Program

From: Loa Andersson <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 20:49:26 +0200

MPLS 2004 International Conference
      Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington DC
      October 17-19, 2004

     http://www.mpls2004.com

You are cordially invited to attend the MPLS 2004 International
Conference to be held in Washington DC. October 17-19, 2004 hosted by 
ISOCORE.
The 3-day event consists of highly technical sessions, tutorials, panel
discussions, and exhibits.

Registration for the conference is now open. Early registration
discounts are highly attractive and are valid for a limited time only. To
register, go to:

http://www.mpls2004.com/registration.htm

Important Dates:
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- Early Registration Rates Cut-Off Date: August 31
- Tutorials: October 17, 8:30 am - 6:30 pm
- Technical Tracks: October 18-19, 8:30 am - 6:30 pm
- Exhibits: October 18, 9:00 am - 6:00 pm
                 October 19, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm

Program:
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(visit http://www.isocore.com/mpls2004/program.htm#oct1819 for details)

Sunday, October 17
Tutorials and Exhibit Set up

Monday, October 18

AM-1: 8:30-10:00 am
Introduction: Dr. B. Jabbari
Remarks: Conference Co-Chair, Dr. S. Elby, VP, Network Architecture and
Enterprise Technologies, Verizon Technology Organization
Remarks: Conference Co-Chair, T. Matsunaga Head and Executive Manager, NTT
Network Service Systems Labs.
Keynote Speech:
NTT's Vision for the Future Network, T. Okada, Vice President, Executive
Director, NTT Network Service Systems Laboratories
IETF Routing and MPLS Standards Update, A. Zinin, Routing Area Director, 
IETF

AM-2: 10:30 - 11:30 am
Operational Experience and Architectures
  -Current MPLS Deployment Experience, T. McKinney, Cisco Systems
  -Real-time Services over an IP/MPLS Network, B. Goode, ATT
  -Issues in Broadband Networking Architecture, L. Andersson, Acreo

AM-3: 11:30 - 12:30 am
Case studies for MPLS Services
  -VPLS: A Case Study, M. McNamara, Time Warner Telecom
  -Implementing QoS in a Nation-wide Service Provider MPLS Core Network: 
A Case
Study, L. Wang, Telenor Networks
  -BGP/MPLS VPN Deployment Experience and Challenges, L. Fang, ATT

Lunch

PM-1: 2:00 - 3:30 pm
Recovery and Restoration in MPLS
  -MPLS Fast Reroute Techniques, G. Swallow, Cisco Systems
  -MPLS Fast Reroute, K. Kompella, Juniper Networks
  -Reliable Alternate Paths for IP Destinations (RAPID), Alia Atlas, Avici
Systems
  -Quantitative Comparison of MPLS Resiliency Approaches, R. Nagarajan, 
Lucent
Technologies

Break

PM-2:  4:00 - 5:00 pm
GMPLS and IP Optical Integration
  -Prototyping the GMPLS UNI Implementation for End-to-End LSP 
Re-routing, D.
Verchère and D.Papadimitriou, Alcatel
  -ASON and GMPLS: Two Ways to Do the Same Thing -- But Are They Really
Different? J. Sadler, Tellabs
  -Emerging ITU Framework for Management of ASON/GMPLS, L. Ong, Ciena

PM-3: 5:00 - 6:30 pm
Panel: Inter-Carrier MPLS Issues
Chair: S. Elby, VP, Network Architecture and Enterprise Technologies, 
Verizon
Technology Organization
  -Panelists from ISP/Carriers

Tuesday

AM-4: 8:30 - 10:00 am
Invited talks
  J. Agogbua, Movaz Networks
  Y. Rekhter, Juniper Networks
MPLS/GMPLS in Multi-Region networks
  -A Distributed PCE-based Solution to Compute Inter-domain Shortest TE LSP
Paths, JP Vasseur, Cisco Systems
  -GMPLS-based Traffic Engineering in Multi-Region/Multi-Layer Service 
Network,
K. Shiomoto, NTT

Break

AM-5: 10:30 - 11:30 am
Operational, Administrative and Maintenance
  -BFD and MPLS: Marriage Made in Heaven, Z. Ali, Cisco Systems
  -Interworking OAM, D. Allan, Nortel Networks
  -MPLS OAM: Standards & Solutions, T. Nadeau, Cisco Systems
  -Are My LSPs Up? Are They Up Now? I. Minei, Juniper Networks

AM-6: 11:30 - 12:30 pm
VPNs and Advanced Services
  -MPLS Layer 3 and Layer 2 VPNs Over an IP Only Core,  R. Aggarwal, Juniper
Networks
  -Deployment Scenarios for Secure Inter-AS VPNS, S. Poretsky, Quarry
Technologies
  -VoIP and Voice Services over MPLS, J. McEachern, Nortel Networks

Lunch

PM-4: 2:00 - 3:30 pm
Point to Multi-Point and Multicast Services
  -P2MP TE LSPs (MPLS and GMPLS), D. Papadimitriou, Alcatel
  -Multicast Issues, M. Finlayson, Data Connection
Operational Aspects of MPLS
  -IGP and BGP Convergence Impacts on MPLS Convergence, S. Hares, NextHop
Technologies
  -Fast Reroute for IP and LDP-based Networks, A. Tian, Redback Networks

Break

PM-5: 4:00 - 5:00 pm
Experience from GMPLS Networks
  -Layer 1 Virtual Private Networks, T. Takeda, NTT
  -Demonstration of MPLS and IPv6 transport over GMPLS-controlled Optical
Networks, T. Otani, KDDI R&D Labs
  -Acreo National Testbed, Experiences and Results, T. Madsen, Acreo
  -escience Experimental GMPLS Network, J. Sobieski, MAX

PM-6: 5:00 - 6:30 pm
Panel Session: Vendor's Perspective on MPLS
Chair: Dr. D. Awduche (MCI)
A. Sayeed (Cisco Systems), A. Malis (Tellabs), J. Sax (Lucent Technologies),
Craig Easely (Extreme Networks), D. Fedyk (Nortel Networks), S. Khandekar
(Alcatel).

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