TM Forum’s Management World 2011 Keynotes to Unwrap the Communications Revolution

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Industry leading keynotes to take center stage at TM Forum flagship conference

MORRISTOWN, NJ - January 11, 2011 - TM Forum today announced an impressive line-up of heavy-hitting industry leaders for the Keynote Perspectives program at its flagship event – Management World 2011. Representing many of the world’s top service providers including Deutsche Telekom, O2 and AT&T, this line-up of the who’s-who in communications will expose the revolution of innovation taking place in the industry, and unwrap the who, what and how of communications enabling digital life. Management World takes place May 23-26, 2011 at the new, state-of-the-art Convention Center Dublin in Ireland.

The Keynote Perspectives program is the backbone of the Management World 2011 conference. Offering a variety of panel discussions and talks from the world’s communications leaders, the program tackles the industry’s hottest topics and sets the stage for the entire conference. Keynote speakers already confirmed for Management World 2011 include:

• Olivier Baujard, Chief Technology Officer, Deutsche Telekom

• David Gurle, General Manager and Vice President Skype for Business, Skype

• Erik Hoving, CEO, NetCo and Member of the Board, KPN International

• Kevin Peters, Chief Marketing Officer, AT&T

• Steffen Roehn, Chief Information Officer, Deutsche Telekom

• Stephen Shurrock, Chief Executive Officer, O2 Ireland

• Rajeev Suri, Chief Executive Officer, Nokia Siemens Networks

• Ben Verwaayen, Chief Executive Officer, Alcatel-Lucent

• Hans Vestberg, President & Chief Executive Officer, Ericsson

An Established Industry Meeting Place
Now in its 12th year, Management World is widely respected as the annual meeting place of the industry and provides a unique mix of networking, business and exclusive content to more than 3,500 delegates, representing over 600 companies worldwide. The event has already garnered an unprecedented amount of support from the industry, with 70 percent of the Expo floor sold and a strong contingent of solutions providers signed on as corporate sponsors. NetCracker, Huawei, Nokia Siemens Networks, and Cisco are among those industry leaders investing in Management World with the end goal of helping service providers unwrap the potential of the next communications revolution.

A New Format for an Established Event
In addition to the esteemed Keynote Perspectives program, Management World features a diverse multi-track conference, covering topics and issues that matter most to the industry. The 2011 conference features six new Summits grouped into three focused Forums. Each Forum is comprised of two Summits, taking the latest innovations from theory to reality with presentations ranging from the latest ideas to real-world case studies from implementation experts. The three Forums for Management World 2011 are:

• Delivering Agile IT and Operations Forum
- Strategies for IT and Operational Excellence Summit
- Implementing IT and Operational Excellence Summit

• Driving Business Innovation Forum
- Next Steps in Cloud Service Summit
- Enabling Service Innovation Summit

• Managing Revenues and Customer Experience Forum
- Optimizing Customer Experience Summit
- End-to-End Revenue Management Summit

To register for Management World, or for more information about expo and sponsorship opportunities, logon to TM Forum - Management World 2011. Register before January 18 to take advantage of super early registration rates.